Tuesday, December 14, 2010

December 13, 2009 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Nancy Johnson, Eric Jones, Irina Mattos, Randy Lee, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Ron Kasper, George Lee, Francis Anaro, Mary Lynagh and Ruth Wadsworth.

Nancy was the Toastmaster.
Ruth was the General Evaluator.
Francis was the Grammarian.
George was the Ah Counter.
Irina was the Vote Counter.
Ron was the Timer.
Eric gave a speech entitled, 'My Life Journey'.
Mary was the Table Topics Master.
Samya evaluated Eric's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: Resolutions
The word of the day was: Sedate

The club decided to cancel the meeting on January 3rd and will instead hold the first meeting of 2011 on January 10th.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

December 6, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Ruth Wadsworth, George Lee, Mary Lynagh, Bill Craumer, Eli Chen, Ron Kasper, Francis Anaro, Katya Ermolaeva, Nancy Johnson, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Eric Jones and Randy Groover.

Ruth was the Toastmaster.
Ron was the General Evaluator.
Randy was the Grammarian.
Francis was the Ah Counter.
Eric was the Vote Counter.
Orla (Mary's daughter) was the Timer.
Eli gave a speech entitled, 'Changes'.
Katya gave a speech entitled, 'Learning to Speak'.
Bill was the Table Topics Master.
Samya evaluated Eli's speech.
George evaluated Katya's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: Winter Wonderland.
The word of the day was: Gelid.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

November 29, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Nancy Johnson, Ruth Wadsworth, Francis Anaro, Bill Craumer, George Lee, Randy Lee, Ron Kasper, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Eric Jones, Katya Ermolaeva, Irina Mattos and Randy Groover.

Nancy was the Toastmaster.
Randy Lee was the General Evaluator.
Eric was the Grammarian.
Katya was the Ah Counter.
Crystal (George's daughter) was the Vote Counter.
Bill was the Timer.
Randy Groover did a speech entitled, 'Weightlifing and Me'.
Ron was the Table Topics Master.
Samya evaluated Randy's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: The Art of Giving
The word of the day was: Cyber Monday

All the current officers were re-elected to their current offices.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

November 15, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: George Lee, Randy Lee, Eric Jones, Francis Anaro, Mary Lynagh, Bill Craumer, Ron Kasper, Nancy Johnson, Irina Mattos, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi and Randy Groover.

Ron was the Toastmaster.
Nancy was the General Evaluator.
Bill was the Grammarian.
Orla (Mary's daughter) was the Ah Counter.
Crystal (George's daughter) was the Vote Counter.
Eli was the Timer.
Francis gave a speech entitled, 'My Journey to America'.
George gave a speech entitled, 'Communism'.
Randy Groover evaluated Francis' speech.
Irina evaluated George's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: My Favorite Kind of Quiet
The word of the day was: Bombastic

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

November 8, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: George Lee, Mary Lynagh, Irina Mattos, Eric Jones, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Francis Anaro, Eli Chen, Ron Kasper, Bill Craumer and Randy Groover.

George was the Toastmaster.
Randy was the General Evaluator.
Eric was the Grammarian.
Eli was the Ah Counter.
Francis was the Vote Counter.
Crystal (George's daughter) was the Timer.
Bill gave a speech entitled, '2010 Ice Breaker'.
Samya was the Table Topics Master.
Mary evaluated Bill's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: Communism
The word of the day was: Turncoat

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

November 1, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Ruth Wadsworth, Eli Chen, Eric Jones, Katya Ermolaeva, Irina Mattos, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Ruth Wadsworth, Randy Lee and Randy Groover.

Ruth was the Toastmaster.
Randy Groover was the General Evaluator.
George was the Grammarian.
Crystal (George's daughter) was the Ah Counter.
Eric was the Vote Counter.
Irina was the Timer.
Ruth gave a speech entitled, 'How to Make a Speech'.
Randy Lee was the Table Topics Master.
Samya evaluated Ruth's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: Travel
The word of the day was: Parapetetic

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

October 25, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: George Lee, Randy Lee, Eric Jones, Bill Craumer, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Irina Mattos, Francis Anaro, Roneeta Lal, Nancy Johnson and Randy Groover.

