The information below represents
the latest news and what is happening or coming up at
Wallmasters International (and a bit of history too!).
2/19/10- Mitch
and Brad were our guests today, both visiting from other
clubs. This was our Evaluation contest choreographed wonderfully
by Bob P.
Mitch P. came in as the target speaker
and he presented "Halo".
Contestants were:
Paul
Mike
Cleon
Rodger
Simon
Robyn
Three were first timers to contests.
Place of order was:
1st-Cleon
2nd-Paul
3rd-Simon
Remember our Speech Contest will
be on March 12.
2/12/10- Lloyd, Brad and Terry were passionate
guests today. Brenda laid out a great meeting. Three
speakers beginning with Brent telling us about "It's
been 100 years" and some history about the Boy Scouts.
John came up next sharing "So, who are you really"
and talked about how to answer. Laura finished the speaking
session and told us about "What's the plan"
and enlightened us and herself how she is becoming her
mother. Not a bad thing as Laura walked away with Best
speaker of the day. Laura's evaluator, Mark S., gave her
some extra assistance for her next speech and picked up
Best Evaluator for the day. Bob P.'s rendition of his
romantic moment in 1975 consisted of how he is still making
up for his honeymoon miscalculation.
Remember next week is the Evaluation
Contest. Be there or be square.
2/5/10- Four guests today with Travis and Gordon
also joining. Jean and Lloyd returned as guests. Jody
started us off with "Women in Bondage, or the benefits
of endorphines, Camaraderie, and tradition. As she explained
her move to LO from a town of eight folks. Her joys of
walking and running were done very well and she walked
away with The Best Speaker of the day. Some very good
evaluations and Phyllis' TT eval won her the Best Evaluator
for the day. TT today was about whoppers and Jill's "Biggest
political whopper ever" won Best Table Topics today.
A big surprise for Erik.
Remember that on 2/19/10 we have
our Evaluation contest then probably on 3/5/10
we'll have the Int. Speech contest.
1/29/10- Six guests today of which Alan joined
and Travis will join next week.We also had Lloyd, Mary,
Dennis and Joel as guests and Joel said he'll be bach.
Rodger put a lot of work into corraling his team this
week then made last minute changes in the beginning of
the meeting very nicely. Two speakers today with Norm
giving his ice breaker and picking up his first Best Speaker
of the day. This wasn't his first time presenting. Cleon
then stepped in as a hot seat speaker speaking about "Have
you ever?" Kyle put on a one man show and challenged
us with the fact almost no one stayed with the theme and
to top it off he gave us numerous examples of what we
could have used. Nice job Kyle and for that he received
the Best Evaluator. We had extended Table Topics and Breanda
P. brought us Aussie words to define. "Bruce Stine
(really Scott) took the Best Table Topics with his version
of what a "doona" is.....we found out later
that it is a comforter.
Remember that 2/19 is the Evaluation
contest, please sign up with Bob P. our contest chair.
1/22/10- Alan visited us again and will be bringing
his paperwork back this coming week. Jeremy put in plenty
of work and made this meeting run smoothly. John started
us off with "Stress, what is it? How can it be managed?"
We couldn't have been more tuned in. Mike then gave us
"Don't forget plan B" where he alluded to having
that backup plan just in case. Steve delighted us with
"Surprise", you know like Gomer Pyle? Oh maybe
some of you don't remember. Mike's talk about a plan B
seemed to work for him as he walked away with the Best
Speaker of the day. Raylene's all encompassing GE report
was of superlative value to win her the Best Evaluator
of the day award. Bob P. came up with Sperbowl Madness
questions for Table Topics this morning and worked us
all. Erik H.'s explanation of Superbowl to Barat apparently
caught on as he picked up a Best Table Topics award.
1/15/10- Chris, Travis and Gordon were all visitors
this morning. Nils did his first TM roll for us today.
Our speakers today spoke with truth and not hubris.
Brenda P. started us off with "Murphy isn't
that kind" as she shared advanced planning for families.
Max took the spotlight next and introduced himself as
our new VP Ed. Mike explained to us "What Business
are you really in". We gave Mike the business with
The Best Speaker of the Day award. Mark S. gave us Table
Topics by having us revert to our four year old self.
Raylene stepped up first and seemed very comfy as her
four year old self again. Needless to say she overwelmed
us all with her truthfulness and took home the Best Table
Topics award. It is always good to see our immediate Past
Presesident with us and his performance as General Evaluator
garnered him the Best Evaluator this morning.
1/8/10- Welcome back after a long hiatus through
the holidays. Mark B. started our new years off with a
full line up. Phil started us off with "This is Amway"
and gave us some history as Phil loves to do. Next was
Dennis as he presented "What's Next for the Year"
and enlightened us on some possible happenings. Megan
came back with "Megan and the Mountain" and
brought a little of her wardrobe for skiing. She shared
some learned experiences and just what patience can do.
Dennis captured Best Speaker today with one of his best
speeches yet. Brenda E. stepped up and took on the role
of GE and gave us some more background of the role. She
must have convinced us that she did do a great job and
picked up a Best Eveluator for the day. Dan K. came in
with some questions to make us think this morning. Lee's
answer to "Is it ok to to tell a little white lie"
helped him to grab a win as Best Table Topics.
12/18/09- Last meeting of the year for Wallmasters.
Miles set us up pre meeting then for the meeting. Ken
started us off with "Grasp Sparrows Tail" a
position in Tai Chi and explained parts of it. Bob P.
then brought "My Christmas Story" and shared
some graphical and fun experience from a time in his life.
Mark S. then did the last speech of the year with "Why
I give thanks" and brought us all to a point of recognition.
Bob's story seemed to catch us all and placed him as the
Best Speaker of the meeting. Phyllis did a splendid job
of feeding back info to all evaluators and was rewarded
with the Best Evaluator for the day. Mike's questions
about a gift we know or experienced and who gave it were
mind challenging for many. Rodger's rendition of "Generosity"
seemed to catch us all as he walked away with the last
Best Table Topics award for the year.
Remember that there are no meetings
on 12/25 and 1/1/2010.
12/11/09- No guests today and short one speaker.
Brenda P. started us off with her Ice Breaker and entertained
us with a comparison of her life and tires on a car. She
drove us around till we voted her Best Speaker for the
Day. Brent next took over and explained how to build an
igloo. Placing that last piece was fun. Bob P.s job as
grammarian was anything but recalcitrant. His diligent
attention to detail was very astute and picked up a Best
Evaluator award today.Joe did a fun and entertaining job
with Table Topics this morning using bumper stickers as
the theme. Mark B.s story of how he came up with "If
you can't dazzle them with brilliance then dazzle them
with BS" was a lot of fun and captured the Best Table
Topics for him.
