July 22, 2013 Club Meeting

The following is a summary of the minutes from our July 22 meeting.

Meeting Location:   The Hillsdale Mall, San Mateo, CA     6:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.

Attendees:

Present at the meeting were: Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Eric Jones, Suzanne Mulcahy, Sharon Pappos, Venkat Senapati, Ruth Wadsworth, and Eric Yan.  There were two guests; Miles Simpson, and Michael Kjar.

Venkat was the Toastmaster; Samya was the General Evaluator; Eric J. was the Grammarian;  Venkat was the Ah Counter; and Sharon was the Timer.

Speaker #1:  Eric Yan:  “Optimizing Cholesterol”

Manuel Project #4:  “How To Say It” 

Eric began his speech by sharing his doctor’s comments on the results of his cholesterol levels.  He said that Eric had the best results he had seen and wanted to know how he did it.  Eric told us to follow, the “HACK” principle in developing healthy habits. 

1. Don’t shun the facts.

·         We need healthy fats, butter from grass fed cows, almonds, olive oil, etc.

·         Eat a lot of eggs, local farm eggs.

2.  Exercise on a regular basis, 20–30 minutes per day.

3.  Stress management.  Get enough sleep to be well rested and meditate at least 5 minutes per day.

“Common sense is not that common any more but the knowledge is abundant.”  “You are in the driver’s seat; if you want good results, it is up to you.”   

Evaluation:    Suzanne evaluated Eric’s speech.  She said that it was a very good speech and Eric knew his topic well.  He outlined the speech, which made it easy to for the audience to follow.  Eric used many examples from his own life, which kept us interested in his subject.  He has definitely inspired me to spend more time exercising and lowering my stress levels. 

Our guest Miles requested that he be allowed to practice his speech that he was giving as best man for his brother’s wedding.  He gave his speech as well as playing his guitar.  Miles wrote a very heartfelt speech including a quote from his mother. 

The theme of the meeting was: “Ice-Cream Day”; The word of the day was: “sundae”.  Sharon won the ribbon for the best table topics speaker.

    

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

Meeting was adjourned at 7:20