Randy Groover was the Toastmaster.
George Lee was the General Evaluator.
Roneeta was the Grammarian.
Francis was the Ah Counter.
Crystal (George's daughter) was the Vote Counter.
Bill was the Timer.
Samya gave a speech entitled, 'Looking for the Perfect Home'.
Irina was the Table Topics Master.
Nancy evaluated Samya's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: Desperation
The word of the day was: Nervous

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

October 18, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: George Lee, Mary Lynagh, Jessica Fruitman, Ron Kasper, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Irina Mattos and Randy Groover.

Samya was the Toastmaster.
Ron was the General Evaluator.
George was the Grammarian.
Orla (Mary's daugther) was the Ah Counter.
Crystal (George's daughter) was the Vote Counter.
Irina was the Timer.
Mary gave a speech entitled, 'Waiting for Superwoman'.
Jessica was the Table Topics Master.
Randy evaluated Mary's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: Fall
The word of the day was: Change

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

October 4, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Ruth Wadsworth, George Lee, Mary Lynagh, Jessica Fruitman, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi and Randy Groover.

Randy was the Toastmaster.
Randy was also the Timer.
Mary was the Grammarian.
Ruth gave a speech entitled, 'Judgements'.
Mary also was the Table Topic Master.
George evaluated Ruth's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: Contests
The word of the day was: Argumentative

Thursday, September 16, 2010

September 13, 2010 Executive Committee Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Samya Boxberger-Oberoi (VPPR) and Randy Groover (President & Secretary).

Officer Reports:

The President reported that 1 DCP goal was formally acknowledged by Toastmasters International, but that Ruth Wadsworth had attained her ACB, but probably had not submitted it to Toastmasters International by the time the DCP report was run for this meeting.

The VPPR suggested that the flyer that was in development for the San Mateo County Business Expo could be saved as a marketing document on our website and would be especially helpful for responding to contacts by e-mail. There was general agreement that this was a good idea.

The Secretary reported that he had caught up on all the Blogging necessary to record the minutes of the various meetings.

Agenda Items:

It was agreed that 100 fliers would be produced at a maximum for the San Mateo County Business Expo. In any case a budget of $100.00 for fliers would not be exceeded. The VPPR stated that all the details were on schedule for the club's participation at the Expo on September 22, 2010.

The President said that everything was in order for our club's participation at the Area Contest on September 27, 2010.

The concept of adding an application page for new members was initially discussed. It was agreed that this conversation should continue when the Treasurer was present since the Treasurer will have the most interaction with proposed new functionality.

The next Executive Committee meeting will be held on November 8, 2010.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

September 13, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: George Lee, Tracy Ye, Irina Mattos, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Mary Lynagh and Randy Groover.

Mary was the Toastmaster.
George was the General Evaluator.
Randy was the Grammarian.
Crystal (George's daughter) was the Ah Counter.
Irina was the Vote Counter.
Orla (Mary's daughter) was the Timer.
Randy gave a speech entitled, 'From Divine Design to Diabolical Design'.
Samya was the Table Topics Master.
George also evaluated Randy's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: Caring
The word of the day was: Tolerant

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

August 30, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Irina Mattos, Bill Craumer, Ron Kasper, Ruth Wadsworth, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Mary Lynagh and George Lee.

Ron was the Toastmaster.
Mary was the General Evaluator.
George was the Grammarian.
Crystal (George's daughter) was the Ah Counter.
Irina was the Vote Counter.
Bill was the Timer.
George also gave a speech entitled, 'Chinese Philosophy'.
Ruth was the Table Topics Master.
Samya evaluated George's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: The Stock Market
The word of the day was: Sleaze

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

August 23, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: George Lee, Eddie Javaid, Tracy Ye, Nancy Johnson, Bill Craumer, Irina Mattos, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Ruth Wadsworth and Randy Groover.

