Happy One Year Anniversary!

Today we celebrated our one year anniversary as an official club. We had quite a few guests and lots of yummy food.

Meeting Officials:

Club President - Charlie Peters, CTM
Quote of the Day - Jack Buce, DTM
Toastmaster - Sarah Gagnon, CTM
Timer - Teresa Bzdek, CTM
Grammarian - Sheila George
Ah Counter - Kimberly Hunt
Speaker - Bill Forristall, ATM-B, CL
General Evaluator - Jon Evans
Speech Evaluator - Gwen Whipple, CTM

Bill gave a speech titled "The Inspiration of the King Street Toastmasters", from the manual, Let's Get Personal. Sarah announced the membership drive that we will be starting after the first of the year to get our membership number up to 20 or more.

Word of the Day:
Anniversary: n. The annual recurrence of the date of an earlier event.

Quote of the Day:

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."

Meeting Minutes for the King Street Toastmasters

Thursday, July 7, 2005

Theme: What Do Good People Do When Bad Things Happen?

12:00 Call to Order/Welcome Charlie Peters
12:02 Introduce Toastmaster Elinor Schott
Inspirational Quote of the Day Elinor Schott
Timer Jon Fleming
Grammarian Sarah Gagnon
Ah Counter Sarah Gagnon

12:10 Educational Session
Speaker 1 (5-7 min) Sheila George
“The Gasket Case”
Project #5, Your Body Speaks, The Communication & Leadership Program
Written Evaluation (1 minute)
Speaker 2 (5-7 min) Gwen Whipple
“The quest for Zaqua”
Project #1, The Entertaining Speaker, The Communication & Leadership Program

12:26 Table Topics Bill Forristall, ATM-B, CL
12:40 Introduce General Evaluator Krista Jones
12:41 Evaluation of Speech #1 (2-3 minutes) Wendy Byerly-Purdy
12:44 Evaluation of Speech #2 (2-3 minutes) Charlie Peters
12:47 Grammarian (report from seat; 1-2 minutes) Sarah Gagnon
12:49 Ah-Counter (report from seat; 1-2 minutes) Sarah Gagnon
12:51 General Evaluation (2-3 minutes) Krista Jones

12:53 Meeting Listener Quiz (present from seat) Renee Zimmerman, CL
12:54 Educational Moment (present from seat) Charlie Peters
1:00 Meeting adjourned

Meeting Minutes for the King Street Toastmasters

Meeting Minutes for the King Street Toastmasters

Thursday, June 09, 2005

"Why do good people do when bad things happen?"
Meeting Officials:
Call to Order - Charlie Peters
Quote of the Day - Elinor Schott
Toastmaster/Table Topics - Bill Forristall
Timer - Jon Fleming
Grammarian - Sarah Gagnon
Ah Counter - Sarah Gagnon
Speaker 1 - Sheila George
Speaker 2 - Gwen Whipple
Evaluator 1 - Wendy Byerly-Purdy
Evaluator 2 - Charlie Peters
General Evaluator - Krista Jones
Listener Quiz - Renee Zimmerman
Educational Moment - Charlie Peters

Attendees:
Leah Bolotin

Guests:
none

Word of the Day:

Gwen Whipple, Speaker 1, gave a speech called "There is no Place" (Speech #10, Inspire Others:Communication and Leadership Manual), which discussed homelessness and the resources available to help those who find themselves in that situation.

Jack Buce gave a speech called "M" (Speech #1, Ice Breaker Speech:Communication and Leadership Manual), which discussed the cabin he has visited often since childhood and his memories growing up.

"School's Out for Summer"

Call to Order/Timer - Renee Zimmerman, CL
Toastmaster/Quote of the Day - Wendy Byerly-Purdy
Grammarian - Caroline Edwards, ATM-S
Ah Counter - Kimberly Hunt
Speaker 1 - Bill Forristall, ATM-B, CL]
Speaker 2 - Krista Jones
Table Topics - Sarah Gagnon
General Evaluator - Charlie Peters
Evaluator 1 - Jim Raley
Evaluator 2 - Elinor Schott

Attendees:
Leah Bolotin
Brian Lhuillier

Word of the Day: Summer

Quote of the Day:
"Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it." - Russell Baker

Bill Forristall gave a speech called "Leaders Make Things Happen" (Speech#3, The Persuasive Approach: Public Relations Manual), which segwayed nicely into the business portion fo the meeting where officer candidates were nominated.