Results of club officer
elections:
President
Simon John Bosley
Vice President Education
Max Lopez
Vice President Membership
Phyllis A. Harmon, CC
Vice President Public Relations
Mike Goss, ACS, CL
Secretary
Rodger K. Cook, CC
Treasurer
Jill M. Ward, CC
Sergeant at Arms
Miles R. Wickstrom, CC
12/4/09- Kyle dressed the theme today in his
snow gear. Sure seemed warm in all that gear to me. Paula,
Carol, BobF. and Bob,Area 52 Gov. were in attendance as
guests. Donna started us off speaking about Foregiveness
is the best medicine. Miles followed with "Haven't
we been stupid long enough" and made us think. Should
we allow hemp again? Marvin told us "The future is
coming" and explained some new ideas. Miles stood
tall as he received the Best Speaker of the day. Best
Evaluator went to Bob P.(a past District Eval. winner)
as he gave Miles some great fine small tips for his next
speech. Table Topics went to Raylene drabbled on about
Frost Bite.
11/27/09- We had a full house with Dan and Monica
as guests.Donna put her team together and executed her
plan. Simon started by making a comparison
of skiing to Toastmasters and gave a great presentation.
Kyle stepped up next with "Shopocalypse" and
urged us to buy one less present. Kyles drive and energy
gave him a Best Speaker win. Everyone partook and
Cheri's GE was insightful enough
to pick up a Best Evaluator award this morning. Mark S.'s
rendition of How to structure healthcare earned him the
Best Table Topics today.
11/24/09- Meeting location for 11/27/09:
WORLD
FINANCIAL GROUP HILLTOP BUSINESS CENTER
7300 SW HUNZIKER
PORTLAND (TIGARD ACTUALLY)
IT IS LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF SW
72nd AVE AND SW HUNZIKER
11/20/09- Five more guests today. Kaye, Brenda,
Nathan, Rob, and Carol. Brenda has now joined. Three speakers
all lined up and out Toastmaster was running late. As
good toastmasters we rearranged and sherry took over.
First speaker was Robyn as she gave us "In the Spirit
of the Season". Next was Thamer as he gave his ice
breaker. Cleon was next with " If I could, I would,
If I should". Robyn gave a great speech and picked
up Best Speaker. Ken gave an outstanding evaluation of
Thamer's ice breaker and caught another Best evaluator
award. Table topics were based on the Moby Dick novel.
Even though Paul didn't answer the question about
the exiles he did manage to pick up a win for Best Table
Topics.
Remember that we have club elections
coming up soon.
11/13/09- Who has the story to share with us
please?
11/6/09- Four guests
today-Brenda, Rita, Carol and John. Three prepared speakers
starting with Nils and his ice breaker as he shared his
passion for life long learning. Dennis then stepped up
and discussed recycling and the value to us all. Laura
gave her ice breaker and told us of what she believes.
She caught our attention and picked up her first Best
Speaker of the day.
Kyles evaluation of some great Table
Topics, about the Beatles, was done well enough to capture
a Best Evaluator award.
Best Table Topics went to Raylene
as she explained where the words "fixing a hole in
the ocean".
10/30/09-Lost
10/23/09- Lauren was a guest today and turned
in her paperwork. Three speakers were lined up and prepared.
Carl was feeling sensuous as he started us off
with "The Language of Love". Followed by Joe
speaking about "A Need for Accountability".
Susan Go. rounded out the speakers as she presented "Smell
the Roses" which obviously hit a note with most as
she could smell The Best Speaker of the Day. Jill paid
close attention to all evaluators and picked up The Best
Evaluator for today. Mark Brown had us on our toes as
his question was "Why you provided the excuse...?"
and he gave you the excuse. Brenda's excuse of "Why
she was rushing home because she was late for her fertility
shot" won her the Best Table Topics for the day.
Remember this Tuesday (10/27) is
the Division Contest at the Beaverton Library. Kyle and
Erik would love to have some friendly faces in the audience.
10/21/09- First overflow
meeting. Was held at Autodesk. Great attendance.
The autumnal evening presented a great setting,
soon turning to dark.Three speakers this evening starting
with Anne as she talked about "The Golden Triangle"
. Moving next to Cleon as he presented "Creating
an Introduction" from the Successful Speakers Series.
Lee then finished up with "Keeping the Committment"
from the Successful Club Series. Anne did a superlative
job with a 5-7 minute talk about resumes as she picked
up the Best Speaker of the evening award.
The evaluations were all done well
and Simon snapped a Best Evaluator spot as our General
evaluator. Looks like we will be doing one extra meeting
per month for a while. Take a look at what speeches you'd
like to get in and sign up with Joe.
10/16/09- Our guests today were Allene, Lauren,
Thamer & Nils. Thamer & Nils have joined our group.
Mark put together a quick meeting and learned some more
valuable lessons. Raylene was our first speaker and shared
a heart rendering story. Second was John I. as he discussed
his six kids. All went well until he mentioned one was
a six month old 40 pounder. Raylene caught our hearts
and votes as she went home with the Best Speaker of the
day. Cheri's evaluation of the meeting and evaluators
was a learning experience for all and won her the Best
Evaluator recognition today.Rodger brought the fortune
cookies for Table Topics. Erik H.'s story about eggs garnered
him the Best Table Topics win today.
10/9/09- Nils was our guest today along with
Sunset Div. Gov. Bill H. Bill was quite impressed with
Wallmasters to say the least. Three speakers lined up
again with Max starting us of with his ice breaker. Max
has given other ice breakers but many in this audience
has not heard him. Dan K. was second as he spoke about
"Finding the Right Speaker". Speaker as in 50
Watt and under four ohms. Miles finished the speaking
assignments as he gave us "Yes! We can.". Miles
tried a little something different as he showed us how
to can and freeze properly. Another great demonstration.
Look out Rachel Raye. Miles did a superb job and
was not languid in his delivery therefore picking
up another win for Best Speaker.
Erika's evaluation of MIles garnered
him the Best Evaluator for the day.Table Topics by Cheri
were fantastic and we got ten in this morning. Kyle(Wallmaster's
and Area 94 champ.) took the trophy for Best Table Topics.
Remember that Oct. 21, 2009 @ 6:30pm
at Autodesk we will have our first extra meeting in the
month for extra speaking assignments. Be sure and contact
Joe for a slot
in the meeting.
10/3/09- Fibe guests this morning. Caught Bob
& Johns name and missed the other
three. Of which two were from PCC. Anne stepped up and
tried on the Toastmasters shoes and did a superlative
job.
Mark S. started us off with "24
hours in the bottom of an oil can" and took us to
the mafia, music and all. Loren came up next with his
bag of tools. He's tried this before and plans to better
next time. Mike decided to take us back in American history
with "John Adams-Go to guy of the American Revolution".