Eddie was the Toastmaster.
Samya was the General Evaluator.
Randy was the Grammarian.
George was the Ah Counter.
Irina was the Vote Counter.
Tracy was the Timer.
Ruth gave a speech entitled, 'The Importance of Public Speaking'.
Randy also was the Table Topics Master.
Nancy evaluated Ruth's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: Labor Day
The word of the day was: Invidious

Tracy, Bill and Irina were formally inducted into the club.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

August 16, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Yenny Lee, George Lee, Tracy Ye, Ruth Wadsworth, Eddie Javaid and Randy Groover.

Samya was the Toastmaster.
Eddie was the General Evaluator.
Ruth was the Grammarian.
Crystal (Yenny and George's daughter) was the Ah Counter.
Randy was the Vote Counter.
Irina (a guest) was the Timer.
Tracy gave a speech entitled, 'The Pursuit of Real Happiness'.
George was the Table Topics Master.
Yenny evaluated Tracy's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: Autumn
The word of the day was: Autumnal

Monday, August 16, 2010

August 9, 2010 Executive Committee Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Ruth Wadsword (VPE & VPM), Samya Boxberger-Oberoi (VPPR) and Randy Groover (President & Secretary).

Officer Reports:

The President Reported that 0 DCP goals had been obtained.

The VPPR reported that she had begun the planning for our club's participation at the San Mateo Expo.

The Secretary reported that he had caught up on the updates to the Blog.

Agenda Items:

The President reported that the CC: and spam issues were resolved and that only the BCC: issue was an unresolved e-mail issue.

The Executive Committee decided to reimburse any member of the club who is required to pay in order to get into the Area Contest. The President informed the Executive Committee that the Area Contest would be held on Monday, September 27, 2010 from 6:00 P. M. to 9:00 P. M. at the Hillsdale Mall Conference Room in leiu of our regular meeting.

The VPPR agreed to Contact Linda Asbury to begin the process of securing a booth for the club at the San Mateo County Expo. The VPPR also agreed to complete a first draft of the flier that we plan to give away and present it for comment to the club as soon as practical. The Executive Committee was united in agreeing to give away a free membership as a 'door prize' at the Expo. The VPE/VPM committed to making a sign for our booth at the Expo announcing that a free membership will be given away.

The next Executive Committee meeting will be held on September 13, 2010.

August 9, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: George Lee, Yenny Lee, Ruth Wadsworth, Mary Lynagh, Elisia Jackson-Vogler, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Eddie Javaid, Tracy Ye and Randy Groover.

George was the Toastmaster.
Eddie was the General Evaluator.
Randy was the Grammarian.
Crystal (Yenny and George's daughter) was the Ah Counter.
Orla (Mary's daughter) was the Vote Counter.
Elisia was the Timer.
Ruth gave a speech entitled, 'Keys to Success'.
Samya gave a speech entitled, 'International Market Expansion Strategy'.
Randy evaluated Ruth's speech.
Yenny evaluated Samya's speech.
Tracy was the Table Topics Master.

The theme of the meeting was: Global Warming
The word of the day was: Ambient

Saturday, August 7, 2010

August 2, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Ron Kasper, Tracey Ye, Ruth Wadsworth, Nancy Johnson, Yenny Lee, George Lee, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Eddie Javaid and Randy Groover.

Ron was the Toastmaster.
George was the General Evaluator.
Eddie was the Grammarian.
Ruth was the Vote Counter.
Tracy was the Timer.
Yenny gave a speech entitled, 'That's It'.
Nancy gave a speech entitled, 'Pearl S. Buck, Her Journey to the Good Earth'.
Ruth was also the Table Topics Master.
Randy evaluated Yenny's speech.
Samya evaluated Nancy's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: Summer Memories
The word of the day was: Reminisce

Saturday, July 31, 2010

July 26, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: George Lee, Yenny Lee, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Elisia Jackson-Vogler, Nancy Johnson, Ruth Wadsworth, Ron Kasper and Randy Groover.

