January 8, 2008 by Paul Johnson.

Toastmaster: Paul Johnson

Speakers:
1) Deborah Hill
2) Rui Li
3) Keith Schroder

General Evaluator: Peter Gibson
Timer: Bill Hosken
Camera Person: Bill Kovach
Grammarian: Kelly Vandever

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January 8, 2008 by Deborah.

Hello,

It was a viable meeting tonight. Very cheery. Our 14 members were rested up and ready to go. The speeches and evaluations were superlative and . . . viable.

Our SAA, Keith Schroder had the room in order when we arrived. He welcomed us with his New Years story. BTW, has anyone seen the peach drop? We pledged our allegiance and Paul Johnson, our acting president welcomed us.

Merrilee Morris was our Toastmaster, asking us to look forward to 2008 with curiosity and interest. Who will be the person of the year? Who will win the Nobel Peace Prize? What will the Olympics be like in China? She kept things moving smoothly. The roles were:
GE: Vicki Willard
GR: Claudia Brogan
Timer: Donna Satchell
Camera Person: Rui Li stepped up to the plate

Our speakers were:
Kelly Vandever showed us through an exemplary display how we are affected by others thoughts of us. More importantly, notice how we affect others and watch what you think. Her speech had great information and was cheerfully and humorously presented.

Bill Kovach was the master of “viable” tonight, as well as a great speaker. He gave a timely speech about the importance of making worthwhile resolutions that you can keep. He followed up with a great example of how he kept his weight loss resolution from last year.

Keith Schroder gave a delightful “conversation” about two topics: His upcoming photo op in Cosmopolitan magazine, and how he’s using Toastmasters skill to promote his business this year.

Our break was well stocked with all sorts of goodies.

It was brought to my attention that Jon Schwartz has moved north. I’d like to say how delighted we are with his presence and participation at our meetings and how much we’ve learned from him about humor and speaking. I and others sincerely appreciate his efforts to still come to the meetings.

We ended on time and everyone pitched in on the clean-up.

See you next week.

My Best,
Deborah Hill
Secretary

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