November 18, 2010 - Theme: go, Go, GO!

Hello Fellow Linguists of Listowel and Friends,

On Thursday night, we had a very fun and enthusiastic meeting with our theme of "Enthusiasm, go Go, GO!" There were 11 members in attendance. Keith McCluskie called the meeting to order with a very enthusiastic introduction of myself as chair. I opened the meeting by going over what my first thoughts were when I saw the theme for the meeting and then I went over the history of the word enthusiasm.

For Joke of the Day, Richard Boertien gave us a very funny re-enactment of his visit to the gym. Wayne Stoltz was our Toast and Timer, who gave a timely toast to Canada and kept accurate time for the meeting. The Grammarian role was filled by George Nichol and he challenged everyone to use the word "Rigmarole" which means confused, foolish and an elaborate or complicated procedure. It was used 5 times.

Our first speaker for the evening was Lorna VanderPloeg and she was speaking for her first time with her Icebreaker speech called "All About Me". She did a great job telling us about a scary time in her life. George Stevers presented his 3rd speech from the CC Manual and gave us a very informative speech which was entitled "Genetically Engineered Food". Marilyn Miller delivered her 8th speech from the CC Manual on Getting Comfortable with Visual Aids which was called "Keys". The speeches were evaluated by Richard Boertien, Keith McCluskie and Audrey Orth, who all gave great feedback to our speakers. Jane Stoltz presented an Educational Session giving us some background on the "Meeting Roles and Responsibilities" of a Toastmaster Club.

Keith Stoltz filled the role of Table Topics and had everyone pick a picture out of the envelope. The picture that we picked was an early Christmas gift from Keith and we had to show how enthusiastic we were about getting the gift. The winner of Table Topics was our newest member, Lorna VanderPloeg. Sharon D'Arcey took on the role of General Evaluator for her first time and she gave a review of how the meeting went along with some grow points about how to improve our meeting. One idea that she had was for us to try was to write the word of the night on the chalk board. After the meeting, we enjoyed refreshments provided by Audrey Orth.

Hope to see you all on Thursday for our next meeting with the theme of "A Novel Profession".

Brent

Dates to remember:

Dec. 2nd - Theme - What's Your Best Ideas for Someone Who Has Everything

Dec. 9th - Secrets of Speaking

Dec. 16th - Christmas Potluck - Christmas is a Feeling