Toast of Jax News

Toastmaster John Roberts, who will serve as Contest Master next week, announced a “last call” for participants in the Dramatic Reading and Extemporaneous Speech Contests.

President George Oehl issued a reminder that the induction of new officers will occur at the June 29 meeting.

Toastmaster David J. Rafanowicz requested that the President appoint a Chairman for a scholarship committee to investigate the possibility of the Club funding a modest scholarship through tax-deductible contributions and recommended Toastmaster Richard Welty. President Oehl appointed Toastmaster Welty to chair a scholarship committee to investigate.

Honorary Member Dave Jackson, by proxy, moved that the Club Host’s role be defined as “greeting a guest at the door and introducing him/her to a member, who will then elicit sufficient information to provide an introduction when called upon by the President to do so.” The motion was seconded and carried. The web site will be modified to reflect the change.

Toastmaster and Incoming VP Education & Training handed out a survey designed to assess member’s objectives in the coming year, similar to what he had distributed earlier in the week via e-mail. Danny encouraged all members to reply so that every member’s objectives can be considered in setting schedules.

President Oehl appointed Toastmaster Mel Epley to chair an Audit Committee for the leadership transition to occur July 1.

Regular Club Meeting

Toastmaster – Steve Lazar

Word of the Day – Progeny (noun) (A Father’s Day tribute)

1 a : descendants, children b : offspring of animals or plants

2 : outcome, product

3 : a body of followers, disciples, or successors

Ribbon for best use to: Ellen Unger

Table Topics – Ellen Unger – Tomorrow is Father’s Day

Fuschan Zhang	What Makes a Good Father (1:30)
John Roberts	What Other Special Days Should be Recognized (1:45)
Charlie Derrick	What Would You Want Your Progeny To Remember About You? (2:00)
Milo Holt	Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child? (2:45) (BEST)

Speakers

Nandu Shah	ADV – Then and Now (The Advances of Technology in Our Lives) (9:00, under time on 10-12 target)
Colin Murphy	ADV – JEA Press Conference (The Power Outage Explanation) (Speech 5:25, Q&As, 9:14) (Best)
Mel Epley	#6 – Captain Goode Leaves the Ice (Tales of My Tour of Duty in Antarctica) (7:30)

Educational	Suspended due to time constraints. Thanks to Jim Domenico for yielding the time.

Evalumaster – Nandu Shah

Danny Pritchard	(2:27)
Graeme Mathews	(3:57) (Overtime)
Ulrich Leinhase	(2:47) (Best)

Attendance – 21 members – No guests

Miscellaneous

Joke of the Day – delivered by John Roberts

A man at a bus stop observed a seeing-eye dog wet the pants leg of his blind master at a bus stop. After a few second of thoughtful contemplation, the blind man reached into his pocket, pulled out a dog biscuit and attempted to give it to the dog. Curious, the observer asked the blind man why he would reward the dog for such bad behavior. “It’s not a reward,” explained the blind man, “as soon as I figure out which end is his mouth, I’ll know to kick the opposite end.”

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