Friday, December 30, 2005
Meeting Report 12/10/05
Minutes of Challenge Toastmasters Club 4581
Meeting of 12/10/05
Members in Attendance: 10 Guests: Nicole Jersak
Adam Avery Fred Magee John Ward Ö
Dana Belding Ö Doug Mayton H
Raphael Chalvarian Ö Laura Medeiros Ö
Susan Cooper H Tracie O’Geary Ö
Elliot Essman Ö Marianne Powers Ö
Merv Jersak John Shelton Ö
Gregory Lay Ö Ralph Wallace Ö H – on hiatus
The meeting was brought to order by President John Shelton at 8:00 a.m who saying “We’re alive in 2005!” The salute to the flag was led by Gregory Lay, who also got the meeting off to a great start with a quote from Plutarch on how easy it is to raise objections against man or nation, but to create something better is extremely troublesome.
John Shelton introduced the Toastmaster of the day – John Shelton, who immediately got the program started by introducing Dana Belding as our Skill Builder. Dana reminded us of the power of enthusiasm and details by relating how he got ‘stuck’ with a Corvette rental when on business in California. While driving down the freeway with the top down, feeling the wind in his hair, he witnessed a semi go under a bridge that had a rod sticking down that punctured the semi trailer and suddenly he found himself showered in paper. Oh, his skill builder also included the power of stories….whether a dream (a la Corvette story) or real.
John returned reality to our meeting and related how people are living longer – average to 78 years while 100 years ago the average age was 48. Also people have more wealth and there are more doctors, scientists, and engineers alive then every before. He then introduced our speakers and facilitated a round-robin evaluation of each.
· Ralph Wallace spoke (for 7:22) from the Basic Manual, Speech #2, “Organize Your Speech.” He brought to leadership to life by some sports-minded guy (Rick Pitino) in “Leadership Secrets by Rick Pitino”. He related how success is a choice and Rick had 10 steps to become an overachiever in business and life. Ralph related personal stories to expand upon Rick’s lessons especially the lesson of patience, how adversity can help us challenge ourselves to make things happen, and the immeasurable value of friends.
· Marianne Powers spoke (for 4:56) from the Basic manual, Speech #9, “The Persuasive Speech.” Her title was “Changing the World”. With a freshly printed book, Mariiane motivated us to make a difference. How? Accept everyone. Show people how to be better by believing in them. Marianne’s passion for the subject showed throughout the speech and in her challenges to us. She encouraged us to explore relationships as the path for making a change. In the round robin, we found out that a few were not sure about taking on the task of changing the world, but Marianne’s speech encouraged them to think about changing themselves and/or their environment.
· Our third speaker was Raphael Chalvarian who delivered a speech from The Storytelling manual, speech #5, Bringing History to Life. It was a riveting speech entitled “Known But to God” that relayed inspiration and amazing information about the Tomb of the Unknown and those who guard the tomb. He so captivated us with the history, dedication, and especially the pride associated with being a member of the guard that at least one member had a few tears escape down their cheek.
Elliot Essman gave a formal evaluation of Ralph’s speech. Marianne’s speech was evaluated by John Ward; Raphael’s by the unknown evaluator (ok, it was supposed to be Merv, but I didn’t write down who took Merv’s place. Would the real evaluator please stand up and state your name? Thanks!).
Laura Medeiros kept us on the clock as timer.
Gregory Lay provided us with a memorable toast: Here’s to our pens and our tongues – may they perform in glorious harmony to produce words of inspiration.
Meeting adjourned at 9:58 a.m.
