Tonight’s theme
was "If I Had A Billion Dollars..." and the meeting was called to
order on time by Tony. Tony gave us a
top 10 list of the richest Billionaires in the world. Next, Tony introduced Keith S., our chair for
this evening. In his opening remarks,
Keith gave some information on Canadian Billionaires and what they are worth.
The only agenda
change for this evening was that Apryl would be the Grammarian and Laugh
Counter.
Keith M. was
then introduced to do the Joke of the Day.
Keith had two short jokes, both of which were related to the theme.
Audrey was the
Toast and Timer and led us into the Toast to Canada.
The word of the
evening was "wealth", a noun with several meanings, one of which is
abundant worldly possessions. Apryl's
choice of word was fitting to the theme.
Literary corner
was next with John reading and article titled "The Dying Art of
Conversation".
Speeches were
next and tonight there were two. Vern
was first with his speech "Old Age".
His evaluator John read the speech objectives. The speech was about what
it means to grow old and how does one know when you are old. He was followed by Val and her speech
"The Art of Gathering", a way on how to keep teenagers fed on a
budget. Val's evaluator was Apryl who
also read the speech objectives. Both
speeches were well done and a minute for written evaluations followed each
speaker.
Table Topics was
done by Brent. He had everyone write
down how they had earned a Billion dollars on a slip of paper. When done the papers were passed to the
left. When it came time to speak, the
member could look at the slip of paper passed to them and then begin to tell
the other members how they had earned the Billions based on what the other
person had written. Like usual, a wealth
of laughs were heard.
Tony was up
again as the General Evaluator. He first
asked for the speech evaluations to be done for Vern and Val. John was first to evaluate Vern's speech
followed by Apryl's evaluation of Val's speech.
Next, Tony asked for the general reports. Audrey gave her report as the Toast and
Timer, followed by Apryl who gave her Grammarian report. The word of the evening had been used seven
times and Apryl had also recorded 60 laughs.
Last, Brent gave his report for Table Topics. This week the winner was John. Tony concluded this section by giving his
General Evaluation of the meeting.
The last section
before the Chairperson concluded the meeting was the Quizmaster Report. This was done by Apryl, and she challenged
our memory on various things that members had said throughout the night.
Keith S. then
took control of the meeting again for the final few items. Anything for the Good of Toastmasters was
discussed, as well as the assigning of roles for next week's meeting. Keith then gave his closing remarks and
brought the meeting to an end.