Did Mike share his quaff with us or what as he
did pick up the Best Speaker of the Day award. Kyle gave
the evaluators great feedback and snagged a Best Evaluator
award. Marv worked on the "Freedom of Information
Act" theme question about kickbacks and misstresses
and walked away with the Best Table Topics award.
In addition to getting the Best
Evaluator award today Kyle also took first place in the
Area 94 Tale Topics award and Erik H. walked off with
first place in the Humorous Speech contest. Cleon and
Lee took top honors in the Area 95 Table Topics contest.
We could all use your attendance
at the Division Contest on Tuesday Oct. 27, 6:00pm @ The
Beaverton Library.
9/25/09- Two guests today. Marc cam to check
us out and Dan returned and joined. Robyn stepped up and
gave her ice breaker today. She did a great job and unfurled
her wings. Mike told us how to make lemonade from being
fired. Some thought provoking points. Mike picked up another
Best Speaker of the Day award.
Paul's unfaultering job as grammarian,
non-pernicious manner of sqeaking earned him the Best
Evaluator for the day. Dan K. had a plethora of questions
befitting each TT participant. Brenda's response to "Why
Dan should take up smoking again" won her the coveted
Best Table Topics speaker today.
Don't forget this coming week is
the Area 94 (our area) contest on Oct. 1 @ 6:00pm Beaverton
Library Rms. A&B.
9/18/09- Five guests came today to watch our
Humorous Speech Contest. Megan was able to make it in,
despite her accident while out camping.
We had five guests today including
Kathy, Mike's wife, Rennay our AG, Aebena visiting from
another club, Dora visiting from Los Belinguos, and Roland.
Our four contestants were:
Erik H.
Brent Day
Anne Cloward
Mike Goss
Congratulations to all contestants
for giving it a go. We had a blast.
The results:
Erick H.-winner
Anne runner up
Our Area contest will be held Oct.
1, Thursday at the Beaverton Library at 6:00pm. Come cheer
our winners on.
9/11/09- Oh somber moments as we remember those
that perished in NYC just nine years ago.
Two guests returned today and both
have joined our fantastic club. Welcome Sean and Max.
Table Topics Contest:
Jill worked to put together a formidable
meeting and succeeded.
Contestants were:
Megan
Erik H.
Bill J.
Paul
Mark S.
Brent
Kyle
Cleon
Results:
Winner-Kyle
#2-Paul
#3-Cleon
Our Area contest will be held Thursday,Oct.
1, 2009 @ 6:00pm at the Beaverton Library, Fifth &
Hall Blvd. Come and root for Kyle, meet new people and
learn new tricks of the trade.
9/4/09- Three guests today with Dan M. and Max
returning. Sean was a first time. Max and Sean signed
up.
Today was a good day for all. The
speakers were lined up and ready. Jeremy came out of the
shoots to talk about "Breaking SAD" a shyness
disorder. Erin zoomed out next with "Letting go",
an emotional story of her plight in life. Bill J. gave
his ice breaker today with "Buckle up sippy cup"
and entertained us with his natural humor. What a great
day for all and especially Erin as she picked up a win
at Best Speaker of the Day. Table topics were funas John
I. gave us sayings and had us elaborate on how they came
to be. Somehow Brenda picked "...cold enough to freeze
the balls off a monkey" and was able to humor us
all and snapped up the win for Best Table Topics today.
Best evaluator went to a person that laid out what was
expected of the evaluators. Taking their evaluations and
sharing what went well and an idea for suture growth.
The Gen. Eval. won best Evaluator for the day.
Remember dues
are due-$36.00. The dues are $36.00 for the period 10/1/09
through 3/31/10. Checks are to be made out to Wallmasters
TM and given to Jill.
8/28/09- Guests were Matt(Mr.Megan) & Dan
returning. Ann started us off this morning
with "Do I look like a terrorist?". Giving a
most frustrating tale of DMV run-around. Erik then ran
up to share his camping trip with us and told us why he
was "One with everything". Sherry is the "General
of the block" and touched our funny bones with her
neighborhood antics.Sherry was voted best General I mean
Best Speaker of the Day. Paul laid out what he was looking
for, then followed through with his evaluation of the
meeting. He was a bit rushed with only one time slot.
Mark's Table Topics were really fun as he did quite a
bit of research to come up with the legislators that voted
for and agin Womans Sufferage. He meted out to us one
such legislator for each and had us speak to that position.
As Sen. James Wadsworth-NY Cleon spoke in opposition to
Womans Sufferage and picked up a Table Topics win.
Remember dues are due-$36.00. The
dues are $36.00 for the period 10/1/09 through 3/31/10.
Checks are to be made out to Wallmasters TM and given
to Jill.
8/21/09- Our guest today was Renay, our Area
94 Governor. Carl put on his wings and began to fly this
morning. And fly he did with great aplomb. Carl was definitely
not persona non grata.
Jody stepped up and gave her ice
breaker as she told us "What makes her tic".
Susan then took over and gave us some useful HR information
as she described "Getting personal and getting paid".
Megan filled in for Norm and gave us the Berg vs Thornton
scenario. We all had a ball with that and Megan picked
up The Best Speaker today. Mike assisted Carl before the
meeting and did a superb job of giving feedback to all
evaluators and therefore he snapped up The Best Evaluator
award. Joe brought in some old ties and challenged us
to tell who gave the tie to us and why was that important.
Wouldn't you know that Lee would get the black leather
tie and the Best Table Topics today. I'll let your mind
wander on the gist of the story.
Fellow Wallmasters,
This morning, I awoke with an "Oh, Shucks" moment.
I realized that I neglected to describe more of the positive
aspects of Carl's first Toastmaster role.
Carl, your actions in the week leading up to the event,
and during the event, are an example of excellent leadership
skills. Early in the week, you contacted each member to
make sure the roles were filled. You handled a last-minute
speaker change as if you'd done it all your life. Your
program was professionally laid out. You stayed within
one or two minutes of every timed event.
This is a leadership win for you. Congratulations!
Mike Goss
Remember dues are due in Sept. The
dues are $36.00 for the period 10/1/09 through 3/31/10.
Checks are to be made out to Wallmasters TM and given
to Jill.
8/14/09- mia and no other report.
8/7/09- Max was
the only guest today and he said it was time to rejoin
us. Welcome back Max. Miles was full of energy this morning
and was going to raise the torridity in the room.We
had our three speakers with Kyle giving an ice breaker
as he spoke of CBBLD (chronic belly button lint disorder).
Some folks began to wonder where this was going and were
happily surprised as he gave us a deep dark secret about
himself. Next Cheri presented "Sustainability......"
and brought to our attention that this really isn't anything
new. Many of our forefathers practiced many of these practices.
