Good morning to all:As you will see from the May 4, 2010 agenda, we improvised to make this meeting possible. Cindy, Larry, Jerry and Cecilia were Toastmaster for the day, and we agreed to do Table Topics. We pulled out Manh’s paper bag of quotations, which made us all think on our feet. It was great practice for public speaking.Larry, many thanks in setting the room and making it possible for us to hold the meeting. We are excited to have an Icebreaker scheduled for next week, and I continue to practice my speech on “Hitting the Brick Wall”. Have a wonderful week and hope to see you next week.Cecilia

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

214-767-3919

Very nice meeting everyone!!Today’s theme was “What Would YOUR Gold Medal Be in” and the word of the day was Languor. Present: Manh Vo, Shannon Hills, Cecilia Velastingui, Charna Pettaway, Frankie Reen, Connie Jones, Don Coppinger, & Larry McDowellToastmaster: Manh Timer: ConnieGrammarian: FrankieEvaluator of the speech: Shannon General Evaluator: CelecilaLarry was our speaker for the day – sharing his speech titled “Living Together Before Marriage: Does it Help or Hurt?”  Thanks for a great speech and sharing your expertise Larry. Manh was very greedy with the roles today J and so was Table Topics Master.  Our topic was advice columns and we got to hear advice from Charna, Don, Frankie, & Connie.  Charna won the Best Table Topics Award.  March 16^th meeting needs the following roles filled: Timer, Ah Counter, General Evaluator, Evaluator, more speakers, & Table Topics.  Cecelia will be Toastmaster & Shannon will Speak.Announcements:DUES ARE DUE J.  Please give your $35 to either Charna or Evelyn.There is an Area 26 Contest March 29^th in Irving.  Let Charna know if you can help with anything (bringing food, lending some time, etc) Thanks,

Hello,We had a great meeting today.  Our Area Governor, Charles Carrington attended today’s meeting.  Charles shared information about our district - D25 Toastmasters as well as the Toastmaster’s International promise.  Please go to www.D25Toastmasters.org for additional information.  Charles also held a drawing for a Subway gift card.  Don Coppinger was the lucky winner.  David Watkins was the guest speaker today.  David shared two Tall Tales speeches and held a Q&A session.  Thanks Charles and David.Several potential new Toastmaster’s were in attendance; Evette Guthrie, Lana Ford, Don Coppinger all with SSA, Elaine Patterson with CMS and Cindy Adams with HRSA.  We hope you enjoyed the meeting and we look forward to you coming back. 
--Charna Pettiway, CC, VP Educ &Training 

Dues are Due!  Start collecting your semi-annual club dues now.  Clubs can start paying online Friday March 5 with a minimum of six.  Clubs that pay their dues by March 31 will receive the Early Bird Ribbon for their club banner. Nominate Outstanding Club Officers for their hard work during the July 1, 2009-December 31, 2009 term.  Deadline for the District Awards is April 24, 2010.  Nominate here: www.d25toastmasters.org/awards Help with Membership is here…. We will offer a Marketing Workshop on Saturday March 13, 2010 at 1:00pm.  Clubs that want to learn valuable information on gaining and retaining membership in the club and leave equipped for success should come.  This event is free to all members and lunch will be provided for those that RSVP here: www.d25toastmasters.org/marketing/workshop.html 2010-2011 Club Alignment is now available on the web.  Please take a moment to review the first version of the proposed alignment.  We want to hear from you!  Provide us with feedback online and ensure your voice is heard.  More information can be found here: www.d25toastmasters.org/alignment District Open House will be hosted on Saturday March 13, 2010 at Noon.  Those interested in finding out more about leadership opportunities with the district for the 2010-2011 year should plan on attending.  Lunch will be provided for those that RSVP here: www.d25toastmasters.org/leadership News You Can Use… If you haven’t had a chance to read the February Newsletter, it is available online now! www.d25toastmasters.org/newsletter

Subject: Toastmasters: Feb 9 Meeting recap

Hello YSYs, The Club met today to confirm officers for the January-June 2010 term:President                  Shannon HillsVP Education           Charna PettawayVP Membership     Cecilia VelastequiVP Pub Relations    Elma GoodwinSecretrary                Manh VoAsst. Secy.                Larry McDowellTreasurer                 Evelyn GlassSerg@Arms             Frankie Reed Officers, please check the D25Toastmasters website for scheduled Leadership Institutes for officer training.  Jan. 15 and 16 at Texas Wesleyan University in Ft. Worth and Jan. 22 at Allstate Insurance in Irving.  All officers are expected to complete the respective training. We need members to fill roles for next week’s meeting and through the end of the year.   Please let Charna know your availability for next week ASAP.   She needs to know if you are available to attend the meeting, if you have a prepared speech and which other role you want to fill.  January 19^th meeting:Toastmaster – Need a volunteerTable Topics Master – Need a volunteerTimer – Need a volunteerGrammarian/Ah Counter – Need a volunteerSpeech 1 –  Speech 2 – Need speakersSpeech 3 – Evaluator for Speech 1 – Evaluator for Speech 2 – Need evaluatorsEvaluator for Speech 3 – General Evaluator – Need a volunteerTable Topics – Need a VolunteerSincerely,EvelynTreasurer

