Newport Center Toastmasters

The November 28 meeting of the Newport Center Toastmasters Club was attended by 23 members.

The theme was: “Holiday Shopping Tips” – The word of the day was: “surfeit”.

The winners were:
Best Table Topics = Giselle
Spark Plug = Les
Risk Taker = Stephen
Best Evaluator = David
Most Improved Speaker = Stephen
Second Best Speaker = Roberto
Best Speaker = Les

Presiding: Sandra/David
Toastmaster: Steve
Table Topics Master: Jeffrey
General Evaluator: Giselle

Speakers:
CJ: “Forget Black Friday – Go Mary Kay”
Stephen: “What’s It’s Like to Be Hearing Impaired”
Roberto: “What Is Happiness”
Les: “Procrastinator – or – Be Prepared”

Evaluators: Cindy, Mark, Scott, David.

Old Business:
- Remember the Installation and Christmas party at Kip’s home on December 11 at 4:30 PM.
- Ballots for the new officers were distributed. The open offices were filled in and one member per office were on the revision. A vote to elect them was passed. Welcome!
President = David
VP Education = Carl
VP Membership = Scott
VP PR = Michael
Treasurer = Jeff
Secretary = Colette
Sergeant-at-Arms = Stephen and Tracy.
Web master = Michele
Parliamentarian = Dr. Bob- The training for officers will be in January.
- All our equipment was sorted by Dr. Bob. (Thanks, Bob). A list was sent by email. Bob has organized the needed equipment in one large box and the duplicate in another.
- Jeffrey offered to store the back-ups at his office across the street.

The November 21 meeting of the Newport Center Toastmasters Club was attended by 26 members and one guest: Kristen (2nd visit).

The theme was: “Thanksgiving” – The word of the day was: “gormandize”.

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

Presiding: Sandra/Adrian
Toastmaster: Les
Table Topics Master: Stephen
General Evaluator: Carl

Speakers:
Tom: “Why Do Kids’ Clocks Run Slower”
Jeffrey: “Walkabout, Find Out What It’s All About”
Christi: “Sex and Longevity”
Colette: “I Lost, I Failed, I lost Again”

Evaluators: Adrian, Dustin, Dr. Bob, Michael.

Old Business:
- Installation and Christmas party have 34 signed up so far. Kip says he’s ready for up to 50.
- David suggested to have the Installation at 4:30 PM to see the sunset.
- Officers to be elected next Monday. The list will be sent separately.

New Business:
- The Irvine Company is remodeling and we have to remove all our supplies. The Company has been exceedingly generous to allow us the space. We now need to take care of our own paraphernalia. The supplies were divided among several cooperative members.

The November 14 meeting of the Newport Center Toastmasters Club was attended by 24 members and two guests: Jessica (2nd visit) and Kristen (1st visit).

Feel free to visit our club’s website at newportcentertoastmasters.org

The theme was: “Fashion” – The word of the day was: “haberdasher”.

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

Presiding: Adrian
Toastmaster: Dustin
Table Topics Master: Marianna
General Evaluator: Christi

Speakers:
Tracy: “Substance in a Standard World
Scott: “Unusual Laws”
Michael: “The Pitch”
Giselle: “Creating a High Performance Culture”

Evaluators: Colette, Steve, Michael, Les.

Old Business:
- None

New Business:
- Mark expressed his appreciation for the teachings of our club. He was a presenter for a group of 200 and he used what he learned here.

- Colette was in charge of a 45 minute presentation of a Panel at the Founder’s District Conference last Saturday and also is thankful for this club.
-She will send the list of those who have accepted to run for office for our club to be reviewed next Monday. We will have the election the following week.
- She also will send the list of winners for the last term.

The November 7 meeting of the Newport Center Toastmasters Club was attended by 23 members and one guest, Jessica (1st visit).

Feel free to visit our club’s website at newportcentertoastmasters.org

The theme was: “Autumn” – The word of the day was: “cogitate”.

The winners were:
Best Table Topics = Christi
Spark Plug = Michele
Risk Taker = Joseph
Best Evaluator = Tom
Most Improved Speaker = Jeff
Second Best Speaker = Michele
Best Speaker = Jeff

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

Speakers:
Joseph: Ice Breaker
Jeff: “Radical Careering”
Michele: “Seven Fundamentals of Public Speaking”
David: “Multiple Streams of Intercom”

Evaluators: Michael, Tom, Scott, Adrian.

Old Business:
- New officers are to be elected. Tracy has volunteered to be Sergeant-at-Arms; Scott, VP Membership; Carl, VP Education.
- Bob reported on his research for a new computer. He has discussed it with Les. A motion to let them choose what they feel is best for our club was made. An amendment to the motion was made to allow $800 for the purchase. The amendment and the amended motion passed.
- Michael mentioned that members have been asked to let the SAA know if s/he needs to use the computer and then to come early enough to set it up. This needs to be added to the description of duties.
- Michael informed us that we need a new chord. He will get it and the club will reimburse him.

New Business:
- Jeff will send information about his speech to all the members.