Meeting Wrap-Up – August 11, 2009
We had an enjoyable meeting tonight. For those of you who were unable to attend tonight, we missed you. We started the evening with a guest who is co-chair of the Toastmasters District 37 Fall Conference to be held in Asheville this year. Her name was Susan Stewart; she was visiting our club to promote the conference and ask for volunteers to assist with the conference. The conference will be held November 6th & 7th at the Doubletree Inn. Additional information may be found in the District 37 Newsletter “The Tarheel Talker” which was recently mailed to all Toastmasters in the state. The information can also be found on the District 37 website: www.toastmasters-nc.org.
Susan Stewart discusses the Toastmasters District 37 Fall Conference in Asheville
I had the honor of being Toastmaster tonight. We had two prepared speeches tonight! Jada Criswell gave speech #5 , tonight entitled “Citizen’s Arrest”. Some of Jada’s objectives were to learn the value of gestures and body movements as part of a speech. You nailed this one Jada! I really think if you enhanced your story with suggestions that Mike Keever gave you during his evaluation you would have a contender for the humorous speech contest. The crux of the story was Jada wasn’t about to let the “bad guy” get away with leaving the scene of an accident. To paraphrase another comedienne; “She got it done!” Her best phrase was she was acting like the “Incredible Hulk on Steroids”. Go Jada!!!
Ken Levra gave the second prepared speech tonight. His speech was entitled “Pass it on”! Do you have a past time or a hobby you really enjoy? How did you learn to do it? Did you have a mentor or buddy to teach you the ropes? This was the central point of Ken’s speech. We must mentor/teach people our passion so they may enjoy the rewards. Ken mentioned his love for hunting and fishing. He mentioned in a ten year period almost a million hunters have left the sport. Ken realizes that the sport is often portrayed as being cruel and inhumane. It is however a sport that prevents the over population of animals like deer and beaver. Ken was taught by a mentor his uncle to respect the wildlife, hunt responsibly and ethically. Points he plans to pass along to future generations. (True story) Ken’s grandson Aiden has a tee shirt with a picture of a high chair, underneath it the words: “My first tree stand”. Raise him right Ken!
Chad Bordeaux was our Table Topics Master. His theme was “Gilligan’s Island”. Ron Crews admitted he was really the “Professor” in disguise. Jada said if she wasn’t rescued from a tropical island that would be fine with her. Mike stated that the television and his computer were the only modern conveniences he would miss besides a shower.
There will be a new agenda being e-mailed in the next day or two. We will have a full meeting on August 18th. I will be presenting an “educational module”, Bert will be speaking and I believe we will have a new member induction ceremony, with Ms. Gewreka Robertson joining our ranks. Mr. Tony Treece may visit our club and we look forward to meeting you Tony!!
