MINUTES FOR 4/22/98 GODDARD TOASTMASTERS CLUB MEETING

The meeting started at 11:30 A.M. The Toastmaster of the Day was Chris Scherer. Pat McHale gave the Thought of the Day "Treasure Every Moment You Have". We had one assigned speaker : "The Role of Mentor" by Martha O'Bryan. We also had one Guest Speaker, Larry Lawhon, sharing his winning speech from the Area 45 Speech Contest, "Four Cutters, and a Drag". Bill Pullen was the Table Topics Master. The contestants for Table Topics were:

  • Jim McLean - "Just like a Timax commercial"
  • Pat Greco - "At some point in time"
  • Jeane Ryan - "The mechanics of speech"
  • Evette Brown-Conwell - "Attitude and Values"
  • Maureen Armbruster - "Encourage your employees"
  • Don Moore - "Celebrate and communicate"
  • Oswin Findlay - "Decision Making"
  • Jane Liu - "People don't do what they're supposed to do"
  • Ashok Ambardekar - "People who evaluate others"
  • Joseph Cockey - "As the boss"

    The General Evaluator was Angie Upshur. Regina Cody evaluated Martha O'Bryan's speech. The Time Keeper was Carl Taylor. The Whisker Counter was Don Moore. The Grammarian was Jeane Ryan. The Ballot Counter was Carolyn Ng.

    The best Table Topics contestants was Pat Greco.

    Jim McLean will be retiring on March 30, 1998, but he plans to continue participating in Goddard Toastmasters Club. His retirement party will be held on May 7, 1998 at 11:30am, at the Greenbelt American Legion, 6900 Greenbelt Road, $13 includes meal, gift, gratuity, and tax, contact Tamika Jones x6-7050 or Bill Jones x6-6224 by Thursday, April 30.

    District 36, Division D International Speech and Evaluation Contest will be on Friday, May 1, 1998 at Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, Laurel, Md. Regina Cody will represent our club participating the Evaluation Contest. All are welcome.

    Next Toastmasters meeting will be May 13, 1998 at Building 28, Room E-210. An Education Module, "Building Your Thinking Power, Part II : The Power of Ideas" will be presented by Evette Brown-Conwell, Jane Liu and Regina Cody. Please come early and get a good seat !!

    Volunteers are needed to assist Angie Upshur with the Youth Leadership Module. If you can help, please contact her (301) 552-3312. It will be a rewarding experience for you.

    Toastmaster International (TMI) President will visit District 36 clubs on Saturday, May 16, 1998 at Quality Inn, 8727 Colesville Road, and he will participate in the TMI contest that day.

    Members in attendance included, Pat Greco, Oswin Findlay, Bill Pullen, Carolyn Ng, Carl Taylor, Jentung Ku, Angie Upshur, Jane Liu, Pat McHale, Jim McLean, Jeane Ryan, Don Moore, Regina Cody, Martha O'Bryan, Maureen Armbruster, Evette Brown-Conwell, Chris Scherer, Michael Parrish and new members Joseph Cockey, and John Dennis. There were three guest present, Larry Lawhon, Jeff Mullins, and Ashok Ambardekar.

    The meeting ended at 1:00 P. M.

    Note: The VP-Education, Bill Pullen, must sign the page in the back of your Communication and Leadership or Advanced manual for each of your completed speeches. Please look in your manual(s) and bring any that require signing to the next Goddard Toastmasters meeting.

    MINUTES FROM THE GODDARD TOASTMASTERS CLUB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
    Wednesday, April 22, 1998, 12 noon to 1:30 p.m.

    President - Martha O'Bryan:

  • Regional Conference Club Proxy - will be mailed in unless a club member is planning to attend.
  • Nominations for new officers - the committee brain stormed for ideas to fill the officers positions, Jeff Bolognese volunteered to serve as editor of the newsletter and Jane Liu volunteered to serve as VP-Education.
  • The District 36, Division D, International Speech and Evaluation Contest will be held on Friday, May 1, 1998 at Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission in Laurel, Md. Regina Cody will represent our district (and our club) in the evaluation contest.
  • Evette Brown-Conwell and Jane Liu volunteered to assist Angie Upshur with the Youth Leadership Module. This program will be presented on 4-5 consecutive Mondays during the summer for an hour and a half during lunch. Volunteers (one or two club members per meeting) are still needed to help with individual meetings. If there are enough volunteers, this program will require a minor time commitment (one or two sessions each).

    VP Education -Bill Pullen:

  • The educational module "Building Your Thinking Power Part II - The Power of Ideas" will be presented in two parts, the first part on May 13th and the second part on June 10th. The coordinator for the educational module will be Evette Brown-Conwell, accompanying her will be Regina Cody and Jane Liu.
  • Status of next quarters schedule

    VP Public Relations - Jeff Bolognese & Dan Mandl:

  • Continue to submit notices to dateline Goddard.
  • Don Moore submitted publicity add to GEWA to help promote Goddard Toastmasters.
  • Status of next club newsletter - Dan needs articles. All club officers are requested to submit articles.
  • Club picnic, since building 28, room E210 is available for all meetings except July 22 and August 12, 1998. Either of these dates would be appropriate for scheduling our club picnic, however, the July 22 date was determined to be the preferred date since the Humorous Speech contest is held in August and we wanted to avoid too "special" meetings in a row. Dan Mandl will contact Quinton Barker to reserve the Pavilion.
  • Jeff Bolognese and Bill Pullen will work on the awards nominations to be presented at the club picnic meeting. Club members are welcome to serve on this committee to help select awards categories and recipients, contact Jeff Bolognese to volunteer.

    VP of Membership -Pat McHale & Don Moore:

  • Identify any club concerns - attendance is improving due to phone calls to absent members.
  • Pat McHale will draft a sign-up sheet for TM mailing list to be used for Celebrate Goddard Day.

    Treasurer - Michael Parrish:

  • $76 was deposited to our checking account for reimbursement of contest cost from Area 45. Current account balances are $136.66 for checking and $162.76 for savings accounts.
  • Note: this balance does not reflect all costs (i.e. the food platter purchased for the Area Speech contest and the educational material purchased for the upcoming module). Since club funds are low, the committee felt that we should identify members who still owe the $6.00 club dues.

    Secretary - Jane Liu:

  • Meeting minutes, continue to e-mail club meeting minutes, if Jane is absent - fax agenda notes to x1699

    minutes by Jane Liu, Code 480