July 12, 2012 Theme: Farm Animals

Tony Galvao was the chairman of the meeting.
In keeping with the theme of the meeting, Tony had his coveralls on and was ready to help out with the chores if necessary.

Diane Bender was the Grammarian for the meeting and provided us with a new word to use during the meeting and the rest of the week.
The word was "Mewl" meaning a little cry.

Jane Stoltz filled the Literary Corner role and provided all in attendance with the story of the City Mouse and the Country Mouse.

Left to right; Diane, Wayne and Keith S.
Diane played the role of the interviewer and Wayne played the role of Vern who was being interviewed about his choice of farm, location, animals and what challenges he faced daily.

July 12, 2012 Theme: Farm Animals

Keith Stoltz conducting the interactive Table Topics Session

Left to right; Jane, Vern and Keith S.
Jane and Vern were listening to the rules of the Table Topics session before Jane interviewed Vern about why he enjoys living on his farm.







 

Left to right; Marg and Audrey.
Marg played the role of the interviewer and Audrey (aka Vern) answered the questions that Marg presented her with about what she likes about living on this farm.

  Left to right; Leo, John and Keith S. Leo interviewed John (aka Vern) about the animals he has on the farm and why he choose this location for his farm.

John was the General Evaluator of the meeting and provided his glow points and one grow point.
It was a great meeting in a very comfortable environment. Special thanks to Vern and Harriet for hosting the meeting.

July 12, 2012 Theme: Farm Animals

Location:  At the home of Vern and Harriet Noseworthy

Theme:  Farm Animals

This being the first meeting with the newly elected executive in place, it turned out to be a wonderful evening of fun and laughter.

In attendance were 15 people, in no particular order; Vern,Tony, Keith and Jane, Marg, Keith M, Audrey, Val, Heidi, Diane, Leo, Wayne, John and guests Holly and Hank.

First, special thanks to Vern and Harriet for hosting the evening.  Vern had placed the Toastmasters meeting sign at the end of the lane way so finding the location was a breeze.

As well, Vern had transformed his garage into a meeting room that closely resembled our regular location.  There was ample seating room, as well as the Toastmaster banner and improv lecturn.

The evening itself started on time with Vern calling the meeting to order.  Our newly appointed VP of Membership Tony was the Chairperson for the evening.  A job well done, including dressing the part of a farmer with a pair of coveralls.  With the heat, though, the coveralls did not last long.

Joke of the day was done by Vern and brought scores of laughter.  Next, our toast and timer for the evening, Leo, gave the Toast to Canada.

Our grammarian for the evening, Diane, gave us the word of the evening "Mewl" meaning to whimper or cry weakly. 

Next, Literary corner was done by Jane.  She read a fun poem entitled "Country Mouse and City Mouse" from the book "100 Famous Animal Poems".  Sorry, I did not catch the name of the book's author.

Next on the Agenda was Table Topics.  Keith Stoltz had done an excellent job of preparing for this.  Everyone was involved and lots of laughs were shared.  There were three sections to the Table Topics.  The first was that everyone got to explain what the liked about Vern and Harriet's farm, with the answers varing greatly.  Next, everyone got to pick and write down a farm animal.  Next, your answer was passed to the left with that person having to explain why they liked being that animal on the farm.  The last portion had pairs of people going to the front, one being a reporter, the other being the person being interviewed - always named Vern.  Random topics were picked with the two having to conduct an interview on that topic.  In the first round Vern got to play Vern.

Next up was the general evaluator, John, who called for the reports from the Timer, Grammarian and Table Topic Master. 

Next, Heidi probed everyone's memory with the quizmaster report.  This was followed by the report from the General Evaluator.

Last, the Chairperson, Tony, called for anything for the good of Toastmasters, followed by the closing remarks.

Tickets for the upcoming murder mstery were also distributed by Keith Stoltz before and after the meeting.

Refreshments were provided by Vern and Harriet.  The evening ended with a fun social and a guided tour of the farm.

Next meeting location and theme are to be determined.

June 28, 2012 Tall Tales Contest

Tall Tales Speech Participants

 Back Row (left to right); Audrey Orth, Leo Brisebois, Vern Noseworthy, Brent Jemmett.
Front Row (left to right); Area Governor Gregory C.N. Smith, Tony Galvao.

Tall Tales Contest Winner 2012

The winner of the Tall Tales speech contest was Tony Galvao with his speech entitled "River Monsters".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brenda Karges Trophy Recipient

 Right; Brent Jemmett (Sergeant at Arms) presents Leo Brisebois (President) with the Brenda Karges trophy for the work done and accomplishments made by the club for the year.

