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Business Meeting
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Danny Pritchard presiding
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Club President Danny Pritchard welcomed back Toastmaster
Colin Murphy after a long hiatus to pursue educational interests.
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Danny also reviewed the Officer Training program held
Thursday evening and thanked club officers for attending. At the training,
he discovered that some clubs had more elaborate recognition ceremonies
when a member reaches CTM or a higher level and thought that would be a good
practice to implement at Toast of Jax.
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Humorous Speech and Evaluation contests have been scheduled
for the September 6 meeting, according to Pritchard. Area contests are
scheduled for 6:30 p.m., Friday, September 12 at the Southside Library.
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Newsletter Vision Committee Chairman David Rafanowicz
presented the committee’s recommendations (available in full detail <here>). A motion to
accept the recommendations was made, seconded and carried by voice vote.
The recommendations include photographing each member and publishing
pictures in the weekly newsletter for ribbon winners, new members and
special events. The newsletter will also be expanded to include a “Member
Accomplishments” column to allow members to submit a written article for
publication. (see below).
In line with the recommendations, Vice President Public
Relations Grant McManus will set up a portable photography studio at each
meeting in August. Members are encouraged to attend to be photographed as
early in the month as possible.
Vice President Public Relations Grant McManus suggested that
it would be appropriate to commenorate the club charter’s 30th anniversary
(issued June 20, 1973) by holding a special evening event for members and
their families. He believed it would be a great opportunity for family
members to discover what Toast of Jax is all about and to also have fun
doing it. President Pritchard appointed McManus to chair a committee to
review the idea and make recommendations.
President Danny Pritchard presented a Distinguished Club
Status Report and recognized Immediate Past President Jim Akers for
achieving all ten goals to reach President’s Distinguished level for the
club. He asked Club Secretary Yurania Causey to place the report in club
minutes.
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Regular Club Meeting
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Toastmaster
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Chris Spears (Tour de
France)
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Word of the Day
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extemporaneous - unrehearsed:
performed without any preparation
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Ribbon for best use: Felix Unger
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Table Topics
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David Rafanowicz (Strictly by the
Numbers)
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Colin Murphy
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The National Debt is at $6.7 trillion. Should I be
concerned? (1:59) (Best)
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Ulrich Leinhase
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Annual Births vs. Deaths. How do I make sense of these numbers? (2:17)
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Kamlesh Fadia
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Legal Immigration is much high that it was in the 1960’s. Does
that matter? (2:09)
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Fushan Zhang
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The 2003 Florida budget is $53.5 billion and the California
deficit is $38 billion, who’s better off? 1:22)
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Jackie Pease
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If zero is as low as it gets, but non-taxpayers can get
refunds, will you please pay me back that money I didn’t lend you? (2:01)
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Speakers
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Shauib Karim
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What is a Muslim? (Dispelling Some Misconceptions About My
Religion) (7:88)
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Gail Antoine
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The Richest Man in Babylon (Practical Advice on Building
Wealth) (7:28)
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Felix Unger
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Skiing is Fun - Really (How to Win Over a Potential Spouse
on the Bunny Trail) (10:00)
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Sudhir Thambala
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Icebreaker - Tomorrow Never Comes (How Creative
Laziness Can Lead to Innovative Time-saving Ideas) (5:27) (Best)
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Evalumaster
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Jim Akers (Great meeting and a good job done)
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Evaluators
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Mel Epley (1:44)
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Millie Tannen (2::09)
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Yurania Causey (1:44)
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Ron Johnson (2:14) (Best)
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Educational
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Richard Welty – A Helpful Hint for Speaking and Everyday Life (Keep
notes on your creative thoughts at they occur)
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Miscellaneous
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Guest Comments
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No guests today – bring along a friend
soon.
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Joke Meister
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Gail Antoine – Just My Luck
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A five-year-old boy felt ill one Sunday
morning and was unable to attend regular church services with his family.
When the family returned home, they were carrying palm fronds.
“What are those?” he inquired.
“Today is Palm Sunday and these are palm
fronds,” replied his mother.
“What are they for?” asked the
inquisitive boy.
“Well,” answered his mother,“ when Jesus
walked down the path, people would lay these in front of him.”
“Wouldn’t you know if,” said the boy, “the
one week I don’t go and he shows up.”
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Announcements
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President Danny Pritchard announced that Southside
Toastmaster club has asked for volunteers to judge their Humorous Speech
and Evaluation contests.
Toastmaster David Rafanowicz passed along greetings to the
club from Toastmaster John Roberts, who is in Cincinnati, Ohio on a
three-week educational stint for the Internal Revenue Service, and
Toastmaster Dave Jackson, who is doing well and participating in a
Toastmaster club at Williamsburg, Virginia. Jackson said that he misses all
his friends at Toast of Jax Toastmasters.
Toastmaster Gail Antoine announced that she will be
receiving her masters degree in a ceremony at the Times Union Center at
2:00 p.m. tomorrow. Members are invited to attend.
Remember that member picture-taking will begin next Saturday
and continue through August. Be ready next week and have your picture taken
early so that we can complete this project ASAP.
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Attendance 20 members and no guests
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Presiding Officer Danny Pritchard 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!
Member Accomplishments
This section is available for members to submit an article
on how Toastmasters has positively impacted their lives. Publication is
subject to editorial discretion based upon appropriateness of content,
length and language. Articles should be limited to 250 words (and a photograph
if appropriate). A maximum of one such item will be published in each
edition. Members are encouraged to submit an article.
Yurania Causey
reporting
David J.
Rafanowicz, Editor
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