Scott took the forefront and showed off some great humor
and laughed us into picking him as the Best Speaker of
the Day. Bob P's General Evaluator job was done with such
preciseness and valuable feedback that he picked another
Best Evaluator win. Raylene wanted us to elaborate on
how and/or why we wrote this Neil Diamond song. Ken's
rendition of Cracklin' Rosey" took top honors today.
7/31/09- We had
three guests today including Dan M. Ellen N. and Bill
who also joined.
Everyone seemed to heed the word
of the day, laconic, and were laconic.
Rodger put together a well run meeting and used
past experience to do even better this time, especially
with timing.
Dennis started us off with a talk
about "Break
time..." and showed more growth. Lee then took the
spotlight and talked about how to handle Table Topics.
Daniel C. has returned and enlightened us about conversations
and how to put together a speech on the fly. He did such
a fantastic job that Daniel flew off
with the trophy for Best speaker of the Day.
Brenda's WOD and grammarian's role
had her take the Best Evaluator of the day. Kyle's description
of the heat heated up the competition and Kyle walked
away with Best Table Topics today.
7/24/09- Guests today were Ray, Bill and Robin
with Robin joining. Marvin re-arranged a few spots and
moved forth furtively.
Loren started the speeches off with
a bag full of tools and how they play into life. Cleon
was next with "I Can't Do This" where he expounded
on how all the members make his day.
Both Loren and Cleon went over on time. Mark
S. Explained license plates with his speech "CN U
C ME". Mark snared the win as Best Speaker of the
day. Mike monitored everyone's use of "and"
and presented quite an array of mis-useage. For some reason
we all got a big kick out of that. Better yet we all learned
a valuable lesson from it. and then we went to
TT. Miles asked what are favorites were
and JIll's description of dogs and why they are the best
won her the trophy for Best Table Topics. Miles suggested
a way to measure this was to put ones wife and dog in
the trunk and drive around. Then open the trunk and see
who is most happy to see you when you open the trunk.
Shame on you Miles.
Remember the picnic tomorrow at
the Wickstroms.
7/17/09- Three guests today. Three prepared speakers
beginning with Phyllis as she talked about "31 words"
our pledge. Jill spoke about "America's Biggest Problem",
fattness. Ken stepped up and did a toast to Skyler &
Roseanne. Ken's presentation was done with such aplomb
that he walked away with the Best speaker of the day.
Brenda's evaluation of Phyllis earned her the Best evaluator
for the day. Eric S's table topics was to describe the
famous person he gave you. Anne's description of Janis
Joplin was above the others as she walked away with the
Best Table Topics of the day.
Remember this Sat. will be our Hoedown
at Miles'.
7/10/09- Ray, Quison & Bill visited us this
morning. Three speakers ready to go. Susan T. got up and
gave her ice breaker and took us through the jungle. Mike
took over and told us how to sell more, "Be remarkable".
Carl stepped up again and "gave us a view from the
hole". Mike sold us something as he walked away the
Best Speaker award. Brenda's rendition of what the state
slogan from Louisiana was that she got
her own slogan as Best Table Topics for the day. Best
Eval. went to the General Evaluator for the day.
Remember the Wallmasters picnic.
This is a great event to invite friends and potential
guests of the club to see us off duty.
7/3/09- Mike N. joined us today as our guest.
Two planned speechs and one hot seat speech. Anne gave
us her ice breaker and we learned about her love of reading.
Mark B. took the pulpit and tried not to talk about politics.
Phil stepped up and gave us a hot seat speech as he spoke
of a little history of "Fidelity" and used Captain
James Cook's travel to the Hawaian Islands. Now we know
where the term "limey" comes from. Thank you
for that Phil. Anne's love of books seemed to catch us
as she took the Best Speaker award of the day. Evaluations
today were very good and in the final decisions Erik H.
took the Best Evaluator today. Eric S. pushed his envelope
and did a superb job as Grammarian. Possibly is Eric S.
hadn't challenged Anne's rendition of "The Jabberwalk"
he would have grabbed the spot. (grin)
Mark S's definition of "Independence"
from the crossword puzzle was enough to walk away with
Best Table Topics today.
Have a great 4th of July.
Back to TOC next week.
6/26/09- Five guests today of which two joined.
Those joining were Jody & Steve. Attending were Russell,
from another club, and Suzanne & Scott, from Paul's
house.
Mike started us off with a Fairy
Tale for a manual speech, you remember The Three Pigs?
Then Loren gave us some startling facts about health insurance.
Marv rounded out the speakers as he talked about that
"Bubble of Light", from the helicopter and how
it pertains to one of his charitable
organizations. No charity on our part
as Marv was selected Best Speaker of the Day. Phyllis'
General Evaluator role tested her skills and rewarded
her with the Best Evaluator of the day. Cheri's Table
Topics were for us to give some advice to our leaders.
Paul's rendition of "Possession" and persuaded
us to select him as the Best Tables Topics. His last day
as our President, thank you Paul for stepping up and encouraging
us to do the same.
6/22/09- Sherry, Mark S. Cleon and Gloria met
with two charter members of Wallmasters along with a very
early memberMonday evening. We had a lot of laughs and
learned the actual derivation of our name, both times.
6/19/09- Three guests today being Jody, Kyle
and Suzanne. Jody & Kyle signed up. No prodigal
members here today. Three speeches with
the first two being a tag team with Paul and Simon as
they went over a recent survey of the club and our wants
and desires. Carl did his second speech and shared a belief
of his. Paul clamored and took away the Best Speaker of
the Day award. Erik H. was no prodigal son as
he swept away the Best Eval. of the day.
Table Topics were famous speeches and how they
arrived at them Anne, a new member, walked away with Best
Table Topic as she explained Woodrow Wilson's oratory.
6/12/09- The guests keep lining up. Today Kellan,
Kyle, Meredith and Eric attended our meeting.
Dan K. began his preparation well and filled any holes.
Lee have us "Dude, What's Toastmasters" a presentation
he will be giving to his son's graduating class. Renee
was next with "In Living color" and painted
quite a picture. She left us with a website for The
Color Code. Next was Jeremy asking "Who's Watt"
and of course no one knew that he was the fellow that
invented "horsepower" calculations. Renee was
so colorful that she snapped up The Best Speaker of the
day. Jill's impressive evalution of Renee won her the
top spot as Evaluator of the Day.
Daniel C. brought in his bag of
goodies and had us explain why or how we invented the
item. Joe's explanation of a "wad of paper"
seemed to set the liberals on edge as he picked up the
Best Table Topics award today.
6/5/09- Another great meeting this morning. We
were a brazen group for sure, just ask Jill.
Four guests showed up with Susan and Anne submitting their
applications.Guesting along with them were Ron and Jody.
