Hello, Sandy Springs
Toastmasters! We have a new system for signing up for roles. The link was sent
out via email a couple of weeks ago but if you haven’t checked it out already,
here it is:
We will start using it
soon, therefore, the more familiar you are, the better. You can find a brief
explanation and a how-to guide at the bottom of this email.
As for the upcoming
meeting on 08/16/2018, we’ll still be using the old system where we confirm our
availability via email. That being said, please
confirm your availability for 08/16/18 as soon as possible by replying to all.
Roles for 08/16/2018:
·
Sergeant
at Arms: Bud Otto
·
Toastmaster:
Anastasia Pass
·
Table
Topics: Steve Bragg
·
Speaker:
Chris Ashkouti
·
Evaluator:
Sharon Reid
·
Ah/Gr:
Una Richards
· Ti/V: Jim Owen
· Word: Millicent St. Claire
·
Joke: Open
Sandy
Springs Toastmasters Meeting Recap for 8/09/18:
Bud Otto, our Sergeant At Arms, called the meeting to order
with the pledge of allegiance. It is so nice to see Bud attending meeting
regularly, he had been out for several weeks recovering from hip surgery and
all the members had missed having him around. 12 people attended our meeting, 8
members and 4 guests!
Our club president, Paige Kerr, gave opening remarks and
welcomed our guests Karen, Wright, Suzette, and Jeanne. Karen and Wright, are
residents of Campbell Stone. They live across the hall from each other and they
both wanted to come and check out our club. Karen and Wright want to get to the
advance level therefore want to get started working on their Competent
Communicator Manual as soon as they can. Our third guest, Suzette, was Sharon’s sister.
She tagged along with Sharon so she could also check us out. Jeanne, our fourth
guest, came to our meeting through the encouragement of her boss. She wants to
do toastmasters because she wants to reduce the amount of Ums she says whenever
she gives a presentation at work. Paige then went on to introduce our
Toastmaster of the day, Etsehiwot Ezra who also goes by “E”.
E called on Una Richards to give the Word Of the Day, Extemporaneous- unplanned, impromptu, or
unrehearsed.
E then called on our Table Topics Master of the day,
Anastasia Pass. Anastasia’s theme for her Table Topics questions was “Back To
School”. She had question that had us all reminisce about our time in school.
Anastasia asked questions such as “Tell us a story about one of your teachers
in grade school/high school/or college?” and “If you were a member of a school
board and were asked to weigh in on whether students should wear uniforms or
not wear uniforms, which way would you vote?”. Bud Otto won Best Table Topics
Answer. He was asked “What was your back to school ritual?” and Bud answered
with a humorous anecdote about his
Catholic school adventures and misadventures which somehow involved nuns,
clickers, pranks, and getting in trouble. He had us all laughing!
The group took a quick break and reconvened after a few
minutes. Crystal Reeves was our speaker of the day. Her speech was from the
story telling advanced communication manual. Crystal’s speech was titled “The
Initiation”. It was a speech about her adventurous journey to becoming a member
of the Arctic Ocean Toe Dipping Club. Crystal did a great job in capturing our
attention right from the beginning and keeping us hooked all the way through
the end. Una Richards gave a substantive
evaluation of Crystal’s speech.
Crystal won Best Speaker Of The Day and Una won Best
Evaluator Of The Day.
Una Richards, our club’s Vice President of Education,
went over next week’s roles and then the meeting was adjourned.
See y’all on Thursday!
THE NEW ROLE
ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM:
This google sheet
allows members to select their role for the upcoming week. That information
auto-populates our agenda template.
1. On the first
worksheet: Upcoming Meeting Dates & Roles, select your name from the
drop-down menu for the corresponding role.
2. Don't do anything
on the Member tab; that's what populates the drop-down menu.
3. The Weekly Agenda
will auto-populate for the role you selected.
If the formulas in the
cells on the Weekly Agenda sheet are broken, the agenda won't automatically
fill in, but that's an easy fix that we can teach you.
In any case, the new
goal is for members to select their assignment by a certain date prior to each
weekly meeting. The TM, whoever selected that role, only needs to print the
agenda.
We can keep up with
history too. Another club has had great success with this. Let us know what you
think!
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