Members, we are still submitting renewal dues for the period April-October.  Also, for the month of April, NEW members are not required to pay local dues.  Tell your friends and family members.  This is a good time to join the Young Street Yappers Toastmasters Club.   NOTE:  Thursday, May 19, 12 noon-1:00 PM, Room 1113Yappers have been asked to demonstrate Table Topics as a part of Women’s Health Month activities.  Mark your calendars and plan to participate.  Let me know if you would like to present a 5-7 minute speech on impromptu speaking and get credit for a manual speech.

Meeting theme was “Abraham Lincoln’s Perseverance” and the word of the day was Perseverance. With his humble beginnings, President Lincoln is an example and a model of incredible perseverance against all odds.

Present: Evelyn J. Glass, Connie Jones, Manh Vo, Larry McDowell, Jerry Carter, Cindy Adams, Elma Goodwin, Charna Pettaway, and Cecilia Velastegui

Toastmaster: Cecilia Velastegui

Table Topics Master: Connie Jones

Timer: Evelyn J. Glass

Grammarian & Ah Counter: Larry McDowell

Evaluator of the speech: None

General Evaluator: Manh Vo

We did not have a speaker for today – we encouraged each other to collaborate in accomplishing the speaking commitments for the following sessions.

Connie Jones was terrific as our Table Topics Master for today by keeping the theme alive. She continued with the theme of “perseverance” by introducing topics that considered ideas that we have thought about in our lives. Larry spoke on the topic “What if I had a million dollars…” Evelyn spoke on the topic of “as soon as I…” Manh addressed the issue of “the reason for not persevering…if only I had time for” and Charna was awarded the Best Table Topics for her speech relating to an accomplishment that she is proud of “focus on the present”. 

We had two new Toastmaster guests: Cindy and Jerry. We welcomed Cindy as our new member to Young Street Yappers. We were pleased to have Jerry join us today and encourage him to return. 

Charna has assigned roles for the month of April.  On April 13, 2010, Tonya Williams-Hardin is schedule to be out Toastmaster.

  

		April 13	April 20	April 27
Toastmaster		Tonya Williams-Hardin	Lee Alviar	Evelyn Glass
Grammarian/Ah Counter		Jackie Brown	Tonya Williams-Hardin	Manh Vo
Timer		Connie Jones	Cecilia Velastegui	Tonya Williams-Hardin
Speech #1		Larry McDowell	Jackie Brown-Ice Breaker	Connie Jones
Speech #2				Frankie Reed
Speech #3
Speech Evaluator #1		Shannon Hills	Evelyn Glass	Cecilia Velastegui
Speech Evaluator #2
Speech Evaluator #3
Table Topics Master		Evelyn Glass	Larry McDowell	Jackie Brown
General Evaluator		Lee Alviar	Shannon Hills	Larry McDowell
Not able to attend		Connie Jones, Charna Pettaway, Frankie Reed	Connie Jones, Charna Pettaway	Charna Pettaway

 Announcements:

MAY 14-15, 2010District 25 Spring Conference Dallas/Fort Worth Marriott Solana 5 Village Circle Westlake, Texas 76262

Thanks to all of you for making this a terrific meeting and look forward to our next challenge.

Cecilia Velastegui

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