Toastmaster's Roadmap: Why are you a toastmaster (Frank)?

Everyone could use some public speaking practice. Join us @ 6:30AM every Tuesday in the 2nd floor Executive Classroom at the McInturf Conference Center on the UMC campus.

Welcome Aboard!

A very hearty welcome to our newest member Srinivasan Krishnan

Hope you find your Lubbock Toastmasters 884 experience as enjoyably helpful as many have over the past 60 years.

You can begin work on your Competent Leadership manual alongside Competent Communication.

Welcome!

Toastmasters Leadership Institute

TLI for July-December 2011:

Date: July 16, 2011, Saturday
Time: 9.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon
Venue: LP&L Operations Center (404 Municipal Dr.)

Makeup Session
Date: July 19, 2011, Tuesday
Time: 6.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m.
Venue: Home Plate Diner (76th & University)

Lets over achieve and have all seven officers attending the TLI.

Venue Change for Tuesday, June 21 2011

ASEM-TTU has invited us as guests to demonstrate public speaking and constructive critique to its members.

As a result, our meeting on Tuesday June 21, will be held in Room 208 at the Industrial Engineering Building on the Texas Tech Campus.

Please let us know if you require directions.

Normal meetings (at the McInturff Conference Center) will resume on June 28.

June 21, 2011

Meeting Time: 0630 hrs

Venue: Room 208, Industrial Engineering Building

See you on Tuesday!

Reaching Higher. Growing Stronger!

Club 884 is on track for distinction in a number of areas following an outstanding year of new memberships, member progress, and regular meetings (weather, deadlines, and holidays notwithstanding).

As always, we look forward to welcoming you as our guest at out next meeting on Tuesdays at 0630hrs in the 2nd floor conference room of the McInturf Conference Building on the UMC campus.

Questions? Please send us an email: lubbocktm884@gmail.com

Going Strong

We will hold regular meetings through the summer months. Please let the VP of Membership know if you plan to be away for all, or part, of the summer months.

Club 884 is always open to new members, so come on over bright and early some Tuesday morning!

884 is Growing!

We would like to extend A very warm welcome to our newest member: Katie Salter.

We are pleased to have you at club 884 and trust you will enjoy your toastmasters experience.

Welcome!

Speech Contest!

There will be a Toastmasters speech contest at the Mahon Library (next to the Lubbock Civic Center) at 10AM on Saturday, March 26.

Come on out and support your fellow toastmasters!

What: Speech Contest

Where: Mahon Library 1306 9th Street Lubbock, TX

When: 10 AM on Saturday, March 26

Where's 884?

In response to a frequently asked question:

Our meetings are held in the 2nd Executive Room on the 2nd floor of the McInturff Conference Center at the Texas Tech University Medical Center.

We start our meetings at 6:30 AM (Yup, bright and early) each Tuesday and can't wait to see you there!

You can find more information, including a detailed map, on the right hand column of this blog.

Back on Track!

After our highly improbable brush with winter in northern Texas, we are back from our week long hiatus and will be meeting, as scheduled, at 6:30AM (prompt) on Tuesday mornings.

We look forward to catching up with old friends and welcoming new ones!
Here's hoping it stays (relatively) warm.

VP Membership

Club 884 would like to congratulate our Vice President for Membership, Sri Rangan Addepalli, on his new position at the University of Arkansas.

Due to Addepalli's departure, Himlona Palikhe has been elected as our new VP Membership.

Congratulations to Addepalli and Himlona.

Becoming Experts!

As promised earlier this week, here are the details for the officers' training session:

Date: Saturday, January 22, 2011

Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon

Venue: LP&L Operations Center, 404 Municipal Drive, Lubbock TX

Want more information? Visit http://www.district23.org/?page_id=146

A make-up session will be held in February, but it will most likely be in Amarillo! Plan to attend on January 22.

See you on Tuesday!

New Beginnings

It is the start of a new year and we are glad to have had our first meeting under the newly elected officers.

As discussed during the meeting, there will be a training session from 9 AM to 12 noon on Saturday, January 22, 2011 (tentatively). All officers are asked to kindly plan to attend - details about the location and driving directions will follow shortly.

Our club continues to grow and we are excited to welcome new members or visitors to our weekly meetings. We will be glad to respond to your questions by email (lubbocktm884@gmail.com).

Here's to a Happy 2011!

Officer List for Jan ~ June 2011

We had our officer election and these are our new officer for Jan to June 2011:

President: Gana
VP Education: En Yee
VP Membership: Ady
VP Public Relations: Chin
Secretary: Donna
Treasurer: Bob
Sgt at Arms: Ean

Officer Election for Jan - June 2011

We will have an election for officers within the next two weeks. Any members who are interested in serving as an officer, please email Randall with your desired position. Positions that are vacant by the end of December 2010 are:

President
VP Education
VP Membership
VP Public Relations
Secretary
Sgt at Arms

A note to new members:
This is a great opportunity for new members to get involved in TM activities other than regular meeting. Commitment from being a club officer is not big, probably a few executive meeting throughout the six months term, and roles associated with the different positions. Plus, by serving as an officer for six month, you will get the credit needed to get your ALB.

Area Governor's Visit

Our Area Governor, David Liao, visited our club, for the second time, this morning. He gave a very interesting speech on how to recruit new members to Toastmasters: get the brand name out, be persistent and be enthusiastic. We thank our Area Governor for the timely information, as we are trying to expand our club membership.

CLUB BUSINESS

> Welcome to our newest Members: Cheng Cheng Fan and Himlona Palikhe. Ladies you have taken the first step towards improving your Communication and Leadership skills. Siva and Ean will be your mentors, respectively. They are here to Help you!
> Crossroads to Excellence: Toastmasters International District 23 Spring Conference, 24 - 26th April, 2009, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Please check out the website for events: http://www.district23.org/
> Our upcoming meeting (4/21/09), will be a GRAB BAG MEETING. All meeting roles are drawn from slips of paper at the beginning of the meeting.

After Holiday Potluck/White Elephant Gift Party

Annual Club 884 after Christmas Pot Luck/ Elephant gift Party will be:
Saturday, January 31st, 2009 at the Barnhill's House, 7pm.
Significant others and guests are welcomed!

Happy Chinese New Year!

It is Chinese New Year! Happy Chinese New Year!
Please refer to the website below for the information about Chinese New Year.
http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/festival_c/index_e.htm

Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI) - Officer Training

Date: JANUARY 24, 2009
Time: 10:00 AM TO 4:30 PM
Location: WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
VAN HOWELLING EDUCATION CENTER
8TH & QUINCY
PLAINVIEW, TEXAS
Reasons to attend the TLI:
-experience a bigger training program with more options than any in recent history
-learn about developing leadership skills, mentoring and much more
-fulfill your clubs goal of having at least 4 officers trained
-learn to be the best club officer you can be
-skills learned will benefit you outside of Toastmasters as well as in your clubs
-help introduce Toastmasters to the Plainview community
-meet Toastmasters from Amarillo, Lubbock and beyond
-meet District 23 leadership
-meet International Director, Tim Swearingen
-HAVE FUN!