Thursday, October 29, 2015

Meeting Minutes October 19, 2015



Cromwell Community Toastmasters
Club 5908 ~ District 53
Tues, October 19, 2015


Attendees:    Don Ostertag,  Charlie Hubert, Danielle Payne, Peter N. Davis, Gaia McDermott, Andrew Watt, Phil Mason, Hollie Rose, Rob Dalo

Business Meeting

Rob won Table Topics Area Contest but can’t make Division Contest. The second place winner will go instead.  The Division Contest will be Monday, October 26 at 85 Skinner Road, Colchester.

Gaia did great too but didn't place. There was some stiff competition.
Thanks to the functionaries from our club who helped at the Area Contest.

We officially had 19 members this year. The goal is 20. Also, John has officially joined.
John joined

As a chapter we are thinking about having virtual attendance. Keep it in the back of your mind. We would need official vote and the technology. We will make a committee that will meet in December.

Upcoming Events
District 53 Conference
November 21
Fishkill, NY at the Ramada
Keynote Lance Miller - 2005 World Champion of Public Speaking


Toastmaster Andrew Watt


Invocation
Club Mission Statement

Table Topics Danielle Payne – Coins and their Year
  • [Charlie Hubert] 1:32 1963
    Rubric – “The Beatles”
    Really an amazing group of people
    Hired people that didn’t know anything about music
    We all start as beginners, don’t know anything
    Learn to be leaders in our community
  • [Hollie Rose] 1:28 1979
    I fell in love with the bicentennial quarter
    Tin the size of a softball
    Roll of 1976 quarters is worth $18.00
    I was 12 – old enough to have an opinion
    Pulled the wrong year, talked the right one anyway
  • [Rob Dalo] 2:00 2012
    Came to Cromwell Community Toastmasters in 2012
    All different now except for Charlie and Phil
    Don’t give speeches, came to learn to talk and be in social situations
  • [Peter Davis] 1:32 1976
    Please be patient
    When you think of Toastmasters learning to think on my feet
    Speak and act and practice
    It’s like lifting weights, practice makes perfect
  • [Phil Mason] 1:30 1980
    Ronald Reagan, great president
    Don’t like Trump, though I’m conservative
    Time to work in trades
    22 years old, go serious about life
    Learned to take my trade seriously
  • [Andrew Watt] 2:14 2002
    Middletown home
  • [Donald Ostertag]  1:26 2015 (2013)
    Daughter joined Toastmasters
    “I started wondering…” Daughter convinced me
    Came to better myself
    Difficulty reading in public
    At least read something
  • [Danielle Payne]  1:54 2012
    Junior year of college
    Majored in business
    Senior project started a business
    Goat cheese company
    Go to FDA, not allowed to serve rotten cheese


Speaker # 1:  Phil Mason : 5:46
Manual/Project Competent Communicator
Title: A Cold Run

This past weekend I participated in the Connecticut River Run. The Connecticut River Run is where a group of racers and performance boaters hold a gathering. They have adopted the cause of juvenile diabetes. Last year there were 150 boats. There are boats of all types and sizes. This year was smaller because of the weather. Also there were more police because in the past there have been some problems with going through wake zones.


Speaker # 2:  Donald Ostertag: 8:12
Manual/Project: Public Reading
Title: November/December Newsletter Commandant

Fall is here. I cleaned all the leaves out of my lawn only to have them all come back. October 234 we were recruiting new members at the fair. We talked to quite a few Marines but none were at our last meeting. We provided the color guard and honor guard in Middletown for unclaimed remains. We held two Roles programs recently. On Nov 7th we will hold the 240 anniversary dinner. On November 8th we have the Hartford parade.  We will also be involved in the Veteran’s Day activities on Nov 11th.


Speaker # 3:  Andrew Watt: 26:31
Manual/Project: Advanced: Facilitating Discussion: #3 (Problem Solving)
Title: Solve My Problem: Rubric Design


I have a great rubric for the Maker Lab but I need one for my graphic design class. The main important topics are graphic design, typing, spreadsheet and Photoshop. I’m not sure what other topics I need to include so I am enlisting your help. Organization and project management are also needed. Classroom behavior and effort were also added as key topics. As a group we were able to pick out key topics to be included in the rubric.