Eddie Javaid (a reinstating former member) was the Toastmaster.
Nancy was the General Evaluator.
Randy was the Grammarian.
Samya was the Ah Counter.
Yenny was the Vote Counter.
Randy was also the Timer.
Ron gave a speech entitled, 'Is Bottled Water Necessary?'.
Elisia gave a speech entitled, 'Moving & Organization'.
Yenny was the Table Topics Master
George evaluated Ron's speech.
Ruth evaluated Elisia's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: Summer Travel
The word of the day was: Sojourn

Thursday, July 22, 2010

July 19, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Mary Lynagh, Ron Kasper, Nancy Johnson, Ruth Wadsworth, Yenny Lee, George Lee, Elisia Jackson-Vogler, Eddie Javaid and Randy Groover.

Ruth was the Toastmaster.
Yenny was the General Evaluator.
Mary was the Grammarian.
George was the Ah Counter.
Crystal (Yenny and George's daughter) was the Vote Counter.
Ron was the Timer.
Nancy gave a speech entitled, 'My Day'.
Randy evaluated Nancy's speech.
Eddie was the Table Topics Master.

The theme of the meeting was: Summer Sports
The word of the day was: Recreation

Our Area Governor, Sam Chow, inducted the incoming club officers.

Monday, July 19, 2010

July 12, 2010 Executive Committee Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Ruth Wadsworth (VPE & VPM), Samya Boxberger-Oberoi (VPPR), Nancy Johnson(Treasurer) and Randy Groover (President & Secretary).

Officer Reports:

The President reported that 3 DCP goals had been obtained.
The President indicated that we would install the new officers at the next meeting.

The Treasurer reported that she was receiving statements regularly.

The Secretary reported that he was behind in updates to the Blog, but hoped to catch up in July.

Agenda Items:

The President reported that the alias problem involving the BCC: and CC: lines is still outstanding.

The club's participation in the San Mateo Expo was discussed in depth. The President was tasked to contact Linda Asbury requesting a booth and to write an e-mail to the club indicating that our meeting on 9/20 was cancelled and that we would be participating at the Expo on 9/22 instead. The Vice President of Public Relations was tasked with writing an e-mail to the club membership soliciting helpers to populate the booth during the Expo.

Officer training was discussed.

The next Executive Committee meeting will be held on August 9, 2010.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

July 12, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: George Lee, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Nancy Johnson, Ruth Wadsworth, Yenny Lee, Skylar Quarles and Randy Groover.

Samya was the Toastmaster.
Samya was also the General Evaluator.
George was the Grammarian.
Crystal (Yenny & George's daughter) was the Ah Counter.
Nancy was the Vote Counter.
Randy was the Timer.
Eddie Javid (a guest) gave a speech entitled, 'My Life in 4 Minutes'.
Ruth evaluated Eddie's speech.
Yenny gave a speech entitled, 'Be Good or Else'.
Nancy evaluated Yenny's speech.
Randy was the Table Topics Master.

The theme of the day was: Summer
The word of the day was: Hot

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

June 28, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: George Lee, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Yenny Lee, Ruth Wadsworth, Skyler Quarles, Mary Lynagh.

George was the Toastmaster.
Samya was the General Evaluator.
Yenny was the Table Topics Master.
Orla (Mary's daughter) was the Ah Counter.
Crystal (Yenny & George's daughter) was the Timer.
Tracy (a guest) was the Vote Counter.
Ruth was the Grammarian.
Skylar gave a speech entitled, 'Franchising'.
Mary evaluated Skylar's speech.

The theme of the day was: Patriotism
The word of the day was: Loyalty

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

June 21, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: George Lee, Elisia Jackson-Vogler, Mary Lynagh, Yenny Lee, Skylar Quarles and Randy Groover.

Randy was the Toastmaster.
Randy was also the General Evaluator.
Yenny was the Grammarian.
Orla (Mary's daughter) was the Ah Counter.
George was the Vote Counter.
Crystal (George's Daughter) was the Timer.
Mary Lynagh gave a speech entitled, 'The World Cup'.
Skylar evaluated Mary's speech.
George also served as the Table Topics Master.

