Changing to Tuesday 12-12:45pm meeting time beginning Sept 15, 2009.
Young
Street Yappers Business Meeting
August 4, 2009
Officers present: Shannon
Hills, President
Leza Mesiah, VP Public Relations
Frankie Reed, Sergeant of Arms
Evelyn Glass,
Treasurer
The meeting
was held from 5:50- 6:30pm, following Table Topics during the August 4, 2009 meeting.
The following agenda items were discussed.
Officer Training
Make-up
officer training will be held on Monday, August 17 at 6:30pm at Crystal’s Pizza on Airport Freeway (930 W Airport Fwy
Irving, 75062). For more information contact Christine Hutchens at christinehutchens@d25toastmasters.org. We NEED all 7 officers to PLEASE attend
this training.
Let Shannon by August 11 if you can NOT attend. Move
to Noon-time Beginning September 15, YSY will officially move our meeting to Tuesday from 12:00-12:45pm.
We will meet in the Atrium on the 1st floor. For members traveling into downtown, parking
meters are available around the perimeter of the building on Young, Wood, and Field. Also, Shannon will
speak with representatives in the building about the possibility of allowing YSY members to park in the garage.
Feel
free to bring your lunch!
Open House YSY
will host an Open House on Tuesday, September 1 to promote our move to lunch-time. We will host a mini-meeting
(30 minutes), and then allow 30 minutes for refreshments, questions, and new member registration. Several
committee assignments have been developed to organize the event.
Shannon
·
Speak with HHS and SSA leadership about sending an email to employees promoting Toastmasters
· Speak with DOL and other federal
agencies to promote Toastmasters
·
Write language for promotional email
·
Speak with Eugene Thomas about the possibility of visitors and YSY members not in the building
being able to park in the garage
Evelyn
·
Assemble new member packets for distribution (25 packets)
Frankie
· Purchase
refreshments – bottled water and 100 calorie snack pack chips and cookies
Young Street YappersBusiness
Meeting – August 4, 2009
Leza
· Update website to reflect time
change
· Develop promotional
flyer/postcard
· Update website to
reflect available parking
Charna
·
Develop promotional flyer for distribution through email and posting on bulletin board
Other officers/members are encouraged to participate in one of the above committees or in a role not
listed above. Let Shannon know if there’s something you’d
like to do to make this event a success! Meeting
Roles for Open House The following meeting roles are needed for the Open
House. I have taken the liberty of adding names. Let me know if you are comfortable serving with
your role.
1. Toastmaster – Lee Alviar
2.
Speaker - Evelyn Glass (5-7 minute speech)
3.
Table Topics Master – Xrevette Dabney
4. Table Topics participants (3)
– Charna Pettaway, Frankie Reed, Tom Thomas
5. Speech Evaluator – Leza
Mesiah
6.
General Evaluator – Shannon Hills
Room
Set-up On the day of the Open House, All YSY members (in the building) should
plan to arrive at 11:30am for room set-up.
Open
House Practice session We will meet on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 12:00pm to practice
- to make sure each of us is comfortable with our role. This will also allow us to time the meeting segment
to ensure we will finish within 30 minutes.
Club Contest The fall
contest season is upon us for Evaluation and Humorous speech. Our club
contest will be on SEPTEMBER 15. What a great way to kick off noon-time meetings. PLEASE,
PLEASE, PLEASE consider participating. You can participate in one or both contests. Let VP of Education,
Charna Pettaway, know of your intent by September 1.
Area
Contest Our Area contest is scheduled for Saturday, September 19, location TBD. Contestant Briefing begins
at 1PM and the contest begins promptly at 2pm. Volunteers and cheerleaders are ALWAYS needed, so please plan to attend to
cheer on YSY contestants and to support Area 26.
Dues We will collect dues at the September 1 and 15 meetings. PLEASE bring your check or cash for $26
(renewing members). Dues are for the October –March period.
