Tuesday, August 23, 2011

August 22, 2011 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: George Lee, Randy Lee, Nancy Johnson, Mandy Chiang, Bill Craumer, Tiffany Fung, Suzanne Mulcahy, Irina Mattos, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Leticia Ortega, Ruth Wadsworth, Wing T. Tsoi, Spencer Hatfield and Randy Groover.

Ruth was the Toastmaster.
Wing was the General Evaluator.
Bill was the Grammarian.
Samya was the Ah Counter.
Irina was the Vote Counter.
Ron was the Timer.
Leticia gave a speech entitled, '2011 New Beginnings, New Experiences, New Memories'.
Nancy gave a speech entitled, 'Volunteerism Still Alive in 2011'.
Randy Groover was the Table Topics Master.
Spencer evaluated Leticia's speech.
Randy Lee evaluated Nancy's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: Celebrations
The word of the day was: Rejoice

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

August 15, 2011 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Wing T. Tsoi, Ruth Wadsworth, Jessica Fruitman, Spencer Hatfield, Randy Lee, Ron Kasper, Michael Lum, Nancy Johnson, Mandy Chiang, Tiffany Fung and Randy Groover.

Ron was the Toastmaster.
Randy Groover was the General Evaluator.
Ruth was the Grammarian.
Nancy was the Ah Counter.
Jessica was the Vote Counter.
Mike was the Timer.
Spencer gave a speech entitled, '50 Kilometers with Help of Shoes'.
Mandy was the Table Topics Master.
Wing evaluated Spencer's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: Favorite Place To Be When I Fell Down
The word of the day was: Solace

Sunday, August 14, 2011

August 8, 2011 Executive Committee Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Wing T. Tsoi (Sgt. at Arms), Samya Boxberger-Oberoi (VPPR), Ruth Wadsworth (Secretary), Nancy Johnson (Treasurer), Spencer Hatfield (VPM) and Randy Groover (VPE).

Officer Reports:

The VPE reported that he was going to raise awareness among the club members regarding the Competent Leader manual. Additionally, the VPE said that he would also raise awareness among the club members regarding the fact that each speech needs to be recorded in the back of their speech manuals and initiatled by the VPE.

The Treasurer reported that we were missing bank statements for the last 2 months. The VPE agreed to contact Linda Asbury to request that the statements be sent. The Treasurer also reported that the VPPR had been reimbursed for her expenses and that the reimbursement for the Secretary was in process.

The Sgt. at Arms will order some free marketing collateral from Toastmasters International (TI) after the 'rebranding' initiative has completed so as to get the new branding on the marketing collateral.

Agenda Items:

It was decided that we will not concern ourselves with the TI 'rebranding' initiative regarding marketing collateral to be handed out at the San Mateo County Expo. There isn't enough time to change the branding on our clubs marketing collateral. The Secretary will provide $25 - $30 of candy for the Expo. The VPPR will review the club specific marketing collateral and contact the Treasure to print 50 copies of that document. The Sgt. at Arms will purchase 100 pieces of marketing collateral from TI. The Treasurer will print 50 applications. All of that will be complete by September 19, 2011.

The VPPR will continue to evaluate the effects on our club due to the 'rebranding' initiative undertaken by TI.

The VPPR lead a discussion about the project materials that she recently received regarding the 'Group Project'. The Sgt. at Arms agreed to scan the Instructor Manual and send a copy to the VPPR for distribution to the other officers after making some small editions to the manual. Each officer was tasked with reading the manual and deciding what module they would like to present.

The Treasurer lead a discussion about the TI dues increase. It was decided that the club dues would not be increased or decreased in response to the TI dues increase.

The withholding requirements for the State of California were discussed. It was determined that these requirements will have no effect on us.

The recent officer training was reviewed and was well received by all who attended.

The Secretary is in the process of creating new name cards for all the club members.

The next Executive Committee meeting will be held on September 12, 2011

Saturday, August 13, 2011

August 8, 2011 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Randy Lee, Ron Kasper, Ruth Wadsworth, Spencer Hatfield, Wing T. Tsoi, Jessica Fruitman, Mandy Chiang, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Tiffany Fung, Nancy Johnson and Randy Groover.

Randy Lee was the Toastmaster.
Ruth was the General Evaluator.
Mandy was the Grammarian.
Randy Groover was the Ah Counter.
Samya was the Vote Counter.
Spencer was the Timer.
Tiffany gave a speech entitled, 'How to Reduce Stress in Your Life'.
Wing was the Table Topics Master.
Nancy evaluated Tiffany's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: Monday
The word of the day was: Lethargic

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

August 1, 2011 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Wing T. Tsoi, Suzanne Mulcahy, Mandy Chiang, Spencer Hatfield, Nancy Johnson, Randy Lee, Ruth Wadsworth, Tiffany Fung, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi and Randy Groover.

Samya was the Toastmaster.
Randy Groover was the General Evaluator.
Nancy was the Grammarian.
Spencer was the Ah Counter.
Randy Lee was the Vote Counter.
Tiffany was the Timer.
Mandy gave a speech entitled, 'The Journey to America'.
Ruth was the Table Topics Master.
Wing evaluated Mandy's speech.

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