The theme of the meeting was: Food
The word of the day was: Ebullient

The following Executive Committee members were elected:

Randy Groover - President
Ruth Wadsworth - Vice President of Education
Ruth Wadsworth - Vice President of Membership
Samya Boxberger-Oberoi - Vice President of Public Relations
Nancy Johnson - Treasurer
Randy Groover - Secretary
Linda Asbury - Sergeant at Arms

Friday, June 18, 2010

June 14, 2010 Executive Committee Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Nancy Johnson, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Yenny Lee and Randy Groover

Officer Reports:

The Vice President of Education reported that the club had obtained 3 DCP goals as of this date.

The Treasurer reported the cash balance in the club's checking account and explained the format of the checking account statements.

Agenda Items:

The Vice President of Education reported that he had resolved all of the problems with the e-mail forwarding lists except the situation where the aliases are used in the CC: or BCC: fields. He said that he thought he understood the problem, but would need to work with Carmel Weiler to implement the fix.

The Vice President of Public Relations reported that she thought the issue with the San Mateo Times having outdated contact information had now been resolved.

The upcoming elections were discussed and a slate of candidates were selected.

The request by Kaiser for a facilitator to lead a summer youth program was discussed. The Vice President of Education agreed to send out an e-mail to the club to see if there were any volunteers.

The next Executive Committee meeting will be held on July 12, 2010.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

June 14, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: George Lee, Mary Lynagh, Skylar Quarles, Nancy Johnson, Ron Kaspar, Yenny Lee, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi and Randy Groover.

Samya was the Toastmaster.
Randy was the General Evaluator.
Nancy was the Grammarian.
Orla (Mary's daughter) was the Ah Counter.
Crystal (Yenny & George's daugter) was the Vote Counter.
Ron was the Timer.
Skyler gave a speech entitled, 'Business Talk'.
George evaluated Skyler's speech.
Mary was the Table Topics Master.

The theme of the meeting was: Wine
The word of the day was: Balance

Sunday, June 13, 2010

June 7, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Skylar Quarles, Yenny Lee, Ron Kasper, Elisia Jackson-Vogler, Juliana Fuerbringer, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Mary Lynagh, George Lee, Ruth Wadsworth and Randy Groover.

Skyler was the Toastmaster.
Juliana was the Grammarian.
George was the Ah Counter.
Orla (Mary's daughter) was the Vote Counter.
Crystal (Yenny & George's daughter) was the Timer.
Elisia gave a speech entitled, 'How I Became A WOC Nurse'.
Randy evaluated Elisia's speech.
Samya was the Table Topics Master.

The theme of the meeting was: Shopping
The word of the day was: Trends

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

May 24, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Nancy Johnson, Ruth Wadsworth, Juliana Fuerbringer, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Virgil Stanford, Skylar Quarles and Randy Groover.

Skylar was the Toastmaster.
Randy was the General Evaluator.
Juliana was the Timer
Samya was the Table Topics Master.
Nancy gave a speech entitled, 'Arthurdale 76 Years Later - A Social Experiment - Did It Fail?'.
Virgil evaluated Nancy's speech.

The them of the meeting was: Shopping
The word of the day was: Trends

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

May 17, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Skylar Quarles, George Lee, Yenny Lee, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Elisia Jackson-Vogler, Ruth Wadsworth, Ron Kasper, Nancy Johnson and Randy Groover.

Skylar was the Toastmaster.
Samya was the Table Topics Master.
Randy gave a presentation on the clubs website entitled, 'Our Website In A Nutshell'.
Nancy was the General Evaluator.
Elisia was the Timer.
Randy was also the Grammarian.
George was the Ah Counter.
Crystal (George and Yenny's daughter) was the Vote Counter.

The theme of the meeting was: Astrology
The word of the day was: Zodiac

After the meeting we celebrated Crystal's 11th birthday!

Monday, May 17, 2010

May 10, 2010 Executive Committee Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Ruth Wadsworth, Yenny Lee, Nancy Johnson and Randy Groover.

Officer Reports:

The Vice President of Education reported that the club has achieved 3 DCP goals as of this date.

The Vice President of Public Relations repored that she had not contacted the San Mateo Times in order to correct the contact information referenced in the advertisement for the club.

The Treasurer reported on the club finances.

