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June 29, 2010

 

MEETING:

  • The Toastmaster for the meeting was Scott Stevenson.  The meeting Theme was “Changing of the Guard”.
  • The Grammarian for the meeting was Julanne Dalke.  The Word of the Day was “diplomacy”, which means “knack, skill; skill, pois;, tact, finesse”.
  • The Timer was Dan Hahn.
  • The General Evaluator was Mitch Priestley.

 

SPEECHES:

  • Speaker #1 was George Kolln giving a speech from the Basic Communications Manual, Project #2, Organize Your Speech
    • Speech title was “Be Large and in Charge”
    • Speech was evaluated by Michelle Tedd. .

 

TABLE TOPICS: (not held today due to Club Officer Induction ceremony)

 

AWARDS:

  • The Ballot counter was Dan Hahn
    • The winner of the “Best Speaker Award” was George!
    • The winner of the “Best Evaluator Award” was Michele!

 

OTHER NOTES:

  • Attendees: Julanne, Scott, Cathey, Dan, Kate, Michele, Connie L., George, Marissa, Mitch,
  • Guests: Jason Armillas
  • Officer Induction: Outgoing District Governor Scott Stevenson praised this year's officers, and then relieved them of their responsibilities.  Incoming District Governor Cathey Armillas then inducted the incoming 2010-2011 officers.
  • Recognition: Outgoing President Marissa King presented awards and recognition to each of the outgoing club officers, and to each educational award winner from the 2009-2010 year.

 

June 22, 2010

 

MEETING:

  • The Toastmaster for the meeting was Michele Tedd. 
  • The Grammarian for the meeting was Connie Looney.  The Word of the Day was “auspicious”, which means “promising success; favorable; fortunate; prosperous”.
    • WOD was used by [name, name, etc.].
  • The Timer was Sumathy Thandri.
  • The General Evaluator was David Hattery.

 

SPEECHES:

  • Speaker #1 was Julanne Dalke giving a speech from the Basic Communications Manual, Project #7, Research Your Topic
    • Speech title was “Quite By Chance”
    • Speech was evaluated by Marissa King.
  • Speaker #2 was Nathan Pylate giving a speech from the Public Relations Advance Communication Manual, Project #3, Persuasive Approach
    • Speech title was “The Father Factor”
    • Speech was evaluated by George Kolln.

 

TABLE TOPICS:

  • The Table Topics Master was Dan Hahn

 

AWARDS:

  • The Ballot counter was Sumathy Thandri
    • The winner of the “Best Speaker Award” was Nathan!
    • The winner of the “Best Evaluator Award” was George!
    • The winner of the “Best Table Topics Award” was Julanne!

 

 

OTHER NOTES:

  • Attendees: Dan, Nathan, Julanne, George, Connie L., Sumathy, Marissa
  • Guests: David Hattery (from Marylhurst TM)

 

June 15, 2010

 

MEETING:

  • The Toastmaster for the meeting was Dan Hahn.  The meeting Theme was “impromptu”.
  • The Grammarian for the meeting was Michele Ted.  The Word of the Day was “gotterdammerung”, which means “complete destruction of an institution, regime, order, etc.”.
    • WOD was used by Nathan, Scott.
  • The Timer was Nathan Pyhlate.
  • The General Evaluator was Scott Stevenson.

 

SPEECHES:

  • (no speakers for this meeting)
     

TABLE TOPICS:

  • The Table Topics Master was Julanne Dalke and the TT subject was graduation commencement speech
    • TT participants were everyone present.
    • The TT Evaluator was Connie Looney.

 

AWARDS:

  • The Ballot counter was Nathan Pylate
    • The winner of the “Best Table Topics Award” was Connie Looney!

 

 

OTHER NOTES:

  • Attendees: Michele, Julanne, Sumathy, Nathan, Dan, Connie L., Scott
  • Guests: (no guests)

 

June 8, 2010

 

MEETING:

  • The Toastmaster for the meeting was Nathan Pylate
  • The Grammarian for the meeting was Marissa King.  The Word of the Day was “pukka”, which means “first class, genuine, reliable”.
    • WOD was used by Nathan.
  • The Timer was Cathey Armillas.
  • The General Evaluator was Scott Stevenson.

 

SPEECHES:

  • Speaker #1 was Connie Looney giving a speech from the Basic Communications Manual, Project #7, Research Your Topic
    • Speech title was “All You Ever Wanted To Know About Helium, but Were Afraid To ask”
    • Speech was evaluated by Julanne Dalke.
  • Speaker #2 was Dan Hahn giving a speech from the Basic Communication Manual, Project #3, Get To The Point
    • Speech title was “My Best Friend”
    • Speech was evaluated by Scott Stevenson.

