Newport Center Toastmasters

The February 6 meeting of the Newport Center Toastmasters Club was attended by 20 members and 4 guests: Travis ( 6th visit), Norm (4th visit), David (3rd visit), David (1st visit).

Two guests were inducted as members: Travis Linneweber and Norm Lytle. Welcome to the club.

Note: There will be no meeting on 20th of February.

The theme was: “Investments” – The word of the day was: “pulchritudinous”.

The winners were:
Best Table Topics = Giselle
Spark Plug = Scott
Risk Taker = Will
Best Evaluator = Steve
Most Improved Speaker = Cynthia
Second Best Speaker = Sandra
Best Speaker = Cynthia

Presiding: David
Toastmaster: Mohammed
Table Topics Master: Scott
General Evaluator: Dr. Bob

Speakers:
Sandra: “Smooth Running Club”
Cynthia: “Is That Sound or Noise?”
Will: “Toasting Gloria and Nick”
Les: “Why Am I Still in Toastmasters?”

Evaluators: Christi, Tom, Michele, Steve.

Old Business:
- None

New Business:
- Three members, David, Sandra, Colette, are going inactive to allow guests to join our club. They will still be: President, assistant Area Governor, Secretary, but will not have regular assignments. Hot-seat may apply to them.

- Michele attended a seminar on Job-Seeking. It was given by a former member and president of our club, John Hall.
- Les suggested to have a word-of-the-day that we can use more easily.
- Two new members were inducted; Norm and Travis. Welcome Norm and Travis.
- Colette asked if the three-ring binder would be more productive if it were simply sent by email as a pdf file. She said that it would be easier to keep and accessed. The members felt that they prefer the paper copy. The motion to go paperless failed.
- There will be no meeting on 20th of February.

January 30 meeting of the Newport Center Toastmasters Club was attended by 23 members and 6 guests: Travis ( 5th visit), Susie (4th visit), Norm (3rd visit), David (2nd visit), Andrew (2nd visit), Norma (1st visit).

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

The theme was: “Las Vegas” – The word of the day was: “debauchery”.

The winners were:
Best Table Topics = David
Spark Plug = Tom
Risk Taker = Tom
Best Evaluator = Cynthia
Most Improved Speaker = Tom
Second Best Speaker = Tracy
Best Speaker = Tom

Presiding: David
Toastmaster: Steve
Table Topics Master: Mohammed
General Evaluator: Colette

Speakers:
Christi: “Trends and Opportunities in Our Economy”
Tracy: “Living the Dream”
Scott: “How Do You Hold Your Title”
Tom: “How to Get Whatever You Want from Your Wife”

Evaluators: Michael, Michael, Cynthia, Sandra.

Old Business:
- Michael described a new award, “Distinguished Member”.
- Les asked that we answer email only to the ones of interested and not to everybody.

New Business:
- Carl is keeping a list of the speeches given by each member to help identify our progress. He also reminded us to use our Competent Leadership manual and bring it to all our meetings.

The January 23 meeting of the Newport Center Toastmasters Club was attended by 25 members and 3 guests: Susie (3rd visit), Norm (2nd visit), David (1st visit).

The theme was: “Winter Sports” – The word of the day was: “stupendous”.

The winners were:
Best Table Topics = Les
Spark Plug = Steve
Risk Taker = Michele
Best Evaluator = Carl
Most Improved Speaker = Jeffrey
Second Best Speaker = Michael
Best Speaker = Steve

Presiding: David
Toastmaster: Sandra
Table Topics Master: Stephen
General Evaluator: Michael

Speakers:
Jeffrey: “Vik Muniz”
Michael: “If Lead Ain’t Flyin …”
Michele: “Getting a Job in a Bad Economy”
Steve: “Something Was Missing”

Evaluators: Mohammed, Scott, Carl, David.

Old Business:
- David reminded us that one of our rules mentioned that if we miss three times in a row without a good excuse our name goes on the inactive list.
- David will have an officers meeting today, after the meeting.

New Business:
- Stephen bought a case for all our equipment. A motion to refund him for the cost was passed.

- Carl bought a storage for the contents of our speeches for $28. A motion to refund him was passed. Les will use it for our speeches. Carl also is donating a $100 storage unit.
- Carl reminded us to use our Competent Leadership manual and bring it to all our meetings.

The January 16 meeting of the Newport Center Toastmasters Club was attended by 21 members and 4 guests: Travis (4th visit), Andrew, and Susie , (both 2nd visit), Aaron (1st visit).

The theme was: “Charities” – The word of the day was: “altruism”.

The winners were:
Best Table Topics = Carl
Spark Plug = Michael
Risk Taker = Jeffrey
Best Evaluator = Alex
Most Improved Speaker = Jo (Zhuo)
Second Best Speaker = Jeffrey
Best Speaker = Michael

Presiding: David
Toastmaster: Michele
Table Topics Master: Roberto
General Evaluator: David

Speakers:
Jo (Zhuo): “Having Spring Festival”
Michael: “Driven to Passion”
Marianne: “Bridging the Gap Between Ethical and Unethical”
Jeffrey: “When Charity Finds You”

Evaluators: Will, Alex, Sandra, Cynthia.

Old Business:
- Competent Leader’s manual came with the new member kit. If someone needs one, ask Colette.
- Mark will have more on the photos.
- Tracy reminded us that she needs to know ahead of time when any of us need the equipment.

New Business:
- Giselle, one of the additional winners of three times in one category within the last six months was presented an award for Spark Plug.

