Great night at Cedar Hill - lots of laughter and learning in a very supportive environment.
The meeting was started by Paul, Sergeant of Arms, who reminded everyone about the upcoming winter in spite of a warmer weather pattern that we had been experiencing lately.
Kevin was the Toastmaster and did a great job moving the meeting along and explaining each section of the meeting since we were honored with a presence of a guest.
Anna gave the Word of the Day - otiose. Then, Larry brought some humor with the Joke of the Day.
There were three speakers presenting the prepared speeches. Lyn's speech entitled "Christmas" was quite entertaining as Lyn talked about different ways people approach Christmas preparations and gift giving. It was project 6 from the Competent Communicator, Using Vocal Varieties.
Next, Martha presented a speech "Nutrition Traps", project from Speaking to Inform manual. She educated the audience about the consumption of sugar and how sugar is lurking into our food on a daily basis.
John gave a speech from Special Occasion speeches manual. He presented a "roast" speech in recognition of Cedar Hill Toastmaster member, Kevin.
Eliot as a Table Topics master challenged the audience with the topics related to winter. We all know that winter will eventually arrive so this was a prelude to what we need to think about when the winter is here.
In the educational section of our meeting, Larry evaluated Lyn's speech, Paula evaluated Martha's speech and Paul evaluated John's speech.
Paul was the Timer and Anna was the Grammarian. We were reminded of bad habits, such as starting the sentence with these popular filler words, "so" and "now."
Finally, Joyce presented the General Evaluator's report praising the Toastmasters contributing to the success of last night's meeting.
John, our President reminded everyone about the mentor program at the club and encouraged members to take advantage of it.
The meeting roles for the next meeting were taken by Paula. Cedar Hill meets again on December 17.
Respectfully submitted by
Martha Danielewicz
Secretary
Cedar Hill Toastmasters
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