Submitted by your meeting’s reporter
TK O’Geary, B.Sc., MBA, CTM, CL, ATM-B, ATM-S, ATM-G, AL, DTM, BB,
all-but-test PMP, and Mrs. Universe Never-Wanna-Be
Meeting of 12/10/05
Members in Attendance: 10 Guests: Nicole Jersak
Adam Avery Fred Magee John Ward Ö
Dana Belding Ö Doug Mayton H
Raphael Chalvarian Ö Laura Medeiros Ö
Susan Cooper H Tracie O’Geary Ö
Elliot Essman Ö Marianne Powers Ö
Merv Jersak John Shelton Ö
Gregory Lay Ö Ralph Wallace Ö H – on hiatus
The meeting was brought to order by President John Shelton at 8:00 a.m who saying “We’re alive in 2005!” The salute to the flag was led by Gregory Lay, who also got the meeting off to a great start with a quote from Plutarch on how easy it is to raise objections against man or nation, but to create something better is extremely troublesome.
John Shelton introduced the Toastmaster of the day – John Shelton, who immediately got the program started by introducing Dana Belding as our Skill Builder. Dana reminded us of the power of enthusiasm and details by relating how he got ‘stuck’ with a Corvette rental when on business in California. While driving down the freeway with the top down, feeling the wind in his hair, he witnessed a semi go under a bridge that had a rod sticking down that punctured the semi trailer and suddenly he found himself showered in paper. Oh, his skill builder also included the power of stories….whether a dream (a la Corvette story) or real.
John returned reality to our meeting and related how people are living longer – average to 78 years while 100 years ago the average age was 48. Also people have more wealth and there are more doctors, scientists, and engineers alive then every before. He then introduced our speakers and facilitated a round-robin evaluation of each.
· Ralph Wallace spoke (for 7:22) from the Basic Manual, Speech #2, “Organize Your Speech.” He brought to leadership to life by some sports-minded guy (Rick Pitino) in “Leadership Secrets by Rick Pitino”. He related how success is a choice and Rick had 10 steps to become an overachiever in business and life. Ralph related personal stories to expand upon Rick’s lessons especially the lesson of patience, how adversity can help us challenge ourselves to make things happen, and the immeasurable value of friends.
· Marianne Powers spoke (for 4:56) from the Basic manual, Speech #9, “The Persuasive Speech.” Her title was “Changing the World”. With a freshly printed book, Mariiane motivated us to make a difference. How? Accept everyone. Show people how to be better by believing in them. Marianne’s passion for the subject showed throughout the speech and in her challenges to us. She encouraged us to explore relationships as the path for making a change. In the round robin, we found out that a few were not sure about taking on the task of changing the world, but Marianne’s speech encouraged them to think about changing themselves and/or their environment.
· Our third speaker was Raphael Chalvarian who delivered a speech from The Storytelling manual, speech #5, Bringing History to Life. It was a riveting speech entitled “Known But to God” that relayed inspiration and amazing information about the Tomb of the Unknown and those who guard the tomb. He so captivated us with the history, dedication, and especially the pride associated with being a member of the guard that at least one member had a few tears escape down their cheek.
Elliot Essman gave a formal evaluation of Ralph’s speech. Marianne’s speech was evaluated by John Ward; Raphael’s by the unknown evaluator (ok, it was supposed to be Merv, but I didn’t write down who took Merv’s place. Would the real evaluator please stand up and state your name? Thanks!).
Laura Medeiros kept us on the clock as timer.
Gregory Lay provided us with a memorable toast: Here’s to our pens and our tongues – may they perform in glorious harmony to produce words of inspiration.
Meeting adjourned at 9:58 a.m.
Submitted by your meeting’s reporter
TK O’Geary, B.Sc., MBA, CTM, CL, ATM-B, ATM-S, ATM-G, AL, DTM, BB,
all-but-test PMP, and Mrs. Universe Never-Wanna-Be
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I really like the little symbols that took the place of the check marks in the original text!
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Once again, another brilliant meeting notes to add to our collection. Good job TK.
TK asked would the real evaluator please stand up.......and she will be waiting a while for someone to stand up, because it was actually TK herself that was the "real" evaluator that took Merv's place.
RC
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TK asked would the real evaluator please stand up.......and she will be waiting a while for someone to stand up, because it was actually TK herself that was the "real" evaluator that took Merv's place.
RC
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