John went first and told us about "So the Survey
says..." and explained the real meaning of surveys
and polls. Sonja presented "The Art of Frugality"
and proceded to explain the art of failing to be frugal.
Raylene presented an upcoming talk she'll be giving for
work. Title is "3 1/2 Ways to Shorten the Path Between
You and Your Customer". The survey returned by the
group went to JOhn for being the Best Speaker of the day.
Susan's evaluation of Raylene was both informative and
supportive and claimed the Best Evaluator for Susan. Erik's
Table Topics were quite fun. His bag of items and our
story of why they were important to "Erik" brought
quite a bevy of answers. Jill's explanation of how why
Erik likes Cool Whip in the bedroom left our heads spinning.
5/29/09- Four guests today including returnees:Susan,
Anne, Bruce and Eric H. Didn't Helen do a fabulous job
for her first time. She began an extra week early to help
herself have less stress. Scott started us off talking
about "Affordable Housing" or not. His plight
was included as an illustration. Phil got up next and
spoke about "Looking Ahead" and the employment
scene along with positive attitudes. Susan gave us our
" Just Desserts" with plenty of avidity.
Susan's dessert was that of Best Speaker for
the day. Erik H's evaluation of Phil won top honors for
Best Evaluator of the day. Brent did something different
for Table Topics and show us pictures on the big screen
and you were to describe how it happened or what developed
it. Lee's description of an elephant pooping into a bag
won top honros today.
Mark your calendar for Wallmasters
Summer Hoedown at the Wickstrom farm on Sat. July 25,
2009-10:00am-4:00pm Directions and more details to follow.
Results of Club elections for 7/1/09 to 12/31/09:
President: Simon John Bosley
Vice President Education: Joe D Smith
Vice President Membership: Phyllis A. Harmon,
Vice President P/ R: Raylene J Goodwin
Secretary:Rodger K Cook, CC
Treasurer : Jill M. Ward, CC
Sergeant at Arms: Miles R. Wickstrom, CC
5/22/09-We had
seven guests today with Norm joining. Other guests visiting
were Cathy, Ann, Jody, Susan, Bruce and rob. It is great
to see you all inviting folks.
We had another three prepared speakers
today beginning with Erin as she presented "Pictures"
and learned us all about the imeglia (help me here folks).
Next Marv stepped up to persuade us to give our
money to a recognized charity rather than the hip persuader
on the street as he presented "Dangerous Comparison".
Cheri then finished with her final presentation for her
DTM (Distinguished Toast Master award) and told us how
much more she has learned. Dan C. did a superb job of
evaluating Cheri and picked
up a Best Evaluator award. That's all I have about that.
<WEG> Loren returned to lead us in Table topics
and challenged us with notable quotes. Megan used her
cutiness to explain why men never ask for directions and
snapped up another win for Best Table Topics.
Remember Feedbackers will have Eric
Rainey, District 7's International Best speaker, presenting
his regional competiton speech
on Wed. June 3, 2009 at 7:30pm at the Beaverton
Library. If you would like to learn something and see
a champ at work please visit.
The Leadership Forum will have Bob
Tiernan speaking about leadership on Sat. June 6, 2009
at 9:00am to Noon at the Beaverton Community Center and
it is free.
5/15/09- Three guests today with Eric H., Elisa
and Ann joining us. Our speakers brought
their sanguine approach with them today.
Starting with the new Joe as he presented "Hear
no, Read some, See more truth". Next up was Brent
delivering his first Ice Breaker and
depicting an engineerwith "Slide
Rules, Pocket Protectors, and Life's Lessons". Rounding
us out was Rodger, delivering his tenth speech "Can
you make a difference?". This speech also helps the
club attain it's tenth year of Presidents Distinguished
club. Brent's speech took the top honors by giving Brent
his first Best Speaker of the Day.
Miles was working on "verbal
economics" this morning and snapped up the Best Evaluator
Award. Chris M. lead us with Table Topicsand had us reach
back to our past. Bob P. became so animated as he told
us how he would differentiate himself to avoid being eaten
by a bear out on the trail.
5/8/09- Guests Norm and Jody stopped by to visit.
Two scheduled speeches along with a hot seat speech. Joel
started us off by swearing us off as his therapists now.
Carl found his pockets and gave us a humorous ice breaker.
Erik H. stepped up with a hot seat speech and captured
our attention very well. So well in fact that his picked
up the Best Speaker of the Day. Dennis captured the day
with "Lessons from Mom" for his Table Topics.
Rodger's rendition of his Mom's positive attitude picked
up a win as Best Table Topics. Raylene's evaluation of
Table Topics was enough to take away the trophy for Best
Evaluator today.
5/1/09- Did you notice our Toastmaster included
a picture on the agenda. We just keep improving what we
do all the time. Thank you Ken. Kathey and Jeff visited
us today to see what we are all about. Bob H. came all
the way from Jacksonville Fl. to visit our club. He did
used to be a member at one time. Thank you Bob. Three
prepared speeches today Statring off with Brenda and "Peace
'internal'". Next Ted spoke on safety in preparation
for a talk he'll be doing in Yamhill County. Bob P. spoke
about "The Last Meal. Yes it was his last meal on
the company. Bob has moved again to a higher level and
it showed as he was voted Best Speaker of the Day. Seven
great evaluators and they all did such a great job that
it gave Erik H. the opportunity to pontificate on their
greatness thereby garnering him (Erik) the Best Evaluator
of the day. Joel stepped up and ran away with Best Table
Topics as he expounded on "Loss on Odds".
4/24/09- Bud and Stephanie joined us this morning
as our guests. Susan began her preparation two weeks ago
and it paid off. Miles started us off with "Silver
Winged Birds" and us a view of his beginnings and
where he has evolved too. Dan K. stepped up next with
his Rings, crab pots or crab rings and described "Six
Dollars and 50 cents". Dan S. then brought some of
us pencils and described "Green" and what it
is all about. Mile's presentation was so outstanding that
he captured the Best Speaker of the Day. We had many wonderful
evaluators today and a newer member Mike G. picked up
the Best Evaluator for his evaluation of Dan K. Bob P's
rendition of rowing his boat to Tokyo gave Bob the Best
Table Topic for the day.
4/18/09- Speech-A-Thon
Nine folks got in an extra speech
today. You should have been here. Great snacks were served
for refreshments. Everyone in attendance was handling
a role of one sort or another. Many evaluations were also
given. The frivolity was infectious. We had four speakers
in the first flight and five in the second.
4/17/09- Trying
to be ambiguous at Wallmasters is very hard to
do. They came to spend their time to speak today. Sherry
started us off with "You missed the memo" and
true to form she delighted us and inspired us. Jeremy
stepped up and talked about "Volunteering takes networking
to the next level". His actions have show it works.
