Toast of Jax News

John Roberts announced that Dramatic Reading and Extemporaneous Speech contests have been scheduled for the June 22 meeting. These are Club level contests and do not progress beyond Club level.

Milo Holt announced that he has a trophy from a similar prior contest and suggested that trophies for “club only” contests be “traveling trophies,” i.e. with the winner taking possession until the next contest.

President George Oehl welcomed new member Monica Harrell to the Club. Monica is a returning member welcomed by all.

Regular Club Meeting

Toastmaster – Lisa Gibson (1st time)

Word of the Day – commemorate (transitive verb)

1. to call to remembrance; 2. to mark by some ceremony or observation: 3. to serve as a memorial of.

Ribbon for best use to Milo Holt

Table Topics – Sandra Rodrigues (Pass the Buck – Make Believe You’re Running for a Fictitious Political Office)

Mel Epley	Mighty Smiter of Homeland Enemies (1:59)
Danny Pritchard	Environmental Wilderness Warrior (1:23)
Monica Harrell	Chief Lord of the Anti-Welfare League (1:14)
Felix Unger	Grand Minister of Readin’, Writin’ and ‘Rithmetic (1:52)
Ron Johnson	Big Buga Buga of Corporate Pork Barrels (1:41)

Speakers

Graeme Matthews	#10 (8-10) – Where Have All the Sheep Gone? (9:24) (Best)
David Rafanowicz	NM (7-9) – Terrorism 101 (11:10, overtime)
Ellen Unger	#6 (5-7) Talk to Your Kids (6:51)

Educational	Ulrich Leinhase – Memorable Speeches – techniques for delivering a memorable speech.

Evalumaster – John Roberts

Theresa Bates	(2:32)
Charlie Derrick	(2:52)
Richard Welty	(2:29) (Best)

Attendance – 24 members – no guests

Miscellaneous

During the meeting, the group joined in a chorus of “Happy Birthday to You” to commemorate the birthday of member Lisa Gibson and win the Word of the Day ribbon for Milo.

Graeme Matthews suggested that limitations be set to award the Word of the Day ribbon only to those who use it in the normal course of the meeting. In recognition of Toastmaster Milo Holt’s unique ability to use the Word creatively at any opportunity, the measure was voted down.

Joke of the Day – delivered by Danny Pritchard – A man took his dog to the veterinarian and was told the dog had already died. The man asked for another opinion, whereupon the doctor had, in succession, a Siamese cat and a Labrador Retriever confirm the dog’s condition. Satisfied that his dog had truly passed to the hereafter, the man was astounded when the vet told him the bill was $650. “$650,” the man exclaimed, “for what?” The vet, in a clinical tone, explained, “That’s $50 for the office visit and $600 for the Cat scan and Lab work.”

There will be no meeting next week due to the Memorial Day Holiday.

Congratulations to Graeme on achieving his CTM (someone order the man a gold name tag) and Happy Birthday to Lisa.

Another great meeting and a good time was had by all!

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