 

TABLE TOPICS:

  • The Table Topics Master was George Kolln and the TT subject was door-to-door sales
    • TT participants were Julanne, Cathey, Dan.
    • The TT Evaluator was Scott.

 

AWARDS:

  • The Ballot counter was Cathey Armillas
    • The winner of the “Best Speaker Award” was Dan!
    • The winner of the “Best Evaluator Award” was Julanne!
    • The winner of the “Best Table Topics Award” was Cathey!

 

 

OTHER NOTES:

  • Attendees: Dan, Cathey, Julanne, George, Scott, Nathan, Connie L., Marissa
  • Guests: Chris Pickett

 

June 1, 2010

 

MEETING:

  • The Toastmaster for the meeting was Marissa King.  The meeting Theme was “Memorial Day”.
  • The Grammarian for the meeting was Michele Tedd.  The Word of the Day was “asseverate”, which means “to declare earnestly or solemnly”.
    • WOD was used by Sumathy Thandri, Nathan Pylate.
  • The Timer was Sumathy Thandri.
  • The General Evaluator was Nathan Pylate.

 

SPEECHES:

  • Speaker #1 was Connie Looney giving a speech from the Basic Communications Manual, Project #6, Vocal Variety
    • Speech title was “Michael”
    • Speech was evaluated by George Kolln.
  • Speaker #2 was Debbie Harlan giving a speech from the Storytelling Advanced Communication Manual, Project #4, The Touching Story
    • Speech title was “First Steps”
    • Speech was evaluated by Cathey Armillas.

 

TABLE TOPICS:

  • The Table Topics Master was Dan Hahn and the TT subject was charades
    • TT participants were (all attendees).
    • The TT Evaluator was Nathan.

 

AWARDS:

  • The Ballot counter was George Kolln
    • The winner of the “Best Speaker Award” was Debbie!
    • The winner of the “Best Evaluator Award” was Cathey!
    • The winner of the “Best Table Topics Award” was Michele!

 

 

OTHER NOTES:

  • Attendees: Dan, Connie L, Julanne, Nathan, Sumathy, Debbie, Marissa, Michele
  • Guests: (none)

 

May 25, 2010

 

MEETING:

  • The Toastmaster for the meeting was Cathey Armillas. 
  • The Grammarian for the meeting was Julanne Dalke.  The Word of the Day was “intrepid”, which means “brave, fearless, insolent, abrupt”.
    • WOD was used by Dan, Nathan, Julanne.
  • The Timer was Marissa King.
  • The General Evaluator was Marissa King.

 

SPEECHES:

  • Speaker #1 was Nathan Pylate giving a speech from the Public Relations Advanced Communications Manual, Project #5, The Radio Talk Show
    • Speech title was “Livin' with Dan-o the Man-o”
    • Speech was evaluated by Scott Stevenson.
  • Speaker #2 was Connie Spiegel giving a speech from the Basic Communication Manual, Project #4, How To Say It
    • Speech title was “Remembrance”
    • Speech was evaluated by Dan Hahn.

 

TABLE TOPICS:

  • The Table Topics Master was Michele Tedd and the TT subject was roasting the celebrity
    • TT participants were Tod Looney, Mitch Priestley.

AWARDS:

  • The Ballot counter was Scott Stevenson
    • The winner of the “Best Speaker Award” was Nathan!
    • The winner of the “Best Evaluator Award” was Dan!
    • The winner of the “Best Table Topics Award” was Mitch!

 

 

OTHER NOTES:

  • Attendees: Julanne, Nathan, Connie S., Connie L., Scott, Cathey, Dan, Tod, Mitch, Marissa, Michele
  • Guests: Paul Stotts

 

Officer elections were held.  New officers for 2010-2011 are:

  • President: Connie Looney
  • VP Education: Michele Tedd
  • VP Membership: Nathan Pylate
  • VP Public Relations: Guy Maesaka
  • Secretary: Sumathy Thandri
  • Treasurer:  George Kolln
  • Sergeant-At-Arms: Julanne Dalke

 

Congratulations to our new 2010-2011 club officers!!!

 

May 18, 2010

 

MEETING:

  • The Toastmaster for the meeting was Michele Tedd.  The meeting Theme was “Famous May 18th Birthdays”.
  • The Grammarian for the meeting was Marissa King.  The Word of the Day was “convivial”, which means “friendly, agreeable, fond of feasting, drinking and merry company”.
    • WOD was used by Julanne, Scott.
  • The Timer was Scott Stevenson.
  • The General Evaluator was Julanne Dalke.