 
Evaluator # 1: Charlie Hubert
 Excellent speech. You spoke about something you love. Great participation. Asked questions. Held attention. Talking about unruly members was interesting. Good organization. I like your conclusion because you pulled everything together. 

Evaluator # 2:  Rob Dalo 2:53
Courage is having a fear but facing it. You have come a long way. You have practiced and did a great job. Next time you are reading make the font bigger. Enunciation was awesome. Next time pause between paragraphs. Take a breath and slow down.

Evaluator # 3:  Round Robin 3:30
There was too much going on, too many topics. Also giving the sample rubric may have been overwhelming and distracting. Some of the categories overlapped. Maybe if you had picked a few topics or broader categories that would be better. You enrolled your audience but could be more engaging if you had a different problem.


Officials’ Reports:

WordMaster: Andrew Watt   

Rubric
noun
1. a title, heading, direction, or the like, in a manuscript, book, statute, etc., written or printed in red or otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text.
2. a direction for the conduct of divine service or the administration of the sacraments, inserted in liturgical books.
3. any established mode of conduct or procedure; protocol.
4. an explanatory comment; gloss.
5. a class or category.
6. Archaic. red ocher.
adjective
7. written, inscribed in, or marked with or as with red; rubrical.
8. Archaic. red; ruddy.
(dictionary.com)

Charlie Hubert: 1
John: 1
Bill Sullivan: 1
Andrew Watt: 2



Timer:  Donald Ostertag times given, see above


Ah Counter:  Gaia McDermott

Danielle - like
Charlie - and, um
Hollie - um
Rob - so
Peter - 0
Phil - so, um
Andrew - 0
Don - 3 ums
Gaia - 3 ums
Group total - 18 ahs, 22 ums

Grammarian:  Peter Davis

Charlie- rubric of what happened in 63
Phil – a cold run
Don – sorry Charlie
Andrew- rubrical – not a speech but a facilitation of discussion – a road map for students- don’t use a biblical seek and yee shall find


General Evaluator: Hollie Rose

Great signs- Thank you Charlie
Peter great gym metaphor

Next meeting: November 3, 2015


Thank you to Andrew Watt for the Table Topics Notes

Respectfully submitted by
Danielle Payne, Secretary



Friday, October 9, 2015

Meeting Minutes October 6, 2015



Cromwell Community Toastmasters
Club 5908 ~ District 53
Tues, October 6, 2015


Attendees:    Don Ostertag,  Charlie Hubert, Danielle Payne, Heather Turner, Bill Sullivan, Hollie Rose, Gaia McDermott, Andrew Watt, Michael Brillas, Sheetal Patel, Jeevan Kale, Rob Dale

Guests: August Wolf, Maribel, Terry, John, Vishruti Patel


Business Meeting

Crystal had her baby – a boy Zachary. Congratulations Crystal
Welcome August Wolf- Area Governor

Area Contest
Tuesday, October 13 at 7pm.
Manchester
Good luck to Rob Dalo and Gaia McDermott
Sheetal Patel will go as our judge

Area Contest Winners Move onto Division Contest

Division Contest
Monday, October 26
Colchester


District 53 Conference
November 21
Fishkill, NY at the Ramada
Keynote Lance Miller - 2005 World Champion of Public Speaking


Toastmaster Bill Sullivan


Invocation Heather Turner-   
Albert Einstein quote

Table Topics Heather Turner
  • [Andrew] 2:00 Strage bone-What is it?: It is a vertebrae from a dragon… or marine sea creature.. maybe a shark. During a storm on the beach there was a skeleton left similar to this. (it was actually from a dolphin)
  • [Rob] 2:15 You are a space man or woman on the international space station. What does this circuit board go to and how do you fix it? I used to work in an amplifier factory and looked at the quality of the solder. We had to test this with our own music. I spent a lot of time working with circuit boards.
  • [John] 1:17 You are a space man or woman on the international space station. What does this circuit board go to and how do you fix it? Circuit boards are like life. We start with a blank slate and each take a different path.
  • [Don] 1:16 This is your wand from Harry Potter. What house are you from? I watched the first Harry Potter movie come out and got into it. I like seeing how the actors grew up. My nephew went to Florida and brought back a tee shirt and wand for me. I really enjoy the movies.
  • [Charlie] 1:48 This is spider from Amazon. What do you use it for?
    This reminds me of Halloween. I think Daddy Long Legs are friendly. If you are a spider fan this is what one would buy.
  • [Bill] 1:39 Shiny half sphere – What is it? This is part of something from a security package from my house. What else could you use this for? This is so basic and simple. It would be cool if this could fly around you. It would go to class for you. It could deaden the sound while you play alto sax.  Or it could be a door stop.
  • [John]  2:27 This is a hard drive. What’s on it?:  Megabytes were huge when I was growing up. This could hold any secret, anyone’s secret. It could hold anything you could think of. My kids skype with Grandma/ Grandpa all the time and think it is the same as seeing them in person.



