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
Sunday, August 14, 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
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
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
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
July 25, 2011 Club Meeting
Present at the meeting were: Nancy Johnson, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Monique Oliveira, Jessica Fruitman, Wing T. Tsoi, Suzanne Mulcahy, Bill Craumer, Irina Mattos, Ruth Wadsworth and Randy Groover.
Nancy was the Toastmaster.
Bill was the General Evaluator.
Jessica was the Grammarian.
Monique was the Ah Counter.
Wing was the Vote Counter.
Suzanne was the Timer.
Randy gave a speech entitled, 'The Blue Lady'.
Samya was the Table Topics Master.
Jessica also evaluated Randy's speech.
The theme of the meeting was: The Circus
The word of the day was: Pandemonium
Nancy was the Toastmaster.
Bill was the General Evaluator.
Jessica was the Grammarian.
Monique was the Ah Counter.
Wing was the Vote Counter.
Suzanne was the Timer.
Randy gave a speech entitled, 'The Blue Lady'.
Samya was the Table Topics Master.
Jessica also evaluated Randy's speech.
The theme of the meeting was: The Circus
The word of the day was: Pandemonium
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
July 18, 2011 Club Meeting
Present at the meeting were: Nancy Johnson, Mary Lynagh, Bill Craumer, Mandy Chiang, Suzanne Mulcahy, Wing T. Tsoi, Spencer Hatfield and Randy Groover.
Wing was the Toastmaster.
Nancy was the General Evaluator.
Bill was the Grammarian.
Randy was the Ah Counter.
Randy was also the Vote Counter.
Diana (a guest) was the Timer.
Suzanne gave a speech entitled, 'Finding Your Passion'.
Mary was the Table Topics Master.
Spencer evaluated Mary's speech.
The theme of the meeting was: Live Music
The word of the day was: Crescendo
Wing was the Toastmaster.
Nancy was the General Evaluator.
Bill was the Grammarian.
Randy was the Ah Counter.
Randy was also the Vote Counter.
Diana (a guest) was the Timer.
Suzanne gave a speech entitled, 'Finding Your Passion'.
Mary was the Table Topics Master.
Spencer evaluated Mary's speech.
The theme of the meeting was: Live Music
The word of the day was: Crescendo
Saturday, July 16, 2011
July 11, 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 Treasurer reported that deposit reciepts were temporarily being sent to Linda Asbury at the chamber. She contacted Borel Bank and seems to have corrected the problem.
Agenda Items:
The VPPR reported that the scope of the Toastmasters International (TI) rebranding initative has not yet been fully described to the club. A 'rebranding webinar' will soon be presented that may give us further information on the implications of the rebranding for our club. The VPPR will contact the President (Linda Asbury) and request the information to access the 'rebranding webinar'. The VPPR will then distribute the access information to the rest of the officers so they can participate in the webinar.
The VPPR reported that we have booth #183 reserved for the San Mateo Business Expo. The VPPR will send out an e-mail to the club looking for volunteers to staff the booth. While the exact nature of the marketing collateral that we will use is in doubt because of the TI rebranding initiative, at this time we plan on providing three documents to attendees of the Expo that are interested in our club. The three documents are: A generic Toastmasters brochure from TI, the club specific brochure that we handed out last year and a Toastmasters application form. Like last year we plan to collect cards from interested parties, but unlike last year we will not hold a drawing for a free memebership, instead, we will award the free memebership to someone who learned about our club from the Expo, attended our meetings as a guest and then indicated interest in joining the club. It was agreed that the budget for candy to give away at the Expo would be $20 - $30.
Attending officer training as a group was discussed. Spencer Hatfield had attended a prior training session, but would be willing to attend training again. Unfortunately, there are currently no officer training sessions that are convenient for those on the mid-peninsula. We will wait and see if any more convenient training sessions are offered in August.
The VPPR presented information about several potential 'Group Projects' from TI. It was agreed that she would do further research on this topic and then we would bring it up to the club for discussion.
The VPE reminded all officers to not 'become EC victims' due to overwork. He strongly suggested that anyone feeling overloaded with work should ask for help. Following that advice himself he requested that someone else deal with the logistics for the Area Contest this Fall. The VPM agreed to take on this task.
The next Executive Committee meeting will be held on August 8, 2011
Officer Reports:
The Treasurer reported that deposit reciepts were temporarily being sent to Linda Asbury at the chamber. She contacted Borel Bank and seems to have corrected the problem.
Agenda Items:
The VPPR reported that the scope of the Toastmasters International (TI) rebranding initative has not yet been fully described to the club. A 'rebranding webinar' will soon be presented that may give us further information on the implications of the rebranding for our club. The VPPR will contact the President (Linda Asbury) and request the information to access the 'rebranding webinar'. The VPPR will then distribute the access information to the rest of the officers so they can participate in the webinar.
The VPPR reported that we have booth #183 reserved for the San Mateo Business Expo. The VPPR will send out an e-mail to the club looking for volunteers to staff the booth. While the exact nature of the marketing collateral that we will use is in doubt because of the TI rebranding initiative, at this time we plan on providing three documents to attendees of the Expo that are interested in our club. The three documents are: A generic Toastmasters brochure from TI, the club specific brochure that we handed out last year and a Toastmasters application form. Like last year we plan to collect cards from interested parties, but unlike last year we will not hold a drawing for a free memebership, instead, we will award the free memebership to someone who learned about our club from the Expo, attended our meetings as a guest and then indicated interest in joining the club. It was agreed that the budget for candy to give away at the Expo would be $20 - $30.
Attending officer training as a group was discussed. Spencer Hatfield had attended a prior training session, but would be willing to attend training again. Unfortunately, there are currently no officer training sessions that are convenient for those on the mid-peninsula. We will wait and see if any more convenient training sessions are offered in August.
The VPPR presented information about several potential 'Group Projects' from TI. It was agreed that she would do further research on this topic and then we would bring it up to the club for discussion.
The VPE reminded all officers to not 'become EC victims' due to overwork. He strongly suggested that anyone feeling overloaded with work should ask for help. Following that advice himself he requested that someone else deal with the logistics for the Area Contest this Fall. The VPM agreed to take on this task.
The next Executive Committee meeting will be held on August 8, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
July 11, 2011 Club Meeting
Present at the meeting were: Spencer Hatfield, Samya Boxberger-Oberoi, Ruth Wadsworth, Irina Mattos, Wing T. Tsoi, Jessica Fruitman, Randy Lee, Bill Craumer, Mandy Chiang, Mary Lynagh, Nancy Johnson, Tiffany Fung and Randy Groover.
Ruth was the Toastmaster.
Randy Groover was the General Evaluator.
Tiffany was the Grammarian.
Nancy was the Ah Counter.
Jessica was the Vote Counter.
Mandy was the Timer.
Wing gave a speech entitled, 'A Great Ad = Mona Lisa'.
Samya was the Table Topics Master.
Spencer evaluated Wing's speech.
The theme of the meeting was: All Stars
The word of the day was: Eminent
Ruth was the Toastmaster.
Randy Groover was the General Evaluator.
Tiffany was the Grammarian.
Nancy was the Ah Counter.
Jessica was the Vote Counter.
Mandy was the Timer.
Wing gave a speech entitled, 'A Great Ad = Mona Lisa'.
Samya was the Table Topics Master.
Spencer evaluated Wing's speech.
The theme of the meeting was: All Stars
The word of the day was: Eminent
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