 

SPEECHES:

  • Speaker #1 was Dan Hahn giving a speech from the Basic Communications Manual, Project #5, Your Body Speaks
    • Speech title was “It's All About The Rules”
    • Speech was evaluated by George Kolln.

 

TABLE TOPICS:

  • The Table Topics Master was Michele Tedd and the TT subject was Tell us what is happening in the pictures (stack of photo copies of different items)
    • TT participants were Cathey, Kate, Dan.

 

AWARDS:

  • The Ballot counter was Sumathy Thandri
    • The winner of the “Best Speaker Award” was Dan!
    • The winner of the “Best Evaluator Award” was George!
    • The winner of the “Best Table Topics Award” was Kate!

 

 

OTHER NOTES:

  • Attendees: Cathey, Julanne, Connie L., Kate, Scott, Sumathy, George, Dan, Michele, Marissa
  • Guests: Dr. Lee
  • Theone Gilmore (President of Wilsonville Arts Festival) needs Mastors of Ceremony for the Arts Festival on June 5th and 6th.  Please contact Julanne if interested in helping!

 

May 11, 2010

 

MEETING:

  • The Toastmaster for the meeting was Scott S..  The meeting Theme was “Spring Has Sprung”.
  • The Grammarian for the meeting was George K.  The Word of the Day was “caveat”, which means “a warning or caution”.
    • WOD was used by Scott, Julanne, Nathan.
  • The Timer was Julanne D.
  • The General Evaluator was Michele T.

 

SPEECHES:

  • Speaker #1 was Debbie H. giving a speech from the Storytelling Advanced Communications Manual, Project #3, Moral of the Story
    • Speech title was “A Kept Promise”
    • Speech was evaluated by Connie L.
  • Speaker #2 was Marissa K. giving a speech from the Storytelling Advanced Communication Manual, Project #5, Bringing History to Life
    • Speech title was “Faith's Review and Expectation”
    • Speech was evaluated by Nathan P.

 

TABLE TOPICS:

  • The Table Topics Master was Guy M. and the TT subject was why this is the perfect job in the world (as characterized in movies)
    • TT participants were Nathan, Kate, Julanne, Debbie.
    • The TT Evaluator was Michele T.

 

AWARDS:

  • The Ballot counter was Kate S.
    • The winner of the “Best Speaker Award” was Marissa!
    • The winner of the “Best Evaluator Award” was Nathan!
    • The winner of the “Best Table Topics Award” was Julanne!

 

 

OTHER NOTES:

  • Attendees: George, Kate, Connie L., Sumathy, Julanne, Nathan, Debbie, Guy, Scott, Marissa, Nathan, Michele
  • Guests: Todd Schwartz, Vanessa Rez
  • Elections coming up!  Nominations for club officer positions are:
    PRESIDENT: Dan Hahn, Tod Looney, Connie Looney
    VP EDUCATION: Michele Tedd
    VP MEMBERSHIP: Nathan Pylate
    VP PUBLIC RELATIONS: Guy Maesaka
    SECRETARY: Sumathy Thandri
    TREASURER: George Kolln
    SERGEANT-AT-ARMS: Julanne Dalke

 

 

May 4, 2010

 

MEETING:

  • The Toastmaster for the meeting was Cathey A..  The meeting Theme was “Leadership”.
  • The Grammarian for the meeting was Scott S..  The Word of the Day was “Pre-eminent”, which means “superior to or notable above all others; outstanding.”.
    • WOD was used by Nathan, George, Connie, Debbie, Dr. Lee, Dan, Sumathy, Scott.
  • The Timer was Dan H..
  • The General Evaluator was Dan H..

 

SPEECHES:

  • Speaker #1 was Connie Looney giving a speech from the Basic Communications Manual, Project #5, Your Body Speaks
    • Speech title was “Brothers Are The Best Part of Family”
    • Speech was evaluated by Guy M.
  • Speaker #2 was Sumathy Thandri giving a speech from the Basic Communication Manual, Project #1, Ice Breaker
    • Speech title was “Home Is Where The Heart Is”
    • Speech was evaluated by Marissa K..

 

TABLE TOPICS:

  • The Table Topics Master was Debbie H. and the TT subject was antique objects that must be presented as something else
    • TT participants were George, Dr. Lee, Dan, Connie.
    • The TT Evaluator was Dan H.

 

AWARDS:

  • The Ballot counter was George K.
    • The winner of the “Best Speaker Award” was Sumathy!
    • The winner of the “Best Evaluator Award” was Marissa!
    • The winner of the “Best Table Topics Award” was Dr. Lee!

