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Apr 28
Using Free Writing for Speech Ideas
A lot of people say they have difficulty coming up with ideas for speeches. They are wrong, of course. Get someone talking about their lives and within 5 minutes, they will probably provide ideas for a dozen speeches. When I was a kid, I read a biography of Charles M Schulz. In it, he was …
Jan 29
Narrative of the 08 Jan 2019 Regular Meeting
So many Toastmasters showed up to this meeting that we are considering holding future meetings in MeL’s car. Okay, okay, it wasn’t that bad. In fact, it was a pretty good turn-out for a rainy day. Plus we had two guests, which always brightens things up. We are looking forward to having the whole gang …
Jan 29
Minutes of the 08 Jan 2019 Regular Meeting
Location Brookdale Paulin Creek Timing Start Time: 12:14 pm End Time: 1:05 pm Attendees 6 Members: President MeL Konrad, VP Education Brian Buckman, VP Membership Bert Rangel, Treasurer Mark Burchill, Secretary Frank Moraes, and Steve Domkowski. 2 Guest: Orlando, Geo. Roles President: MeL Konrad Toastmaster: Frank Moraes Table Topics: Brian Buckman Grammarian: MeL Konrad Ah …
Dec 14
Narrative for the 06 Nov 2018 Regular Meeting
Sergeant-at-arms Kelly read our mission and introduced Present MeL Konrad. She introduced our three returning guests: Deborah, Alisa, and Yana. And then there was a bunch of paper work so I didn’t really pay attention. Who knows what happened! MeL announced that we decided to drop the second November meeting because it was so close …
Dec 14
Minutes for the 06 Nov 2018 Regular Meeting
Location Brookdale Paulin Creek Timing Start Time: 12:12 pm End Time: 1:15 pm Attendees 7 Members: President MeL Konrad, VP Education Brian Buckman, VP Membership Bert Rangel, Sergeant Kelly Cunneen, Treasurer Mark Burchill, Secretary Frank Moraes, and Schell. 3 Guest: Deborah, Alisa, and Yana. Roles President: MeL Konrad Toastmaster: MeL Konrad Table Topics: Mark Burchill …
Dec 14
Minutes for the 06 Nov 2018 Executive Meeting
Start Time: 11:03 am Location: Brookdale Paulin Creek Presiding officer: President MeL Konrad Attendees: MeL Konrad, VP Education Brian Buckman, VP Membership Bert Rangel, Treasurer Mark Burchill, Sergeant Kelly Cunneen, and Secretary Frank Moraes. Previous Month’s Minutes: approved. Financial report: Mark sent out the financial report. We have 11 paid members. Dan Schell has returned …
Dec 04
Minutes for the 02 Oct 2018 Executive Meeting
Start Time: 11:04 am Location: Brookdale Paulin Creek Presiding officer: President MeL Konrad Attendees: MeL Konrad, VP Education Brian Buckman, nominated VP Public Relations Anna Wong, VP Membership Bert Rangel, Treasurer Mark Burchill, Sergeant Kelly Cunneen, and Secretary Frank Moraes. Previous Month’s Minutes: approved. Financial report: Mark sent out the financial report and the quarterly …
Oct 29
02 Oct 2018 Meeting Minutes
Location Brookdale Paulin Creek Timing Start Time: 12:12 pm End Time: 1:12 pm Attendees 8 Members: President MeL Konrad, VP Education Brian Buckman, VP Public Relations Anna Wong, VP Membership Bert Rangel, Sergeant Kelly Cunneen, Treasurer Mark Burchill, Secretary Frank Moraes, and Steve Domkowski. 2 Guests: TM Thea Daniels and Charlie Roles President: MeL Konrad …
Oct 22
MeL Shows How to Evaluate a Speech
This post is mostly just to show, more or less, what we can do with video at the meetings. This one shows our president, MeL Konrad, evaluating a speech by Brian Buckman. Sadly, I didn’t have the camera running when Brian gave his speech. But as I said, this is mostly just a test. It …