May 27, 2008 by Paul Johnson.

A Business Meeting was held May 19, 2008. Paul Johnson performed the duties of president in the absence of Pat Schmalzried, club President.

Quorum consisted of Bill Hosken, Bill Kovach, Claudia Brogan, David Flach, Deborah Hill, Jon Schwartz, Kelly Vandever, Merrilee Morris, Peter Gibson and Paul Johnson

• The following motion was made by Bill Hosken and seconded by Claudia Brogan:

A 15-minute business meeting shall be scheduled for the second Monday meeting of each odd-numbered month.

The motion passed.

As a result, business meetings will be scheduled for the second Monday in January, March, May, July, September and November. Members should make every effort to attend those meetings to ensure the business of the club can carried out and supported.

• The following motion was made by Bill Hosken and seconded by Jon Schwartz:

Speakers Roundtable will limit meetings to the second and fourth Mondays during the months of June, July and August.

This motion was defeated.

• The following motion was made by David Flach and seconded by Bill Hosken:

The acting President may declare on behalf of the Executive Committee at any regular business meeting that any Members not present be classified as Inactive for the duration of that meeting when a vote on membership of an individual is scheduled for that meeting.

The motion passed.

As a result the Club is assured of having a voting quorum whenever we are scheduled to vote on membership for a prospective new member.

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May 19, 2008 by Deborah.

Hello Fellow Speakers,

We had a two entertaining speeches tonight and an insightful and action packed business meeting, with 10 members and 1 guest present.

Our SAA was filled extemporaneously by Deborah Hill who welcomed us and helped us pledge our allegiance to an imaginary flag (the person with all of our stuff, including the flag and camera no-showed). Our stand-in president Paul Johnson greeted us, then introduced Peter Gibson, our Toastmaster. His team consisted of:
GE: Deborah Hill
GR: Claudia Brogan (we all learned from her report tonight)
Timer: Merrilee Morris (creatively without our cards or watch)
Camera Person: None (no camera)

Our speakers:
Vinny was back in full swing tonight. Jon Schwartz entertained us with two short speeches meant for video, entitled, “Vinny Vents.” He vented about bottled water, hotel water, customer service and a few other side subjects.

Paul Johnson became three people tonight, as he interpretively and creatively read from the screenplay, “Diff’rent” by Eugene O’Neill.

Our business meeting was well lead by Paul and was very productive. We voted on three resolutions - two approved and one failed. Bill Hosken will send the official resolutions to us soon. We also discussed the priorities of the club and are actively rethinking what we all want out of the club. Claudia will research the initial charter doctrines and we’ll consider defining our club objectives and structure as we are now and want to be.

Merrilee provided us with some glorious date cake, which went quickly (more quickly than Deb’s brown rice chips).

Our meeting started 4 minutes late and ended a touch late.

See you in two weeks. Remember, no meeting next week. Have a fun Memorial Day!

My Best,
Deborah Hill
Secretary

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May 14, 2008 by Vicki Willard.

Hello everyone.

We had an entertaining meeting Monday evening.  Our TM Merrilee did her usual wonderful job.  She set the tone with her cleverly designed agenda and kept us moving through the meeting with humor and style.

Keith spoke to us about bridging the generations with a computer game. Check with him for the full details!!!

Rui Li selected a beautiful piece for her interpretive reading.

Bill Kovach and I volunteered to jump in as impromptu speakers.  What a master of organization our Bill K is!  If you missed his speech on a timely topic sure to impact each of us this summer please be sure to ask him about it at next week’s meeting.

We had two very cute young guests.  It was fun to listen to their views of our meeting.

We have a line up of stars for next week’s meeting so be sure to be there!

Signing off for now and looking forward to seeing you soon…

Vicki

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May 5, 2008 by Deborah.

Hello Fellow Speakers,

We had an exciting fun evening tonight, with 10 members and 3 guests present. One guest was Cara Iovino, back from life and wanting to rejoin our group. Many of you remembered that she was a dynamic speaker and asset to the club. She turned in her application and we’ll vote next week. We need a quorum of 11, so either turn your vote into Claudia, or show up to vote on Dr. Cara.

Our SAA Keith Schroder welcomed us and helped us pledge our allegiance to the flag. Our president Pat Schmalzried greeted us, then introduced Claudia, our Toastmaster. Claudia’s theme was “Fresh Ideas in Springtime.” She gave us three tips throughout the evening to put into our “speaker’s toolbox.” Our cast of characters included:
GE: Deborah Hill
GR: Paul Johnson
Timer: Paul Poodt
Camera Person: Shared by Keith S. and Iris Grimm

Before our speakers presented, Kelly Vandever spoke to us about a membership drive that she’s doing for our club. She’s already spoken with several people who were at the conference, spreading the word and handing out cards. Now she’s handing out lists of clubs and contacts for us. Each of was asked to help by calling and emailing the contacts at the other clubs. We want to be sure to not step on any club toes, so be sure to clarify that we are only soliciting for people to join us as a second club. To further prove that we aren’t poaching from other clubs, don’t contact people from clubs who meet on Mondays or target clubs that are struggling to maintain membership. Contact Kelly for more info.

Our speakers:
Iris Grimm energetically taught us about teaching with energy. She gave a brief parcel of a speech that she’ll give to a group of teachers on how to deal with students, using dog training as an example.

Pat Schmalzreid lead us in three table topics. Our topic speakers were Dr. Cara, Deborah Hill and Merrilee Morris.

Keith Schroder entertained us with his story, called A Dog’s Tale. The dog may right now be telling about how Keith saved his life after he was in an auto accident on Ashford Dunwoody.

We ate merrily during our break.

We started a little late and ended on time.

See you in two weeks. Someone please fill in for me doing minutes next week.

My Best,
Deborah Hill
Secretary

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