Business Meeting

Jim Akers presiding

President Jim Akers reminded the club about the International Speech and Table Topics contests to be held March 29. Toastmaster Roy Kenski, who will serve as Contestmaster requested volunteers to serve as a contest sergeant-at-arms and for two timer (no hyphen) positions.

Toastmaster Steve Lazar thanked members for volunteering in the on-going Speechcraft program at Eugene Butler Middle School. Participants are beginning to show up more prepared and are expending great efforts to improve their communication skills.

Regular Club Meeting

Toastmaster

Mel Epley (When the Rain Comes)

Word of the Day

Deluge - a great torrential rain; a flood; a sudden heavy downpour of rain or torrent of water; to inundate somebody suddenly with a large amount of something.

Ribbon for best use: Milo Holt

Table Topics

Jim Akers (Rainman)

Roy Kenski

Rain, Rain, Rain. (1:04)

Nandu Shah

Your best and fondest time in the rain. (1:53)

Gail Antonie

The most frightening time you ever had in the rain. (1:44)

Milo Holt

Actual origin of the rain dance. (2:07) (Best)

Beverly Farnell

If you were the script writer of “Singing in the Rain,” what would you sing? where would you sing? what would you dance? And with whom would you dance? (1:28)

Speakers

Danny Pritchard

Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (A Structural Analysis of the Towers’ Collapse) (9:44)

David Rafanowicz

I'll Plead the Fifth! (From the Continuing Series on the U.S. Constitution) (10:29)

Hank Heinold

Why Would You Move to Florida? (An Icebreaker Comparing Life in Sunny Florida to the Socialist Republic of Kalifornia) (6:25)

Jim Domenico

Global warming vs. Global Warming (A Comparison of the Theoretical vs. the Actual) (12:29) (Best)

Evalumaster

Fushan Zhang (Excellent meeting)

Evaluators

Ulrich Leinhase (3:20) (Best)

Blanked in the interest of time

Steve Lazar (3:29)

Charlie Derrick (3:15)

Educational

Ron Johnson – Show What You Mean (The non-verbal aspects of delivering a speech),

Miscellaneous

Guest Comments

Rizza Stang – Came back to visit our club a second time. She would like to speak with more confidence. Toastmasters would help her in doing her job better as a Customer Service Representative.

Hirsh Kravitz – Pleased to be a guest today and would like to use Toastmasters skills when he starts law school.

Joke Meister

Milo Holt  (The Advantages of Aging)

·       Your spouse still snores, but you can no longer hear it;

·       One martini actually does the work of three;

·       If you were getting younger, everyone would hate you.

Announcements

None

Attendance   19 members and 2 guests

Presiding Officer Jim Akers adjourned the meeting with a decidedly Presidential flourish at approximately 9:21  a.m.

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

Yurania Causey reporting

David J. Rafanowicz, Editor