Second Chance

Good Morning Toastmasters,

A fun evening for those who attended this “second chance” 

themed meeting.  Our Toastmaster Migo, handled the reins 

and although it was his first time as TM, he did a very 

commendable job.  Brian gave us a very useful tip in his 

first ever invocation.   Not sure who the joke master was, 

but I think he needs some new “Tarzan” material.

Our table topics, always a success, especially with Lucille 

as our honorable Topic Master, gave us all a lot to think 

about when it comes to forgiveness and a second chance. 

\George, our newest member took honors as best Topic 

Speaker……congratulations George.

Thanks to Daniella, we had a variety of tasty refreshments 

at break time.

Our second half speakers were, Michael “house boating” 

and Garvin “ways to be successful”.  Both speakers were 

able to present their ideas clearly and helped the audience 

to consider their ideas in a new and interesting way.

Great to see Joan, Ernestina, and Florence.

Make it a good one.

Oops…. Forgot to mention our Topic Evaluator Alex, 

who was so thorough in his recap of each speaker. This 

was Alex’s first time as topic evaluator and he was excellent.  

Also, thanks to Florence for filling in as our General Evaluator.

I think that’s it.

On-line Shopping

Hello Fellow Toastmasters,

Quite an educational night, last night, with 2 speeches 

that were both entertaining and educational.  First up,

 Brian who taught us how to “not talk to toddlers”.  

Seems like Brian has learned a lot in the past 2 years, 

since his son was born…..good luck this week, with 

your new strategy Brian.  Next was James who taught 

us what it means to use body language in our 

speeches….. an exceptional speech which completes 

his advanced manual.  Great job James.

Our break was courtesy Sindy and Lucille.  All homemade 

goodies    yummmmm!

The theme for the evening was “on line shopping” 

and our dear Garvin volunteered to take up the honors 

as Topic Master.  He did a great job asking questions in 

his familiar charismatic style.  Seemed like everyone had 

so much to talk about, as Daniella mentioned in her evaluation.  

Daniella gave us all solid information on what worked and what 

we need to do to step it up a notch.  All in all, a fun evening…..

and we all became a little better at our craft. 

A Great Week.

Key Words

Good June Morning Fellow Toastmasters,

After a two week break it didn’t take long for members 
to hit their stride.  Yes we had some absentees, but with 
the 15 members present, we were able to fill all positions 
and have a fun and valuable meeting.  Although “Key 
Words” was our theme, we altered that a little with,  
“your key ahah moment” for joining toastmasters.  It was 
so enjoyable to hear everyone’s story.  Stories varied from 
speaking up in the workplace to speaking in a public forum.  
Charles had us rolling in the aisles with his version of the 
Charles “shuffle”.  Sindy did an exceptional job as our TT 
evaluator.

The second half belonged to Daniella and Brian.  Not only 
did Daniella provide all the wonderful refreshments, but she 
also gave a very professional evaluation of Brian’s 
imaginatively creative 3^rd manual speech. 

Would like to thank Juju, who is on vacation this month, 
for creating and providing us with our agenda, and also to 
let Joan know that we really miss her and hope she is feeling 
better soon.

Make it a Great Week, Toastmasters.