October 20, 2005

A fun and humourous night of "Unusual Words" was held at St Pauls Lutheran Church as Toastmasters gathered for their weekly meeting. Diane started the meeting with a humourous story about Chairperson John. She mentioned that John takes his naturopathic beverages when he goes hunting.

Newest member Gary presented the loyal toast. Gary showed us more than his good sense of humour as he made us proud to be Canadian. Brian’s new word for the day was “halcyon” which means peaceful, joyful. Our Toastmaster meetings are a halcyon experience.

Allan read an article from the Canadian Farm Manager magazine. The article asked us if we will be ready when opportunity knocks. How will you position yourself to take advantage of the new technologies in agriculture?

Heidy presented a new idea for Toastmasters. She suggested that after a speech is given, another member should give a two minute summary on what they heard. To practice, she divided the group between men and ladies. The ladies had to debate on the advantages of one ply. The men had to debate on the disadvantages of one ply. Heidy then presented a two minute summary on what she heard. The debate was won by the men and the victory was best summed up by Gary who said it was truly a halcyon experience.

Marie chaired a fun table topics session. Each member had to take an unusual word and tell the other members what the word meant. There was lots of laughter as members tried to guess on the meanings. The winner of table topics was Heidy. Honourable mention goes to George who tried to give us the meaning of the word Eiram. It is actually not a word but Marie spelled backwards.

Linda M was quizmaster. She sharpened hers and our listening skills as the members tried to guess who said what.

Audrey did an excellent job as General Evaluator. She gave us many good points on the evening and motivated us with some grow points.

The next meeting is on Thursday October 27th. The theme is Spooky Ghost Stories. Everyone is invited, even if you are not a member.

Meeting - October 13, 2005

Theme: 'not entirely accurate' (16 members were present)

Brian had a lot of fun as Chairman for this meeting. He had checked Google for 'dirt' on all members on the agenda.
Our Loyal Toast maker, George (also a bogus DDS in Germany) started us off.
He was followed by Jane (also a bogus, this time an MD who sat on a Crime Board in New England). Our word of the night was 'badinage' which means friendly banter or playful talk.
Audrey (an International Clown who amuses kids) read us an amusing article by a daughter-in-law who was obsessed with raising horses, who described her city-raised mother-in-law's reactions to visiting the ranch. (Does it sound familiar?)
Next Allan gave his 4th speech (Project #9 in the CTM manual) entitled 'Move to Action'. Oh Allan is secretly a 'Prayer Warrior' & a member of the Hard Rock Band 'Monkey Shines'. His speech reminded us that it is up to the public (to stand up for their rights) to report threats to our security because the authorities cannot investigate what they don't know about. Granted we must feel that the authorities listen & act.
Allan gave his personal experience of having 'shot' from careless, irresponsible goose hunters, ping his new truck. Allan's treatment of his subject was both humourous & sincere. He quoted from the Charter of Rights.
Before Break (thanks to Heidy for refreshments), Keith (no dirt on Google!) led us in a fun Table Topics. Linda F. won with her correction for the OPP report that she was caught shaving while driving. She was doing something other than shaving her legs while driving, but she could understand the misinterpretation.
John (also a Texas reporter who caught the Challenger or Discoverer Explosion over Texas on film) evaluated Allan's speech suggesting 'longer pauses' & 'more gestures' to make the speech even more effective.
Heidy filled the role of Quizmaster. In her secret life, Heidy makes UFO Art & 'has a fetish site?'
Finally Harvey ( USA Real Estate Agent on the run, plus a player in Babes in Thailand) summed up our meeting.

FOR THE GOOD OF TM
John gave a report of the Exec meeting Oct 6th.
Heidy moved that Jane purchase for the Club, a flip chart & white board on easel unit, including markers, brush, paper & the material for a carrying bag which Heidy's Mom will sew, to a maximum amount of $300.00
Jane seconded this motion. All in favour, therefore motion carried.
It was also agreed that a light bulb be purchased for the overhead projector.
Next Exec meeting is Nov 3rd.

Marie handed out Murder Mystery scripts. (Class of '54 -- Return of Rock N Roley)
First practice is after meeting Oct 20.
I think that roles are filled but 'understudies' are welcome.

