We had an interesting meeting, full of opportunities for everyone to speak and we also had lots of laughter throughout the evening. Kevin was the Toastmaster of the evening making sure we remain on track with the meeting agenda. Also, he reminded us to get credit on the meeting roles in the Competent Leadership manual.
Joyce challenged us with a work of the day - "palindrome". Just in case you did not know, there are also palindromic sentences, and Joyce exemplified a couple of them. Several members were very creative in their use of word throughout the meeting.
Eliot put some humor into the meeting with the Joke of the Day.
Before we moved on to the speaking part, Kevin asked John, club President, to announce the changes to the timing procedures at our club. Specifically, John introduced the new rule requiring the timer to make the red card conspicuous in the event the speaker was going over time.
Larry as Speaker 1, presented a speech entitled "Political Smorgasbord" from the Entertaining Speaker series. Larry entertained us with his humorous opinions on several presidential race candidates. Joel stepped up as Speaker 2 with an impromptu speech "The Year's Biggest Story" in which he introduced us to the controversial issue of Patriots' deflated footballs and challenged some of the opinions on this issue.
Both speakers were very passionate about the topics and there was no doubt that they had drawn the audience's attention and sparked a lot of enthusiasm.
Larry's speech was evaluated by Eliot and Joel's speech was evaluated by Elizabeth.
Larry was also the Table Topic Master and gave a chance to the members to express their opinions about the presidential candidates. Each Table Topic participant would draw a name from the bag and then the fun began.
Paul was the General Evaluator, John performed the task of Timer and Martha presented the Grammarian report.
Paula, VP Education, reminded us about the upcoming speech contest at our club on October 1. The featured categories are - Table Topics and Humorous Speech. Members are encouraged to participate in the contest.
John concluded the meeting with the club business items. He informed that based on the latest officers' meeting, our club will make an effort to start and end the meeting on time. Also, he announced that he will be coordinating the mentor program and strongly encouraged members to take advantage of it.
It's time to submit the club dues. They are due October 1. Please contact the Club Treasurer, Kevin, to take care of dues.
Respectfully submitted by
Martha Danielewicz
Secretary
Cedar Hill Toastmasters
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