Meeting Overview

Meeting Of:

February 18, 2008

Start Time:

19:01

End Time:

20:51

Members Attending:

17

Guests Attending:

1

Topic:

Family

Word of Day:

Prepare

Club Officials

President:

Addy Ho

VP Education:

Robin Adams

VP Membership:

Ben Wu

VP Public Relations:

Lily Wang

Secretary:

Chris Drumgoole

Sergeant-at-Arms:

Connie Gao

Treasurer:

YaChan Dong

Meeting Officials

Toastmaster:

Diana Shi

General Evaluator:

Sally Li

Table Topics Mstr:

Kevin Irwin

Table Topics Eval:

Yvonne Xu

Grammarian:

Charles Cao

Greeter:

Moon Mu

Timer:

Candy Chu

Ah Counter:

Selina Shi

Educational Instr.:

N/A

Table Topics

Overview:

Each participant is given a famous quote or saying and should apply it to his/her life.  The length of the table topics has been increased to 3 minutes from 2 minutes for tonight’s meeting.

Contents (include topic and participant):

1. Mary presented “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring family in another city.”
2. Chris presented “Someone is only as happy as he/she wants to be.”
3. Ines presented “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
4. Connie presented “He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.”
5. Ben presented “If she had brains, she would be dangerous.”
6. Charles presented “Call it a tribe, call it a family.  Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.”
7. YaChan presented “Family isn’t about whose blood you have.  It’s about who you care about.”
8. Alice (guest) presented “Toastmasters and my family.”

Prepared Speech #1

Speaker:

Mary Tang

Evaluator:

Jeffrey Liu

Speech No. & Type:

3 – Get to the Point

Speech Title:

Something about Eco-Tourism

Speech Evaluation:

·       Good speech, great topic – very important.

·       It showed that you really put time into preparing for the speech.

·       Your attitude is very good and pleasant.

·       You didn’t seem too nervous.

·       Pretty much the whole time, you stood still in the center of the room.  Try to move around a bit more; be more fluid.

·       Suggest that you introduce any definitions in the beginning. (ecological)

·       Be careful how you use the word “However” – suggest when you present another point of view.

·       Ensure you emphasize all of your points very clearly.  It was sometimes difficult to separate your points.

·       You have made great progress since you joined!

Prepared Speech #2

Speaker:

Chris Drumgoole

Evaluator:

Ben Wu

Speech No. & Type:

3 – Get to the Point

Speech Title:

Act Now! A 4-Point Plan to Traffic Harmony

Speech Evaluation:

·       You did use notes, but you used them in a natural way – audience did not notice too much.

·       You could improve your eye-contact – seemed you scan the room instead of locking eyes for a few seconds.

·       4 points may be too much; suggest you present 3 instead of 4 – easier for audience to keep track of and understand.

·       Good structure – clear beginning, body, and end.

Awards

Best Table Topics:

YaChan Dong

Best Speaker:

Chris Drumgoole

Best Evaluator:

Ben Wu

Announcements

1. Remember that next week’s meeting is also on Monday, not Thursday.