Keith & John are organizing a TM Variety Night for Thurs Nov 10th 7:14 to 8:30pm.
This event is in partnership with the Lutheran Church to earn support for the Kashmir Quake Relief efforts.

Oct 21 is both the Western Division Contest night in Stratford starting 7pm sharp
& the North Perth Listowel Library Fundraiser - time?

Linguists of Listowel

Meeting - Thursday October 6, 2005
Theme: Please Pass the Turkey

This proved to be another fun filled meeting with the theme "Please Pass the Turkey." Audrey O stepped in as chairperson, and had lots of turkey stories as she introduced each participant.

George N in his loyal toast had us remembering all we have to be thankful for as did Marie M in her poem. Language Enricher, Keith S introduced the word ingratiate" meaning " to bring oneself into favour with" and used it to "butter up" Audrey, our chairperson. Keith won table topics with his redition of coping with Thanksgiving , so must have got Audrey's vote. Allan M had lots of fun with table topics as we described how we copr with Thanksgiving. Heidy S presented her humorous speech "No Fool". She will be representing Top Drawer Advanced Club in the Division Humorous Contest, competing against Keith S, winner of our Area 18. Linda P was second in the Area Contest, and Jane S placed second in the Table Topics Contact.

Way to Go! Linguists of Listowel

Meeting - September 29, 2005

Theme: Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest

Call to order by Linda D. at 7:19 p.m. Quite a few guests present for our contest tonight as well as members from 2 other Toastmasters Clubs in the area. Harvey chaired the meeting and had every guest introduce themselves. Audrey explained the rules and purpose of the humorous contest. Harvey announced all contestants as follows for the Humorous Speech Contest:

Contestant & Speech Title

Marie - Piles and Pylons – a review of the extensive road construction being done in and surrounding the Listowel area this summer – well done Marie
Linda P - Saved by the Bell – a very humorous speech about her grand kids visiting her and how the “sound of the bell” was such a huge relief!
George - Why is the plowing match called the plowing match? – lots of humour and reminder the plowing match is a whole lot more than plowing – well done George
Keith - I love cats – hilariously funny, a story how he lost the battle with the dreaded cat…great job Keith
Heidy - Making lots of money from a nuisance – hey great job Heidy…it never occurred to me that a speech about flies could be so funny…..well done and we all liked the costume too
Brian - I’ve had it- A hilarious speech about telemarketers, thank you Brian for helping us all to see some humour in regards to telemarketers.

The second phase of our contest tonight was the Humorous Table Topics portion. We had 5 contestants in all:

Contestant & Table Topics Speech – A Pencil and a Dream can take you anywhere

Brian, Jane, Keith, Diane, Marie a great job by everyone!

And the winners are…….(drum role)…….Linda P runner up and Keith 1st, way to go contestants for the humorous speech contest.

Table topics winners……..(drum role again)……3rd place was Diane, 2nd place was Jane and 1st place was Keith…..way to go contestants. Very entertaining and enjoyable evening.

Anything for the good of toastmasters – reminder – membership dues are due!

Meeting adjourned at 9:30p.m.

Linda D

Meeting - September 22, 2005

There were 16 members present. Theme: Going Backwards.