Daniel C. discussed "Getting Engaged". For some
he brought back old memories and some it made them wonder
if Daniel really knows yet. (wink). Daniel made us all
laugh and we awarded him the Best Speaker of the Day.
Megan gave us all some wonderful thought out feedback
to nourish and assist us in more growth. For that she
picked up the Best Evaluator today. Brenda's description
of the "Banana Yellow Thong" was more than we
could handle. For that she "snapped" up the
Best Table Topics award.
4/10/09-Today three
guests attended, Carl, Chuck and Brent. Carl joined.
Did you notice how Bob began early
and once again was helping us to grow. Bob started by
germinating our minds with some great introductions
and follow up material and kept us on time. Erik
started us off with "Now is the Time" as he
delved into a great life. Paul stepped up and began his
Tai Kwon Do, delivering "Taekwondo at 50"and
described how a 50 year old can get into shape. Ken returned
to the club and asked "What just
happened" as he described the current state of affairs
using his fish analogy. Ken lured us back and captured
Best speaker of the Day. Simon's astute evaluation of
Paul earned him Best Evaluator of the Day. Scott took
us to the movies for Table Topics. Mile's pitch for his
movie "Unbelievble" was a sure fire winner for
him as he walked away with the trophy for Best Table Topics.
4/3/09- Brent and Carl were our guests today.
John, Rodger and Chris M. gave three superfluous speeches.
John's ice breaker gave him a great opportunity to begin
his ascent back into Toastmastering, with or without pen.
Rodger reminded us of how important having the right job
is and was again successful in being the Best Speaker
of the Day. We all learned what vocal variety can do as
Ken, a recent returnee to Wallmasters, picked up a win
for Table Topics. We all learned not to mess with Miles
when it comes to Best Evaluator.
3/27/09- Four guests
today with Kaye visiting from Sherwood Town Criers. Roxanne,
Chuck and Carl were new to visiting. Miles
had a hankering for energy today and
he certainly was able to get it going. Dan
K. started us off this morning with a lesson on driving,
police and fines. Cheri gave her rendition of her HPL
(High performance Leadership) project to get her AL(Advanced
Leader) award. This was to define the Speech-a-thon. Chris
C. gave his second speech and talked about procrastination,
of which many of us know well. Chris didn't procrastinate
and was selected as the Best Speaker of the day. Bob P.
gave a gang buster evaluation for Dan K. and picked up
another Best Evaluator award. Jill carefully crafted her
Table Topics to give us a good challenge. Scott gave us
his perfect job and why he was qualified to
do the job of writing scripts for his wifes pet TV shows.
Remember the Area 94 contest Monday
3/30 at the Beaverton Library at 6:00pm. Come help with
the contest and root your club members on.
3/20/09- International Speech Contest today.
Cyndie B. visited from Club 31. The speakers came prepared
and ready to speak. They were:
Dennis F.
Donna D.
Raylene G.
Mike G.
and the winners were:
1st Place-Mike G.
2nd Place-Raylene G.
3rd Place- Donna D.
Cheri did a wonderful job as Chief
Judge. Sherry stepped up and filled in for timer without
prompt, thank you Sherry. Kristina did a superb job as
grammarian and brought some of those nasty re-occurring
habits to our attention.
On to the Area Contest:
Area 94 International Speech and
Evaluation Contests at the Beaverton Library Rooms A&B,
5th and Hall Street in Beaverton Contestants and Helpers
come at 6, contests start at 6:30 pm. Contact Lee Engvall
leeengvall@yahoo.com
3/13/09- Evaluation
Contest Today.
We had three guests today with Curt
and Almarina returning and Tim R. visiting from Salt Lake
City. Not bad for bringing in guests from far away.
Almarina came in as our "Target
Speaker" or the more politically corret term of "Model
Speaker" Her speech about "Trust" was a
fine example.
Contestants were:
John I.-New member
Brenda E.
Paul F.
Phyllis H.
Cleon C.
Simon B.
Mike G.-New to Wallmasters
Mark S.
...and the winners were:
1st place-Cleon C.
2nd place-Brenda E.
3rd place-Mike G.
I'll represent Wallmasters with
all I can to bring home the gold.
This coming week will be the International
Speech Contest.
3/8/09- Additional speaking opportunities:
Feedbackers TM (evaluations)
2nd Wed. of each month
7:30pm
Beaverton Library in the Conference
Room
New Horizons TM
3rd Sat. of each month
7:25am-8:45am
Sharis Rest. Tualatin
Martinazzi Across from Freddies
3/6/09- Britt came back for a second visit and
Eric H. came to see just what we do. Lee opened up and
Eric S. gave us a little French lesson. The dreads were
great Lee. It certainly wasn't a bacchanalia
but we did have fun. Jill began the festivities with an
advanced speech about the "Pace Hardware Store Employees"
and the raise they weren't getting. Megan then took us
on a Master Mind trip and explained a little about Toastmasters.
Joel then sprinted forward to share his "bubbles".
He brought back some memories for some as he brought out
the suit he removed then then knife with gave a few the
chills. Joel must have enticed us with his bubbles as
he picked up a Best Speaker's award today. Erik H. did
an especially good job as General Evaluator today, with
all his tips and tricks to the other evaluators and snapped
up the Best Evaluator award. Brenda filled in for Table
Topics and had us talk about favorite things. Dan K. gave
us hos best TV commercial and walked away with the Best
Table Topics.
2/28/09- Note to
all, the Area 94 contest(our Area) will be held :
Mon. March 30, 2009
6:00pm
Beaverton Community Center
SW 5th & Hall Blvd. Beaverton
Our Speech-A-Thon will be held
Sat. Apr. 18, 2009 from 9:00am-Noon
2/27/09- Four guests
today with John I. returning, Britt first timer, Ralph
visiting from Timber Talkers and Jeremy visiting and joining
Wallmasters today.
Another superable meeting.
Erik H. planned out the meeting well and did
a great execution. Scott started us off with "Good
Morning fellow Hypocrites". Erin
continued on with "The Gift That Came from Nothing".
Susan G. talked about " Six Degrees". It was
a hard vote. Erin picked up the Best Speaker today. Miles
did a superable job and snapped up Best Evaluator
award. Paul talked about
why Feb. is the shortest month and walked away with Best
Table Topics.
2/20/09- Four guests today including Loren and
Jeremy both returnees. Also were Mike G. & Donna joining
today and were voted in before the close. Welcome Donna
and Mike.
Tyler started us off by apologizing
to anyone not from LO. Helen stepped up and enlightened
us about quotes. Dennis presented "Down Under",
a tale of a trip to Austrailia and what he learned. Now
we all know why we get a "box" for food. Tyler
convinced us it wasn't bad to be from LO and received
the Best Speaker Award for the day. The competition was
stiff for Best Evaluator today and somehow you selected
yours truely. Thank you all. Remember we have the Evaluation
contest coming up soon.