Agenda Items:

The Vice President of Education reported that he has resolved some of the issues with the website and e-mail forwarding lists, but not all the problems have been resolved. He will continue working on the problems and report on any progress at next months meeting.

The Vice President of Public Relations committed to call the San Mateo Times and correct the contact information referenced in the advertisement for the club.

Planning for the next Executive Committee election cycle was begun.

The next Executive Committee meeting will be held on June 14, 2010.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

May 10, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Nancy Johnson, Ron Kasper, George Lee, Yenny Lee, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Skylar Quarles, Mary Lynagh, Ruth Wadsworth and Randy Groover.

George was the Toastmaster.
Samya was the General Evaluator.
Crystal (George and Yenny's daughter) was the Grammarian.
Nancy was the Ah Counter.
Poeta (a guest) was the Vote Counter.
Ron was the Timer.
Yenny gave a speech entitled 'Road Trip'.
Randy was the Table Topics Master.
Ruth evaluated Yenny's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: Spring
The word of the day was: Bloom

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

May 3, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Ruth Wadsworth, George Lee, Juliania Fuerbringer, Yenny Lee and Randy Groover.

Ruth was the Toastmaster.
Yenny was the General Evaluator.
Randy was the Grammarian.
Crystal (Yenny and George's daughter) was the Ah Counter.
Crystal (Yenny and George's daughter) was also the Vote Counter.
Juliania was the Timer.
Randy gave a speech entitled 'Go Tell The Spartans'.
Ruth was the Table Topics Master.
George evaluated Randy's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: May Day
The word of the day was: Ritual

Thursday, April 29, 2010

April 23, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Ruth Wadsworth, Ron Kasper, Randy Groover, George Lee, Elisia Jackson-Vogler, Juliana Fuerbringer and Mary Lynagh.

Ron was the Toastmaster.
George was the General Evaluator.
Juliana was the Grammarian.
Poeta (a guest) was the Ah Counter.
Mary was the Vote Counter.
Elisia was the Timer.
Randy gave a speech entitled 'To Toastmasters'.
Randy was also the Table Topics Master.
Ruth evaluated Randy's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: The Lottery
The word of the day was: Indulge

April 19, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: George Lee, Virgil Stanford, Jessica Fruitman, Nancy Johnson, Ron Kasper, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Ruth Wadsworth, Elisia Jackson-Vogler and Skylar Quarles.

Nancy was the Toastmaster.
Randy was the General Evaluator.
Samya was the Timer.
Jessica was the Vote Counter.
George was the Ah Counter.
George was also the Grammarian.
Virgil gave a speech entitled 'Blue Grass Music'.
Elisia was the Table Topics Master.
Ruth evaluated Virgil's speech.

The theme of the meeeting was: Archeology
The word of the day was: Evolution

Ron Kasper, Elisia Jackson-Vogler, Jessica Fruitman, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi and Virgil Stanford were formally inducted into the club.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

April 12, 2010 Executive Committee Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Nancy Johnson, Yenny Lee, Ruth Wadsworth and Randy Groover.

Officer Reports:

The Vice President of Education reported that we had achieved 3 DCP goals to date.
The Vice President of Public Relations displayed the laminated signs she had made to publicize the club's meetings.

Agenda Items:

The Vice President of Education outlined the problems with the website and that he was meeting with Carmel Weiler to begin to resolve those problems.

The Vice President of Public Relations committed to call the San Mateo Times in order to correct the advertisement for the club that still has Stephanie Krebel's contact information on it.

Yenny and Nancy were inducted into the club at this meeting.

The next Executive Committee meeting will be held on May 10, 2010.

Monday, April 19, 2010

April 12, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Ruth Wadsworth, Mary Lynagh, Elisia Jackson-Vogler, Randy Groover, Nancy Johnson, Jessica Fruitman, Virgil Stanford, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, George Lee and Yenny Lee.

Randy was the Toastmaster
Samya was the General Evaluator
George was the Grammarian
Nancy was the Ah Counter
Virgil was the Vote Counter
Jessica was the Timer
Juliana (a guest speaker) gave a speech entitled 'Being Peresuavive: A Framework For Talking And Sounding Like A Leader
Yenny was the Table Topics Master
Juliana's speech was evaluated by the entire club

The theme of the meeting was: Spring
The word of the day was: Karma

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

April 5, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Ron Kasper, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Jessica Fruitman, Yenny Lee, George Lee and Randy Groover.

