Minutes, June 24, 2010 meeting

Meeting was called to order by SAA, Joe Kent.

Spark was by Patrick Foley, relating an inspiring speech he heard at a conference.

Table topics by Pavana who gave each speaker the chance to speak about a photo she had taken from a magazine. We had to guess what the photo advertised. Consensus was this was a lot of fun.

Business meeting chaired by Wei. We elected new officers.

President	Patrick Franklyn Foley
Vice President Education	Joseph H. Kent, CC
Vice President Membership	Lisa Lessard
Vice President Public Relations	Ben Goswami
Secretary	Kerry E. Kennedy, ATMB
Treasurer	Pavanasree Vasireaddy
Sergeant at Arms	K. Michael Cooper, ACB

Louise Ho supplied the snacks, healthy delicious.

In the prepared speech portion of the meeting we had three speakers.

Ben Goswami gave a humorous speech about "poking" in Facebook

Mike Cooper gave a humorous speech about his Nigerian dog Keffi.

Ajay Kotha gave his second speech, this one about positive thinking, with some practical suggestions about how to think positively.

The evaluators were Louise, Stephanie and Wei all of whom gave great feedback.

We had a guest, Aja, who participated in Table Topics and won the award. She says she will be back and will probably join the club.

The meeting was adjourned on time.

Kerry E. Kennedy

Total eleven members attended the meeting: Louise, Joe, Mike, Wei, Cindy, Wei, Lisa, Jennifer, Ben, Stephernie, Naoki. The agenda for the meeting is as follows.

Sergeant At Arms	Joe -- called meeting to order at 7:30pm.
Spark Master	Joe
President	Sam did not attend so Joe spoke -- welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Toastmaster	Lousie -- introduced functionaries for the meeting: Cindy: Master Evaluator Naoki: Grammarian Naoki: Ah Counter Cindy: Timer
Table Topics
Jennifer, as the Table Topic Master, Talk about October, dog and apple.
Business meeting
Snack Master	Wei
Speeches
Speaker 1	Ben: "911cheferic.com" Speech#3,
Speaker 2 Mike: "Gravis Operation Agenda" Speech#4, Speaker3 Stephanie: "Marktwain speech on babys" Interpretive Reading Manual#1, Mike Won the Best Speaker award
Evaluations
Evaluator 1	Jennifer evaluated Ben
Evaluator 2	Lisa evaluated Mike
Evaluator 3	Shyam evaluated Stephanie
Lisa won the Best Evaluator award.
Meeting Adjourned.

Total 10 members attended the meeting: Joe, Sam, Yuko, Mike, Wei, Cindy,Naoki and three other guests. The agenda for the meeting is as follows.

Sergeant At Arms	Joe -- called meeting to order at 7:30pm.
Spark Master	Cindy
President	Sam -- welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Toastmaster	Sam -- introduced functionaries for the meeting: Mike: Master Evaluator Joe: Grammarian Joe: Ah Counter Wei: Timer
Table Topics
Sam, as the Table Topic Master, prepared 43 questions and each speaker chose the number and answered the question.
Business meeting
Snack Master
Speeches
Speaker 1	Yuko: "How to Survive Another Heat-wave without Spending a Fortune" Speech#3, Get To the Point
Yuko Won the Best Speaker award
Evaluations
Evaluator 1	Naoki evaluated Yuko
Naoki won the Best Evaluator award.
Meeting Adjourned.

2009/06/25 Club Meeting Minutes

Total 11 members attended the meeting: Joe, Joy, Stephanie, Sam, Lisa, Yuko, Shyam, Louise, Mike, Wei, Nina. The agenda for the meeting is as follows.

Sergeant At Arms	Joe -- called meeting to order at 7:30pm.
Spark Master	Mike
President	Joy -- welcomed everyone to the meeting. -- made transition to the next President - Sam.
Toastmaster	Mike -- introduced functionaries for the meeting: Joy: Master Evaluator Shyam: Grammarian Shyam: Ah Counter Sam: Timer
Table Topics
Nina, as the Table Topic Master, ask members to speak on objects pulled out of a bag Mike won the Best Table Topic Speaker award.
Business meeting
Snack Master	Yuko
Speeches
Speaker 1	Lisa: "The People Business", Competent Communicator, Speech#6, Vocal Variety
Speaker 2	Wei: "Love Me or Not", Competent Communicator, Speech #4, How to Say It
Speaker 3	Yuko: "???", Competent Communicator, Speech #2, Organize Your Speech
Wei Won the Best Speaker award
Evaluations
Evaluator 1	Louise evaluated Lisa
Evaluator 2	Joe evaluated Wei
Evaluator 3	Stephanie evaluated Yuko
Stephanie won the Best Evaluator award.
Meeting Adjourned.