Table Topics was put on by the master
Lee and he used Trivial Pursuit. Eric S. walked away with
Best Table Topics by elaborating on how many wings a flea
has. Do you know?
Remember that Jill is collecting
dues for the coming half year now. They are $36.00 and
checks are to made out to Wallmasters. If we have 80%
of our dues in and paid by March 15, 2009 our club will
receive $30.00 in District dollars to spend on the club.
2/13/09- John I.,
Alan I. and Donna D. visited us today. Donna is a past
member and is being squeezed to rejoin. John is a former
member from SF and was most impressed. Alan enjoyed us
again and is considering.
Ted was in an amorous mood
today and showed some love for everyone. Phyllis
began the show with "Employer at Injury Program".
Next Mark B. returned with "The Cold Hard Truth-part
dux" and you don't want to drink diet sodas anymore.
Raylene stepped up with "The Tale of Two Brains",
a heart warming male bashing talk. J/K She was so good
that we even voted her Best Speaker of the day.
Megans evaluation of Raylene was
stupendous and won her the coveted Best Evaluator of the
day. Dick took us to quotes today and Bob P. talked about
"Once a bell is struck it continues to ring"
and garnered the Best Table Topics for the day.
2/6/09- Three
guests today.Mike and Kay came as guests to see what we
do and Jeremy was fresh.
Cheri started us off with "Do
What's Most Important-Today!" catching our hearts.
Kristina came in with "What are We Waiting for?"
with a call to action. Mark B. then gave us "TheCold
Hard Truth" and discussed the dangers of Aspertaine.
Mark scared us into voting him the Best Speaker of the
Day. He must have been able to conduce to our
decisions. General Evaluator was lots
of fun today and your votes went to the GE of the day,
your's truely. Dan K. gave the Table Topics folks the
chore to come up with their own "Happy Pill".
Megan took us to someplace and snapped a Best Table Topics
today.
2/1/09- As an alternative for giving more speeches
many Toastmasters join an additional club. For any of
you that would like to investigate this let me mention
to local and close clubs for you. Please feel free to
visit them and check them out. Both of these clubs meet
once a month:
Feedbackers-Evaluation
club
2nd Wed. each month at 7:30pm-9:00pm
BEAVERTON CITY Library
12375 SW 5th St
Beaverton, Oregon, 97005
New Horizons
3rd Sat. each month at 7:25am-8:45am
Sharis Restaurant
19365 SW Martinazzi Ave.
Tualatin, Oregon, 97062
1/30/09- You should have seen the crowd. Plenty
of visitors and regulars to have more fun on Friday morning.
Samantha, Ken & Loren returned for another visit.
Did I see some paperwork being submitted? Curt visited
from Club 31 and Mike M. and Tom F. visited for a first
time.
Todd started the speeches off with
"Workforce Image Campaign", do you want to pound
nails? Rodger then stepped up all dressed and talked about
branding. Miles concluded the speeches while talking about
"Keeping Morale Up when the Business Cycle is Dow(n)".
Miles persuaded us to give a new perspective to our situation
and strutted out with a Best Speakers award today. JIll
has made some great headway in evaluating and so much
that she captured the Best Evaluator for her evaluation
of Rodger.
Pam didn't want to bemoan
the situation with lackluster Table Topics and selected
Shakesphere quotes to tantalize us with. Mark S's. response
to "The Play is the Thing" won a rousing round
of applause and the trophy for Best Tablew Topics today.
1/23/09-You should have been here. The group
was most proficient and doing something from
the ordinary. The team put on a special
relating to evaluations. Put together by the Toastmaster
Lee, Dictionary Dick and The Three Amigos.
We had five guests with Christine
visiting as a current member of several other TM clubs.
Max and Ken returned to visit as former members of Wallmasters
and Austin as a return visitor and Erik attending for
a class he is taking.
Cheri took top honors as Best Table
Topics that were put on by Erin for her first venture
as Table Topics Master.
1/18/09-To see a few pictures of the Trailer
Party from Saturday evening (1/17) please click
here.
1/16/09-Matt H., Samantha and Loren showed up
as guests. Matt a Toastmaster from another club, Samantha
as a return visitor and Loren a previous Wallmaster thinking
of returning.
Three speakers today with Lee leading
off with "Closing the Sale", always interesting
how this topic arises. Next was Phyllis on "Goal
Setting-Ugh" then Raylene talking about "My
greatest adventure" with a touch of sadness. Raylene
caught our hearts and performed her objectives and received
Best Speaker of the day. Brenda's evaluation of Phyllis
earned her the Best Evaluator today. Jill's rendition
of How to entertain ourselves when staying out of the
weather won her the Best Table Topics today.
1/10/09-Wallmasters winter party will be held
Sat. Jan. 17, 2009 at Lee's Trailer. Time will be 7:00pm
so mark your calendars. Watch your e-mail folders for
more information.
1/9/09- Five guests this morning and no one seemed
to go beserk, Alan, Shane, Alan, Samantha and
Austin. Joe's first Toastmaster time and what a great
job he did. He worked during the week to fill all the
speaking slots and succeeded. You'll have to ask him how
he survived that. Great lessons to be learned. Three well
done speeches with Chris M. discussing a recent book read
then Mark S. giving us a lesson in selling. Miles started
off with "Death by Powerpoint" and shared some
very important points about proper use of Powerpoint.
Miles must have made his point well since he was voted
Best Speaker of the Day.
One of our newer Wallmasters evaluated
Miles with great aplomb and definitely learned from this
experience. Good going Brian for getting Best Evaluator.
Cheri came up with headlines for Table Topics and we watched
as participants told us the story. Lee gave us a "two
for one" approach and had a few people digging for
their wallets. Lee snatched up the Best Table Topics today.
1/2/09- Elizabeth and Justin attended as guests
and Elizabeth submitted an application. It was with lots
of tenacity and flexibility that we all showed
up, well almost all. Thrre fun speakers
with Bob P. stepping up to fill in for a snowed in speaker.
Bob's tenacity and passion got him the Best Speaker on
this first meeting of 2009.
Evaluators were aplenty and Sherry's
feedback to Eric on his ice breaker was inspirational
along with informative and award winning as the Best Evaluator
of the day.
Table Topics today were what we
"resolved not to..." Mark S. showed us how his
resolve not to stay in shape because of "beer"
won him the Best Table Topics this fine cool day.
12/26/08- So much for next week (meaning today).
See what happens when we finally get
what we have been praying for years,
a white Christmas. Now you got it, are you sure this is
what you had in mind?.....LOL The meeting was pushed forward
and the new schedule for January 2009 is up and available
for your viewing pleasure.
Have a Happy New Year and see you
all next year.
