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Business Meeting
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Danny Pritchard presiding
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Area Governor Jim Akers presented
President Danny Pritchard with a Home Club Ribbon to recognize that Toast
of Jax Toastmasters is the home club of our Area Governor this year.
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New Club President Danny Pritchard presented an overview of
his experience with Toast of Jax Toastmasters, from the first time he
attended as a nervous guest to his first meeting as Club President . Danny
also called for an officers meeting to be held directly after the regular
meeting.
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Regular Club Meeting
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Toastmaster
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Fushan Zhang (Holiday Festivities & Good Food)
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Word of the Day
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Glut - Fill to repletion; excessive eat and
drink
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Ribbon for best use: Steve Lazar
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Table Topics
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Milo Holt (Crime is on the Rise and Out of Control)
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Richard Welty
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What would like to see done about youth gangs and resulting
crime? (1:38)
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Ulrich Leinhase
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What would you do to address serial killers (not cereal
killers) and acquaintance crime? (2:10)
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Jim Akers
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Are there high crimes areas in our city? If so, what should be
done about them? (1:35)
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Danny Pritchard
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Insurance companies pay out one-in-every-four dollars to
fraudulent claims. What should be done about it? (1:30)
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Ramin Mahmoodi
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Are judges and juries too tolerant? Do you believe our judicial
system is fair? (2:00) (Best)
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Speakers
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Mel Epley
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Threshing Ring (A Huge Harvesting Machine from the Eyes
of a 5-year-old Future Farmer) (7:45)
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Ron Johnson
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Communication is the Key to Success (Understanding
Involves Both What is Said and What is Heard) (7:00)
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Millie Tannen
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Wolves of the Sea! (The Wonders of Sea Mammals) (7:25) (Best)
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David Rafanowicz
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Raising the Bar (We Know Where We’ve Been and Where We Are, Now
Where Do We Go From Here? All Success is Incremental) (8:00)
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Evalumaster
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Yurania Causey (Another Great
Meeting)
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Evaluators
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Grant McManus (3:23) (Best)
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Kamlesh Fadia (3:18)
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Nandu Shah (3:15)
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Steve Lazar (3:19)
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Educational
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Dale Howard – Organize Your Speech
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Miscellaneous
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Guest Comments
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No guest comments, but see announcements below.
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Joke Meister
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Ulrich Leinhase (Get the Whole
Story)
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Two Iowa farmers were talking and one
mentioned that his mule was very lethargic and appeared to be at death’s
door.
The other farmer said, “You know, when
that happened to me, someone suggested that I have the old mule drink a
gallon of turpentine.”
“Thanks. I’ve gotta run. I have an
appointment at the bank,” said the other farmer as he quickly left.
The following day, the two farmers ran
into each other at the general store.
“Hey,” said the one farmer, I gave my
mule that gallon of turpentine and it didn’t work. He died within an hour.”
“Yep! Same thing happened to mine,”
responded the other farmer, “you shoulda let me finish the story.”
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Announcements
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Toastmaster David Rafanowicz discussed an e-mail received
from Toastmaster Bub Cranney of Tweed Valley Toastmasters
concerning our recent article on web sites in The Toastmaster
magazine. Tweed Valley Toastmasters holds two-and-one-half hour meetings,
from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., on the east coast of Australia, twice
each month. Its scheduled roles include a “Listening Critic” who listens
attentively throughout the meeting and asks members questions at meeting’s
end to assure that they listened well. Failure to answer correctly – or to
at least craft a plausible response on the fly – results in a 20-cent fine
(about $0.13 USD). The club breaks for a 15-minute Morning Tea at 11:00
a.m. As to their Toastmastering, Bub says that they also have fun doing it.
You can visit their web site <here>
and if you’re ever in Australia, we have an open invitation to attend their
meetings.
Toastmaster Ramim Mahmoodi’s 5-year-old son delivered a
surprisingly cogent tale in a form of a speech about an industrious ant and
a not-so-industrious grasshopper. Millie Tannen, our Best Speaker of the
day, then presented her ribbon to him for the amazing accomplishment.
VP Public Relations Grant McManus proudly announced that his
daughter Katherine’s first article appeared in this morning’s Florida Times
Union. She’s only eleven years old and already a published author. The
1,050 word article, along with several pictures by Katherine’s photographer
dad, can be found on the internet <here>.
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Attendance 22 members and
one-half guest (5-year-old)
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Presiding Officer Danny Pritchard adjourned the meeting with
a decidedly Presidential flourish at approximately 9:20 a.m.
Another great meeting and a good time was had by all!
Yurania Causey reporting
David J.
Rafanowicz, Editor
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