Here are the meeting minutes

Here are the meeting minutes

PRESIDENT:                                    Brian Fahey

TOASTMASTER:                            Micah Bechard

MEETING THEME:                         Pithy Phrases & Country wisdom

WORD OF THE DAY:                     Know/No!

AH COUNTER/GRAMMARIAN:   Tom Ludlow

TIMER:                                              Senthil Punniay

GENERAL EVALUATOR:             Lindsay squires

TABLE TOPIC MASTERS:           Andrew Jerusik

VOTE COUNTER:                           Amy Putch

:90 Educational:                            

SPEAKERS:

1. Brian Fahey – “A Statistician Who Cares”  (Pathways Icebreaker)  Statistics can be cold but the truths they
   reveal and support can be very warm and human. 
   The work supports grants for funding social issues.

• Bill Morgan – “Never Too Late”  (Pathways Mentoring)  Dennis Dado, teacher, mentor, yearbook
  advisor, friend.  Dado had significant
  influence on young Bill and made a lasting impact.

• Nancy Finnegan – “Uncle Dave”  Long lost uncle turns up in a nursing home
  with no reaming connections to the world around him.   The impact of dementia has taken its toll
  but now Nancy can step in and see to his continuing care.

BEST SPEAKER: Nancy
Finnegan

Best Evaluator: Laura
Goddon

TABLE TOPIC SPEAKERS: Brian,
Natalie, Chris, Todd, Micah, Lindsay, Nancy

BEST TABLE TOPIC
SPEAKER: Natalie Palmer

ATTENDANCE: 15  members and 1 guest

OTHER BUSINESS AND
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Next
week’s Toastmaster is Senthil Punniya

Respectfully Submitted

Tom Ludlow, Club
Secretary

PRESIDENT: Brian Fahey

TOASTMASTER: Lindsay Squires

MEETING THEME: Conflict

WORD OF THE DAY: Opinionated

AH COUNTER/GRAMMARIAN: Tom Ludlow

TIMER: Amy Puch

GENERAL EVALUATOR: Micah Bechard 

TABLE TOPIC MASTERS: Bill Morgan

VOTE COUNTER: Andrew Jerusik

:90 Educational: 

SPEAKERS: 

1. John Donnellon-DTM,   Research Assignment – IR1 – John took the club through an abbreviated history of the acts that took place in the mIddle East resulting in the founding of Israel.

1. Roger Kramer – Research Assignment  Cable Modem Basics – Roger explained how a cable modem operates and communicates both upstream and downstream.

BEST SPEAKER: TIE:  Rober Kramer

Best Evaluator: Adam Zook

TABLE TOPIC SPEAKERS: Brian, Mark (Guest), Adam, Micah, Andrew, Amy Roger, John

BEST TABLE TOPIC SPEAKER: Andrew

ATTENDANCE: 8 members and 1 guest 

OTHER BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Next week’s Toastmaster is ???????????

Respectfully Submitted

Tom Ludlow, Club Secretary

Please join us at the Parker Toastmasters Holiday Party. Family, friends and guests are most welcome!

The theme this year is Ugly Sweater Party.

Parker Toastmasters is providing the meat (ham, brisket and turkey) and our members are bringing side dishes.

Please bring canned or dry food to donate to the Parker Task Force.

Please RSVP here: PTM Holiday Party Sign Up Genius Link

Nina and Jason Moore are hosting so bring your best holiday cheer and ugliest sweater to their house!

Date/Time: December 8, 2016 – 7:00pm

Due to the efforts of President Tom Ludlow (2015-16), his officer team and all the members of the club, Parker Toastmasters has earned President’s Distinguished Status for the sixth year in a row.

Congratulations to everyone who contributed by earning speech and leadership awards towards this amazing achievement!

Tom Ludlow, Club President 2015-16 Year

January 27th, 2014  Parker Toastmasters Leadership Meeting @ 7 pm

Michelle Devore discussed filling roles for an upcoming speech contest and coordinating that with the club contest (2 weeks out).  She also discussed formalizing and improving the mentor program.  She talked about creating a contract for mentorship whereby the mentoree will set the goals.

Todd Williams presented a spreadsheet of the budget.  He discussed using Paypal to pay membership dues, pro-rated membership dues, filling out membership sheets ahead of time with pre-calculated fees.  He talked about the clubs biggest expense so far being the website. Other expenses include supplies.  He also talked about donations and putting new members into the system.

Ashley Jones discussed using a receipt book so they know exactly what members paid.  Making membership kits for the month that include a president’s message, a personal letter, and who the club contacts are.  She also discussed creating a VP or PR brochure to communicate why Parker TM is the best club, personalizing membership kits, and driving new guests to the club.  She wants new members to understand how we developed as well as ask them what they want from their experience.  Ashley discussed improving the efficiency of joining the club.  She also talked about going back to beginning to July of 2013 to try to get in contact with folks who no longer show up.  Ashley and the group also discussed the toastmaster pledge, and new member protocol with awards.

Ryan McGee discussed keeping track of the membership list, written minute protocol, term limits, and keeping minutes for officer meeting for more TM club transparency.

Nikita Kazakov discussed making videos, succession planning for the next leadership team and making more efficient membership sign up.  He discussed streamlining communication and having sign up on the spot with electronic signatures.  He discussed a possible meet up group and Eric Dunham said that that expense could be paid through the district.  He said he would speak with Marcy and find out if we can get meetup.com paid for through the district.  The group talked a little more about promotion suggesting putting flyers in Starbucks and handing business cards to those who are interested in Parker Toastmasters.

Nina Minary updated the leadership team on the goals of the club and what we need to accomplish.  She discussed updating the email list of everyone and improving the agenda.  She discussed meeting protocol of how the toastmaster should be responsible for the word of the day and put it on the agenda as well as communicating speech length and time.

The group discussed open speech and all agreed that speeches should stay open.  Parker Toastmasters is a safe place to fail, learn, and to get back up and succeed.

Eric Dunham talked about upcoming events and possible speech contests and debates in May or early June contest with other clubs.  Eric also suggested conducting toastmaster elections in early April to allow for easy transition.

The group also discussed giving a thank you card and donation of $100.00 to SouthEast Christian Church for their generosity in allowing us to use the room.

The meeting adjourned @ 9 pm.

It was a great meeting tonight with a theme of Every Day Heroes.

Ryan gave a passionate speech about the heartbreak he endured on Oct 14, 1992 when his Pittsburgh Pirates were defeated by the Cardinals. This was such a terrific speech, earning Ryan Best Speaker! While giving a humorous evaluation, Bruce made it apparent that Ryan succeeded in sharing his tale.

Eric presented a Thank You speech, accepting his Toastmaster of Year 2012-2013 award. His many thanks were to Toastmasters International, Joanna Knott as a mentor and our members/club. Nina offered her suggestions on how to create a fun environment but also encouraged Eric to continue to give wonderful speeches.

Ashley made a historical account of the important role Clara Barton took on in the Civil War. Evaluating Ashley was Nikita and he did a good job to point out what her strengths were while still providing feedback for improvement.

Table Topics carried our theme and members shared their stories about who is their Every Day Hero. It was a nice personal touch to hear members discuss such a beloved topic.

Also we actually had a family as our guests tonight.

Thank you for a great meeting!

We look forward to seeing ya’ll next week.