Speaker # 1:  Danielle Payne : 5:25
Manual/Project Competent Communicator, #1
Title: Settle Down, Class Has Begun

I teach at a small private school for children with autism. One of my students ran out of the room when I first meet him because he didn’t like change. Eventually, I began to spend more time with him. This job has taught be patience and understanding.


Speaker # 2:  Andrew Watt: 10:52
Manual/Project: Speaking to Inform: #4
Title: Font in Graphic Design

Fonts say things about us that we didn’t know they said. Helvetica is something everyone uses since 1957. You may not want to use it. Times allows you to use the most words with the least ink and paper. Courier is used to show that we are using code. One page of courier equals one minute of screen time on film. All of the letters occupy the same amount of space. Names in different font look very different.


Speaker # 3:  Hollie Rose: 18:10
Manual/Project: Specialty Speeches: #4
Title: The Quartzsite Trip by William Hogan

This project is to read outload so I am just going to read the beginning of The Quartzsite Trip by William Hogan. This takes place in 1962 which was very different from life today. Deeter Moss was getting ready for the school time off for Easter and was planning was going on the Quartzsite trip. PJ Cooper, a teacher, started the Quartzsite Trip. Only seniors were invited, 36 of them. The invitations were given on Monday two weeks before the trip began. The trip was the ultimate status.

Evaluator # 1: August Wolf 3:19
 I loved your energy and how you talked about the challenges. The speech was easy to follow. You should slow down. The conclusion was great.


Evaluator # 2:  Hollie Rose 2:53
The title was more general than it could have been. The title could have been The History of Fonts. Saving ink and money was brilliant. Delve more into the subject. Explain more about serif. You introduced culturally sensitive fronts at the end without getting into it.

Evaluator # 2:  Heather Turner 3:30
This is the hardest evaluation I have had to give. This speech is perfect for another manual. The speech should be shorter with a beginning and end. There was not much in terms of interpretation. If you do this again summarize the first 8 minutes.





Officials’ Reports:

WordMaster: Maribel  Ubiquitous - existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent:

Charlie Hubert: 1
John: 1
Bill Sullivan: 1
Andrew Watt: 2

Timer:  Gaia McDermot times given, see above

Grammarian:  Don Ostertag  
Charlie -  gentle warning to wrap it up.
Tom - wee wee referring to a radio.
John there will be no raisins
August- Toastmasters was a spring board.
Marci- pumpkin ice cream on a hot day turning to fall
Andrew- used a the word catch with a picture of a fish. 
Gaia - branches crackling, Chaos retreated Gaia came through

Ah Counter:  Terri

18 ahs and 22 ums for the group

Grammarian:  Don Ostertag

Andew Whatt: Big big fish, mind your ps and qs, outside and full of swashes
Bill Sullivan: These little dudes
John: Going to some place, boggle the mind
Danielle Payne: Communicate and interact
Hollie Rose: Hootin nanny
General Evaluator: Andrew Watt

The signs were great. Thank you.

August: Thank you. You are a happy, healthy club. Area contest is next week.  Divison and district contests will follow. There are advanced clubs if you have your CC and are ready for the next step. There is one 5-6 miles from here.

Area 44 contest in one week the 13th in Manchester briefing at 6:30
Sheetel will go as our judge.

We can look into virtual attendance. We as a club would need to buy the equipment. Heather has offered her equipment. We will discuss this at the next meeting.

Next meeting: October 19, 2015



Respectfully submitted by
Danielle Payne, Secretary