Cromwell Community
Toastmasters
Club 5908 ~ District 53
December 2, 2013
Attendees: Members attended: Robert Dalo,
Elizabeth Landeen, Donald Ostertag, Hollie Rose CC, Crystal Storo CC, CL,
Andrew Watt, Charlie Hubert, John Hart, Robin Thompson, Carmen Jenkins, Tom
Alvord, Sheetal Patel,and Bill Sullivan
Business Meeting:
The meeting was
called to order by Charlie Hubert. President Crystal Storo spoke about
the agendas on the website. Because we have so many new members and older
members who may not always think about the way our website agendas work, she
gave us an overview of some of the main points. She invited everyone to
challenge themselves to try new roles and sign up for them in advance. For those who may not have recently accessed
the online agendas, she passed around a printed copy of the agenda for the next meeting and asked for people to sign up that night for roles.
Meeting Roles:
Toastmaster: Crystal Storo
Invocation: Robin Thompson - read the Toastmasters mission statement
Word Master: Tom Alvord
Word-of-the-Day: Exculpate – show or declare that (someone) is
not guilty of wrongdoing.
Table Topics Master: Andrew Watt
Theme: Game design versus unusual ways of looking at
story telling. Andrew offered attendees a choice of either
using deck of cards that related to game design (the deck was designed by Jesse
Schell and Andrew invited us to look into him further if we had interest in
this area) or an app on his phone that addressed story telling. (The app is
called Oblique Strategies and was designed by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt)
Table topic speakers
included: Charlie speaking about fairness; Crystal talking about her cat and
her Christmas tree; Hollie contemplating note taking; Rob discussing a movie
and book he’s interested in; Donald talking about characters that transform;
Elizabeth gave further thoughts about taking notes; and Sheetal spoke about
what is safe.
Speaker # 1: Hollie Rose
Manual/Project: Communicating on Television/Project 4-The Press
Conference
Title: Walkabout
Hollie told us of her
upcoming plans for a road trip journey to begin this coming week. She spoke
about why she’s wanted to do this and why now is the best time and she told us
some of her loose plans as well as rules she has given herself. Then, in the
manner of a Press Conference, she answered questions from the audience.
Speaker # 2: Andrew Watt
Manual/Project: Competent Communicator/Project 5-Your Body
Speaks
Title: Knowing Your Stage
Andrew spoke about the
importance of knowing your stage. He told us about some of the things he
learned in Seminary and how that relates to what we learn and do in
Toastmasters. The room in which we speak is a speaker itself and many times we
forget this. He showed us ways in which we can utilize the entire stage area and
understand how to best use our bodies in the space we have.
Speaker # 3: Rob Dalo
Manual/Project: Competent Communicator/Project 9-Persuade
with Power
Title: Who Knows, Just Wing It
Rob talked about his
parent’s Christmas spirit and the vast amount of blank holiday cards his mother
receives from organizations she supports. His mother asked if he could use the
cards since she has so many. He told her – of course he could. Now he has all
these cards and he asked attendees to address and write one of these cards to
his mom. We’ll send them to her and mail bomb her for the
holiday. He added that the bonus was how his father would react.
General Evaluator: Elizabeth Landeen
Evaluator # 1: Charlie Hubert (evaluating Hollie)
Evaluator # 2: Tom Alvord (evaluating Andrew)
Evaluator # 3: Sheetal Patel (evaluating Rob)
Functionary Reports:
Ah Counter: Sheetal Patel
Grammarian: Elizabeth Landeen
Timer: Carmen Jenkins
In closing Crystal reminded
everyone to start signing up for roles for future meetings. She also acknowledged everyone for being
flexible and stepping into roles at the last minute due to a number of agenda changes.
Next meeting: December 17th2013.
Respectfully submitted
by
Elizabeth Landeen, VPE
[posted by Hollie Rose CC]
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