Gophers Toastmasters meeting minutes 6 April 2009

paul.lubinski Joined: 19 May 2008 Posts: 15

Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:17 pm Post subject: Minutes from the meeting of April 6th, 2009 Members in attendance: Essie, Molly, Eliot, David J, Rob, David P, Mark R, George, Paul Honored guests: Christine, Mark H, Jenna, Will, and Pete. Both to those who visited us for the first time and to those who have returned to visit us, we in Gopher Toastmasters say thanks very much for your interest in our club and for providing your comments. We look forward to seeing you again. David P served as business chair. Rob served as timekeeper / grammarian and provided the word of the day: “aegis.” Molly served as Table Topics master. Christine answered a question on encounters with celebrities. Mark R was asked to choose one of a few familiar acronyms and give it a whole new use; he chose “NBC.” Paul answered a question on what age other than his current age he would want to be temporarily. Officers’ reports: * Sergeant-at-Arms Eliot brought in a new stack of evaluation forms. * Treasurer Molly reported that dues are due. To those of you who have not paid yet, you know who you are! (Post-meeting follow-up: we got a message from Toastmasters International indicating that we had not submitted our “on-line renewal.” The message said we can meet the early renewal if we submit confirmed dues payments from at least 6 members, of whom at least 3 are renewing members.) * Education VP Essie noted that there are still several openings for speakers at the May and June meetings. She encouraged members to chat with her at the break or send an e-mail after the meeting if interested in a speaking role. * President George noted that the next election for officers is at the end of the May. He wants to meet with the current officers as soon as possible to discuss this. George encouraged members to check the District 6 web site for the times and dates of local speech contests. The regional conference is on the 24th and 25th of this month at the Holiday Inn Select in Bloomington. The international convention is in Connecticut the 12th through 15th of August. Our club has proxy votes for both these events. Please contact George if interested in attending any of these events. Old business * We revisited the discussion of having David Jansen as the temporary VP of membership, through May (when the next officer elections take place), while David Solberg is unavailable for meetings. This proposal was called to question, and the vote was affirmative. Welcome to this role, David J! No new business This ended the business portion of the meeting. We took a break then went on to the speech portion of the meeting. David J served as Toastmaster. There was one speech this evening. George gave a speech on “Competent Leadership.” This speech was in fulfillment of Competent Communicator (CC) manual project, “Get Comfortable with Visual Aids,” and is the last project that George needed to complete to apply for the CC award. Eliot gave the spoken evaluation. Paul served as master evaluator. Personal announcements: Molly announced that her last game as a Roller Girl takes place on Saturday night the 11th, at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul. Essie closed the meeting as jester. The next meeting is on Monday the 20th of April, at 7:30 pm (NOTE: 30 MINUTES LATER THAN USUAL START TIME), Hennepin Center for the Arts (528 Hennepin), 5th floor. George has volunteered to take the minutes for that meeting. The meeting after that, on the 4th of May, will have the usual start time of 7 pm. Respectfully submitted, Paul Lubinski

Gopher Toastmasters Meeting April 20 7:30 PM

Note to all:
The Gopher toastmaster's meeting will be meeting at 7:30 instead of 7:00 PM due to the quarterly staff meeting of Hennepin Center for the Arts. The location is 528 Hennepin Avenue, 1 block from the LRT in the warehouse district of Minneapolis.

Meeting On Monday April 6

To all members and guests - We will be having a meeting on April 6 at 7PM at the Henenpin Center for The Arts,  528  Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN.