Club 7620 – Area 16 – DISTRICT 65 – Rochester, NY
Meeting Minutes March 6, 2008
Theme--“Jeopardy”
Attendance: Stephen W Bateman, Susan L. Cergol, Matthew Peter Chatfield, Cynthia M. Clauss, CL, Cynthia A Craner, Scott J. Ellsworth, CTM, Korey L Finstad, Juls E. Foos, ATMB, Jared L. Kronenberg, CC, CL, Michael G. Meynadasy, CTM, Gordon Penniston, DTM, James M Redmond, Kurt R. Uetz, ACS, Rosalind Michele Walker, Anne E Weis, John Wenderlich, Leanne Michele Whitbeck
Guests: Mike Carpenter, Carolina Correa, Jerry Lukomskiy
Start time: 12:00, by Rosalind Walker, Sergeant-at-Arms
Business meeting:
Jared Kronenberg, CC, CL, President, Presiding Officer
Juls Foos, ATMB, Treasurer—
Dues statements were emailed out to everyone ($33, made out to "Rochester High Noon Toastmasters" and covers April-September). If you didn't get your dues statement, please contact Juls. We need to have the dues paid before April 1 in order to be a club in good standing.
Cindy Clauss, CL, VP-Education—
Come to the area contest on Saturday, March 9, 9 am, Holiday Inn Airport. Support Scott Ellsworth (International) and Gordon Penniston (Evaluation). We need to fill other roles at the contest (counters, times, judges), so please contact Jared to help out.
Rosalind Walker, Toastmaster
Matt Chatfield—Grammarian
Steve Bateman—Ah Counter
Mike Meynadasy, CTM, Vote Counter
Leanne Whitbeck, Timer
Speaking portion:
Gordon V. Penniston, DTM, Title: “Rail as a Public Transit Option”, Advanced Communicator Manual, Communicating on Television, Speech #2, The Talk Show, 10 minutes, total time: 10.30
(Assisting Gordon in this project was Cindy Clauss, CL, Title: “Rail as a Public Transit Option”, Advanced Communicator Manual, Communicating on Television, Speech #3, When You're The Host, 10 minutes, total time: 10.30)
Cindy Craner, Title: “Eulogy for My Grandma, Anna Danese”, Competent Communicator Manual, Speech #4, How to Say It, 5-7 minutes, total time: 5.42
Korey Finstad, Table Topics Master
Cindy Craner, Word Watcher
Words of the day:
Precarious—Insecure; subject to misfortune or collapse
Temerity—Rashness; reckless disregard of danger or unpleasant consequences
Anne Weis was asked “Some teachers, some parents, and many crotchety old men believe that the youth of today are in jeopardy. They are disheartened by all of the news stories of drugs, teenage pregnancies, and violence. Do you hold such an opinion, or do you also see hope in our youth today and why?”; Spoke for 1.07, used "precarious"
Susan Cergol was asked “You find yourself in that mythical situation of jeopardy where you are stranded in the desert and have to choose between your map and compass, your old Led Zeppelin records, and your working cell phone with GPS. Who would you most like to have with you as you wait for about an hour to be rescued and why?”; Spoke 1.15, used both words
Scott Ellsworth, CTM, Chief Evaluator
John Wenderlich evaluated Gordon Penniston; Spoke 3.22
Kurt Uetz, ACS, evaluated Cindy Craner; Spoke 3.20
Matt Chatfield—Grammarian's report
Steve Bateman— Ah Counter's report
Mike Meynadasy announced the awards:
Best Speaker—Cindy Craner
Best Evaluator—Kurt Uetz
Best Table Topics—Susan Cergol
Guests were asked for their comments
Closing Remarks—Leanne Whitbeck
A reminder was again put out about the Area Contest
The next meeting was announced to be on Thursday, March 20, 2008
Meeting Adjourned at 1.04, by Jared Kronenberg, CC, CL, President, Presiding Officer
Recorded and submitted by Gordon Penniston, DTM, Club Secretary
3/6/08
