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Business Meeting
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Danny Pritchard presiding
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Toastmaster David Rafanowicz unveiled
the design for a club lapel pin based upon the logo drawn by Toastmaster
Steve Lazar last year. David commented that Club President Danny Pritchard
had expressed a desire to leave behind something of long-term, enduring
value as a legacy. The discussion quickly evolved to a physical object that
members could treasure for years to come and could proudly display as a
symbol of their Toast of Jax membership. As a result, the idea of a club
pin – an affinity amulet certain to add cachet to one of the greatest
Toastmaster clubs – was born. The pins will be available for purchase at
$5.00 to members and $7.00 to non-members wanting to own their personal
piece of the Toast of Jax legend. All proceeds will go directly to the club
treasury to meet future objectives. The pins should be complete within ten
days and will be available for distribution at that time. According to
David, this may represent a Toastmaster’s first. He knows of no other club
that has its own pin or logo. Toast of Jax may be part of history in the
making.
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Toastmaster Fushan Zhang recognized
Toastmaster Millie Tannen, D.D. S. for authoring an article titled Dental
Care for Sleep Apnea in the July 2003 edition of Jacksonville
Healthsource. Way to go, Millie!
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Club President Danny Pritchard announced that the City of
Jax Toastmasters Club is looking for a test speaker and judges for its
Humorous Speech and Evaluation contests to be held downtown at noon on
Wednesday, August 27.
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Regular Club Meeting
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Toastmaster
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Ramin Mahmoodi (Back to school)
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Word of the Day
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Educate – to give knowledge to or develop the
abilities of somebody by teaching
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Ribbon for best use: Ron Johnson
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Table Topics
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Jackie Pease (School Days, School Daze)
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Roy Kenski
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Do you remember your best first day of school? (1:53) (Best)
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Fushan Zhang
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How did you get to school? (2:00)
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Steve Lazar
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Do you remember that time you got in trouble at school? (2:13)
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Don Lemcool
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Tell us about a particularly memorable or odd classmate. (2:08)
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Sudhir Thambala
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What was your best last day of school? (1:27)
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Speakers
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Millie Tannen
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Relaxation Dentistry (Now Just, Relax, This Won’t Hurt at All?) (10:39) (Best)
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David Rafanowicz
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The Ubiquitous Federal Government (The Ninth and
Tenth Amendments) (10:23)
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Kevin Corbett
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Keep Your Eyes on the Prize! (Keep Your Eye on
the Doughnut and Not on the Hole)(8:33)
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Milo Holt
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Speech Can Change Your Life (Here’s a Book
Worth Reading that I’ve Been Meaning to Read for the Last Thirty Years)(6:01)
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Evalumaster
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Roy Kenski
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Evaluators
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Ron Johnson (3:00)
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Danny Pritchard (2:54)
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Ulrich Leinhase (3:21)
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Myrna Gordon (2:38) (Best)
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Educational
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Converted to regualr speaker. See speech of Milo Holt above.
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Miscellaneous
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Guest Comments
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No guests present – bring along a friend.
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Joke Meister
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Grant McManus (Time Keeps on Ticking!)
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Ironically, both Hillary Clinton and
Laura Bush died on the same day.
Upon arriving at the Pearly Gates, they
were assigned a tour guide. Their first tour stop was a building with
clock-like objects on the wall. The tour guide told them that the purpose
of the clocks was to measure lies told by U.S. presidents. He pointed to
the George Washington clock, which had moved to the minute mark to indicate
that he had told one lie. Both First Ladies looked around for their
husband's clocks but couldn’t find them. The tour guide advised that God
had moved them to his personal office.
"Well, what a great honor,"
said the two ladies almost in unison.
"Not exactly," said the tour
guide, "He's using the clocks as fans."
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Announcements
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Toastmaster Ulrich Leinhase thanked
President Danny Pritchard for appearing on his Real Estate program. The
television show will air Monday at 10:30 p.m. on Comcast channel 29. Be
sure to watch. Danny commented that you may see a deer in the headlights as
this was a new communications experience for him.
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Attendance 18 members and no
guests.
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Presiding Officer Danny Pritchard adjourned the meeting with
a decidedly Presidential flourish at approximately 9:23 a.m.
Another great meeting and a good time was had by all!
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
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reporting
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Photographer
David J.
Rafanowicz, Editor
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