Meeting # 563 - August 29, 2006

And now we seem to be back in (almost) full swing. We met on August 29, 2006 and had even more members and visitors show up. Our theme was "My Summer Continues Until..."

We were ably led by Toastmaster Louise. Toastmaster Bill brought us a Word of the Day: Truthiness - a noun meaning the quality by which a person claims to know something intuitively or instinctively. Toastmaster Angie brought us a Quote of the Day. And Toastmaster Carrie brought us a Joke of the Day.

Then we turned to our speech for the day. We initially heard from Toastmaster John v., with the objectives for a Competent Toastmaster speech #9 (CTM #9). Then, we heard from Toastmaster Carrie, with "Nurture Your Health".

Then we had a few Table Topics, introduced by Toastmaster John H. This was followed by a test of our listening skills with a Quiz by Toastmaster John S.

Next we had a bit of club business - the club is looking for some assistance in the Executive Committee: the positions of Secretary and Vice President Public Relations are vacant.

Then we moved into the evaluation portion of our meeting, starting with a speech evaluation of Toastmaster Carrie's speech from Toastmaster John v. We continued in the same vein with a General Evaluation from Toastmaster Angie, assisted by Grammarian/Ah Counter Toastmaster Kathryn and Timer Toastmaster Aldo.

Chair Toastmaster Louise returned to offer the opportunity to comment to guests, to run through the agenda for next week, and to adjourn the meeting.

Looking forward to seeing you on September 5!