"You're a Grand Old Flag"
Toastmaster Fern Webb got the meeting off to a rousing start with members singing a fresh rendition of Cohan’s “You’re a Grand Old Flag.” The theme of Flag Day was unfurled for every transition of this spirited, full-fledged meeting. Supporting roles were introduced with Rei Fuller as Ah Counter, Stan Coss “proclaiming” the Word of the Day and as Grammarian, and Beth DeLap as Timer.
Toastmaster Fern Webb got the meeting off to a rousing start with members singing a fresh rendition of Cohan’s “You’re a Grand Old Flag.” The theme of Flag Day was unfurled for every transition of the spirited meeting. Supporting roles were introduced with Rei Fuller as Ah Counter, Stan Coss “proclaiming” the Word of the Day and as Grammarian, and Beth DeLap as Timer.
Phyllis Kombol spoke on “Succession Planning is Like Discharge Planning.” Succession planning meant talking one on one to recruit prospects for officers early on. She said to start with the ending in mind. This was Pathways Project Level 4, Manage Change, Dynamic Leadership.
Dada Maheshvarananda spoke on “What Do You really Want?” based on having loved each of 37 countries he’s lived in as a monk who was trained in India. He said everyone wants happiness, love, and peace, and the best way to achieve these is to meditate and serve others. This was the Pathways Project Level 1, the second part of evaluation and feedback.
Tres Magner spoke on “Delivering Bad News,” and he played the employer having to let go an employee due not to performance but a lack of funding. Alicia Hughes was allowed much space to vent in her role as that employee. Tres offered strategies she could use to help in her retirement or in her reapplication for a similar job. This was the Delivering the Bad News Project 5 in the Speeches by Management advanced manual.
Doug Brown spoke on “The ROI of Raising Children.” His return on investment in raising his daughter that just graduated was the central theme. A number of stories were interwoven to support how he’d been educated in the process of his daughter’s getting her high school degree. Be with the child at the crib rather than off reading a newspaper, let the child have fun in the leaf pile rather than just bagging all the leaves up, and entice the clean-up of bathrooms at camp by giving license to drive the golf cart along the way. The sparkplug is now the grateful spectator, Doug concluded. This was the Speaking to Entertain Project 2 in the Professional Speakers advanced manual.
Deb Lee had table topics on the theme of pushing individual Toastmasters to grow. For instance, one prompt was “How could the word of the day exercise be maximized to help those in an advanced club?”
Bob Pierce had each individual evaluator come up and do the speech evaluation, and then he returned to the lectern after each to lead a round-robin. He’d ask members on one side of the U-shaped table formation to give a grow or glow or pass to the next member on down the line. Mike Kesselring evaluated Phyllis; Katherine Alford evaluated Dada; John Hayden evaluated Tres; John Bowen evaluated Doug. Bob asked the eyes and ears team to report on their supporting roles, and then he gave his general evaluation.
In attendance were the following: Rei Fuller, Fern Webb, Stan Coss, Beth DeLap, Phyllis Kombol, Dada Maheshvarananda, Tres Magner, Doug Brown, Deb Lee, Bob Pierce, Mike Kesselring, Katherine Alford, John Hayden, John Bowen, Alicia Hughes, and Guest Karen Magner.
A business meeting was called into session, and President Rei Fuller made the proposal that an Open House be held in August to correspond with the Smedley Award and qualify for the $50 reimbursement. In the proposal was included the plan that a new member joining on the date of the open house would pay $52.50 International dues September through March and forego the $2.50 monthly local dues and the $10 one-time club fee and thus be discounted $27.50. A motion was made, seconded, and carried.
The next meeting will be Saturday, July 14th, to not conflict with the TLI.
Toastmaster Fern Webb got the meeting off to a rousing start with members singing a fresh rendition of Cohan’s “You’re a Grand Old Flag.” The theme of Flag Day was unfurled for every transition of the spirited meeting. Supporting roles were introduced with Rei Fuller as Ah Counter, Stan Coss “proclaiming” the Word of the Day and as Grammarian, and Beth DeLap as Timer.
Phyllis Kombol spoke on “Succession Planning is Like Discharge Planning.” Succession planning meant talking one on one to recruit prospects for officers early on. She said to start with the ending in mind. This was Pathways Project Level 4, Manage Change, Dynamic Leadership.
Dada Maheshvarananda spoke on “What Do You really Want?” based on having loved each of 37 countries he’s lived in as a monk who was trained in India. He said everyone wants happiness, love, and peace, and the best way to achieve these is to meditate and serve others. This was the Pathways Project Level 1, the second part of evaluation and feedback.
Tres Magner spoke on “Delivering Bad News,” and he played the employer having to let go an employee due not to performance but a lack of funding. Alicia Hughes was allowed much space to vent in her role as that employee. Tres offered strategies she could use to help in her retirement or in her reapplication for a similar job. This was the Delivering the Bad News Project 5 in the Speeches by Management advanced manual.
Doug Brown spoke on “The ROI of Raising Children.” His return on investment in raising his daughter that just graduated was the central theme. A number of stories were interwoven to support how he’d been educated in the process of his daughter’s getting her high school degree. Be with the child at the crib rather than off reading a newspaper, let the child have fun in the leaf pile rather than just bagging all the leaves up, and entice the clean-up of bathrooms at camp by giving license to drive the golf cart along the way. The sparkplug is now the grateful spectator, Doug concluded. This was the Speaking to Entertain Project 2 in the Professional Speakers advanced manual.
Deb Lee had table topics on the theme of pushing individual Toastmasters to grow. For instance, one prompt was “How could the word of the day exercise be maximized to help those in an advanced club?”
Bob Pierce had each individual evaluator come up and do the speech evaluation, and then he returned to the lectern after each to lead a round-robin. He’d ask members on one side of the U-shaped table formation to give a grow or glow or pass to the next member on down the line. Mike Kesselring evaluated Phyllis; Katherine Alford evaluated Dada; John Hayden evaluated Tres; John Bowen evaluated Doug. Bob asked the eyes and ears team to report on their supporting roles, and then he gave his general evaluation.
In attendance were the following: Rei Fuller, Fern Webb, Stan Coss, Beth DeLap, Phyllis Kombol, Dada Maheshvarananda, Tres Magner, Doug Brown, Deb Lee, Bob Pierce, Mike Kesselring, Katherine Alford, John Hayden, John Bowen, Alicia Hughes, and Guest Karen Magner.
A business meeting was called into session, and President Rei Fuller made the proposal that an Open House be held in August to correspond with the Smedley Award and qualify for the $50 reimbursement. In the proposal was included the plan that a new member joining on the date of the open house would pay $52.50 International dues September through March and forego the $2.50 monthly local dues and the $10 one-time club fee and thus be discounted $27.50. A motion was made, seconded, and carried.
The next meeting will be Saturday, July 14th, to not conflict with the TLI.
All Speakers proclaimed their points of view, from Phyllis to Dada to Tres to Alicia to Doug to Rei. Fern did as well when she was the meeting's Toastmaster, but here she just contemplates intently on Rei's membership proposal.
ATA at Earth Fare, home of the free and the brave.
Minutes submitted by Secretary Stan Coss.
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