A very entertaining evening and lots of laughs. John adjourned the meeting at 7:15 and we immediately had a few announcements all for the good of Toastmasters. Linda P our Treasurer announced that the fees are going up. Jane announced that the church is looking for participants for a variety night and all donations will be sent to the survivors of Katrina. Keith thought the agenda was out of order and Marie corrected him that the agenda was absolutely accurate. Heidi is looking for 2 readers and Brenda and Grace volunteered. They have also asked for a 15 minute skit and 13 people are needed. December 8 is the night of the murder mystery and will be held at the Listowel Golf Course. Supper will be at 6:30. Keith, Allan, Jane, Marie, Harvey and Heidi were all involved in the International Plowing Match this week as members of Toastmasters. Felix gave the Timers report and Audrey gave the Language Enricher report. Keith gave the general evaluation of the meeting tonight – very funny, creative and well done – he scolded a couple of members for their inappropriate fighting during the meeting. The Quizmaster for tonight was Diane, well done Diane, once again very humorous. Linda P. evaluated Heidi and said she used tonight’s word for the evening 15 times.....wow amazing Heidi! She also scolded her about doing cartwheels in a skirt! tsk tsk!…..George was amazed that 15 people tied for first place in Table Topics competition. George asked all participants to come up with whatever they wanted – a nice variety of topics and some had a lot to say about nothing! Brian challenged Marie’s point of view (which it hasn’t happened yet), but anyway, did not support her view on legalizing marijuana use….Marie on the other hand challenged Brian by referring to the people who were raised in the 60’s as opposed to being born in the 60’s. An excellent debate and entertaining and was also noted and for the record - that Brian and Marie are not friends! Heidi gave her speech and opened it up with an attempt at cartwheels, a very good attempt I might add. Her speech was about the International Plowing Match and MCing – it sounds like a few challenges to say the least. Linda D gave literary corner by reading an article on the “Power of your Mind”. Audrey provided the word “volunteer” and a reminder to all that it is an important and powerful word. Without volunteers there would be a lot of things that wouldn’t get done. There were no guests tonight. Felix gave the toast to Canada. Jane called the meeting to order at 8:45 and announced how boring and dry it was tonight – all agreed and packed it in for the night and went home.

Linda D

Meeting - September 15,2005

Linguists of Listowel Toastmasters Club met at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Listowel on Thursday Sept. 15, 2005. They had a terrific time as 13 members participated with the theme “Defense Plea”. George is always great at getting the audience warmed up with one of his jokes and getting the meeting off to a fantastic start. He introduced our chairperson for the evening Ken. Ken is very experienced and has been involved in toastmasters clubs since 1972.

Brenda handled the toast and the microphone with confidence and kept very accurate timing throughout the evening. Linda P. word for the meeting was 'deposition' meaning sworn evidence. It was used 18 times during the meeting.

Jane presented an educational program on how to handle table topics. You only have one to two minutes to get your point across. You must remember to listen, pause, confirm, tell, and end. The Table Topics contest is Sept 29th so we needed to practice what we had just learned. Everyone did well with Brian's Table Topics. Each member had to plead “guilty” or “Innocent” to minor disdemeanors such as “taking candy from a child” to “feeding your husbands' cooking to the dog!”

Our speaker for the evening was Heidi. She shared and inspirational speech on hope. Marie gave an excellent evaluation. Daine presentented a very effective evaluation of the meeting. We conducted a short business meeting. Fees are due now. They are $60 semi annually or $120 for the year. Marie moved that the new member fee remain the same. Brenda seconded it and was carried.

Brenda moved that the initial fee for new members be $20 and $120 for the annual fee for a total of $140 for new members for the first year. The fee would be pro-rated during the year. Linda P. seconded the motion.
Carried.
The meeting closed at 9:05

Everyone is invited to attend the humorous speech and table topic contest so invite your neighbours, your friends and your relatives to this fun event Sept 29, 2005. The agenda is full so come for a fun evening.

Secretary for the evening Diane

September 8, 2005 Meeting

Greetings fellow Toastmasters:

Lots of fun was had by all tonight – it was great to see such a good turnout – 15 members in all for our very first fall meeting of 2005. The meeting was kicked off by Ezra with the call to order and a good joke. John our illustrious leader was our chairman for the evening and gave a complimentary salute to our teachers who are in the midst of kicking off another school year. Marie volunteered to be our toast and timer with a salute to Canada our great country as well as commenting on other blessings that we experience on a daily bases living here. Linda D. presented language enricher and introduced the word “dyspeptic” which means bad tempered, short tempered, mean, snappish or prickly. (Please note, there aren’t any of these types of people in our group!), but still…. an interesting word. It actually got quite a bit of use tonight as well as few chuckles. Brenda presented Literary Corner and cautioned us about swimming right after eating and the dangers associated to this – thanks Brenda, it’s great to get a reminder about this sort of stuff again. Brian rose to the occasion (spontaneously) and presented a speech about “I just can’t get away”… Brian has so many relatives and no body remembers his name! …. only that he is a cousin, brother, uncle, or son of someone else. Linda M. did tables topics this evening - reminding us of the joy of children and their need to hear childhood stories about their parents – especially stories when they got into trouble – this lead into a table topics for all to participate and tell everyone about a childhood story/incident of their own. Brian’s story was very entertaining and he won the award for the evening. John presented the education module and the “Distinguished Club” presentation outlining the goals a club has to achieve in order to win the award. Diane gave Brian his evaluation feedback which was very positive – way to go Brian. General Evaluator was Linda P. and gave the meeting an “A” - very complimentary of all participants in the meeting. Marie finished off the meeting with the timers report. Brenda commented on the new increase in fees to join the Toastmasters club going forward – fees were voted on and unanimously accepted and meeting was adjourned at 9:00pm

