April 20, 2006

Newest member Sheryl opened the meeting with a nice introduction to Marie, our chair for the evening. Our theme was “Spring has Sprung”. Marie used this theme throughout the meeting by explaining what type of spring each member was.

Ezra presented the Toast to Canada. He told us how nice it was to live in Canada and enjoy the beautiful spring weather. Especially today, since the temperature was a sunny and warm 22 degrees. Brian presented the word Empathy for language enricher. Audrey read two poems for literary corner. Her poems were called “Natures Call” and “I wander lonely as a Cloud”. Linda P presented an off the cuff speech called “My intimating Yard”. Keith presented a workshop called “Developing a Mission” from the Leadership Excellence Series. This was the last project that Keith had to do to achieve his silver.

Jane presented a challenging round of table topics where four members would work together to create a story. It was unofficial, but the one team of men won this round of table topics.

The meeting ended with a business meeting run by Jane. These are the nominations for the upcoming elections. President: Diane B, Brian, George. VP of Education; Marie. Treasurer: Allan. Secretary; Audrey, Linda P. Memberships; George, Gary. VP of Public Relations; Diane. Sergeant at Arms; Sheryl, Linda P. Please contact John P to add your name to this list.

Please attend our next meeting on April 27th at St Paul’s Lutheran Church in Listowel starting at 7:14 pm. The theme is “Backwards Meeting”.

Keith

April 13, 2006

There was a fun Easter egg hunt as the Linguists of Listowel gathered for their weekly meeting. Heidy opened the meeting with a very funny story on an Easter egg hunt. She skillfully chaired the meeting. Linda M provided the Toast to Canada. Linda used to live in London, England and told us how lucky Canadians are to live in a country where there is a feeling of security.

Brian explained the difference between the words Affluent meaning wealthy and Effluent which means waste or sewage. He encouraged us to use both words during our meeting. Jane read us an Easter story about painting eggs with love.

Marie presented an off the cuff speech called “When did I turn into my mother”. This very humorous story was very entertaining. Keith presented an Educational Workshop called “Visionary Leader” from the Leadership Excellence Series. Jane presented the Point of View. Her point was that there should be a national holiday every year for an Easter egg hunt. Jane is still a kid at heart. Harvey presented the counter point of view.

Heidy presented a fun round of table topics. She made the members used a unique accent to read a story. Brian won this round of table topics. Linda P was second with her cowboy accent. It was a very humorous round of table topics. Brian gave everyone some very value grow and glow points as he presented his general evaluation of the meeting.

Keith

April 6, 2006

If only I had know..... was the theme for the weekly Toastmaster meeting on April 6th. We had one of the largest meetings of the year with everyone ready for a fun and educational evening. There were several guests at our meeting. Diane R from Toast of the Valley, Vermont and Cherlyn O from Gowanstown grace us with their presence.

Audrey opened the meeting with the call to order. She told us that we should not have any regrets and we should not concern ourselves with "If I had only know". Jane was the chair for the evening. Jane kept the meeting flowing with quotes and introducing each member as a famous person.

Diane B presented the Toast. She toasted the health and safety for all Canadians. Heidy was the language enricher. She taught us the differences between "resident" and "residence"; "constituent" and "constituency. George read a motivating story from Inspire the Body and Soul Life Lessons. He told us how to make each day a master piece. Diane R presented speech number five from the Story Telling manual. Her title was Bring History to Life. Brian presented speech number five from the Speaking To Inform manual. Both speeches were very enlighting and entertaining. The speeches were evaluated by Audrey and Keith respectively.

Linda M presented a mini humourous speech as she outlined how we were going to run table topics. Each member needed to help Linda solve a household problem that she was encountering. Audrey won table topics by telling Linda how to solve her garage door opening problem. Everyone laughed a dozen times as we heard the solutions.

Gary presented a very informative general evaluation for the evening. Overall, the meeting was very sucessful. We had a large crowd, we had guests and we had lots of fun and laughter.

Please attend our next meeting on April 13th. The theme is Easter Egg Hunt. Same place. Same time.

Keith