Plano Frontier Toastmasters Club
Events

District 50, Frontier Division, Area 23, Club No. 4721

Meeting Time
Every Monday, 6:15 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Location
VFW
Veterans of Foreign Wars
3420 Ave. K
Suite 122
Plano, TX 75074

Schedule

Date	Activity
Jan 05, 2009	Regular Meeting
Jan 12, 2009	Regular Meeting
Jan 19, 2009	Regular Meeting
Jan 26, 2009	Regular Meeting
Feb 02, 2009	Regular Meeting - Gladys Harringon Library
Feb 09, 2009	Regular Meeting - Spring Creek Campus of Collin College, room BB118
Feb 10, 2009	Judges at AE Speech Contest at Boeing
Feb 12, 2009	Judges at AE Speech Contest at Rockwell/Collins
Feb 16, 2009	Regular Meeting - Spring Creek Campus of Collin College, room BB118
Feb 20, 2009	Area 25 Speech Contest
Feb 23, 2009	Regular Meeting - Spring Creek Campus of Collin College, room BB118
Mar 02 2009	Regular Meeting - Gladys Harringon Library
Mar 09, 2009	Regular Meeting
Mar 16, 2009	Regular Meeting
Mar 23, 2009	Regular Meeting
Mar 30, 2009	Regular Meeting
Apr 6, 2009	Regular Meeting
Apr 13, 2009	Regular Meeting
Apr 20, 2009	Regular Meeting
Apr 27, 2009	Regular Meeting
May 4, 2009	Regular Meeting
May 11, 2009	Regular Meeting
May 18, 2009	Regular Meeting
May 25, 2009	No Meeting - Holiday
June 1, 2009	Regular Meeting
June 8, 2009	Regular Meeting
June 15, 2009	Regular Meeting
June 22, 2009	Canceled
June 29, 2009	Regular Meeting
July 6, 2009	No Meeting - Holiday Weekend
July 13, 2009	Regular Meeting - Explore the Atmosphere
July 20, 2009	Regular Meeting
July 27, 2009	Regular Meeting
Aug 3, 2009	Regular Meeting
Aug 10, 2009	Regular Meeting
Aug 17, 2009	Regular Meeting
Aug 24, 2009	Regular Meeting
Aug 31, 2009	Regular Meeting
Sep 7, 2009	Regular Meeting
Sep 14, 2009	Regular Meeting
Sep 21, 2009	Regular Meeting
Sep 28, 2009	Regular Meeting
Oct 5, 2009	Regular Meeting
Oct 12, 2009	Regular Meeting
Oct 19, 2009	Regular Meeting
Oct 26, 2009	Regular Meeting
Nov 2, 2009	Regular Meeting
Nov 09, 2009	Regular Meeting
Nov 16, 2009	Regular Meeting
Nov 23 2009	No meeting. Happy Thanksgiving.
Nov 30, 2009	Regular Meeting
Dec 7, 2009	Regular Meeting
Dec 14, 2009	Christmas dinner and induction of new officers.
Dec 21, 2009	No meeting. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Dec 28, 2009	No meeting. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Sample Agenda

Time	Activity
6:15 pm	Call to Order Invocation and Pledge Introduction of Presiding Officer Welcome Guests Joke of the Day Business Meeting Unfinished Business New Business
6:20 pm	Toastmaster of the Evening Timer/Invocator Grammarian Ah Counter Vote Counter Listener
6:30 pm	Formal Speeches Objective of Speech Speaker #1 Objective of Speech Speaker #2 Report from timer Vote Introduction of Table Topics Master
6:40 pm	Table Topics Report from Timer Report from Grammarian Vote for Best Table Topics Introduction of General Evaluator
6:50 pm	General Evaluation Evaluation of Speech #1 Evaluation of Speech #2 Report from Grammarian Report from Ah Counter Report from Listener General Evaluation on Meeting Return Control to Presiding Officer
7:00 pm	Presiding Officer Ballot for Big Three Review Next Week's Agenda Presentation of Awards Announcements Comments from Guests
7:10 pm	Adjourn

Meeting Roles

Toastmaster - The main duty of the Toastmaster is to act as a genial host and conduct the day's program, including introducing the participants. The Toastmaster creates an atmosphere of interest, expectation, and receptivity.

Speaker - A major portion of each Toastmasters meeting is centered on one or more speakers who have prepared their speeches based on manual project objectives. These speeches last from 4-6 minutes for the Icebreaker; 5-7 minutes for most projects in the basic Communication and Leadership Program manual; and different times for projects in various Advanced Communication and Leadership Program manuals.

Table Topics Master - The purpose of Table Topics is to have members practice "thinking and speaking on their feet" by responding extemporaneously for a minute or two on a topic chosen by the Topics Master. The Topics Master typically calls on club members who do not have an assigned role in the meeting

General Evaluator - The General Evaluator evaluates anything and everything that takes place throughout the meeting, but especially the Evaluators. The General Evaluator is responsible for the Ah Counter, Grammarian, and Timer.

Timer - One of the lessons to be practiced in speech training is that of expressing a thought within a specific time. The Timer is responsible for keeping track of the time for each segment and participant in the meeting. The Timer signals the participant with a green light when qualifying time has been reached; then at the mid-point with a yellow light; and a red light will signal when 30 seconds remain. After 30 seconds the participant is disqualified. The Toastmaster or General Evaluator will call on the Timer to report.

Evaluator - After every prepared speech, the speaker receives an evaluation. The speaker's Evaluator provides an oral and a written evaluation using the guide for that project in the manual. The purpose of the evaluation is to help the speaker become less self-conscious and a better communicator. Ideally, the Evaluator should take in to account the speaker's skill level, habits, mannerisms and progress to date, to give positive and constructive feedback.

Ah Counter - The "ah counter" notes the use of words and sounds used as a "crutch" or "pause filler" by anyone who speaks during the meeting. Words may be inappropriate interjections such as "and, well, but, so, you know;" and sounds may be "ah, uh, um, er," or other non-words used by the speaker.

Grammarian - The Grammarian has two basic responsibilities: First, to introduce new words to members by presenting a "Word of the Day"-a word that meeting participants can incorporate in their everyday conversations but is different from the way they usually express themselves; and second, to comment on the proper use of language during the course of the meeting.