Hello All,
We had a great meeting this week with five people in attendance; Manh Vo, Shannon Hills,
Leza Mesiah, Frankie Reed and Charna Pettaway. The theme of the meeting was “Today’s Vision: Tomorrow’s
Reality”.
Charna was the Toastmaster for the evening and the word of the day
was churrigueresque (choor-ee-guh-RESK) adjective: Baroque; lavish; over-the-top.
Frankie gave her “Ice
Breaker” speech and she did a fantastic job. We all learned so much about Frankie’s travels, her career
and her dreams for life as a retired Fed. Congratulations Frankie! Manh was the “Table Topics Master” and
she really gave the meeting a spark with her table topics exercise. Manh started the table topics discussion with a
2009 highlight in her life. She then had each member of the group pull a coin from her hand and we all spoke about what
happened in our life in the year that was on the coin.
Manh Vo served as the Timer/Vote Counter.
Frankie
Reed served as the Grammarian/Ah Counter.
Leza “Margarita” Mesiah served as the General Evaluator.
Shannon Hills evaluated Frankie’s
speech.
Shannon won the award for best “Table Topics”.
Announcements:
D25 Awards Banquet is August 22nd at TCU – Shannon is serving as the Publicity Chair and Charna is
serving as the Volunteer Chair. Several YSYs have achieved educational goals and should make every effort to attend the banquet
to receive their award. Charna is also looking for folks to participate on the Volunteer Committee.
It’s time to elect officers for the next term and we’re looking for someone to serve as the VP of Membership.
Toastmaster Leadership Institutes (TLIs) are beginning soon, and members need to register on
the d25toastmasters.org website for these training sessions. All members, not just officers, are encouraged to attend. There
are sessions being offered other than officer training. Here are the dates:
Sat., June 13 Regular TLI TCU
Fri., July 10 TLI Lite
(Officer training only) Texas Wesleyan
Sat.,
July 11 Regular TLI Texas Wesleyan
Sat., Aug. 1 Regular TLI
UNT, Denton
The next meeting is June 16th and
the following roles have been assigned:
- Toastmaster
Manh Vo
- Speakers
Shannon Hills (Does anyone
else have a prepared speech?)
- Table Topics
- General Evaluator Please contact Manh at ManhVO@mhd.com and let her know your availability for next week.
If you’re looking for ways to unwind, de-stress, or just take
a load off of your mind, join us for Happy Hour every Tuesday at 5:30 in the 2nd floor SSA break room. The
party is BYOB (bring your own bottle of water).
See you next week!
Charna
