Sunday, March 30, 2008

2008/03/27 Club Meeting Minutes

Total 14 members attended the meeting: Jane, Jennifer, Jie, Joe, Ken, Kerry, Lisa, Louise, Mike C, Mike G, Sam, Sarah, Shyam, Stephanie.

The agenda for the meeting is as follows.
Sergeant At ArmsLisa
-- called meeting to order at 7:30pm.
Spark MasterLouise
-- inspired us with "no barriers, only solutions".
PresidentJoe
-- welcomed everyone to the meeting.
ToastmasterMike C.
-- introduced functionaries for the meeting:
Mike G.: Master Evaluator
Jie: Grammarian. The word of the day: emulate
Jie: Ah Counter
Joe: Timer
Table Topics
Lisa, as the Table Topic Master, asked us for tips of disciplining kids. 8 members participated in the table topics: Jane, Jennifer, Kerry, Louise, Mike G, Sam, Shyam, Stephanie.
Sam won the Best Table Topic Speaker award.
Business meeting
  • Jane reminded us about the demo meeting on April 3rd. Jennifer showed us her design of the agenda for the demo meeting.
Snack MasterMike G.
Prepared Speeches
Speaker 1Jane: "Tibet -- the other Side of the Story", Speech #4 from the Speeches to Inform Manual.
Speaker 2Kerry: "Performance Appraisals", Speech from the Speeches by Management Manual.
Speaker 3Shyam: "Trust Your Instincts", Speech #4 from the Communication and Leadership Manual.
Speaker 4Sam: "On Oligarchy", Speech #4 from the Speeches by Management Manual.
Shyam won the Best Speaker award.
Evaluation
Evaluator 1Jennifer evaluated Jane's speech
Evaluator 2Jie evaluated Kerry's speech
Evaluator 3Stephanie evaluated Shyam's speech
Evaluator 4Sarah evaluated Sam's speech
Shyam won the Best Evaluator award.
Meeting Adjourned.