May 13, 2013 Club Meeting

Present at the meeting were: Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Eric Jones, Randy Lee, Lara Miller, Suzanne Mulcahy, Sharon Pappos, Venkat Senapati, Ruth Wadsworth, and Eric Yan.  There were two guests. 

Suzanne was the Toastmaster; Venkat was the General Evaluator; Samya was the Grammarian; Eric J. was the Ah Counter; Eric J. was the Vote Counter: and Eric Y. was the Timer.

Speaker: Randy Lee

Manuel:  #7  “Research Your Topic”

Speech:  Randy Lee:  “Girl From Ipenema”

Randy gave his speech about the song, “Girl From Ipenema”, its writer, the origin of the song and how he started a new trend called “Bossa Nova”.  He also told us about the similarities of music and speech making.  The singer was asked to perform at a Stan Getz concert and that was the beginning for her career.  The influence of this music can be heard in the jazz of today. 

Speech Evaluator #1:    Sharon gave the evaluation of Randy’s speech.  She stated Randy completed his goals of speech #7.  He collected his information from various sources, he provided the audience with a print out of the subject, used no notes, and had an excellent sense of humor.  Her suggestions were that Randy have more clarity in his speech.  “She got a little lost trying to follow it.”  It would be of benefit if he organized the speech to remain on topic.  Randy had good body language and material, and the ending was “awesome”.  

Lara  was the Table Topics Master. The theme of the meeting was: “Flowers in Full Bloom”; The word of the day was: “Scent”. 

Samya asked for the guests remarks and then closed the meeting. 

Meeting was adjourned at 7:10