12/19/08- What a meeting for those that couldn't
brave the dry roads (WEG). We had a fantastic turnout.
Those attending were given their bonus points for the
year. Several great speakers and the evaluations were
outstanding. Especially noteable was Eric H. that gave
a stellar evaluation of the days Best Speaker, Eric. S.
You really missed a fun time. Patrons from the restaurant
even came in to see what all the fun was. Lee took over
as TM and had us in stitches. Eric's speech was most provocative
and at the same time mind altering, he worked hard on
this one. For those that missed you'll be able to hear
Eric S. give an update in January. Table Topics were life
in general. Oddly enough Eric. S. was the sole winner
in all three categories for getting out and making it
to the meeting.
All the above is pure fiction and
we hope you fretted about missing the meeting. See you
all next week.
12/12/08- Pam and John G. attended as guests
today. There was no obfuscation about
the meeting today. Megan was on top of
it all the way. Speeches were started by Paul with "
Do you know what you voted for?" to be followed by
Erin with "I'm glad I'm not a purple frog".
Pam finished up with an advanced speech entitled "The
role of the imagination". Erin was giving her ice
breaker and obviously much better than she anticipated
as she picked up her first win as Best Speaker of the
day. Todd tested the waters as GE today and did such a
great job that he picked up the Best Evaluator today.
Table topics were a continuing story and Lee snapped up
another win as Best Table Topics today.
Elections were held today:
President-Paul
VP Ed.-Simon
VP Pr-Joe
VP Mem-Phyllis
Scty-Rodger
Tres-Bob P.
Sgt.@ Arms-Miles
12/5/08- Two guests today and I wasn't able to
make out the names. One or both is taking a business class
and attended to fulfill a requirement. Ted started us
off with a talk about "Pathway to Success" and
shared more about Toastmasters. Scott stepped up next
and gave his Ice Breaker. We learned about his "War
on Terror". Daniel expanded out knowledge about Yin
& Yang. Remember it is pronounced yung. Scott was
rewarded Best Speaker with his well done ice breaker.
Brenda's evaluation earned her the Best Evaluator for
the day as she assisted Scott continue his growth path.
Kristina's Table Topic were about body parts. Megan's
description of where her "humorous" was had
us in stitches. To assuage her today we seemed to vote
her Best Table Topics for the day.
Remember next week is club elections
for club officers. Anyone not attending could find themselves
an officer without even giving an election speech.
11/26/08- Could you feel the learning that happened
today? Didn't Danielle do a fantastic job. It wasn't as
she envisioned it yet she pulled off a great meeting with
one guest (Almarina) and a group of 20 Wallmasters. Congratulations
to all. This meeting has become a tradition.
Paul opened the meeting with an
abundance of praise and awe.Jay stepped right up
and described some of his first visions of our beautiful
state with "You're Not In Kansas Anymore". Renee
rallied with "The Empowering Discovery" and
shared one of her latest reading adventures with us. Dennis
then shared a few close stories with us. Renee's speech
was inspiring enough to skate away with The Best Speaker
of the day and possibly inspiring our quote of the week
this week.
Table Topics brought us closer to
books and Bob P.'s evaluations lead to Bob's winning the
Best Evaluator of the day. Wasn't he awesome (Dick's favorite
adjective)? And speaking of Dick and Table Topics you
had to be there to see and hear Dick's audition for the
stage. He may have a new career as a thespian as he won
Best Table Topics this morning.
Back to TOC next week.
11/23/08- Remember the alternative location for
the Nov. 28 meeting:
WORLD FINANCIAL GROUP
HILLTOP BUSINESS CENTER
7300 SW HUNZIKER
PORTLAND (TIGARD ACTUALLY)
IT IS LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF SW
72nd AVE AND SW HUNZIKER RIGHT ON HWY 21
11/21/08-Three
guests today with Matt and Deb returning and Kevin a first
timer. Two scheduled speakers begining with Sherry sharing
lots of information about her church. Christ C. stepped
with his Ice Breaker and Beaver stories(wink). Brian was
selected by Sean as a hot seat speaker today and his topic
was "Keeping a sense of humor in an economic crisis".
Brian stepped up and got into his career background and
did such a good job he walked away with The Best Speaker
of the day. Miles evaluation of Chris' ice breaker was
superfluous and won honors as Best Evaluator. Chris M.
described his new urine powered NASCAR vehicle and had
us in stitches and won Table Topics.
Remember club officer elections
December 12, 2008.
11/14/08- We only had seven guests today including,
Erin, Eric, Deb, Brent, Matt, Paul, and Donna. From those
Erin, Deb and Eric joined. This was Brians first time
as Toastmaster and in fashion
as we have seen Brian before he worked hard to
do his very best. All his work paid off and he guided
a great meeting. We had three speakers beginning with
Phyllis presenting "Turning 60-Reflection".
She shared a few items some of us could remember. A new
comer to the club, Tyler, then came up to give his Ice
Breaker. Now we know that Tyler is a "sportin' courtin'
"kind of guy. ...and he didn't even
die. Mark S. stepped up with a hot seat speech and asked
if we "Would help a drowning friend". His evaluator
was affraid it was going to be another drowning story
only to learn how to make a short sale. Mark conjured
up enough listeners to award him Best Speaker of the Day.
Dick came in as our General Evaluator and laid the law
down. Let's have more professionalism folks where he proceeded
to give examples of how we could improve. For
that he scared us into voting him Best Evaluator of the
day. Jay moved in with Table Topics and challenged us
with the theme with specific questions. Yours truely got
to go with the Three Stooges and for some reason I was
on fire and you were gracious enough to award me with
Best Table Topics today.
Remember the District conference
in a week and root for Bob P. as he competes for the Top
spot in Table Topics at the District level. Go Bob.
Lee may just be offering his abode
for a Christmas Holiday party for us. He is cleaning the
trailer out. He is looking for a team to put the gathering
together.
11/7/08- Didn't Raylene do a superb job today?
Her refulgent attitude got us off to a great
start and ended as well. Jay jumped out
with a litle political reflection with "The Big Days
Come and Gone- Now the Real Fun Begins". Chris M.
then came up for his IB and introduced himself to us.
He covered it quite well and we look forward to future
enlightenments. Dan K. then came out in his slippers and
presented "The Story You Never Told" and became
emotional with us. Since he stepped up and out of his
usual he extended and grew in presentation skills and
captured the Best Speaker of the Day. Simon evaluated
Dan and gave some great feedback as he becomes more comfortable
with evaluating. Simon slipped off with the Best Evaluator
for the day.
Erik H. took over and had the audience
give him some advice on a few political suggestions. Brenda
answered her question about the most fun Thanksgiving
tradition so well that she got a "turkey" and
Best Table Topics.
Don't forget the District Conference
in two weeks
