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September 13, 2003

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Best Speaker

Myrna Gordon

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David Rafanowicz

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Gail Antoine

Word of Day

Mel Epley

 

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Business Meeting

Danny Pritchard presiding

President Danny Pritchard announced winners of the Area 37 Humorous Speech and Evaluation contests held last evening. From Toast of Jax Toastmasters, Jim Domenico and Jackie Pease took first and second place in the Evaluation Contest. Toastmaster Roy Kenski took first place in the Humorous Speech Contest. Although one our own, Roy competed as a member of his other club, City of Jacksonville Toastmasters. Congratulations to all! Division contests will be held soon, with details to be announced.

Pritchard announced the resignation of Club Secretary Yurania Causey. Yurania will be occupying her weekends the next six months preparing for a state exam. Danny expressed his appreciation for Yurania’s past two years serving as a club officer. He announced that a an election to fill the vacancy will be held next week.

Danny reminded the club that semi-annual dues are due by next week and welcomed member John Roberts, visiting today from Orlando.

Regular Club Meeting

 

Toastmaster

Roy Kenski

 

Word of the Day

Jocular – fond of joking; with a playful, joking disposition. Intending to be funny

 

 

Ribbon for best use:  Mel Epley

 

Table Topics

Jim Akers (Help Me Decide)

 

Ron Johnson

Who’s the leader of our club? – Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck? (1:58)

 

Danny Pritchard

What's more important - great taste or less filling? (1:30)

 

Jackie Pease

What’s better – paper or plastic? (1:44)

 

Gail Antoine

Is a kiss really just a kiss? (1:37) (Best)

 

Betty Gambill

How can you tell if a river is lonely or just wants to be by itself? (1:22)

 

Speakers

 

 

Myrna Gordon

Another Diet? (This one may really, really work – maybe not.)(6:30) (Best)

 

Mel Epley

Convergence, the Doofus State, Lauts, Umlauts, etc. (A funny thing happened on the way . . .) (5:58)

 

Sudhir Thambala

Promise versus Peril (Nano-technology – the answer or another issue?) (6:48)

 

Shauib Karim

Networking - What, Why, Where and How (Putting your best foot forward and making an impression) (8:18)

 

Evalumaster

Nandu Shah

 

Evaluators

Fushan Zhang (2:17)

 

 

Yurania Causey (2:37)

 

 

David Rafanowicz (2:44) (Best)

 

 

John Roberts (3:05)

 

Educational

Betty Gambill – Tips for Speaking Outside the Club

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

Guest Comments

Guest Evonya Cornelius is submitting a membership application today.

 

Joke Meister

Danny Pritchard

 

A man driving a car was stopped by a police officer and the following exchange took place....

The man asked, "What's the problem officer?"

“You were going at least 75 in a 55 zone,” replied the officer.

“No sir, I was going 62 maximum,” the man declared.

“Oh, Harry,” said the man’s wife, “You were going at least 80.” 

The man gave his wife a dirty look.

“I'm also going to give you a ticket for a broken tail light,” aid the officer.

“Broken tail light?” said the man, “I didn't know about a broken tail light!”

“Oh Harry,” said the wife, “you've known about that tail light for weeks.”

The man gave his wife a dirty look.

“And, I'm also going to give you a citation for not wearing your seat belt,” continued the cop.

“But officer,” protested the driver, “I just took it off while you were walking up to the car.”

“Oh, Harry,” said the wife, “you never wear your seat belt.”

Whereupon, the man turned to his wife and yelled, “Helen, why don’t you just shut your damn mouth?"

The officer turned to the woman and asked, "ma'am, does your husband usually talk to you this way?"

"Oh no,” said the wife, “only when he's drunk."

Announcements

 

VP Education and Training Ron Johnson announced that Worksource Toastmasters needs volunteers for its contest meeting on Thursday, September 18. Contact Ron for more information.

Toastmaster Ramin Mahmoodi announced his participation in an event outside the club and invited members to attend. The event, titled Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey, will be held at FCCJ’s Kent Campus from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 on Saturday, September 20. The program will consist of a showing of a PBS documentary on the genetic origins of man followed by discussion with a panel of experts. Admission is free.

Attendance   22 members and 1 guest

Presiding Officer Danny Pritchard adjourned the meeting with a decidedly Presidential flourish at approximately 9:15 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. (For anyone concerned about authoring a publishable article, please submit a draft with main thoughts and ideas for consideration. It will be edited and returned for review before publication.)

Yurania Causey reporting

Grant McManus, Photographer

David J. Rafanowicz, Editor

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