August 18, 2005 - meeting

Greetings to all Fellow Toastmasters -

We had a wonderful summer meeting at the Schmidt’s home – thank you to Heidy and Harvey for hosting it. It was great to see your farm and what great food! Thanks to Heidy for all your hard work, oh yes, and you too Harvey. We had a great turnout – a total of 15 members and 1 guest Gary. Heidy did a wonderful job of chairing the meeting with the theme appropriately being summer sunsets. We are truly blessed this year with wonderful warm days and equally gorgeous sunsets. Ezra was wonderful to spontaneously arise to the occasion to conduct the toast to Canada. Audrey once again did a delightful job of language enricher by using the word “cacophony” which is a noun and means ill sound or discord. Diane did a wonderful job of Literary Corner by reading an article called “Why I joined Thinkers Anonymous” very entertaining and thought provoking – thanks Brenda, great job. It was wonderful to hear Erinne present her first speech “the ice breaker”. You did an amazing job Erinne, and it was “lucky for all of us” to hear your wonderful life story. I am really looking forward to hearing your next speech. Brian also did a fantastic job by presenting his speech and it was called “Thank-you, I appreciate it.” Brian appropriately worked in the successes of his day, in that he was notified of a new job offer. Way to go Brian, congratulations. As I said at the meeting, Marie you are my hero, you did an impromptu by acting like you were in a job interview for a bartender. Amazing job, you are great on your feet! John did table topics to-night, “tough questions John”, but this is what we need to keep us sharp. We had a combination of evaluators tonight and they were Keith, George, Heidy, Ken, Jane, Marie and Audrey, Keith and Brian giving feedback to Erin, Brian and Marie. Ezra gave the timers report at the end of the evening.
It was also noted by Audrey that all toastmasters are encouraged to bring goodies to the meetings – please take turns, it will be either feast or famine, but it always has a way of working out. The really great news came at the end of the night which Gary announced that he was planning on joining Toastmasters....great news Gary and welcome! The meeting adjourned at 8:45 – oh yes, we missed seeing the sunset tonight but the meeting was equally as entertaining and enjoyable ….. see you all in 3 weeks - the first fall meeting on September 8, 2005 at 7:15pm

Linda D.

Linguists of Listowel

Linguists of Listowel

Our next Summer Meeting is on Thursday August 18th at the home of Harvey and Heidy's.

Linguists of Listowel

Linguists of Listowel

Meeting of Thursday August 4, 2005

Our Tall Tales Contest was held at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at 7:15 p.m. We had 7 contestants consisting of Brian, Brenda, Keith, Harvey, Marie, Linda, and Allan. First Place winner is Allan, second runner up is Keith and Third Runner up is Harvey.
Congratulations to all who participated and also to those who assisted with the contest. We had approximately 30 people in attendance. Our First Place Winner - Allan will go to the Mt. Forest Motivators Club on Tuesday August 16th.
Our next meeting will be held on Thursday August 18th at Harvey and Heidy's place.

Next Summer Meeting - Thursday July 21st - 7:15 pm

Be sure to attend our next meeting at the home of John's straw house.

It should be an enlightening experience.

Stay tuned for details via email.

Next Summer Meeting - Thursday July 21st - 7:15 pm

Be sure to attend our next meeting at the home of John's straw house.

It should be an enlightening experience.

Stay tuned for details via email.