2009/06/11 Club Meeting Minutes

Total 10 members attended the meeting: Joe, Joy, Stephanie, Kerry, Jennifer, Sam, Lisa Mike, Wei, Nina. The agenda for the meeting is as follows.

Sergeant At Arms	Joe -- called meeting to order at 7:30pm.
Spark Master	Stephanie
President	Joy -- welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Toastmaster	Jennifer -- introduced functionaries for the meeting: Sam: Master Evaluator Wei: Grammarian Wei: Ah Counter Stephanie: Timer
Table Topics
Joy, as the Table Topic Master, ask members to speak on cultures of their hometown Stephanie won the Best Table Topic Speaker award.
Business meeting
Snack Master	Lisa
Speeches
Speaker 1	Mike: "How NOT to bring a dog home from Utah", Advanced Communication Series, Speaking to Inform, Speech#3, The Demonstration Talk
Speaker 2	Joe: "Practice", Advanced Communication Series, Story Telling, Speech #2, Let's Get Personal
Joe Won the Best Speaker award
Evaluations
Evaluator 1	Lisa evaluated Mike
Evaluator 2	Nina evaluated Joe
Nina won the Best Evaluator award.
Meeting Adjourned.

2009/05/28 Club Meeting Minutes

Total 9 members attended the meeting: Jane, Naoki, Louise, Kerry, Shyami, Jennifer, Cindy Wei, Joe. Total 2 guests attended the meeting. The agenda for the meeting is as follows.

Sergeant At Arms	Joe -- called meeting to order at 7:30pm.
Spark Master	Wei -- told us a story about his son.
Acting President	Louise -- welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Toastmaster	Shyam -- introduced functionaries for the meeting: Joe: Master Evaluator Joe: Grammarian Kerry: Ah Counter Wei: Timer
Table Topics
Kerry, as the Table Topic Master, ask members to speak on unprepared topics Jane won the Best Table Topic Speaker award.
Business meeting	Decided picnic will be held at Joy/Joe's home on 06/06/2009. Elected club officiers. President Sam VPE: Wei VP of Public Relations: Nina VP of Membership: Shyam Secretary: Naoki Treasurer: Lisa Sergeant at Arms: Joe
Snack Master	Mike
Speeches
Speaker 1	Louise: "Are We Really Ready", Advanced Communication Series, Speech#3, Speaking to Inform
Speaker 2	Jane: "How Similar is BioSimilar", Advanced Communication Series, Speech #5, Speeking to Inform
Louise Won the Best Speaker award
Evaluations
Evaluator 1	Naoki evaluated Louise
Evaluator 2	Jennifer evaluated Jane
Jennifer won the Best Evaluator award.
Meeting Adjourned.

2009/05/14 Club Meeting Minutes

Total 13 members attended the meeting: Jane, Joy, Naoki, Louise, Joe, Shyami, Nina, Lisa, Jennifer, Wei, Mike, Stephanie, Sam. The agenda for the meeting is as follows.

Sergeant At Arms	Joe -- called meeting to order at 7:30pm.
Spark Master	Jennifer -- told us about the history of ToastMaster.
President	Joy -- welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Toastmaster	Mike -- introduced functionaries for the meeting: Nina: Master Evaluator Kerry: Grammarian/Ah Counter Wei: Timer
Table Topics
Noaki, as the Table Topic Master, ask members to speak on housing. Stephanie and Sam shared the Best Table Topic Speaker award.
Business meeting	Discussed picnic plan again, Will hold officier election during next meeting.
Snack Master	Jennifer
Speeches
Speaker 1	Joy: "A Squirrel Tale", Storytelling manual, Speech #3 - The moral of the Story
Speaker 2	Stephanie: "Bonnie", Storytelling manual, Speech #1 - The Touching Story
Speaker 3	Sam: "???", non-manual speech
Joy won the Best Speaker award
Evaluations
Evaluator 1	Joe evaluated Joy
Evaluator 2	Jane evaluated Stephanie
Evaluator 3	Louise evaluated Sam
Louise won the Best Evaluator award.
Meeting Adjourned.