174th meeting

Today was the 4th meeting of the year. Our theme today was "Animals with Party Hats," and the word of the day was "sartorial." The Toastmaster was Kathy Spradlin.

Tatiana gave her 4th speech in the Competent Communicator manual entitled "What is the time?" Alex Loh gave his fifth speech in this manual concerning the new mentorship program for new members!

Jag Swaminathan was the entertaining TableTopics Master.

Maryam Ali was General Evaluator. Andrew Engel evaluated Tatiana's speech and Jordi evaluated Alex's speech.  Supporting roles were filled by Eamon (Grammarian), Ahmed (Vote Counter and Ah Counter) and Xiang Hu (Time Keeper).

Today's meeting was also graced by several visitors. We were delighted to have such an enthusiastic group of people join us and participate in our meeting!

Join us next time for our meeting with the theme "Why am I so AWESOME?"

173rd Meeting

Today was our 3rd meeting of 2012. The Toastmaster of the Day was Kathy, on the topic "Festivals from Around the Globe."

Our speakers were Maryam on the Distinguished Club Program and Jordi who is on his second speech of the Interpretive Reading manual.

Our general evaluator was Alex Loh. Maryam was evaluated by Justin and Jordi by Victor. The supporting roles were filled by Natasha (Grammarian), Xiang (Ah Counter), Andrew (Time Keeper), Jag (Vote Counter).

Thanks for the great week everyone!

172nd Meeting

Today was the 2nd meeting of the year. We continued the theme of Holiday Madness with "reprieve" as the word of the day. Alex Loh was the Toastmaster of the Day.

Jordi Calveras is now on his 4th advanced manual! He gave an Interpretive Reading of the fairy tale "A Little Mermaid".

Maryam Ali was the TableTopics Master.

Tatiana Makhinova was General Evaluator and Jag Swaminathan evaluated Jordi's speech. Supporting roles were filled by Jag (Grammarian and Ah Counter) and Xiang Hu (Time Keeper and Vote Counter).

Today's meeting was also graced by several visitors: a group of Korean teachers of English are attending the Texas Intensive English Program (TIEP) and came to our Toastmasters meeting. We were delighted to have such an enthusiastic group of people join us and participate in our meeting!

Join us next time to talk about Festivals from Around the Globe!

171st Meeting

Our first meeting of the year was unusual in format. With the university out of session and many members still away for their holidays, we had an attendance of 3 members plus our visiting Area Governor. Surprisingly, this led to a very productive meeting in which each person had a chance to speak and receive feedback from every other person.

Alex Loh was Toastmaster of the Day. Area Governor Mick Normington gave us a speech on "The Three Big Things You Get in Toastmasters". Maryam Ali was the TableTopics Master, asking questions on Holiday Madness. Natasha Scherbakova filled in as Evaluator.

The meeting was followed by a fascinating discussion on Toastmasters and the job market.