Next Summer Meeting - Thursday July 21st - 7:15 pm

Be sure to attend our next meeting at the home of John's straw house.

It should be an enlightening experience.

Stay tuned for details via email.

July 7th Meeting

A fun filled summer nights evening meeting was held at the home of Keith and Jane's.

The evenings theme was table topics and a wide variety was enjoyed by all.

Part one entailed picking a magazine advertisement and telling why they do not want this particular product;
Living in a Weird place and defending it; Unusual words and giving a definition for it; and playing the role of Dear Abbey. A 20 minute lunch and refreshment break was enjoyed by all. Part two consisted of speaking in sentences to create a story from the last letter of the last word that began the next sentence for a different speaker and gestures where one person spoke about a topic and the other person acted it out.
By the way Keith your furious bear acting was great and well as Bryan's uplifting muscle power display. Everyone's enthusiasm created a fantastic meeting.
Next meeting will be on July 21st at John's straw house.
Jane

June 23, 2005 Meeting

Good Morning Fellow Toastmasters.
Another great meeting was held last night at the Golden Barrel Restaurant. Audrey started the meeting and she did a fantastic job. Thank-you Audrey. Dianne B. did the toast to Canada and also did an excellent job. You both deserve several rounds of Applause. I chaired the meeting and with the theme being Home Remedies we had fun. Linda P was our Language Enricher and she used the work Poultice how appropriate. Grace gave us all some great ideas when she did Literary Corner. Do you realize how good onions and garlic are for you.
Some awards where handed out and we will soon have the opportunity to hand some more out. Congratulations to everyone.
We had two speakers last night, John did point of view and Brian did counter point. Lets get together around a campfire some evening and continue on with this discussion, it would be fun.
Jane was our table topic master and this was fun also, Thank-you Jane.
Our next meeting will be held at Keith and Jane’s place, the following one at John and then the next one at the SCHMIDT HOUSE. I am looking forward to seeing you all there.
Good Luck to John and all the new executive for the following year.
Once again thanks to everyone for your great support this year.
Have a great weekend and remember No matter where you go, There you are.
Keith, keep the rubber side down and the shiny side up.

Harvey S.

Awards Meeting on June 23, 2005

Just a reminder that we will be meeting at the Golden Barrel at 6:30 p.m.? for last meeting in June.
Please remember members are encouraged to bring spouses, significant others and or guests to this dinner meeting. Contact Harvey for more details. Please contact John for a role at the meeting.

June 16, 2005 Meeting

What a lot of laughter and fun! Our theme was antonyms. Diane Bender commenced the meeting
with a doctor joke aimed at John, however the audience was much amused. John chaired the evening with his awesome wit and humour throughout the entire meeting. Allan took the role of toast and timer with much ease considering he was asked on the last minute. Audrey Orth presented the club for the evening with the word ideogram which means a picture or symbol. George gave the members a humourous fishing story from Chicken Soup for the Father's Soul. Grace awed the audience with an impromtu speech on What Were You Doing on the Hottest Week in June of 2005? She retold her story of building a brick walkway to their new gazebo. Linda Piper spoke with ease and grace on Going Beyond the Club educational module.
Table Topics gave the members an opportunity to introduce someone in the club who were present and talk for one minute on their bad points and then quickly speech on the person's good points. Way to go Linda Moore on such a great idea! Jane was general evaluator for the meeting. The meeting ended at 8:40 p.m.

June 9, 2005 Meeting

It was a fun night as Toastmasters gathered to celebrate the theme of Potluck Suppers. Ken got the meeting started with a funny story about eating. John was the chairperson. John used his humour throughout the meeting by telling funny “potluck” stories about each of the members.

George presented the club with a Loyal Toast. He made us proud that we are Canadians. For Language Enricher, Keith presented the word ameliorate. Ameliorate is a verb which means to improve. Example: I am trying to ameliorate my writing ability to make this column more enjoyable.

Linda D was in charge of Literary Corner. She spoke on a book written by David Kuhl MD called What Dying People Want. This was a very educational and enjoyable literary corner. Diane B. presented her 10th speech to earn her Silver. Congratulations Diane B. Diane gave a very entertaining speech called The Nourishing Power of Laughter. She told us how important it is to laugh and how more laughter will bring more members to our meetings. Ken did an outstanding job evaluating Diane.