Ron was the Toastmaster
Samya gave a speech entitled 'Pecha Kucha'
Randy evaluated Samya's speech
Yenny was the General Evaluator
Jessica was the Timer
Yenny was also the Ah Counter
George was the Grammarian
Ron was also the Table Topics Master

The theme of the meeting was: The Stock Market
The word of the day was: Retirement

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

March 29, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Mary Lynagh, Ron Kasper, Virgil Stanford, Ruth Wadsworth, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi and Randy Groover

Virgil was the Toastmaster
Samya was the Table Topics Master
Ron gave a speech entitled 'One Thing At A Time'
Elisia (a guest) was the Grammarian
Ruth was the General Evaluator
Mary was the Timer
Orla (Mary's daughter) was the Ah Counter and Vote Counter
Randy evaluated Ron's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: Revitalization
The word of the day was: Rejuvenate

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

March 22, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Skyler Quarels, Ruth Wadsworth, George Lee, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Yenny Lee, Jessica Fruitman, Virgil Stanford, Ron Kasper, Nancy Johnson and Randy Groover.

Samya was the Toastmaster
Randy was the General Evaluator
Yenny was the Grammarian
Nancy was the Ah Counter
Jessica was the Vote Counter
Ron was the Timer
George gave a speech entitled 'If I Were Running'
Elisia (a guest) was the Table Topics Master
Ruth evaluated George's speech

The theme of the day was: Reincarnation
The word of the day was: Transformation

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

March 15, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Mary Lynagh, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, George Lee, Virgil Stanford, Ruth Wadsworth and Randy Groover.

Randy was the Toastmaster
Randy was the Grammarian
Randy also was the Table Topics Master
Elisia (a guest) was the Ah Counter
George was the Vote Counter
Poeta (a guest) was the Timer
Virgil was the General Evaluator
Samya gave a speech entitled 'Mobile Phones'
Ruth evaluated Samya's speech

The theme of the day was: Remodeling
The word of the day was: Redux

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

March 8, 2010 Executive Committee Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Nancy Johnson, Yenny Lee, Ruth Wadsworth and Randy Groover.

Officers Reports:

The Vice President of Education reported that we had achieved 3 DCP goals to date.
The Vice President of Education requested the contact information for the new members from the Treasurer.
The Treasurer reported that she was now getting bank statements from the Chamber.
The Vice President of Public Relations reported that she was no longer advertising on websites like Craig's list.

Agenda Items:

It was agreed that the Vice President of Membership should begin formally inducting members.

The Webmaster gave a report on the e-mail forwarding list outage.

The Area Governor requested $50.00 for our share in supporting the Area Contest. Since nobody from our club was participating and only two people were considering attending, we decided to give $20.00 to support the Area Contest.

The new club dues were once again discussed. They will be in effect for the April renewal period.

The next Executive Committee meeting will be held on April 12, 2010.

March 8, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Virgil Stanford, Randy Lee, Ron Kasper, George Lee, Nancy Johnson, Samya Boxberger-Oberi, Yenny Lee, Ruth Wadsworth and Randy Groover.

Ron was the Toastmaster
Nancy was the General Evaluator
Ron also acted as the Grammarian
Randy Lee was the Ah Counter
Poeta (a guest) was the Vote Counter
Yenny was the Timer
Virgil gave a speech entitled 'Interviewing For Your Next Job'
George gave as speech entitled 'Vote For Me'
Samya was the Table Topics Master
Ruth evaluated George's speech
Randy evaluated Virgil's speech

The theme of the day was: Reinventing one's self
The word of the day was: Transition

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

March 1, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Ruth Wadsworth, Ron Kasper, Yenny Lee, George Lee, Nancy Johnson, Mary Lynagh, Jessica Fruitman, Virgil Stanford, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi and Randy Groover

