Meeting of January 10, 2008
Was called to order at 7:00p.m. Attendance:     21 members   6 guest(s)

Meeting Officials

Theme:

“Try a New Attempt”

Word of the Day:   Responsible

Table Topics:

1. Give a toast at your company’s annual dinner.
2. Tell us what you thought about a movie you have seen recently.
3. What is the most memorable thing that happened to you in 2007?
4. What do you think about the banning of the distribution of free plastic bags at stores in Beijing?
5. If you were given $1 million, what would you do?
6. Do you think employees should be allowed to take naps after lunch time?
7. As a Beijinger, what 3 things would you do to show foreign visitors your hospitality?

Table Topics Evaluator:  Diana Shi

Table Topics Participants: Adam (Guest), Eulier, Sunny, Connie, Eric (Guest), Qinghong, Chris

Prepared Speeches:

1:

Betty Ling gave the No. 3 speech evaluated by Sunny Lin

Entitled: “Learning Cycles”

Speech Evaluation:

Try to utilize more space on the stage.  Most of the time you were pretty stationary.  You had very good vocal variety.  Your topic was very interesting and useful.  At the beginning, you asked 4 questions which were a bit confusing for the audience.  Keep the questions a bit shorter and applicable to your speech.  Your beginning could be a bit more fluid as well.

2:

Jeffery gave the No. 5 speech evaluated by Yachan Dong

Entitled: “Get ready for the Skiing Trip!”

Speech Evaluation:

Jeffery volunteered to fill in for this opening at the last minute.  Thank you Jeffery.  The points in your speech could be developed more.  You need to present your points/ideas with more confidence – be sure to keep voice tone and volume consistent.

3:

Lily Wang gave the No. 2 speech evaluated by Chris Drumgoole

Entitled: “Don’t know what to talk about?”

Speech Evaluation:

Lily always smiles – very pleasant for an audience member.  You can move around more, utilize more stage space, and give the other parts of the room more attention.  Your conclusion was a bit weak – highly suggest giving a summary of all points introduced.  Your story at the beginning was a good lead in to the speech – brought the speech a personal element.  Show your visuals more prominently, and then put them down once shown.  They could become a distraction.

Awards:

Best Table Topics: Sunny Lin

Best Prepared Speaker: Lily Wang

Best Evaluator: Yachan Dong

MEETING ENDED AT: ~9 p.m.

Announcements:

1.      If you are interested in joining the CCTMC Ski Trip, please see Candy.

2.      Yann introduced the new CCTMC Website.  Please go to www.cctmc.org

3.      On Saturday, we will have the ExCom training at 9:00AM at the Motorola building.  Immediately following the training, the monthly ExCom meeting will be held.  All are welcome.

4.      If you are interested in fulfilling a role for next meeting, please contact the club scheduler, Selina.

5.      We will be having a video recorded Speechathon on January 24.  Please inform Selina if you are interested in presenting a speech.

The minutes of this meeting were prepared by Secretary: Chris