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Business Meeting (Jim Akers presiding) Toastmaster John Roberts, who will be serving as Contest Master on August 24, announced that six members had signed up in each contest (Humorous Speech and Evaluation) and passed around the sign-up sheet. On behalf of the club, Toastmaster David J. Rafanowicz presented Toastmaster Steve Lazar an award for his contribution by designing the club logo. The award was a copy of the logo laser-etched on a 12” round maple disk, for Steve to proudly display in his office (or for use in serving his favorite party nosh). Thank you Steve. A new protocol for distribution of the weekly meeting agenda, five week schedule, and ballot sheets was announced. The documents will be available at the Money Collector’s table and each member should pick up his/her individual copies on the way in. Regular Club Meeting Toastmaster – Beverly Farnell (Theme: Nearby National Parks) Word of the Day – piddle (intransitive verb) dawdle or putter; to spend time idly; to move or act aimlessly or idly; to work at random; (any other use unintended) Ribbon for best use to: John Roberts Table Topics – Nandu Shah (Pros and Cons - in more ways than one)
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Evalumaster – Colin Murphy
Miscellaneous Guest comments Eddy Alvarez - Enjoyed it; inspiring. Jeannie Hardwick (from the Lillian Bradley Club) – bought friend Eddy to introduce her to Toast of Jax Toastmasters. Brian Caves – Invited by Ulrich; Had no idea what to expect. Jeannette Ramos – Invited by Felix; Moving to Mandarin; Great group. Joke Meister – Ulrich Leinhase (Recycled Peanuts) Late one afternoon, an aluminum siding salesman was just getting ready to close a major sale with an elderly woman. He hadn’t eaten all day and was anxious to close the sale, most especially because they were sitting in the kitchen and he was very focused on food. As luck would have it, just as she was preparing to put pen to paper, the telephone rang and she went to another room to answer it. As minutes ticked away, the salesman took a peanut from a bowl on the kitchen table, then another and another. Before he realized what he was doing, he had emptied the entire bowl. When the woman returned from her call, he felt it best to immediately confess and beg her forgiveness. “I’m sorry,” he offered, “but I haven’t eaten all day and I just ate every peanut in that bowl.” “That’s ok,” she nodded and smiled, “ever since I got these false teeth I can only suck the chocolate off of them.” ▼ Toastmaster Rafanowicz requested that the club adopt a new protocol to allow immediate feedback to the weekly Joke Meister. After the joke, the assembled membership will signal Thumbs Up (a good, appropriate joke), Thumbs Down (didn’t quite make the grade), or Hand on Throat (he/she died on that one). The Presiding Officer will read the signals and provide instant feedback on the group consensus. The club recognized Lisa Gibson for successfully attaining her CTM designation by delivering her tenth speech at today’s meeting. Way to go Lisa! Congratulations! Attendance: 23 members and 4 guests The meeting was adjourned with a flourish at 9:01 a.m. Another great meeting and a good time was had by all! |
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