Krista Jones gave a great speech called "Graduation Speech" (Speech #3, Get to the Point:The Communication and Leadership Manual), which discussed three main points that all graduates should learn prior to graduation: 1. Arrive early, leave late, never combine breaks 2. ??(I seem to missed this part) 3. Always challenge and be challenged.

During the business portion of the meeting nominations were made for the club officer positions. The elections will be held on the 23rd of June. It was also briefly discussed as to whether to lengthen the amount of time for writing evaluations (this will be discussed in depth at next week's meeting).

The nominees are:

President

Caroline Edwards
Charlie Peters

VP - Education

Sarah Gagnon

VP - Public Relations

Wendy Byerly-Purdy
Jon Evans

VP - Membership

Nathan Brown

Secretary

Kimberly Hunt

Treasurer

Bill Forristall

Seargant-At-Arms

Jim Raley

"Traveling Tales"

Meeting Officials:
Call to Order/General Evaluator - Renee Zimmerman, CL
Quote of the Day/Educational Moment - Bill Forristall, ATM-B, CL
Toastmaster/Table Topics - Caroline Edwards, ATM
Timer - Krista Jones
Grammarian - Sheila George
Ah Counter - Jon Fleming
Speaker 1 - Gwen Whipple
Speaker 2 - Jack Buce, DTM
Evaluator 1 - Kimberly Hunt
Evaluator 2/Listener Quiz - Charlie Peters

Attendees:
Leah Bolotin

Guests:
Theresa Bzoek
Carolyn Creighton

Word of the Day:

Travel:v. 1.Voyage; roam, trek, explore 2. To journey (over as by conveyance)
ex.: Certain roads can be traveled only on horseback.


Gwen Whipple, Speaker 1, gave a speech called "There is no Place" (Speech #10, Inspire Others:Communication and Leadership Manual), which discussed homelessness and the resources available to help those who find themselves in that situation.

Jack Buce gave a speech called "M" (Speech #1, Ice Breaker Speech:Communication and Leadership Manual), which discussed the cabin he has visited often since childhood and his memories growing up.

"Neighborhood Schools"

Ouote of the Day:
"The school is the last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize." - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (32nd President)

Word of the Day:
Scholastic: adv., Characterized by a narrow concern for book learning and formal rules, without knowledge or experience of practical matters.

Meeting Officials:
Toastmaster - Jon Evans
Timer/Speaker 2/Listener Quiz - Bill Forristall, ATM-B, CL
Grammarian - Jim Raley
Ah Counter - Caroline Edwards, ATM-S
Speaker 1 - Kimberly Hunt
Evaluator for Speech 1 & 2 - Charlie Peters
Call to Order/General Evaluator/Educational Moment - Renee Zimmerman, CL
Table Topics Master - Jon Fleming

Kimberly Hunt gave a speech titled "Changes", Assignment #3 "Get to the Point" from the Communication and Leadership Manual.

Bill Forristall gave an impromptu speech titled "If", Assignment #2 "Interpreting Poetry" from the Interpretive Reading Manual.

Charlie Peters pulled double duty as the evaluator for both speakers. He did an outstanding job as usual.

Announcements - Club Officer Elections will be held on June 23, all nominations must be sent to our club President, Renee Zimmerman, prior to the 23rd.

"Motion Pictures"

"I thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public." George Lucas
"I don't know who you are or where you've come from, but from now on you'll do as I say, okay?" Princess Leia

Word of the Day:
Photoplay: n. 1)Motion Picture, movie 2) A magazine that was devoted to promoting films and celebrities

Meeting Officials
Toastmaster/Table Topics Master/Quote of the Day - Kimberly Hunt "loves B movies, such as Inbred Rednecks Alien Abduction, for their absurd plots and silly special effects."

Timer/Educational Moment - Jack Buce, DTM - quoted International Director Gary Schmidt as saying ""Star Wars" is the best movie ever made."

Ah Counter/Grammarian - Caroline Edwards, ATM - "Loves the black comedy style fo the Cohen Brothers and also likes the dark drama and wierdness of David Lynch. One of her favorite movies is "The Usual Suspects". Kaiser Zozay!"