June 28, 2012 Theme: Tall Tales Contest

Thursday, June 28th was our "year end" pot luck/pizza party and also the night for our annual Tall Tales Contest.
Guests in attendance were; Dorothy Reid, Dorothy Dennis, Marge Seawright (all from the Mount Forest Motivators), Holly Brisebois, Harriet Noseworthy and our Area Governor Gregory C.N. Smith.
Our meeting was called to order at 6:35 pm by our chairperson, Keith Stoltz. An invocation was given by Jane Stoltz and all in attendance enjoyed the potluck/pizza meal.
The Tall Tales Contest began at 7:20 pm with chief judge, Diane Bender reading the rules of the contest to all in attendance. Five members were entered in the contest and the contestants were; Leo Brisebois, Tony Galvao, Brent Jemmett, Vern Noseworthy and Audrey Orth.
We heard five excellent speech presentations and they were all very well done! The judges had a difficult time making a decision for the top three speakers.

The winners of the hilarious Tall Tales Contest were;
First place: Tony Galvao
Second place: Vern Noseworthy
Third place: Brent Jemmett

The winner, Tony Galvao, will be presenting his winning speech at the Mount Forest Motivator's Tall Tales Contest as well.

An induction ceremony was held by Area Governor, Gregory C.N. Smith. Firstly, Gregory dismissed all current club executive members from their roles and duties effective midnight on June 30, 2012.
Gregory C.N. Smith also inducted each of the new club executive members into their roles effective July 1, 2012.

The 2012-2013 Executive Officers are; 
President:  Keith McCluskie
Vice-President of Education: Val Hummel
Vice-President of Membership:  Tony Galvao
Vice-President of Public Relations:  Brent Jemmett
Secretary:  John Van Meeteren
Treasurer:  Jane Stoltz
Sergeant-at-Arms:  Vern Noseworthy

The Brenda Karges award was presented by Sergeant-At-Arms, Brent Jemmett to the club president, Leo Brisebois for his hard work and club accomplishments during the 2011-2012 term.

Anything for the Good of Toastmasters;
Area Governor, Gregory C.N. Smith announced that effective July 1, 2012, Area 66 will be dissolved and all clubs that were part of that area will now become part of Area 65.
With the start of our summer time schedule, Linguists of Listowel meetings will be held every second week during the summer. There is opportunity for the meetings to be held at club members residences if they wish or the meetings will be held at the regular church meeting room.
The next Linguists of Listowel meeting will be Thursday, July 12th at the residence of Vern and Harriet Noseworthy. Watch for details to follow.

Meeting adjourned at 8:50 pm.

June 21, 2012 Theme: Music To Our Ears

The meeting was called to order at 7:21 p.m.  Sharon was Chairperson for the evening and talked about the different types of sounds that are music to our ears.  Sharon also provided the Joke of the Day with a joke about a Bag piper who gave a fitting tribute to the burial of a septic tank.  Brent handled Literary Corner and read an amusing excerpt from the autobiography of comedian Russell Peters.  Leo was Toast and Timer and led the group in a toast to Canada.

Four speeches were presented.  Marg confidently gave her Ice Breaker speech and completed Project 1 of the Competent Communicator Manual.  Congratulations Marg!!!  Jill had a touching speech called “Bringing our Daughter Home” and completed Project 3 of the Manual.  Heidi completed a monologue called Horticultural Operation and completed an assignment in an advanced manual.  Keith Stoltz educated members on the Responsibilities of Being an M.C. for Project 7 of the Manual.  He also received an award and a round of applause for completing all 10 speeches in the Competent Communicator Manual a second time.

Sharon filled the role of Table Topics Master and had members describe sounds that are music to their ears.  Many different types of sounds were described.  Evaluations were next with Jane evaluating Marg, Vern evaluating Jill, George evaluating Heidi and Keith McCluskie evaluating Keith Stoltz.  This provided the people who gave speeches with immediate feedback on their presentation.

Reports were next:  Leo gave his Timer’s Report.  Vern was declared the winner of Table Topics for his description of the sound that a casino slot machine makes when it gives a rather large payout.  Audrey was General Evaluator for the evening and provided comments on the meeting.  She reminded members who are giving speeches to write an introduction for their speech and give it to the Chairperson before the meeting starts.  Things for the good of Toastmasters were announced including the bad news that the Club’s new banner had gone missing (it was later found by Bloodhound Brent).  Val advised there was a sign-up sheet in the kitchen for the June 28^th Tall Tales Contest and Potluck contributions.  Brent reminded members that the Stratford VON was looking for a speaker for July 18^th and the topic is “speaking to seniors”.  Keith Stoltz also advised that the poster for the Club’s 20^th Anniversary Murder Mystery event was available for review by members before it goes to print.  Since there was nothing else, Sharon adjourned the meeting.

Submitted by Val Hummel, Club Secretary