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 7^th we will hold the 240 anniversary dinner. On November 8^th we have the Hartford parade.  We will also be involved in the Veteran’s Day activities on Nov 11^th.

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

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 13^th 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

September 15, 2015 - Fall Speech Contests

Cromwell Community Toastmasters

Club 5908 ~ District 53

Tues, September 15, 2015

Fall Speech Contests - Table Topics & Humorous

Table Topics
1^st Place - Rob Dalo
2^nd Place – Danielle Payne
3^rd Place – Peter N. Davis

Humorous
1^st Place – Gaia McDermott – How to Curb Your Cursing
Charlie Hubert – You Too Can Be a Cook

Cromwell Community Contest Winners Advance To:
Area 44
Table Topics & Humorous Speech Contests
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
7:00-9:00 pm
Hosted by: Nathan Hale Club in Manchester at the Manchester Church, 595 Tolland Tpk

Thank you to
Contest Chair – Donald Ostertag
Contest Master – Andrew Watt
Chief Judge – Hollie Rose
Refreshments – Rob Dalo
And all the volunteers and club members who helped make this possible

Respectfully submitted by

Danielle Payne, Secretary

Meeting Minutes September 1, 2015

Cromwell Community Toastmasters

Club 5908 ~ District 53

Tues, September 1, 2015

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

Guests: August Wolf, Marci, John

Call to order - Charlie read Toastmaster’s mission statement.

Business Meeting - President Hollie Rose

Welcome August Wolf Area 44 Director
Contest is next meeting – table topics and humorous
Dues are due this month- please pay by the next meeting- $84 for the year, 42$ for 6 mos.
We received the President’s Distinguished Ribbon for last year – Hollie presented it to last year’s President, Phil Mason.

Toastmaster Peter Davis

Invocation Tom Alvord-   

The Rabbit and the garden- Mark Nepo

Word of the Day - Devise-   

See report below

Table Topics Hollie Rose

• [Tom] 1:55 What is the first music you remember having an impact on you?: I don’t remember the exact music but we had a lot of music growing up in the 1940’s.. we made our own music…the jingle from the donut shops sticks out
• [Rob]  1:19 What is your favorite movie?  I do not have a favorite but I recently watched and liked the Godfather for the values… the guy wanted to protect his family
• [John] (guest) 1:49 What food are you grateful for?  My favorite food is what I like to cook…oatmeal cookies -no raisins!... I like to give them to people to enjoy
• [Danielle] 1:25 What person has made an impact in your life? My brother has been an inspiration to me. We have been able to support each other.
• [August] (guest) 1:51 What is your life in 2 minutes?  I will answer why I am grateful for Toastmasters…Toastmasters has been a springboard.. I have been involved in voice overs, theater and radio work
• [Marci] (guest) 0:47 Tell us the most enjoyable part of your last week:  Going with my significant other to get a pedicure and a nice meal…getting a pumpkin pie Blizzard at Dairy Queen
  
  
• [Andrew]  2:15 Tell me about a stranger who made an impact on you:  I don’t meet many strangers as a teacher… we were on a trip and a woman was injured and couldn’t participate… at the end I was also injured and was able to stay with the injured woman... she ended up being a Buddhist monk and she said you don’t have to teach something to everyone you know

Speaker # 1:  Andrew Watt : 10:57

Manual/Project: Speaking to Inform, #4

Title: Color, Opacity and Hue in Graphic Design

Today was the first day of school. The eight graders have to design a yearbook. One can use CARP – contrast, alignment repetition and proximity. Using the three primary colors plus white and black you can make most of the colors you can find.  It looks like computers can generate thousands of colors. Computers don’t know color so someone had to make a program for that. Computers use black, red, blue and green instead of the three primary colors. Each color has a number associated with it. This can create 125 colors and then uses different pixels to show thousands of colors. Unlike the computer, the printer gives something that does not look like something on the screen. The printer uses different technology. Printers use cyan, yellow and magenta. When these colors are combined they form the primary colors. Printers work by subtracting away the colors you shouldn’t see. You can create a beautiful image on the computer and see crap when you print it.

Speaker # 2:  Gaia McDermott 4:38

Manual/Project: Competent Communicator #1 Icebreaker
Title: What’s In a Name?
My name is Gaia Barbara McDermott but my birth name is Barbara McDermott. Everyone has very Irish names except for me. Barbara means foreign and strange. I devised the name Gaia legally. I had paralyzing depression after having my son. Depression is like winter with no hope and I was able to come out of chaos. Chaos retreated and Gaia came through.

Evaluator # 1: Donald Ostertag 1:46

You did a good job holding and showing the computer. All of your visuals were good. Your voice was nice and even. I found the numbers of each color very interesting. You had good hand movement. You did your homework and did a nice job.

Evaluator # 2:  Andrew Watt 3:53
You did a great job. The first speech is always hard. You had a good visual aid. You had almost no notes. You were able to think on the spot and use the word of the day -  devise. There as a beginning, middle and end. You talked about your divorce like it was like spring. I liked chaos retreated and Gaia came out.

Officials’ Reports:

WordMaster: Andrew Watt  Devise, to plan  or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought

Tom 6, Charli 3, Hollie 3, Rob 3, Phil 1, John 3, Danielle 1, Marci 1

Timer:  Charlie Hubert times given, see above

Grammarian:  Rob Dalo
Charlie -  gentle warning to wrap it up.
Tom - wee wee referring to old radio static.
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 the word catch with a picture of a fish. 
Gaia - branches crackling, Chaos retreated Gaia came through

Ah Counter:  Donald Ostertag
Andrew 0, Gaia 4, john 4, Danielle 4, Marci 3,  Peter a few

General Evaluator: Phil Mason

Andrew you had to come up with out the projector and you did a great job. It is great to have guests and the Area 44 Director. The signs were great.

In closing:  The word of the day winner got the paper. Gaia thank you for doing your icebreaker. Don’t forget the contest on the 15^th. Dues are due!

August: Giving the person who used the word the most the WoD paper is a good idea. Maybe they should get to be WoD person next meeting.

The Area contest will be in Manchester on October 15^th.

Next meeting: September 15, 2014 – We will have a contest. Don will be the chair for our contest. We have a table topics and a humorous contest. We will have 4 people for each

Table topics: Rob, Bill, Peter and Danielle

Humorous: Charlie, Phil, Gaia, and Andrew
Hollie is the chief judge.

Don’t worry about going on the next level.

Respectfully submitted by

Danielle Payne, Secretary

[Posted by Hollie Rose]