Yenny was the Toastmaster
Ruth was the General Evaluator
George was the Grammarian
Crystal (George & Yenny's daughter) was the Ah Counter
Orla (Mary's daughter) was the Vote Counter
Samya was the Timer
Ron Kasper gave a speech entitled 'Communication In A Silent World'
Randy evaluaterd Ron's speech
Virgil was the Table Topics Master

The theme of the day was: Cooking
The word of the day was: Serendipity

Monday, February 22, 2010

February 22, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Ron Kasper, Randy Lee, Ruth Wadsworth, Virgil Stanford, George Lee, Yenny Lee, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi and Randy Groover

Ruth acted as the Toastmaster
George was the General Evaluator
Anusha (a guest) was the Grammarian
Yenny was the Ah Counter
Crystal (Yenny and George's daughter) was the Vote Counter
Virgil was the Timer
Samya gave a speech entitled 'Great Expectations'
Randy Groover evaluated Samya's speech
Randy Lee was the Table Topics Master

The theme of the day was: Presidents
The word of the day was: Executive

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

February 8, 2010 Executive Committee Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Nancy Johnson, Ruth Wadsworth, Yenny Lee and Randy Groover.

Officer's Reports:

The Vice President of Education reported that we had achieved 3 out of 10 DCP goals.
The Vice President of Public Relations reported that she is not using Craig's List for advertisment anymore.
The Treasurer reported that several member issues with Toastmasters Internation had been resolved.
The Treasurer also reported that she had not gotten any bank statements from the Chamber since November.

Agenda Items:

The current outage of the e-mail forwarding lists was discussed.

The EC defined which dates will be club holidays in 2010.

The next Executive Committee Meeting will be on March 8, 2010.

Monday, February 8, 2010

February 8, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Randy Lee, George Lee, Yenny Lee, Nancy Johnson, Virgil Stanford, Mary Lynagh and Randy Groover

Yenny gave a featured speech entitled: 15 Minutes
Virgil gave a freatured speech entitled: From Blue Bayou To Golden Bay
Nancy was the Toastmaster
Randy Groover was the Evaluator for Yenny
George evaluated Yenny's speech
Marrietta (a guest) served as Grammarian
Orla (Mary's daughter) served as Ah Counter
Crystal (George & Yenny's daughter) served as Vote Counter
Randy Lee was the Timer
Mary Lynagh was the Table Topics Master

Danny Lau, our Area Governor, was the Guest Of Honor

The theme of the day was: Charity

Monday, February 1, 2010

February 1, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Randy Lee, George Lee, Yenny Lee, Mary Lynagh and Randy Groover

Mary gave a speech entitled: The Book Store Adventure
Randy Lee was the Toastmaster
Randy Groover evaluated Mary's speech
Samya (a guest) was the Grammarian
Orla (Mary's daughter) was the Ah Counter
Crystal (George & Yenny's daughter) was the Vote Counter
Marietta (a guest) was the Timer
Yenny was the Table Topics Master

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

January 25, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Mary Lynagh, Yenny Lee, Skylar Quarles, Michael Abaie, Randy Lee, Ron Kasper, George Lee and Randy Groover

Ron was the Toastmaster
Yenny was the General Evaluator
Randy Groover gave a speech entitled: The Chamber Speakers Circle Odyssey
Randy Lee was the Table Topics Master
George evaluated Randy Groover's speech
Orla (Mary's daughter) was the Ah Counter
Crystal (George & Yenny's daughter) was the Vote Counter
Michael was the Timer
Mary was the Grammarian

The theme of the day was: Terrorism
The word of the day was: Comprehend

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

January 4, 2010 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Skylar Quarles, Mary Lynagh, Ruth Wadsworth, Ryan Morris and George Lee

Skylar was the Toastmaster
Mary was the Grammarian and Ah Counter
George was the General Evaluator, Evaluated Ryan's Speech and was the Table Topics Master
Crystal (George's daughter) was the Vote Counter and Timer
Ryan Morris was the Speaker, giving a speech called 'Running a mile and the stages of my life'

The theme for the meeting was: The New Year
The word of the day was: Rejuvenate