Cromwell Community Toastmasters
Club 5908 ~ District 53
Tues February 16, 2016
Attendees: Hollie Rose, Donald Ostertag, Bill Sullivan, Jeevan
Kale, Danielle Payne, Sheetal Patel
Guests: Winston, Daniel, Maribel
Business
Meeting
The Contests for Tall Tales and International Speeches and
it will be held on March 1st.
Toastmaster Sheetal Patel
Invocation Maribel
Maribel read a poem entitled “Shadow.”
Table Topics Hollie
Rose
Individualized questions
What is the best thing about Cromwell?
0:56 Sheetal – Cromwell is quiet with no hype. It is like a friendly
village. There are also good schools.
Tell us about salsa dancing.
2:42 Maribel – I started in 2000. My
sister got me involved. I took many lessons in small groups. I fell in love
with it. I have also done salsa dancing in St. Louis, Las Vegas, New York and
Rhode Island.
Do you cook island food?
2:06 Winston – Growing up on the
island we collected coconuts and started selling them for money. We also made
and sold sugar cake which is sugar and coconut.
Tell us about the beginning in Marine boot camp.
2:29 Don – I joined the Marines at
the last minute. The first day we were all headed towards DC and we got off the
train. The military police told us to get back on. I had no trouble with the
physical part because there were guys in my group who were slower than me.
Tell us something about yourself.
2:06 Daniel – I am not from around
here. I came from Romania on a short term work visa and wanted to stay. I finally got my accounting degree.
Tell us something about math.
1:54 Danielle – Pi day is the best
day of the year. It is one March 14th because pi is approximated to
3.14. In high school I had a bunch of people all put different digits on their
shirts with duct tape and we lined up to take a picture.
Tell us about work.
2:16 Jeevan – I work at Yale
University’s IT support system. I provide IDs for students and staff. I say
what they can and cannot do. I have to stay late sometimes.
Speaker #
1: William Sullivan: 4:32
Manual/Project: Speeches by Management
Title: Delivering Bad News
This club has done a great job of earning
the title of Distinguished Club for 5 years in a row. We have had Distinguished
Toastmasters here and some people have done very well at the competitions. I
have personally developed and grown. It is now my time to leave. I will have to
discontinue being part of this club. I have a better job now and more
responsibilities. Thank you to everyone. I hope to come back and see how this
club has grown.
Speaker # 2: Don Ostertag: 4:36
Manual/Project: Reading Out Loud
Title: A Table Topics Workout by:
Maureen Zappala, DTM
Table Topics is an important part of any Toastmasters meeting and it is a
powerful tool for growth. Everyday we engage in impromptu speaking.
Participating in Table Topics helps you develop critical and organized thinking
skills because you have to think quickly.
Speaker # 3: Winston: 6:40
Manual/Project: Competent Communicator # 1 – The Ice
Breaker
Title: Isaac, Will and Myself
I meet Will in 7th grade. Back then, I kept to myself. But we had a
lot of fun together. It was time to think about where to go to high school. I
didn’t know where I wanted to go or what I wanted to do. I was skinny and I
could run. Larry Stubbs from Prince Tech encouraged me to go there. I did end
up going to Prince Tech were I met Isaac. Isaac was big, tall and strong. Will,
Isaac and I had many adventures together.
Evaluator # 1: Hollie Rose 2:40
I felt that the news was being delivered to me. I didn’t know where it was
going at first. You set a calm and
soothing atmosphere. All bad news should be delivered this way. I'm so glad the delivered news was untrue.
Evaluator # 2: - No Evaluation
for Don
Evaluator # 3: Bill Sullivan
2:31
Thank you for stepping up. You were a natural. You also had a good story. You
could have worked the closing better if you had more time. You don’t need to
say the title. Overall, great job.
Officials’ Reports:
WordMaster: Danielle
Deluge -
a great flood of water
Timer: Donald
Ostertag Times given, See
above.
Ah Counter: Bill Sullivan
Hollie – 1 “so”
Danielle – 1 “so”
Don – 2 “ah”, 1 “um”, 3 “ah”, 1”so”, 1 “um”, 1 “ok:
Winston – 1 “you know”
Sheetal – 1 “and”
Maribel – “ah”, “so”, “and”
Winston – 1 “ah”, “so”, “um”, “and”, “really”, “basically”
Don – 1 “ah”, 3 “um”
Dan – “ah”, “um”, “and”
Danielle – “1 ah”, “so”, “um”, “and”
Jeevan – 1 “so”, 1 “um”, 1 “and”
Grammarian: Jeevan Kale
Hollie- math things
Winston – sugar cane
General Evaluator: Sheetal Patel
It was a short
meeting. Everyone did a great job. Thank
you.
Closing: Hollie Rose
The
Contests for Tall Tales and International
Speeches and it will be held on March 1st.
Winston and Maribel are joining.
Next meeting: March 1, 2016
Respectfully
submitted by
Danielle Payne, Secretary
