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Theme & Note: |
Wearing of the Green |
Best Table Topics, Speaker, and Evaluator in
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Date & Location: |
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WTP Continental Room |
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Call to Order: |
Stephen King |
Anyone Irish? |
Started meeting on time. Spoke on Irish ties. |
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Toastmaster of the Day: |
Stephen King |
Many Guests |
Reviewed agenda changes. Welcomed guests.
Asked them to introduce themselves. |
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Word of the Day: |
Nathan Casassa |
Pulchritude |
Physical beauty (of people). |
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Thought of the Day: |
Raja Holavanahali |
Attitude, Not Age |
Many complain about computer difficulties,
but ninety-year-old excels in 3 years. |
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Speaker #1: |
Laura Williams |
Begin Again |
Quoted Teddy Roosevelt
then answered: Where have I been? What have I been? Where am I going?
Told court recorder story of how courage, desire, and determination can
change destiny. |
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Speaker #2: |
David Buckler |
ASAP |
Listed many acronyms for
personal life-changing events in 2003. Told how knee surgery changed
him most (fixed 12-year-old basketball injury). |
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Table Topics Master: |
M. Wassenberg for
Mike Engiles |
International Holidays in |
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Question #1: |
Eileen Murdock |
What international holiday do you celebrate? |
Chinese New Year – daughter’s birthday will
be celebration of the Year of the Dragon with Chinese food and games. |
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Question #2: |
Raja Holavanahali |
How do you reply to what is your nationality? |
Reply depends on who asks and where. Purpose
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Question #3: |
Tony Cantor |
How do you handle personal
stereotypes? |
People are often too
sensitive. They should laugh at themselves. But, we should all watch
people’s feelings and not get too personal. |
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General Evaluator: |
Neil Graham |
Recognizing Guests |
Good to recognize all guests. Need to get
more (new) people involved in table topics. |
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Evaluator #1: |
Mary Anne Wassenberg |
Inspiring Breaker |
Great vocal variety and use of humor. Good
eye contact. Practice gestures and space usage. Shorten speech to one
of three topics. |
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Evaluator #2: |
Eileen Murdock |
Play to Senses |
Inspiring speech: changing
character flaw into strength. Words fill senses: sight, smell, sound. |
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Grammarian: |
Merle Shuff |
Run-On Sentences |
Eliminate run-ons with too many conjunctions. |
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Timer: |
Kathy Fox |
Watch Limits |
Speeches too long. Evaluations little long. |
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GET THE
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#6651 |
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Theme & Note: |
Wearing of the Green |
Best Table Topics, Speaker, and Evaluator in
Bold. |
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Date & Location: |
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WTP Continental Room |
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Business Meeting: |
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Dave Buckler |
Guests |
Great to have so many guests. Hope you will
come back. Thanks to people who brought guests and webmaster for
providing information. |
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Dave Buckler |
Area Contest |
Congratulations to Eileen for winning club
contest. Let’s support her at the area contest on March 22nd.
Also need another judge and prizes. |
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Spring Forward |
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Toastmaster
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Thought/Joke
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Rob Marino |
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Table Topics
Master: |
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Speaker #1: |
Jim Rose |
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Speaker #2: |
Neil Graham |
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Speaker #3: |
John McAuliffe |
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Speaker #4: |
Rosemary Hsu |
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