The Officers March In(n)!

Breakfast Time for the Officers. Paul, Mary, Chuck, Marvin, Barbara, Stephen and Roger attended.

Chuck reported that we now have a picture on our Flickr site (link is on the Blog, upper right corner).

Mary reports that Charles and Justin have Joined, David (visitor on Tuesday) wants an application and we have to check on John’s Transfer into the club.

Marvin reviewed the roster trying to determine who will renew and who won’t. Looking at President’s Distinguished Club competition, when Mary completes her CC in April we will have 9 points. There was a discussion about whether or not to push to get the tenth point (two more CCs) and we decided to let them happen or not as the speakers complete the manual. Marvin told us about the next election (May 2009) of Officers and we decided that it is time to begin getting the word out to the club that we are looking for volunteers for offices. In general, one year is the longest anyone should hold the same office without a break.

Barbara talked about her recruiting efforts and Chuck asked if we could target more women as we seem to have only men as visitors. There was a discussion about how to do this. Barbara will work on it.

Stephen reported that there were no expenses or income for February and that Dues are Due. In fact, he has about half of the club dues already collected.

Roger reports that the club cabinet locks at the meeting site were broken by the restaurant. He will attempt to fix it this week. There followed a discussion of how the room should be set up and an arrangement was agreed upon. We will all work to set this up and see how it works.

Craig was unable to join us to report o the web site, although it seems to be working well as that is where all of our new members find us.

There was a discussion of the wearing of name tags. All of the Officers will wear theirs next week and we’ll see how it goes.

There was a discussion of how we can get special recognition for Gene and his Speech Craft at UT-D. Marvin will work with the District Officers to see what can be done.

Continued discussion about the next round of Officer Elections. Since Andrew hasn’t been able to attend lately, we nominated Mike to be the point of contact for members to discuss becoming officers.

The meeting ended right on time. This seems to be a good place to meet (not withstanding that two officers forgot that we had moved the meeting).

Welcome Back Color (It’s Spring)

Marvin opened the meeting and Barbara lead the Invocation and Pledge.

Paul was our Toastmaster and introduced his assistants: Charles as Grammarian; Stephen B as Ah Counter; Ollie as Timekeeper; and Brian as Vote Counter.

Our Speeches:

Justin gave his Icebreaker Speech (after only two weeks, good job).

Bill talked about “Spring Cleaning” more than just your house.

Carol regaled us with her adventures in India. We all love elephants, Carol.

Chuck lead the Table Topics and called on Bill S, Brent, and Roger.

Morry was our General Evaluator and he said he liked the room arranged the way it was last week. He introduced Mary, Stephen J and Joe.

Awards were given for: Table Topics: Roger; Evaluator: Stephen; and Speaker: Carol.

Marvin announced the Toastmaster and speakers for next week and announced the Area contest to be this Thursday at 6:00 pm. He also reminded the Officers of Thursday’s meeting and invited all members to join us.

The meeting ended on-time.

Tell Me Something Good!

Paul began our meeting right on time and lead the Invocation and Pledge.

Mary added some color to our meeting with pink agendas and introduced her assistants: Grammarian: Charles; Ah Counter: Barbara; Timer: Paul; and Vote Counter: Marvin.

Our speakers:

Rick showing his vocal variety with a speech with no name.

Pete showed why being early helps with the projector discussed “The Start Up.”

Roger rehearsing his contest speech “Thanks Kiiye”. Nice suit!

Bill Butcher lead Table Topics and called on Morry, Joe and John.

Stephen J was our General Evaluator and he introduced Evaluators: Brian, Steve, and Chuck.

Awards were given for: Table topics: John; Evaluator: Chuck; Speech: Roger.

Announcements: the Area Speech Contest will be March 5th.

Paul ended the meeting on-time.

Cooperation is Synergistic

Paul began the meeting right on time and asked Barbara to lead the invocation and pledge.

Stephen J was our Toastmaster and he introduced his assistants: Marvin as Grammarian; Paul as Ah Counter; Brent as Timer; and Charles as Vote Counter.

Our speakers were:

Mary who told about her fun time “Gaming in Tunica”

Brian who gave us a briefing on Agile Development Methods.

Mike who talked about “Captain Billy’s Whizbang”

Carol lead the Table Topics and called on Ollie, Jerry, Roger and Barbara.

Stephen B lead an evaluation team consisting of: Chuck, Morry, and Joshua.

Awards were given for: Table Topics: Roger; Evaluator: Chuck; and Speaker: Mary.

Justin submitted his membership application and John was a visitor.

Paul ended the meeting on-time.