Linda P gave us an Educational Module called Creating an Introduction. Linda taught us the importance of creating an outstanding introduction. We had lots of fun as Brenda guided us through Table Topics. There were too many laughs to count as each member tried to speak for one minute. Ken was today’s winner in table topics.

Allan wrapped up the meeting as General Evaluator. He gave us many glow points and some grow points. Thank you Allan for your participation in this role.

Make sure to attend our next meeting on June 16th. The theme for the meeting will be antonyms. Our summer banquet will be held on June 23rd at the Golden Barrel restaurant in Listowel. Please contact Harvey to let him know if you are NOT coming.

Keith

June 2, 2005

The theme presented the solution to no scheduled speakers at our June 2nd meeting.
Besides Linda D Aunt Emma joke,
Ken’s florist friars Toast & 2 Timers report,
Jane’s Ayr newspaper article on “Women’s work is never Done” 1900’s, (despite labour Saving Inventions) the current exhibit at Princeton, Ont Museum,
Linda P memory taxing Quiz &
Brian’s constructive evaluation,
George challenged us with ‘mendacity & mendacious’ which means untruthful!
Marie led the 10 of us through Table Topics with Quotations from ‘the famous’ such as Einstein, Caesar, Hitler, Mark Twain, Napoleon, Al Capone. Who said something like the following: Imagination is greater than knowledge; Don’t interrupt an enemy when he is making a mistake; Scent is remembered most or best; Wear a smile or carry a gun!
After Break, Keith refereed the Improv Games Questions only? Shake hands with emotion; Teen & parent at 3 am, & my favourite Hitchhiker.
We had a great time & you who missed out are the losers.
Hopefully, you’ll laugh & learn with us next week.
By Brenda who may have forgotten stuff (but not that it was fun)

May 26, 2005 Meeting

Good Day to Everyone
Last night May 26th. the Awesome Linquists of Listowel met again. Our Theme was Yard Work.
Brian started the meeting with the call to order and a great joke. Gentleman, if you are going to fool around make sure you do not end up hiding in a refrigerator. Thanks Brian for a good laugh. I chaired the meeting and had fun. How can you help but not to have a great time with the members we have. John was our Loyal Toast and Timer and Brenda was our Language Enricher. Great job by both of you. We had four speakers, Felix who spoke on a New Phase in Farming, Diane, whose speech was titled A Healthy World For All People and Jane who spoke from the Special Occasion Speeches manual to do a roast. She roasted her husband Keith. Stay tuned to next weeks meeting and we will find out how their evening together was when they went home.
Audrey did an Educational Module on Building a Team. All the speeches where excellent and Audrey’s Module was very interesting. This is something that a lot of Companies should listen to.
Brian stepped up to the plate and did Table Topics, this was fun, Keith won the award for the evening, congratulations Keith.
Keith, Ken . and George where our evaluators for the evening. Thank-You.
For Audrey we had a round table evaluation and likewise for the whole meeting.
Our next meeting will be June 2nd and after the regular meeting we will be having an Executive meeting.
Our year end Banquet will be June 23rd. we will be going to a Restaurant but no decision has been made as to which one yet.
Once again Thank-you to everyone for your great support.

Remember if you are going anywhere watch out for the car in front of the one behind you and keep the rubber side down

Yours Sincerely
Harvey

May 19, 2005 Meeting

Hello Fellow Toastmasters.

