Thursday, January 31, 2013

January 28, 2013 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Suzanne Mulcahy, Emily Panos, Ruth Wadsworth, Sharon Pappas and Randy Groover.

Suzanne was the Toastmaster.
Samya was the General Evaluator.
Paula (the H2 Area Governor) was the Grammarian.
Eric (a guest) was the Ah Counter.
Sharon was the Vote Counter.
Suzanne was also the Timer.
Emily gave a speech entitled, 'The Ice Breaker'.
Ruth was the Table Topics Master.
Randy evaluated Emily's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: Winter Sports
The word of the day was: Schuss

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

January 21, 2013 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Ron Kasper, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Suzanne Mulcahy, Emily Panos, Ruth Wadsworth and Randy Groover.

Ron was the Toastmaster.
Suzanne was the General Evaluator.
Randy was the Grammarian.
There was no Ah Counter.
There was no Vote Counter.
Randy was also the Timer.
Ruth gave a speech entitled, 'Why Toastmasters for You & Your Business'.
Emily was the Table Topics Master.
Samya evaluated Ruth's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: Cold, Blustery, Night
The word of the day was: Gelid

Thursday, January 17, 2013

January 14, 2013 Executive Committee Meeting

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

Officer Reports:

The President indicated that 3 DCP goals had been obtained and that once Samya's ALB application is submitted to Toastmasters International we will have obtained 4 DCP goals.

The VPE will assess the educational progress of the club. This will be done by e-mail and asking for updates from members at club meetings. The VPE will also champion the successful club series and the better speaker series among the members.

The Treasurer reported that our bank had removed the ability of the former Treasurer to sign checks on our account.

The Secretary reported that she needed the President's help in accessing the meeting minutes on SkyDrive. The President agreed to a conference call with the Secretary to review the process.

The Sgt. at Arms indicated that she had not delivered the card for Dora Hernandez, but would do so immediately.

Agenda Items:

The President indicated that he had approached Ellen Silva for a bid on the re-branding and new functionality for the website in case the current webmaster was unable to perform the work.

The President brought the Executive Committee up to date on the management changes that were taking place at the chamber. The President hopes to meet with the new chamber management prior to April to determine how we will work together going forward.

It was determined that the next education module should be presented in about 6 months. The President committed to contact the Area Governor in order to begin the process of determining if any of the other clubs in our area would be interested in participating in the presentation.

The next Executive Committee meeting will be held on February 11, 2013.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

January 14, 2013 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Ruth Wadsworth, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Emily Panos, Suzanne Mulcahy, Ron Kasper and Randy Groover.

Suzanne was the Toastmaster.
Randy was the General Evaluator.
Emily was the Grammarian.
There was no Ah Counter.
There was no Vote Counter.
Emily was also the Timer.
Ron gave a speech entitled, 'The Granddaddy of Sporting Events'.
Ruth was the Table Topics Master.
Samya evaluated Ron's speech.

The theme of the meeting was: New Beginnings
The word of the day was: Inception

Saturday, January 12, 2013

January 7, 2013 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Emily Panos, Ron Kasper, Suzanne Mulcahy, Ruth Wadsworth and Randy Groover.

Emily was the Toastmaster.
Ron was the General Evaluator.
There was no Grammarian.
There was no Ah Counter.
There was no Vote Counter.
Suzanne was the Timer.
Samya gave a presentation from the Leadership Excellence Series called, 'Goal Setting'.
Randy was the Table Topics Master.
Ruth evaluated Samya's presentation.

The theme of the meeting was: New Years Resolutions
The word of the day was: Resolution