Speaker 1 - Jon Fleming - "A real James Bond fan who prefers Roger Moore to Sean Connery and loves the gadgets and gizmos that Q comes up with in every movie."

Speaker 2 - Sarah Gagnon - "Looking forward to seeing the new Star Wars Movie as she fell in love with the series at the tender age of nine when she saw "Star Wars" for the first time."

General Evaluator - Jim Raley - "God saved him from watching "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" with his uncle by making sure the tape they rented was fatally injured."

Evaluator 1 - Gwen Whipple -

Evaluator 2 - Charlie Peters - "Loves spaghetti Westerns and thinks "The Wizard of Oz" is the worst movie ever made. As a kid, he really loved watching "Davy Crockett"."

references used by the Toasmaster:
Box Office Leaders by Decade
Film History before 1920
Short History of Hollywood

The meeting moved along very well. Jon Fleming Gave a fabulous speech titled "Date Night" (speech#4 from the Communication and Leadership Manual) where he discusses his goal of giving his daughter a good example of how she should be treated and how he tries to set a good parenting example by making sure to spend time with his wife every day. The next speech, by Sarah Gagnon titled "Memories of Molly" (speech #5 from the Communication and Leadership Manual), was very entertaining and beautifully described her experience when she learned how to drive. From the description of her driving instructor, a former drill sergeant, to the loving descripton of "Molly" who turns out to be her old car we were entertained from beginning to end.

Everything went as scheduled.

"Dancing"

Meeting Officials:
Call to Order/Table Topics Master - Renee Zimmerman, CL
Toastmaster/Quote of the Day - Jon Fleming
Timer - Sheila George
Grammarian - Caroline Edwards, ATM
Ah Counter - Krista Jones
Speaker 1 - Gwen Whipple
Speaker 2 - Sarah Gagnon
General Evaluator - Charlie Peters
Evaluator 1 - Jack Buce, DTM
Evaluator 2 - Jim Raley
Listener Quiz - Bill Forristall, ATM-B, CL
Educational Moment - Kimberly Hunt

Quote of the Day:
"Dancing is a wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it." - Christopher Morley

Word of the Day:

Terpsichorean: of or pertaining to dancing. Dancer.

Gwen Whipple gave a speech titled "How to Avoid Escaping Prisoners" (Speech#9, Persuade with Power:Communications and Leadership Manual), which gave everyone great information on keeping an audience's interest.

Sarah Gagnon gave a speech titled "Look to the Horizon" (Speech #4, How to Say It:The Commincation and Leadership Manual)

"A Mother's Day Out"

Meeting Officials:
Call to Order/Evaluator/Educational Moment - Renee Zimmerman, CL (President)
Quote of the Day - Gwen Whipple
Toastmaster - Sheila George
Timer - Jim Raley
Grammarian - Jack Buce, DTM
Ah Counter - Charlie Peters
Speaker - Caroline Edwards
Table Topics Master - Kimberly Hunt
General Evaluator/Listener Quiz - Krista Jones

Attendees: Elinor Schott

Quote of the Day:
"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers." - Anonymous

"Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret love outlives them all." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Word of the Day:

Maternal: adjl 1. Pertaining to or having qualities of a mother 2. Related through a mother

Caroline gave a wonderful and lively speech titled "Cinco De Mayo", speech 1 from the Speaking to Inform Manual. It included handouts on travel in Mexico.

Here are the resources she mentioned:
AIM - Americans in Mexico
Lonely Planet
Moon Travel
www.mexonline.com/cinco.htm

"Wildflowers"

12:00 Call to Order/Welcome Renee Zimmerman, CL Inspirational quote of the day Wendy Byerly-Purdy
12:02 Introduce Toastmaster Michael Brooks
Introduce Meeting Officials
Timer (present from seat; TM stays at lectern) Jon Evans
Grammarian (present from seat) Gwen Whipple
Ah Counter (present from seat) Jon Fleming

12:10 Educational Session

Speaker 1 (5-7 min) “Compensatory Mitigation – Fee-In-Lieu; What is that?” Nathan Brown
Speech #2, Organize your Speech: Communications & Leadership Manual
(1 minute for written evaluations)

Speaker 2 (5-7 min) “A Profitable Venture” Speaker: Jim Raley
Speech #3, Get to the Point: The Communication & Leadership Manual
(1 minute for written evaluations)
Timer’s report

