January 10, 2013 Theme: Favourite Sports Teams

Meeting attendees: Apryl Browning, Audrey Orth, Jane Stoltz, Tony Galvao, Vern Noseworthy, Leo Brisebois, Keith McCluskie, Wayne Stoltz, Brent Jemmett and George Nichol.

Wayne called the meeting to order and introduced Keith Stoltz as the chairperson of the meeting. Keith asked for each person in attendance to stand, introduce themselves and explain the importance of the sports clothing that they were wearing and the significance of them to everyone else.
Brent provided us with the Joke of the day (a funny joke about Habs fans). Vern provided the loyal toast to Canada, described his role and told a very funny story about his hockey experiences in his younger years. Jane was the grammarian/laugh counter for the evening and she provided us with the word of the day "Assertive". Assertive means to become very determined, to write down your goals and achieve them.
Literary corner was presented by Apryl who read a great baseball poem entitled "Casey at the Bat".
George Nichol presented a eulogy praising the life of a long term friend/co-worker/mentor named John. This was project # 2 - Speaking in Praise from an advanced manual.
Keith Stoltz presented the results from his High Performance Leadership project - Area 65 Humorous speech and Table Topics contest in Hanover, Ontario on October 19, 2012. He highlighted the pro's and con's of the project and reflected on some suggestions for improvements if he does it again.
Table Topics master was Jane. She provided an envelope containing strips of paper with names of hockey teams and an explanation of how they received their name. Each member was encouraged to use the word of the day in their Table Topics presentation as well as use an opening, a body and a conclusion.
Leo evaluated George's speech, Apryl evaluated Keith's presentation and each evaluator provided glow and grow points to the presenters.
The word assertive was used 6 times during the meeting. Table Topics winner was Keith McCluskie.
Tony was the general evaluator and provided his thanks and comments of parts of the meeting that went well and suggestions for improvements for the next meeting. Brent Jemmett has us all thinking/remembering as he provided us with snip-its of phrases and conversations spoken during the meeting.
Keith provided his closing remarks, anything for the good of toastmasters (club officer training coming up, speech craft program starting next week, roles for the next week's meeting required) and adjourned the meeting announcing snacks and social time for the members.