- Les emphasized the importance of being responsible for our assigned roles.
- Training for officers will be this coming Saturday at Chapman College. See www.foundersdistrict.org under LACE for more information.
- David reminded us that one of our rules mentioned that if we miss three times in a row without a good excuse our name goes on the inactive list.
- David will have an officers meeting next week.

The January 9 meeting of the Newport Center Toastmasters Club was attended by 23 members and 4 guests: Travis (3rd visit), Norm, Andrew, and Susie, (all 1st visits).

The theme was: “Resolutions” – The word of the day was: “sticktoitiveness”.

The winners were:
Best Table Topics = Steve
Spark Plug = Alex
Risk Taker = David
Best Evaluator = David
Most Improved Speaker = Ty
Second Best Speaker = Carl
Best Speaker = Alex

Presiding: David
Toastmaster: Michael
Table Topics Master: Marianne
General Evaluator: Cynthia

Speakers:
Alex: “The Riverboat”
Carl: “A Tool for Success”
David: “You Decide”
Ty: “The 101 on Sailing”

Evaluators: Jeffrey, Michael, Mohammed, David.

Old Business:
- President David expressed appreciation for Les who has been video-graphing our meetings for over 20 years.

New Business:
- Two of the additional winners of three times in one category within the last six months were presented:

Les won for Best Speaker,
David for Risk taker
- Mark gave directions for the photos he and Stephen will be taking.
- Carl reminded us that for the Competent Leader accomplishment, we need to have our manual filled in by a member. That is one of the goals needed by the club to be President’s Distinguished.
- Michael suggested to remember to add our Toastmasters accomplishments on our résumé.
- Dr. Bob mentioned that when we speak to a group of 12 or more people we need to stand to help the audience know who is speaking.
- Tracy reminded us that she needs to know ahead of time when any of us need the equipment.

The December 19 meeting of the Newport Center Toastmasters Club was attended by 19 members and 2 guests: Travis (2nd visit), Florin (1st returned visit).

The theme was: “White Elephant – Anything Goes,” – The word of the day was: “fete”.

The winners were:
Best Table Topics = Christi
Spark Plug = Giselle
Risk Taker = David
Best Evaluator = Michael
Most Improved Speaker = Mohammed
Second Best Speaker = Giselle
Best Speaker = David

Presiding: Adrian
Toastmaster: Colette
Table Topics Master: Tom
General Evaluator: Scott

Speakers:
Cynthia: “What Can $479 a Month Do”
Mohammed: “Slow Carb Diet”
Giselle: “Moving at the Speed of Trust”
David: “Accredited Speaker”

Evaluators: Dr. Bob, Michael, Les, Will.

Old Business:
- There will be no meeting on December 26 and January 2.

New Business:
- Additional winners of three times in one category within the last six months are added to the list:

Les won for Best Speaker,
Giselle for Spark Plug,
David for Risk Taker,
Christi for Best Table Topics.

They will be awarded their prize at the first meeting in January.

The December 12 meeting of the Newport Center Toastmasters Club was attended by 23 members and 2 guests: Mark and Travis (both 1st visit).

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

The theme was: “Holiday Traditions” – The word of the day was: “wassail”.

The winners were:
Best Table Topics = Sandra
Spark Plug = Mark
Risk Taker = Adrian
Best Evaluator = Michael
Most Improved Speaker = Adrian
Second Best Speaker = Dr. Bob
Best Speaker = Les

Presiding: Adrian
Toastmaster: Cynthia
Table Topics Master: CJ
General Evaluator: Sandy

Speakers:
Les: “What You Don’t Know, Can Hurt You”
Mark: “Get Focused, Red Carpeting”
Adrian: “The 10 Correct Commandments”
Dr. Bob: “Ten Reasons”

Evaluators: Jeffrey, Michael, Alex, Scott.

Old Business:
- Tracy explained that the Irvine Company asked us to remove everything in the storage in the kitchen This means that we can no longer have storage for coffee. Les suggested that we still keep cups and tea there and use the microwave. He added that there are items there from the Irvine Company now. Hopefully our supply will not cause any problems.
- Our outgoing VP Membership, Sandra, will email the latest list of mentors.

New Business:
- There will be no meeting on December 26 and January 2.

- Winners from today and next week will be added to the list from the last six months and anyone winning a third time will receive an award as did the ones presented at the installation.

The December 5 meeting of the Newport Center Toastmasters Club was attended by 24 members.

The Installation is at Kip’s Home on December 11 at 4:30 PM

The theme was: “Holiday Movies” – The word of the day was: “denouement”.

The winners were:
Best Table Topics = Alex
Spark Plug = David
Risk Taker = Will
Best Evaluator = Giselle
Most Improved Speaker = Cindy
Second Best Speaker = David
Best Speaker = Cindy

Presiding: Adrian
Toastmaster: Jeffrey
Table Topics Master: Stephen
General Evaluator:Alex

Speakers:
Cindy: “Do What… Without Stress?”
Will: “Forensic Accounting”
David: “The Missing Secret”
Cindy: “Ninety Days”

Evaluators: Michael, Giselle, Adrian, Michelle.

Old Business:
- Remember the Installation and Christmas party at Kip’s home on December 11 at 4:30 PM.

New Business:
- Sandra mentioned a new club that meets on first and third Saturday. They could use help and also offer a chance to give additional speeches.
- Roberto’s office is having a drive to help two poor families, on December 16. If anyone is willing to contribute he will make sure it is given to them. He will send email with more information.
- Christi suggested to bring gifts for the drive at the installation. CJ offered to wrap them.
- Carl announced that we will have a speech contest in February. Everyone is welcome to enter. The winner will go to the Area Contest.

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.