12:25 Table Topics (1-2 minutes each) Krista Jones
(Return control to Toastmaster)
Timer’s report

12:40 Introduce General Evaluator Sarah Gagnon
12:41 Evaluation of Speech #1 Elinor Schott
12:44 Evaluation of Speech #2 Bill Forristall, ATM-B, CL
12:45 Grammarian (report from seat) Gwen Whipple
12:47 Ah-Counter (report from seat) Jon Fleming
12:49 General Evaluation Sarah Gagnon
Timer’s Report

12:52 Return to Toastmaster Michael Brooks
12:53 Meeting Listener Quiz (present from seat) Gwen Whipple
12:54 Educational Moment (present from seat)


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"Words that Matter"

Word of the Day:

olla podrida: n. Stew made in South America; a hodgepodge

Quote of the Day:

"A word fitly spoken is like an apple of gold in a setting of silver." - Proverbs

Meeting Officials:
Call to Order - Renee Zimmerman, CL
Toastmaster/Ah Counter - Jack Buce, DTM
Quote of the Day - Kimberly Hunt
Timer - Michael Brooks
Grammarian/Speaker 1 - Bill Forristall, ATM-B
Speaker 2 - Sheila George
Table Topics Master - Wendy Byerly-Purdy
General Evaluator - Brian Lhuillier
Evaluator 2 - Jon Evans
Educational Moment - Charlie Peters

Speech2 - "My Inspiration", Speech #4, How to Say It: The Communication and Leadership Manual

"Income Tax and The IRS"

Meeting Officials:
Call to Order/Welcome - Renee Zimmerman, CL
Quote of the Day - Sheila George
Toastmaster - Charlie A. Peters
Timer - Kimberly Hunt
Grammarian/Speaker 1/Meeting Listener - Bill Forristall, ATM-B, CL
Ah Counter - Michael Brooks
Speaker 2 - Krista Jones
Table Topics Master - Jack Buce, DTM
General Evaluator - Leah Bolotin
Speech Evaluator #1- Jon Fleming
Speech Evaluator #2 - Brian Lhuillier

Attendees:
Elinor Schott, Gwen Whipple, Jim Raley

Quote of the Day:
"First say to yourself what you would be: and then do what you have to do." - Epictetus

Word of the Day:
Pecuniary: adj. relating to financial matters

In honor of the looming tax day, Charlie Peters chose "Income Tax and The IRS" as his theme for the meeting. This also became a very amusing theme for the Table Topics questions. The meeting went smoothly and Bill Forristall made a last minute substitution as the first speaker. He gave a speech titled "When Are You", which was later evaluated by Jon Fleming.

The next speaker was Krista Jones, who gave us a very apt speech titled "The Best Commute I Ever Had" (Speech #2 from The Communication and Leadership Manual) . This speech was evaluated by Brian Lhuillier.

After an amusing Table Topics session and the reports of the meeting officials, we were reminded that Charlie Peters was scheduled to participate in the Area Speech Contest, which he won.

Welcome!

Welcome to the blog for the King Street Toastmasters! We meet every Thursday from Noon until 1p.m. over in Room 350, Goldsmith Building. This blog is primarily dedicated to recording the meeting minutes, for the ease and convenience of our members.

More information on our local district can be found here:
http://www.toastmasters-d2.org/

"Books that Changed Our Lives"

Meeting Officials:

President/Table Topics Master: Renee Zimmerman, CL
Inspirational Quote of the Day: Krista Jones
Toastmaster: Sarah Gagnon
Timer: Leah Bolotin
Grammarian: Sheila George
Ah Counter: Jack Buce, DTM
Speaker 1: Charlie Peters
Evaluator 1: Wendy Byerly-Purdy
Speaker 2: Jon Fleming
Evaluator 2: Kimberly Hunt
General Evaluator: Gwen Whipple
Meeting Listener: Nathan Brown III
Educational Moment: Jon Evans

Quote of the Day:
"As one person I cannot change the world, but I can change the world of one person." - Paul Shane Spear

Word of the Day:
Sagacity: n. The quality fo being sagacious. Wisdom. The intelligent application of knowledge from years of learning and experience. Ex: The more books you read, the more you gain sagacity throughout your life as long as you gain experience by applying what you learn from it.

It was announced that we have a new member, Caroline Edwards.

