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.