Last night was another fun filled evening. We did not have a lot of members out however this only proves that our club can be small but still fantastic.
Allan did the call to order. He had no chance to prepare anything as he agreed at the last minute to do this.
Good job Allan. Brenda was our Loyal Toast and Timer, Thanks Brenda. Audrey was our Language Enricher and with the theme being Victoria Day she choose the work Prudent which when you think about it, this word well describes the Queens such as Queen Victoria whom we have to thank for this holiday. We had no literary corner, I rushed out of the house and forgot to take the material along that I had prepared.(sounds like a cheap excuse to me).
Jane was our gracious chairperson and Jane, you did a great job, you took the time between speakers to share some history with us about this special weekend coming up. Like always, you where well prepared. Thank-you Jane.
We had two speakers, Linda D and Linda P. Both speakers where well prepared and gave excellent speeches. Congratulations to Linda P who will now be receiving her CTM. Brenda and Harvey where the evaluators.
Adrienne was our Table Topics Chairperson, Adrienne gave us all a chance to speak on what we would do if the Queen stopped in for a visit on the long weekend. Allan won this contest, he said he would be processing bull calves and that he would include Her Majesty in the activities, this I would like to see.
Keith was our Quizmaster for this evening. Thank-you Keith.
I was General Evaluator for the evening, I could only come up with one grow point for the whole evening.
When it came to anything for the good of Toastmasters, Brenda filled us in on how our club was doing this year and she also mentioned the officers training that is availabe in June.

Thanks to everyone for the great evening

Harvey

Greetings Fellow Toastmasters.

Another great evening was enjoyed by all who attended last night. It was Election Time.
John (President Elect.) started off with the Call to Order and then our new Seargeant At Arms gave the Toast.
I chaired the meeting and it was fun. We now have a new executive in place for the following season and at this time I would like to congratulate everyone of them and wish them the best.
Even though the meeting was running a bit late we still took time for Table Topics. Brenda chaired this portion of the meeting and Ken tied with Erinne one of new members.
Erinne along with Linda D and Felix where inducted last night. (We need to get some more pins and also their name tags made up).
After the regular meeting we talked a bit about the Year End Banquet, however a decision was not reached.
We decided to wait until next weeks meeting to take another vote as to whether we would like to have a pot luck dinner at the church or go to a restaurant, this is something you may want to think about before the next meeting.
Linda M gave a wonderful speech for Jane who could not be there last night, Jane was elected as our new Vice President of Education.
I know Jane wrote her own speech but the way Linda presented it WOW. Linda, did you ever think of getting into Politics?
Thank-you Heidy for filling in for Linda F last evening as Secretary, and to everyone else for stepping up to the plate and helping out.
Adrienne did a fine job as General Evaluator, Thank-you Adrienne.
Once again thanks to everyone for your great support and I hope to see you at the next meeting.

Harvey

May 5th, 2005 Meeting - Irony

Linda P chaired the entire meeting with great ease! What a fantastic job!
Our word for the evening was limbate, adjective,meaning border, colour boarded by another colour given by Allan M. George N gave the loyal toast and was timer for the entire meeting.
Literary Corner was given by Keith S on how to win successfully in certain circumstances in dealing with customer service personnel.

Brenda K gave an educational module on Moments of Truth. Excellent feedback from members on how our club can grow and improve. Jane S conducted Table Topics with a different twist, with a member selecting a garage sale item and thanking the other member for the particular item. Winners of the Table Topics were Keith S and Brian C.

Brian C gave the club some areas to improve upon with our general evaluation.
Congratulations to Audrey O who earned her ATM-Silver Award!
See you this week at Election Night in Listowel.

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Next Meeting - May 12, 2005

Be sure to come to our next meeting on Thursday May 12th starting at 7:14 pm. The meeting will be at St Pauls Lutheran Church, 505 Wallace Ave, Listowel. The fun theme of the meeting will be "Elections". Please contact Harvey S to let him know which position you would like to fill.
See you on Thursday and bring a friend!

Next Meeting

Be sure to come to our next meeting on Thursday May 5th starting at 7:14 pm. The meeting will be at St Pauls Lutheran Church, 505 Wallace Ave, Listowel. The fun theme of the meeting will be "Irony". Please contact John P to let him know which role you would like to fill.

See you on Thursday and bring a friend!

Next meeting

Everyone is invited to attend the next meeting of the Linguists of Listowel Toastmaster Club. We will meet at St Pauls Lutheran Church on Thursday, April 28th. The meeting will start at 7:14 pm.

It will be a fun evening with lots of laughter. We will learn new words, listen to exciting speakers and learn with an Educational Module. Everyone will have a chance to participate in Table Topics.

Bring a friend and come and enjoy a evening.

For more information, please contact Keith S. at 519-291-1656.