 

 

OTHER NOTES:

  • Attendees: Cathey, Scott, Guy, George, Dan, Connie L, Debbie, Sumathy, Marissa, Nathan
  • Guests: Cheryl McCoy, Jeanne Nelson, Dr. Lee

 

 

April 20, 2010

 

MEETING:

  • The Toastmaster for the meeting was Scott Stevenson.  The meeting Theme was “carefree”.
  • The Grammarian for the meeting was Sumathy Thandri.  The Word of the Day was “scapegrace”, which means “a reckless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless”.
    • WOD was used by Scott, Guy, Michele.
  • The Timer was Garry Wise.
  • The General Evaluator was Scott Stevenson.

 

SPEECHES:

  • Speaker #1 was Cathey Armillas giving a speech from the Persuasive Speaking Advanced Communications Manual, Project #1, Effective Sales Person
    • Speech title was “Selling Toast to Toastmasters”
    • Speech was evaluated by Tod Looney.
  • Speaker #2 was Nathan Pylate giving a speech from the Public Relations Advanced Communication Manual, Project #1, Building Good Will
    • Speech title was “What Do You Do?”
    • Speech was evaluated by Guy Maesaka.

 

TABLE TOPICS:

  • The Table Topics Master was Michele Tedd and the TT subject was Current Movies - make up your own "trailer"
    • TT participants were Garry, Sumathy.

AWARDS:

  • The Ballot counter was Garry Wise
    • The winner of the “Best Speaker Award” was Nathan!
    • The winner of the “Best Evaluator Award” was Guy!
    • The winner of the “Best Table Topics Award” was Sumathy!

 

 

OTHER NOTES:

  • Attendees: Tod, Michele, Debbie, Connie L., Sumathy, Guy, Nathan, Garry, Scott, Cathey
  • Guests: (no guests)
  • Willamette Division Speech Contest tonight @ 6:30pm - Marylhurst University!!

 

April 13, 2010

 

MEETING:

  • The Toastmaster for the meeting was Marissa King. 
  • The Grammarian for the meeting was George Kolln.  The Word of the Day was “capricious”, which means “characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable”.
  • The Timer was Kate Stocklin.
  • The General Evaluator was Michele Tedd.

 

SPEECHES:

  • Speaker #1 was Garry Wise giving a speech from the Basic Communications Manual, Project #2, Organize Your Speech
    • Speech title was “By Your Own Hand”
    • Speech was evaluated by Debbie Harlan.
  • Speaker #2 was Cathey Armillas giving a speech from the Storytelling Advanced Communication Manual, Project #4, The Touching Story
    • Speech title was “Power of Your Actions”
    • Speech was evaluated by Dan Hahn.

 

TABLE TOPICS:

  • The Table Topics Master was Nathan Pylate and the TT subject was Play Dough - make something that represents you
    • TT participants were everyone present.
    • The TT Evaluator was Michele Tedd.

 

AWARDS:

  • The Ballot counter was Christi Loya
    • The winner of the “Best Speaker Award” was Cathey!
    • The winner of the “Best Evaluator Award” was Debbie!
    • The winner of the “Best Table Topics Award” was Scott & Marissa!

 

 

OTHER NOTES:

  • Attendees: Guy, Garry, Cathey, Connie L., Connie S., Debbie, Dan, Scott, Kate, Christi, George, Nathan, Michele, Marissa
  • Guests: (no guests this week)

 

April 6, 2010

 

MEETING:

  • The Toastmaster for the meeting was Nathan Pylate.  The meeting Theme was “Passion”.
  • The Grammarian for the meeting was Connie Spiegel.  The Word of the Day was “desultory”, which means “marked by lack of definite plan, regularity or purpose, not connected with the main subject”.
    • WOD was used by George, Guy.
  • The Timer was Connie Looney.
  • The General Evaluator was Marissa King.

 

SPEECHES:

  • Speaker #1 was George Kolln giving a speech from the Basic Communications Manual, Project #1, Ice Breaker
    • Speech title was “Family, Work, and Fun!”
    • Speech was evaluated by Guy Maesaka.
  • Speaker #2 was Debbie Harlan giving a speech from the Storytelling Advanced Communication Manual, Project #1, The Folk Tale
    • Speech title was “The Hairy Toe”
    • Speech was evaluated by Scott Stevenson.

 

TABLE TOPICS:

  • The Table Topics Master was Cathey Armillas and the TT subject was to passionately sell a "color" (pink flamingos, etcl)
    • TT participants were Tod L., Christi L., Sumathy T., Nathan P.
    • The TT Evaluator was Marissa King.

