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January 8, 2015: President’s Report

We had a very successful meeting this morning with an officer induction, and Ice Breaker, and an AC-Bronze qualifying speech. It would be difficult to pack more activity into a single meeting!

New Board of Directors, inducted by Area 12 Governor (and Voyagers Toastmasters member) Beth B:

President John W
Vice-President of Education Natalie M
Vice-President of Membership Felicia D
Vice-President of Public Relations Megan S
Secretary Chandler M
Treasurer Jerry M
Sergeant-at-Arms Terry H
Immediate Past President Mike R

There were 2 speakers this week. Kudos to Justin H for his first-time Ice Breaker, and to Beth B for her Advanced Communicator Bronze qualifying speech!

Best Table Topics Mark I
Best Evaluator Diana B
Best Speaker Justin H

Congratulations to the 5 First-Timer awards for people serving for the first time ever in their meeting role: Manshu A, Justin H, Natalie M, Lynn P and Carol V.

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December 11 2014: President’s Report

Next week is our last meeting the year!  you won’t want to miss it on Thursday, December 18th. We meet at Cafe Coyote in Old Town starting at 7:00 am sharp.
Our Toastmaster will be Jane Diaz.  Jane, on the right in this photo, departed from her normally light-hearted speeches and delivered a riveting story about her sister at Thursday’s meeting earning here the best Speaker Ribbon.

Trisha Landoni, pictured on the left was our able Toastmaster.  Come join us and be a smoother speaker in 2015.

2 people shaking hands
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October 2 2014: Vice President of Education’s Report

The theme for October 2, Week 2 of SpeechCraft set by our Toastmaster Trisha Landoni was “Safari: Part 2 – The Honey Badger” (see the link for more information https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg ).
Picture of honey badger
The theme for SpeechCraft week 1 was “Safari: Part 1 – The Termite”.   Week 3 of SpeechCraft is coming up and the theme is “Safari: Part 3 – Have Whey There”.  (I may have gotten that wrong.  It could be “Half Way They’re”.)

The awards from October 2 SpeechCraft Week 2:

Best Table Topics – Manshu Agarwal and his 70’s suit
Best Evaluator – Terry Hewins
Most Improved – Jessica Walton
Best Speaker – Lynn Parker

Jane Flaherty delivered a highly informative speech on how to evaluate a speech. Her presentation and handout are available at the Voyagers Toastmasters website as a downloadable supplementary resource.

See you there this Thursday!

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September 25 2014: President’s Report

Hello Fellow Toastmasters!

There is never a shortage of people looking to better themselves, thus bettering their situation.

Thursday Sept. 25th marked the first weekly meeting of the 5 week Toastmasters ‘Speechcraft’.

Our goal was to find 5 people for 5 weeks; and thanks to our membership getting the word out, we have 7. (clap it up!)

Lynn and Carol have jumped right in and will give speeches next week while Rick is on the schedule for the following week.

Michelle, Coco, Bernie and Delores round out our Speechcraft participants.  There is still room for one more.  If you know of someone that is on the fence, feel free to encourage them to join us next Thursday, October 2 at 7:30 am for our next meeting.

Aside from our meeting being an amazing example of what a Toastmasters meeting can bring to it’s members,  our three speakers all focused on topics aimed at the new speaker.  Jerry Marino – Fear of speaking to a group, Terry Hewins used a Powerpoint presentation and a handout on how to choose a topic and Jane Diaz gave a VERY FUNNY ‘Icebreaker’ speech as an example for those giving icebreakers next week.

Here is how YOU voted  this week:

  • Best Topics: Bernie Locsin- Wahoo, our new Speechcraft participant!
  • Most Improved: Jane Diaz
  • Best Evaluator: Beth Bateman
  • Best Speaker went to Terry Hewins!

Congratulations and we will see you next Thursday.

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September 11 2014: President’s Report

Last week’s meeting was a good one. The theme was “Looking Forward” and the word of the day was “Tenacious.” A moment of silence was observed in remembrance of those who fell on this day in 2001.

We heard from both Amy Gilstrap and Joji Peters. Amy is working out of the Advanced Communications Manual while Joji, a relative newcomer, is ticking off the speeches out of the Competent Communicator Manual. Both speeches were outstanding and gave the rest of us food for thought.

Jane Flaherty, our Toastmaster demonstrated her prowess at crisply emceeing a meeting. We started and ended on time with a very full schedule.

Here’s how the awards went:

Best Table Topics: Jessica Walton
Most Improved: Amy Gilstrap
Best Evaluator: Donna Gillen
Best Speaker: Joji Peters

Make sure you come Thursday at 7:30 am. Our Toastmaster will be John Shannon. The theme of the meeting will be “Up” – You won’t want to miss it!