September 20, 2012 Theme: Memories of School Days

Vern brought the meeting to order.  The theme of the evening was "Memories of School Days".  It is worthy to mention that the seating, with no planning whatsoever, reminded some members of a school dance.  All the boys on one side and the all the girls on the other.

Chairperson for the evening was Val.  She officially started the meeting with the opening remarks.  Guest introductions were next.  Apryl is a member of the Mount Forest club who came out to see how a meeting runs at another club.  Next, for agenda changes, there was no Literary Corner this evening and Speech Evaluator 1 was changed to Diane.

Vern was up again with Joke of the Day.  Always funny, he started with a few quick jokes and one liners.  The one that had the members groaning was the following one:  "...my one teacher was cross-eyed....she could not control her pupils....".

George was Toast and Timer this evening.  He gave a few words on pertaining to the theme and then had the members follow him in the Toast to Canada.

Word of the evening was Timely.  An adjective meaning on time/timeliness.  This was the word picked by Heidi, our Grammarian and Laugh Counter for the evening.

John was up next with his speech "A moment in time", followed by a minute for written evaluations.  Table Topics was next.  Leo, and avid golfer, handed out quiz cards all related to golfing.  Members got to speak on their experience based on what was on their card, or if not a golfer, to any other sport.  Fact:  it seems there are few golfers in the Listowel Club.  General Evaluator was Tony.  He first introduced Diane who gave her speech evaluation for John.  She did an excellent job with both Glow and Grow points.

Tony then asked for the reports.  George was first and recapped the minutes for each section so far.  Next, Heidi said the word of the evening was used 5 times.  As well, she had recorded 91 laughs so far and 3 or 4 aah's.  She was having so much fun she lost count.  Leo gave the report for Table Topics.  Winner for this evening was our guest Apryl.  Last but not least, Tony gave his report as General Evaluator.  Well done, he gave both Glow and Grow points.

Brent was next with the Quiz Master's Report.  Excellent job testing the member's listening skills, there were several quotes that had members guessing as to who had said that.

Slowly wrapping up, Anything for the Good of Toastmasters was next, followed by assigning Roles for the next meeting.  This format that Val started seems to be working well.  Members can sign up for roles several weeks in advance, or indicate when they will not be able to attend.

Last, our guest Apryl gave her comments on the meeting and Val gave her closing remarks.  This officially ended the meeting for this evening.