December 13, 2012 Theme: Dr. Seuss Quotes and Stories

"Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened."

In attendance:  Heidi, Marie, Leo, Tony, Brent, Audrey, Vern, Keith Stoltz, Marg and John.

Heidi brought the meeting to order, with what promised to be another evening filled with fun and laughter.

Marie, our Chairperson for this evening, gave her opening remarks.  Following this, she then went around the room and gave her "Dr. Seuss" to everyone present and finished this segment with a history on Dr. Seuss.

Agenda changes were next and the agenda was adopted.

Joke of the Day was done by Leo, followed by Tony who was our Toast and Timer.  Tony gave a compelling short statement on the rights that we have as a free country.  These rights include the privilege on reading books such as Dr. Seuss stories.

Marg was our Grammarian and Laugh Counter.  The word she chose for this evening was "imaginative", a fitting choice for the theme.

Literary Corner was done by John who read a short narrative called "Dr Seuss explains a computer".

There were no speeches this evening but the next part done by Keith.  It was called a Fun Break and he had the members come up in pairs to the front.  Once there, one would be an adult Santa and the other member would tell Santa what they wanted for Christmas.  Something new to a lot of the members but a lot of fun was had in this portion of the evening.

Brent led the next section which was Table Topics.  Each member got a slip of paper with the title of a  Dr. Seuss book.  When it was their turn, each member got to speak at a "press conference" on the release of their new book.  The twist was that the other members then got to ask questions about the book.  Kudos to Audrey for handling all of the questions asked of her so well. 

Vern was the General Evaluator this evening.  He first called for the reports.  Tony gave his timer report, followed by Marg with the Grammarian report.  The word of the evening had been used 12 times and Marg had counted 51 laughs.  Brent was next with his Table Topics report.  The winner this evening was Audrey.  Vern then gave his General Evaluator remarks on the evening.

Wrapping up, Anything For the Good of Toastmasters was next, followed by assigning roles for the next week.  Marie then gave her closing remarks and ended the meeting for this evening.