Cromwell Community
Toastmasters
Club 5908 ~ District 53
June 4, 2013
Attendees: Eleven
members attended: Tom Alvord, Linda Campbell, Rob Dalo, Asha
Gangina, Charlie Hubert, Elizabeth Landeen, Donald Ostertag,
Sheetal Patel, Hollie Rose, Crystal Storo, Brian
Terry
Guests: Richard Franz Jr. (Incoming Div.
Governor), Eve Lai, Angie Lai
Business
Meeting:
The meeting was called to order by Charlie
Hubert. Rob Dalo introduced the incoming Division Governor, Richard Franz Jr.
and guests and noted the unusual number of empty seats alluding to the nice
weather as the cause. Crystal conducted the business meeting and handouts were
provided with the following key points: 1). New Area - Governor, Nathan Jaycox,
Division Governor Richard Franz Jr.. Area 32 includes Farmington Club, SBD Power
Speakers, Energy, CCAT, Middlesex and Cromwell; 2). TLI - Toastmasters
Leadership Institute - Education for all to attend, need 4 of the new officers
to attend. Crystal, Elizabeth, Hollie, Sheetal, and Bo have all registered for
Aug 10th. Register at: http://d53tli2013.eventbrite.com/#
Dates are: June22 - Schenectady, NY, July 13 - Hamden, CT, August 3 - Division A
- TBA, August 10 - Manchester, CT; 3). Joint Meeting with Glastonbury
Toastmasters at their location on Mon, Sept 16th. More details to follow. 4).
SPEAK documentary - Any interest? Contact Crystal. A handout on the Toastmasters
Revitalized Education Program was also provided. Hollie, our Toastmaster,
seconded Rob's comment about the beautiful weather, welcomed members
and guests, and provided us with interesting facts about this day in
history ( " a day of firsts") and briefly explained some facets of the
Revitalized Education Program.
Meeting
Roles:
Toastmaster: Hollie
Rose
Invocation: Eve
Lai
Word Master: Brian
Terry
Word - of -
the - Day: Ubiquitous - adjective - present at all times; omnipresent. A an
example of the usage was provided from a technical manual - " The human
connective tissue is ubiquitous...".
Table Topics Master:
Elizabeth Landeen
Theme: Advice from club members
to Elizabeth Landeen as incoming VP
Education
1. Rob Dalo: What advice/suggestions would
you give to officers going into new roles? Rob said the
office of
president was an honor, made him a better speaker, got him up on his feet more
and gave him the ability to handle things when they change quickly. His advice
to the incoming president is to have fun, nothing to be nervous about, friends
are cheering for you, you'll meet new people who are friendly and nice, and
.....remember to breathe and relax!
2. Tom Alvord: Of all our club members who
would you like to have give more speeches? Tom said, " Everyone, especially the
newest members." He specifically mentioned Asha, Brian and
Charlie.
3. Brian Terry: Who would you like to have
as your mentor and why? Brian told us he would like to be more animated and
connect with the audience. He mentioned several people but said he didn't have
favorites.
4. Charlie Hubert: Regarding Presidents
Distinguish Club, what are your ideas to help us reach this goal? Charlie
mentioned new members, Heather's excellent job with the Cromwell Community
Toastmaster's website, encouraging guests to attend our meetings, mentoring and
use of the internet.
5. Don Ostertag: What Toastmasters goals are
you setting for the upcoming year? Donald said he "wants to get up here more
often.... read in front of people."
6. Eve Lai: What Toastmaster goals are
you setting for the upcoming year? Eve said she would like to give
speeches.
7. Richard Franz Jr.: What should a VP
Education be? Richard said his advice is to enjoy the job, have fun while doing
it, don't drive yourself crazy, encourage people to do things and to give
speeches, always bring your manuals to the meetings and that one of
the six dimensions of leadership is
encouragement.
Prepared Speeches:
Speaker # 1: Asha
Gangina
Manual/Project: Competent
Communicator/Project 2, Organize Your Speech
Title: Global Warming
Speaker # 2: Linda
Campbell
Manual/Project: Competent
Communicator/Project 5, Your Body Speaks
Title: Those Quirky
Detectives
Speaker # 3: Richard Franz
Jr.
Incoming Division
Governor
Inauguration of our 2013-2014 club
officers
Outgoing officers were thanked for all their
hard work during the past year and the incoming officers were inaugurated,
beginning their service in July. Photos were taken of the inauguration of our
new officers. Thank you Tom!
Cromwell Community Toastmasters
Incoming Officers:
President: Crystal Storo CC,
CL
Sergeant at Arms: Charlie
Hubert
Treasurer: Brian
Fleming
Secretary: Bo
Bogart
VP Public Relations: Hollie
Rose
VP Education: Elizabeth
Landeen
VP Membership: Sheetal
Patel
General Evaluator: Crystal
Storo
Crystal noted that everyone had a
chance to speak tonight, mentioned that we can learn to grow as
evaluators and further said it was helpful to evaluate the
evaluators which can provide insight. She described the 'sandwich approach'
used by both Charlie and Tom as very helpful and complimented both evaluators on
giving the positives as well as suggestions for improvement. Crystal
reiterated that the beautiful weather was probably the reason for a lower than
normal attendance and reminded us to share if we aren't going to be at the
meeting ( block provided at the bottom of the agenda page on the Cromwell
Community Toastmasters site). She encouraged members to discuss Toastmasters and
bring guests to the meetings. Crystal congratulated Hollie on her role as
Toastmaster mentioning her personal energy, the theme of the meeting, her
introductions to speeches, her seamless but not effortless manner when leading
into each portion of the meeting, and offered a suggestion to encourage members
via email to sign up for roles that remain open a day or two before
the meeting. She further expressed her excitement about the upcoming year and
the new team of officers and also encouraged all members to get involved and
share ideas. Crystal mentioned there are two speech contests throughout the
year.
Evaluator # 1: Charlie
Hubert
Evaluator # 2: Tom Alvord,
ACB, ALB
Evaluator # 3: Rob
Dalo
Functionary
Reports:
Ah Counter: Charlie
Hubert
Grammarian: Tom Alvord,
ACB, ALB
Timer: Donald
Ostertag
At the close of the meeting Rob said it had
been a fantastic meeting and asked the guests their thoughts. Eve responded when
asked if she enjoyed herself, " I sure did!" Richard said, " It was an excellent
meeting."
Rob announced that the next meeting will be
held on June 18th and encouraged us to sign up for roles saying "meetings are so
much more fun when you participate."
Next meeting: June
18th
Respectfully submitted
by
Linda Campbell,
Secretary
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