May 1, 2008

Linguists of Listowel

May 1, 2008

Theme: Elections

VP of Education Marie had surprise envelopes for everyone. When we opened them up we found out what position we could serve as for the evening.

Chairperson Jane Stoltz welcomed all members. She shared some Canadian Quotes in her opening address. Wayne Stoltz gave a toast to Canada and acted as timer.

Jane conducted the election of officers.May 1, 2008 Linguists of ListowelMay 1, 2008Theme: ElectionsVP of Education Marie had surprise envelopes for everyone. When we opened them up we found out what position we could serve as for the evening.Chairperson Jane Stoltz welcomed all members. She shared some Canadian Quotes in her opening address. Wayne Stoltz gave a toast to Canada and acted as timer. Jane conducted the election of officers. The results are as follows President George Nichol
Vp Education Diane Bender
VP Membership Jean vander straeten
vp public Relations Brent Jemmett
Secretary Audrey Orth
Treasurer Alan Mann
Sargeant at arms Jane Stoltz
Keith Stoltz gave a 13 minute speech on his experiences snorkelling and swimming with the sharks.
Jean was the surprise table topics master and challenged everyone to speak for one minute on the topic they pulled out of the envelope. George won the table topics award.
Marie was grammarian and noticed several filler words throughout the meeting. She would like us to be on the lookout for the filler word "so".
Quizmaster George had some great quotes from the members. Diane presented the General Evaluation. She welcomed the new slate of officers for 2008-9.