Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Congratulations!

CONGRATULATIONS TO RANDALL MERRIOTT (TALL TALE CONTEST WINNER) AND RUSS PETIT (EVALUATION CONTEST WINNER) !!

If you can make it, please come out and support Randall and Russ on Saturday, October 4, 2008 at the Area 61 Speech Contests to be held at the LP&L Operational Unit on 404 Municipal Drive at 9:30am. This building is right across from MacKenzie Park. Link for the map.

The contests should last about 2 hours. Plus, it will give you a chance to hear, meet, and greet other Toastmasters from around Lubbock. It should be a lot of fun…

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Tall Tale and Evaluation Contest

Siva and Pelin are chairing the Fall 2008 Tall Tale and Evaluation Contest. The club level contest will be on September 23rd, 2008 during club meeting. There is no specific eligibility concern for this contest. As long as you are a paid member in a club with good standing, you are eligible to participate.

Tall Tale is a three to five minute speech on something outlandish and funny. Evaluation is two to three minute, evaluating a target speaker. Winner from our club will proceed to Area level contest, which will be on October 4th, 2008, 9.30 a.m. in LP&L Operation Center in Lubbock.

All members are encouraged to participate. Please inform Siva or Pelin as soon as you have decided. Guests are welcome to attend the contest as well.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Area 61 Governer Visit

Our Area 61 Governer, Ms. Lacy Stone visited our club this morning. She presented a speech on our club new alliance and a hands-on exercise to help club members remember where we are in our new Division. Once our President got the feedback on the performance, it will be posted here.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Officer Meeting Report

The officers of Club 884 had an officer meeting on September 8th, 6pm at J&B Coffee House. 83.33% of the officers attended the meeting. Following is a summary of the decisions made during meeting:

1. Encourage all members to purchase and wear nametag during the meeting.
2. Create a guest package for our guests.
3. Revive the mentor-mentee program for new members. Assign a mentor for all new members.
4. Encourage all members to review the details/duties of each meeting roles as stated in the CC manual and actively perform all the duties noted in the manual.
5. Club 884 official meeting time is 6.30 a.m. to 7.45 a.m. Toastmaster is responsible to ensure that each meeting ends on time.
6. The first Tuesday of each month is designated as the "Club Improvement Day". The Toastmaster for that meeting is responsible to conduct a manual from Successful Club/Better Speaker/Leadership Excellence series as the theme for the day. Any member who is interested in presenting and obtaining credit for ALB and ACS, please contact the VPE to get scheduled. If no volunteer, the VPE will assign members that are qualify to conduct such series.
7. Members that are working on advanced manual should contact VPE if the speech project requires more than 15 minutes presentation time.
8. Purchase Successful Club Series for club members' use. The Successful Club Series will remain in the club cabinet. Members can check out the material from the Sargeant at Arms.
9. Purchase a computer projector for club use. Members that wish to use the projector should contact the Sargeant at Arms before hand to have the projector set up before the meeting. Also, members will need to bring his/her own notebook computer for that purpose.
10. Members are highly encouraged to organize social events for the club.