 

AWARDS:

  • The Ballot counter announced:
    • The winner of the “Best Speaker Award” was George!
    • The winner of the “Best Evaluator Award” was Scott!
    • The winner of the “Best Table Topics Award” was Sumathy!

 

 

OTHER NOTES:

  • Attendees: Cathey A., Scott S., Connie S., Connie L., Guy M., George Kl, Tod L., Christi L., Debbie H., Dan H., Nathan P., Marissa K.
  • Guests: Jennifer Rodriguez
  • Area 64 contest at Marylhurst University TONIGHT - April 6 @ 6:30pm

 

March 23, 2010

 

MEETING:

  • The Toastmaster for the meeting was Debbie Harlan.  The meeting Theme was “Spring Has Sprung”.
  • The Grammarian for the meeting was Julanne Dalke.  The Word of the Day was “domicile”, which means “a home, residence”.
    • WOD was used by Nathan.
  • The Timer was Dan Hahn.
  • The General Evaluator was Nathan Pylate.

 

SPEECHES:

  • Speaker #1 was Michele Tedd giving a speech from the basic Communications Manual, Project #10, Inspire Your Audience
    • Speech title was “Toastmaster? When? Where?”
    • Speech was evaluated by Cathey Armillas.

 

TABLE TOPICS:

  • The Table Topics Master was Sumathy Thandri and the TT subject was describe life as ..(mirror, front door, daffodil, …)
    • TT participants were Michele, Nathan,.
    • The TT Evaluator was Nathan.

 

AWARDS:

  • The Ballot counter was Connie Spiegel
    • The winner of the “Best Speaker Award” was Michele!
    • The winner of the “Best Evaluator Award” was Cathey!
    • The winner of the “Best Table Topics Award” was Nathan!

 

 

OTHER NOTES:

  • Attendees: Connie L., Connie S., Dan H., Sumathy T., Nathan P., Debbie H., Michele T., Cathey A., Julanne D., Marissa K.
  • Guests: Dan Kuehl.

 

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

 

MEETING:

  • The Toastmaster for the meeting was Michelle T..
  • The Grammarian for the meeting was Sumathy T..  The Word of the Day was “garrulous”, which means “talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative”.
  • The Timer was Guy M..
  • The General Evaluator was Dan H..

 

SPEECHES:

  • Speaker #1 was Lisa L. giving a speech from the Basic Communications Manual, Project #10, Inspire Your Audience
    • Speech title was “Lisa Believes”
    • Speech was evaluated by Nathan P.

 

TABLE TOPICS:

  • The Table Topics Master was Scott S. and the TT subject was Vacation Travel Vehicles
    • TT participants were everyone in attendance.

 

AWARDS:

  • The Ballot counter was George K.
    • The winner of the “Best Speaker Award” was Lisa!
    • The winner of the “Best Evaluator Award” was Nathan!
    • The winner of the “Best Table Topics Award” was Samantha & Nathan!

 

 

OTHER NOTES:

  • Area 64 speech contest on April 6th at Marylhurst University

 

Monday March 2, 2010

 

MEETING:

  • The Toastmaster for the meeting was Scott S. 
  • The Grammarian for the meeting was Sumathy. The Word of the Day was “didactic.”
  • The Timer was George.
  • The General Evaluator was Dan H.

 

SPEECHES:

  • Speaker #1 was Garry, giving a speech from the Competent Communicator Manual, Project #1, Ice Breaker

o   Speech title was “The events in our lives shape who we are”

o   Speech was evaluated by Debbie H.

  •  Speaker #2 was Cathey A, giving a speech from the Storytelling Advanced Manual, Project #1, Folk Tale

o   Speech title was ”The Wolfs Story”

o   Speech was evaluated by Nathan P.

 

TABLE TOPICS:

  • The Table Topics Master was Marissa K. 
    • TT participants were Dan H, Sumathy, Debbie H and George.

 

AWARDS

  • The Ballot Counter was George.
    • The winner of the “Best Speaker Award” was Cathey!
    • The winner of the “Best Evaluator Award” was Nathan!
    • The winner of the “Best Table Topics Speaker Award” was Dan!

 

OTHER NOTES:

·         Attendance: Cathey A, Sumathy, Nathan, George, Dan H, Debbie H, Garry and Marissa K.

·         Guest: Arman

 

Monday February 22, 2010

 

MEETING:

  • The Toastmaster for the meeting was Cathey A. 
  • The Grammarian for the meeting was Michele T. The Word of the Day was “fractious,” an adjective meaning "tending to cause trouble; unruly.”
  • The Timer was Garry W.
  • The General Evaluator was Scott S.

 

SPEECHES:

  • Speaker #1 was Connie S