Cromwell Community
Toastmasters
Club 5908 ~ District 53
October 15, 2013
Attendees: members attended: Eileen
Baird, Bo Bogart, Micheal Brillas, Robert Dalo, Miroslav Grajewski, Elizabeth
Landeen, Donald Ostertag, Hollie Rose CC, Crystal Storo
CC, CL, Brian Terry, Carolyn Warner, and Andrew Watt
Guests: Nathan Jaycox - Area 32 Governor, Robin Thompson
Business Meeting:
The meeting was
called to order by Donald Ostertag. President Crystal Storo spoke of the
recent Area Contest and upcoming Division Contest. Rob Dalo won first place in
the Area Evaluation Contest. Way to Go Rob! He will be in the Division
contest held Wed. Oct. 16th at North East Utilities on the Berlin
Turnpike in Berlin. Congratulations to Andrew Watt who won second place
in the Area Humorous Speech
Contest.
VP of Education,
Elizabeth Landeen discussed the Competent Communicator and Competent Leader
Charts to track club members progress towards goals. She reminded us to
fill in the charts with our accomplishments and to have Competent Leader
Manuals signed when completing a meeting role.
Meeting Roles:
Toastmaster: Andrew Watt
Invocation: Andrew Watt – Reach Beyond
Yourself Andrew spoke of reaching
above and beyond to become greater than we are but not to neglect reaching low,
to our toes, so that we remain grounded.
Word Master: Micheal Brillas
Word - of - the - Day:
Apoplectic – Overcome
with anger and rage
Table Topics Master: Carolyn Warner
Theme: Chinese Fortune Cookies Carolyn had each speaker take a fortune cookie,
read the fortune out loud and discuss it.
Bo Bogart’s cookie
foretold Romance in Future. She didn’t think it would be between her cat
and tenant’s dog, but maybe one of the people who stop to gawk at the silver
styrofoam heads in her garden. Andrew Watt’s fortune had the Chinese word
for chocolate and he launched into a passionate portrayal of Augustus Gloop
from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Wonderful sound effects
were included. Miroslav Grajewski spoke effortlessly explaining how
public speaking matched his fortune “Your skills and talents are called on in
unusual areas.” Nathan Jaycox ate his cookie; told us not to talk with a
full mouth; and admonished us to put our brooms away so we aren’t swept away by
our passions. His fortune was - Your passions sweep you away. Last but
not least, Robin Thompson gave a delightful talk about her fortune “Focus on
good.”
Speaker # 1: Eileen Baird
Manual/Project: Competent Communicator/Project 1 Ice
Breaker
Title: Why I Can Never Become President
Both Eileen’s parents
are American citizens, and were living on a Military Base in Germany when
Eileen was born. Due to an administrative mistake Eileen was a German,
not American citizen for the first five years of her life. She became a
naturalized American citizen but is not eligible to become President. She
did point out that she is eligible to become Secretary of State.
Speaker # 2:
Micheal Brillas
Manual/Project: Competent Communicator/Project 1 Ice
Breaker
Title: How I Became Mike
Born Ryan Gregory, his
parents didn’t want the attending Dr. Ryan to think their baby was named for
him and changed their baby’s name to Michael Justin. The creative
spelling of Micheal’s first name created problems and made him apoplectic so he
used his middle name Justin. Entering work he was told he had to use his first
name, and he found it easier to go by the nick name Mike.
Speaker # 3: Hollie Rose CC
Manual/Project: The Professional Speaker/ Project Keynote
Address
Title: The Serendipity of Being
Me
Hollie told us when
you’re open to it, it will happen. She gave us examples of how many
things seem to be amazing coincidences but people are more connected with events
and each other than they are aware of. She told of camping in Oregon, how
in the middle of the night a sleeping stranger heard someone in her group laugh
and commented it sounded like someone he knew in Atlanta named Yvette. Her friend Yvette looked to the sleeping
stranger and said, “Mike?” It was. She spoke of finding west coast friends on
Cape Cod behind a deserted beach dune. She spoke of unexpected gifts and
of things lost and found where least expected. Hollie told us to be open to
wild and crazy things, expect a miracle and remember the magic.
General Evaluator: Elizabeth Landeen
Evaluator # 1: Rob Dalo
Evaluator # 2: Crystal Storo CC, CL
Evaluator # 3: Round Robin
Functionary Reports:
Ah Counter: Donald Ostertag
Grammarian: Rob Dalo
Timer: Brian Terry
In closing Crystal gave
Ice Breaker candies to Eileen and Micheal. Crystal asked our guests for
comments about tonight’s meeting. Robin said she like the meeting very
much. Area Governor Nathan Jaycox took the stage for a few minutes and
told us about his function in visiting the six clubs in his Area, and the
reports he’s required to file. He shared with us some of the things he would
put in his report of his visit to our club. He found our club very enthusiastic
and encouraging and never heard people clap so loudly. He thought the
Table Topics unique and creative and the evaluations outstanding. He
mentioned he had seen the Round Robin evaluation only done at Advanced
Toastmasters Club meetings.
After the meeting some
members stayed to socialize.
Now (while you’re
thinking of it) would be a great time to sign up for roles at the next meeting.
Next meeting: November 5th 2013.
Respectfully submitted
by
Bo Bogart, Secretary
[posted by Hollie Rose]
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