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GET THE
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Theme & Note: |
Acquire The Edge |
Best Table Topics, Speaker, and Evaluator in
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Date & Location: |
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WTP Continental Room |
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Description |
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Call to Order: |
Ed Linek |
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Started meeting on time. |
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Toastmaster of the Day: |
Jim Rose |
Explanations to Many Guests |
Introduced several guests, made agenda role
changes, and explained purpose of Toastmasters. |
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Word of the Day: |
Neil Graham |
Pejorative |
Tending to disparage or belittle. |
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Speaker #1: |
Laura Williams |
Planning an Event (Basic #3) |
Discussed three wedding planning aspects:
size, location, food. Said must pay attention to detail and check
everything twice. |
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Speaker #2: |
Merle Shuff |
Living in the Country |
Used humor to describe how city folk react to
country: possums, snakes, one-lane roads, game checks, gunshots, well,
septic, moon, etc. |
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Speaker #3: |
David Buckler |
Running Out of Time |
Asked us to help write speech. 60 to prepare
and 60 seconds to give sections: running out of time for family,
holidays, vacation, sports, weekends. |
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Joseph Belzile |
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Table Topics Master: |
Joseph Belzile |
Edges of Our Lives |
Edges or “fine lines” abound in our lives.
Questions asked will show some impacts. |
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Question #1: |
Mary Anne Wassenberg |
Describe the Line Between Cheating and
Winning. |
Line isn’t fine. People should know better
than to cross over. However, if you’re
planning to cheat, don’t be stupid enough to get caught. |
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Question #2: |
Eileen Murdock |
Can We Give an Edge to Homeland Security? |
Yes. Be responsible with your belongings.
Don’t be paranoid, but keep a watchful eye. Lead your normal life. |
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Question #3: |
David Buckler |
What Facet of Life Requires an Edge? |
Joined Toastmasters to get an edge at work.
Boss relies on confident, flexible, professional staff. |
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General Evaluator: |
Stephen King |
Role Changes Well Done |
Many role changes handled professionally by
members. Good model for guests. |
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Evaluator #1: |
Neil Graham |
Speech Goal: Get to the Point |
Introduction itemized points. Body followed
well but short-changed last point. End focused back to beginning. No
notes. |
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Evaluator #2: |
Guest Evaluator |
Acknowledge What Do Well and Can Do Better |
Told interesting story with humor and
creativity. Visual words set stage/mode. Don’t thank us; let us thank
you. |
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Evaluator #3: |
None |
No Evaluation |
Approach was innovative but didn’t lend to
itself to a single-speaker evaluation. |
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Grammarian: |
Nathan Casassa |
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Gave Word of Day, you knows, ums, ahs usage. |
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Timer: |
Russell Landers |
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Merle’s speech a little long, David’s hard to
time. |
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GET THE
EDGE Toastmasters Club
#6651 |
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Theme & Note: |
Acquire The Edge |
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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Jim Rose |
Ribbon on Flag |
Received ribbon for Select Distinguished
club. Club goal for next year will be Distinguished club because we
have many new members. Let us know your personal goals to support club
goal. |
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Jim Rose |
New Members |
Russell Anderson and Ayme
Pointer are new members. |
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Jim Rose |
Ed Linek |
Ed Linek discharged from hospital but cannot
drive for six weeks. |
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Next Meeting: |
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Toastmaster of the Day: |
Ayme Pointer |
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Thought/Joke of the Day: |
Joseph Belzile |
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Word of the Day: |
Merle Shuff |
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Speaker #1: |
Eileen Murdock |
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Speaker #3: |
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Table Topics Master: |
Laura Williams |
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General
Evaluator: |
David Buckler |
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Evaluator #1: |
Raja Holavanahali |
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Evaluator #3: |
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Grammarian: |
Russell Anderson |
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Timer: |
Tony Witherspoon |
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