Greeting fellow toastmasters
At the meeting on 08/22/2019 we had 13 members and 3 special guest (June
Hale, Katy Barrett and Susan Minskey )
*Ray Pezolt DTM* was the toastmaster for the Night with the Theme
TOASTMASTERS – THEN AND NOW! Ray gave us a time lapse on how the
toastmasters organization is been evolving to now, from first meeting,
changing the logo, website, pathways to today. I did write a lot of the
dates Ray mentioned however at the end of the meeting he mention that you
can see all this History at the Toastmasters website and here it is the
Link for your convenience https://www.toastmasters.org/about/history
Amazing history, Vision and movement of the organization
March/24/1905 first not official meeting
October/22/1924 first official meeting
Highlights of the evening
· Ah counter – Alan Wong
· Grammarian WOD – Richa Acharya -WOD Chivy
· Timmer Joker – Robin Mcintosh - with a joke challenging Male
intelligence.
· Inspiration - Katelynn Pau – with amazing inspiration for us not
to react on the heat of the moment - because we can regret later and the
damaged will be there
· Quizmaster - Isaac Ramirez
Speaker
*Jonathan Kolber* – spoke about his adventure going to see BROADWAY PLAY –
HAMILTON, in new York city they were sitting so close that they can see
the singer spitting as they were singing ( no demonstration in here ) lots
of humor and gestures
*Zachary britner* - spoke about AUTOMATION - how is everywhere, gave us
the pros and cons – A PRO don’t have to manage many people – A CON capital
expense / price at front
*Dirk Kittredge DTM* - the Power of 10 – basically dirk took on a trip
from 1 meter all the way out into space and all the way in into the
microscope world, make us feel how small or big we are very humbling I did
find a similar youtube video here the Link –
10https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44cv416bKP4
Table topics
Isaac – who is your secret celebrity crush?
Robin - What Makes Love Last?
Alan – what is your favorite quote?
June – what makes a person beautiful?
Susan – when was the last time you tried something different?
Pattie – what makes you proud?
Richa – what book has had the greatest influence/message on your life?
Jonathan – where else would you like to live and why?
Katy - what your Biggest phobia?
Dirk – what do you do to relieve stress?
Our GE - Bill Farrand - with his unique, and amazing style
*Evaluators *
Pattie apple
Jennifer Dunne
The winners !!
Best speaker - Jonathan Kolber
Best evaluator – Jennifer Dunne
Best Table Topics – June Hale
Meeting in general was filled with great energy like always and the team
put a great Show, I was happy to see 3 very special Guest (June, Susan,
Katy) our toastmaster did a great Job commanding the meeting and keeping a
good flow - congratulations to the winners.
My respect to our secretary because it takes a lot to be listening and
checking on the details it is hard, Alan thank you for the opportunity
Here it is the quote of the night
“if you let cloudy water settle, It will become clear. If you let your
upset mind settle, your course will also become clear”. Buddha
Until next Thursday, I am your Humble acting secretary Luis Estrada
