Newport Center Toastmasters

The June 20 meeting of the Newport Center Toastmasters Club was attended by 18 members and two guests: Christine, current Area A-2 Governor and the incoming Area A-2 Governor, Jason.

Please note that there will be an officers’ meeting next week.
The theme was: “Summer Solstice” – The word of the day was: “conundrum”.

The winners were:
Best Table Topics = Steve
Spark Plug = Christi
Risk Taker = Christi
Best Evaluator = Carl
Most Improved Speaker = Adrian
Second Best Speaker = Dr. Bob
Best Speaker = Christi

Presiding: Mark
Toastmaster: Will
Table Topics: Charles
General Evaluator: Sandra

Speakers:
Christi: “Money and Love”
David: “Tomorrow”
Adrian: “Tips for Becoming a Better Speaker”
Dr. Bob: “Incoming Club President’s Remark”

Evaluators: Dustin, Carl, Alex, Colette.

Old Business:

- A sign-up sheet was circulated for the Installation of officers on July 10. Everyone is invited.

New Business:

- Mohammed is going inactive.
- Charles is going inactive.

- Mark will leave in two weeks.

- Michael was voted in as a new Sergeant-at-arms.
- Les offered tickets to the Boys and Girls Club event.
- Christine and Jason addressed our club.

The June 13 meeting of the Newport Center Toastmasters Club was attended by 19 members and two guests: Steve, a returning member and Ray (1st visit).

Steve was admitted as a returning participating member. Welcome, Steve.

The theme was: “vacations” – The word of the day was: “respit”.

The winners were:
Best Table Topics = Steve
Spark Plug = Mark
Risk Taker = Larry
Best Evaluator = Carl
Most Improved Speaker = Dustin
Second Best Speaker = Dustin
Best Speaker = Giselle

Presiding: Mark
Toastmaster: Kip
Table Topics: David
General Evaluator: Michael

Speakers:
Dustin: “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway”
Larry: “The Old Kettle”
Mark: “Two Encounters”
Giselle: “What Are You Pretending You Are Not to know”

Evaluators: Colette, Carl, David, Cindy.

Old Business:
- The L.A.C.E. training for all officers will be this coming Saturday at Rancho Hondo College. See Foundersdistrict.org for more information. Traditionally we had all of our officers trained. This is still our goal.
- The Installation of officers will be on July 10. A separate email message asking for your attendance will be sent shortly.

New Business:
- Cindy who is one of the Sergeant-at-Arms will be absent for four weeks. Members will be asked to help.

- David reminded us to shake hand when returning control of the meeting after we speak.
- Steve was voted in as a returning member.

On June 6th, Newport Center Toastmasters Club 231-F was attended by 20 members and three guests: Kathleen, Katharine ( both 1st visit), and Steve, a returning member.

- L.A.C.E. training will be this coming Saturday at Chapman University. Please see the information at:

Foundersdistrict.org. All officers are to attend. There will be a variety of sessions for everyone.

The theme was: Pets – The word of the day was: Domesticate

The winners were:
Best Table Topics = Dr. Bob
Spark Plug = Charles
Risk Taker = Charles
Best Evaluator = Giselle
Most Improved Speaker = Charles
Second Best Speaker = Michael
Best Speaker = Charles

Presiding: Adrian
Toastmaster: David
Table Topics: Adrian
General Evaluator: Colette

Speakers:
Michael: “Five Is Enough”
Olga: “Three Questions”
Charles: “Have You Tried Kimchi”
Christi: “Anatomy of a Miracle”

Evaluators: Giselle, Les, Will, Erick.

Old Business:
- A sign-up sheet will be circulated next Monday for the Installation of officers on July 10.
- L.A.C.E. training will be this coming Saturday at Chapman University. Please see the information at:

Foundersdistrict.org
All officers are to attend. There will be a variety of sessions for everyone.

- Today, the flag was missing. Sandra recommended that we have a photo of the flag on the computer and simply display it at the beginning of the meeting.