Attendees (Sept 7, 2018)
- Henry Hum
- Maria Tao
- Grace Wong
- Rob Chalmers
- Mario Melone
Theme: National Read A Book Day
| Agenda Item | Role | Minutes |
| Welcome and Introduce Guests | Toastmaster | Grace greeted All and Kicked Off the Mtg on Schedule.
Grace updated 1 Role(s) due to regret(s), Henry was added as Timer. There were no Guest(s) today. |
| Toast/Invocation | Opening Speaker | Grace Prepared a Toast related to our Theme: National Read A Book Day
She also mentioned about a 30 pg novel that her Son wrote and of her plans to read the Book “Crazy Rich Asians” |
| Word of the Day | Wordmaster | Henry presented us with the Word “Evocation”, which is an adjective often used to describe a book reading. The word means to “bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind”.
He challenged us to use the Word 10 times. |
| Joke of the Day | Humourist | Rob got us laughing with a Joke Regarding a Man, his Ostrich and his wishes |
| Innovation Corner | Innovation Leader | Maria enlightened us by speaking about the state of Health Care in Canada. She included some very interesting facts and statistics with data from WHO, the physician profession and comparison of the Health Benefits/Insurance Coverage between different Provinces. |
| Speaking Session | ||
| Speech #1 | ||
| Introduce speech project/objectives | Evaluator #1 | NA |
| Introduce speaker | Toastmaster | NA |
| Speech/Presentation | Speaker #1 | NA |
| Silent evaluation | Club | NA |
| Table Topics (4 x 2 min) | Table Topics Master | Mario asked members to speak on various topics related to our theme “Read A Book”.
He prepared the Room well by bringing a small Library of interesting books that appealed to all.
There was enough time for 2 rounds of Table Topics.
Each Members were asked to speak about a Unique Table Topic ranging from :
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| Break | All | Delicious Treats were provided as usual. Thank u Grace |
| Evaluation Session | ||
| General Evaluator’s Introduces Eval. Team | General Evaluator | Maria introduced the Evaluation Team.
Maria and Team (Henry, Rob) gave an outstanding and detailed Report on each member. |
| Evaluate Speech #1 | Evaluator #1 | NA |
| Quiz Master | Quizmaster | Henry quizzed the Members. He thoroughly tested us in all areas. |
| Grammarian’s Report | Grammarian | Rob provided the Grammarian’s Report. He had excellent advice for all.
Henry used a lot of filler words during Table Topics. Rob reported that the use of the “Word Of The Day” was used 9 times (5 times by Grace). Therefore, we were 1 short of target. |
| Timer Report | Timer | Henry provided the Timer’s Report. He detailed and reported on individual timings for each Member. Overall, the meeting was run on Schedule. |
| General Evaluator’s Report | General Evaluator | Maria wrapped up with a General Evaluation. Her detailed evaluation and feedback were much appreciated. She had lots of compliments on where we did well. She also had lots of feedback on areas to improve. |
| Closing | Toastmaster | |
| Table Topics Winner | Table Topics Master | Mario presented the Table Topics Award to Maria. Her table topic presentation on the Future Of Books and Reading was well presented. |
| Guests comments | Guests | NA |
| Announcements | President | NA |
| Agenda for upcoming meetings | VP Education | Unfortunately, Raghavendra will no longer be able to join us.
The next executive mtg is planned for Lunch Time on Friday, Sept 21 |
| Announcements and recognition | VP Membership | Rob reminded us that Membership renewal is coming up. |
| Closing Thought | Closing Speaker | Henry concluded by speaking about the Theme and reminding us what a Book is. A book is not an email, tweet or website. In our spare time, we should put away the electronic devices and pick up a traditional Novel instead. |
| Meeting Adjourned |