The meeting went very smoothly. We were treated to two very good speeches by Charlie Peters and Jon Fleming. Charlie Peters gave his speech entitled, "The Tragic Effects of the Draft", which was speech #7 from the Communication and Leadership Manual. Jon Fleming gave his speech entitled, "Stepping out of Your Comfort Zone", which was his second speech from the Communication and Leadership Manual.

After the speeches our Table Topics Master, Renee Zimmerman, gave us fun topics and utilized a bag of books for her questions. We had 99% participation! At the end of the meeting, after the evaluations and reports had been given, Nathan Brown gave us a quiz to test how well we'd been listening to the presenters and the Toastmaster.

It was announced that the District Two Conference would be held on May 14. Cost is $65 if paid ahead of time, $95 at the door.

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Club Speech Contest

Gwen Whipple - Contestant
Charlie Peters - Contestant
Kimberly Hunt - Judge
Renee Zimmerman - Judge
Bill Forristall - TM
Jon Fleming - Target speaker
Leah Bolotin - Timer
Nathan Brown - Back up judge


At this meeting we had our club speech contest to determine who would be representing our club at the Area 32 speech contest. Charlie Peters won the speech contest and advanced to the Area contest where, on April 14, he won and advanced to the Division Contest, which takes place on the 22nd of April.

"Spring Training - what do you do to get ready for Spring?"

Meeting Officials:
Call to Order/Welcome/First Speaker - Bill Forristall, ATM-B, CL
Inspirational Quote of the Day - Jon Evans
Toastmaster - Gwen Whipple
Timer - Sheila George
Grammarian - Charlie Peters
Ah Counter - Michael Brooks
Second Speaker - Elinor Schott
Evaluator for Speaker 2 - Jim Raley
Table Topics Master - Kimberly Hunt
General Evaluator - Wendy Byerly-Purdy

Quote of the Day:

"If we had no winter, spring would not be so pleasant. If we did nto sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." - Anne Bradstreet (British poet, 1612 - 1672)

Word of the Day:

Cultivate: v. To Improve by care, training or study; refine, give one's attention to. Ex: He cultivated a stronger sense of well-being.

An educational presentation "Evaluate to Motivate" was given by Bill Forristall, ATM-B, CL. The presentation educated us on why we evaluate speeches and how to give effective evaluations.

Evaluation benefit speakers by:
-providing immediate feedback
-offering methods of improvement
-building self-esteem

How to evaluate effectively:
1. Show interest
2. Talk to the speaker before the speech
3. Personalize your language
4. Evaluate the speech - not the person (avoid "you should", use "I feel" type phrases)
5. Promote self-esteem

When you can't think of anything, think of how you would've done it.

After the educational presentation, Elinor Schott gave her excellent speech "Music to Live By" (Speech #3, Get to the Point, The Communication and Leadership Manual).

Valentine's Day

Meeting Officials:

President/Toastmaster - Renee Zimmerman, CL
Inspirational Quote of the Day - Elinor Schott
Timer - Charlie Peters
Ah Counter - Elinor Schott
Grammarian - Jim Raley
Speaker - Kimberly Hunt
Evaluator 1 - Jim Raley
Table Topics Master - Wendy Byerly-Purdy
General Evaluator - Gwen Whipple

Quote of the Day:

"The journey through life becomes meaningful through love." - Anon.

Word of the Day:
Ardor: n. 1. A fiery intensity of feeling
2. Strong enthusiasm or devotion; zeal
Ex: The dazzling conquest of Mexico gave a new impulse to the ardor of discovery.

The meeting went smoothly. Kimberly Hunt gave her speech, "Milestones You Want to Avoid but Can't"(speech #2 from the Communication and Leadership Manual: Organizing Your Speech).

Official Chartering Ceremony for the King Street Toastmasters

At this meeting the King Street Toastmasters was officially chartered as a club. All the officers were duly inducted by Jack Buce, our Area 32 Governor, who took over Toastmaster duties for Emmy Hager, who could not attend.

Also, Charlie Peters gave his speech "Speaking is a Form of Art" from the Communication and Leadership Manual.

2004 - 2005 Officers:

President: Renee Zimmerman, CL

Vice President of Education: Bill Forristall, ATM-B, CL

Vice President of Public Relations: Jon Fleming

Vice President of Membership: Nathan Brown

Secretary: Kimberly Hunt

Treasurer: Charlie Peters