Hello YSYs,We had a wonderful meeting yesterday.  The meeting theme was “Innovate, Integrate, Motivate” and the word of the day was “Procrastinate”.The following members attended the meeting; Frankie Reed,  Tonya Hardin, Connie Jones, Evelyn Glass and Charna PettawayWe had three visitors; Shaniqua Neal, Shaketha Jeffery and Courtney Linvel.  Shaniqua served as our Grammarian and Shaketha responded to Table Topics.  We gave Courtney a break this time but he might not be so lucky at the next meeting.We had one speaker, Cecilia Velastegui.  This was Cecilia’s second speech and she told a hilarious story about “Teaching her 8 year old the concept of freedom”.  Evelyn Glass served as the Evaluator for Cecilia’s speech.  Cecilia also served as the General Evaluator.Frankie Reed served as the Table Topics Master, Connie Jones served as the Timer/Vote Counter, Tonya Hardin served as the Ah Counter and I served as the Toastmaster.Reminder: There will not be a meeting next week, November 24^th.  December 1^st meeting:Toastmaster – Evelyn GlassTimer – Need a volunteerGrammarian/Ah Counter – Need a volunteerSpeech 1 – Tonya Hardin – Ice BreakerSpeech 2 – Pat Evans – 2^nd Speech in CC ManualSpeech 3 – Connie Jones – 2^nd Speech in CC ManualEvaluator for Speech 1 – Elma GoodwinEvaluator for Speech 2 – Need a volunteerEvaluator for Speech 3 – Need a volunteerGeneral Evaluator – Need a volunteerTable Topics – Need a VolunteerSee you on December 1^st.CharnaVP Education

We had a great meeting this week with nine people in attendance including one visitor, Shaniqua Neal.  The theme of the meeting was “Holiday’s” and I shared some of the anxiety I have with my family during the holidays.  We also  paused for a moment of silence for the victims of the Ft Hood tragedy.Attendees included: Rebecca Sarmiento, Shaniqua Neal, Pat Evans, Brian Hart Evelyn Glass, Frankie Reed, Lee Alviar, Cecelia Velastegui and Charna Pettaway.Charna was the Toastmaster for the evening and the word of the day was fungible.  Freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation.    We had three prepared speeches (yeah) so we did not haveTable Topics questions.  The three presenters and their speech titles were:·        Patricia Evans – Me and my Exercise.  This was Patricia’s Ice Breaker and she told an encouraging story about how exercise has positively impacted her father’s life and how good exercise makes her feel.·        Frankie Reed – A Dog Named Squeak.  Frankie gave a passionate speech about the history of rat terriers and how Squeak came into her life.  ·        Rebecca Sarmineto – Past, Present and Future.  Rebecca’s speech about her life was so eloquently present.  She also won the Best Speaker contextBrian Hart served as the Timer/Vote Counter.Cecelia Velastegui served as the Grammarian/Ah Counter.Evelyn Glass served as the General Evaluator.Evelyn Glass, Lee Alviar and Charna Pettaway evaluated the three speeches.Lee Alviar is the Toastmaster for next week’s meeting.  I am attaching the spreadsheet to sign up for the various roles and speeches through the end of the year.  Please do your part and sign up to serve at the meetings.The November 24^th meeting which is the week of Thanksgiving is cancelled. 

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 noon in the first floor auditorium.  The party is BYOB (bring your own bottle of water).See you next week! 

Charna

From: Pettaway, Charna R. (CMS/CFMFO)
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 4:39 PM

Hello Yappers. Yesterday’s meeting was a blast. The theme was State Fair of Texas and the word of the day was baroque. We had 12 participants, including four, yes count it F-O-U-R new members! Whoo Hoo! Yesterday’s meeting was full. We had one prepared speaker, me, and three Table Topics participants. The title of my speech was "You could have heard my contact lens drop". I spoke about my experience to adopt a baby. No baby yet, trust, you’ll know… (smile)

Elma Goodwin led Table Topics. She did a fantastic job asking participants question about the state fair. Pat, Manh and Jacque participated. Jacque was crowned best Table Topics. Congratulations Jacque!!

I’m so excited about our switch to lunch-time I can hardly contain myself. It’s soo good to have new faces and new energy in the club! So, here’s our new member recap:

Jacque Crayton, Administration for Children and Families

Elma Goodwin, Administration for Children and Families

Cecilia Velastegui, Office for Civil Rights

Connie Jones, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

Tonya Williams-Hardin, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

Pat Evans, Department of Labor

Rebecca Sarmiento, Department of Labor

Brian Hart, Department of Labor

Thanks to all of you returning members for your support! Special thanks to Manh for attending 2 weeks in a row!! She has to come from Methodist Hospital to be part of our crazy bunch!

IMPORTANT UPDATES

October 13 – We’ll be in Room 1119 (on the 11^{th floor – far west side – look for signs)*}

Toastmaster: Xrevette Dabney. Speakers: Cecilia Velastegui and Rebecca Sarmiento.

October 20 – Toastmaster: Charna Pettaway. Speakers: Connie Jones and Elma Goodwin.

* Every now and then we’ll get bumped from the Auditorium due to "special" meetings. It’s rare, but it will happen. We’ll ALWAYS let you know in advance.

Yappers, we currently have 24 members! How awesome is that! Let’s keep the momentum going. I know we can reach 30 members by Christmas. Can we do it, YES WE CAN!!

In your service,

Shannon, President

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 1^st 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. 

REcap for TM meeting: July 14, 2009

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 22^nd 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 16^th 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 2^nd floor SSA break room.  The party is BYOB (bring your own bottle of water).

 

See you next week!

 

Charna

 RECAP: TM MEETING May12TH

Attended: Manh Vo, Charna Pettaway, Kathleen Casey, Lesa Mesiah, Shannon Hills, and special guest Correta Turner. We had a Table Topics only meeting – actually 2 rounds of Table Topics! First round was on Turning Points in our lives. The second was based on quotes from a book (oops, didn’t write the title- Charna, help J??) brought in by Correta.   We had a lovely time trying to incorporate the work of the day “peccadillo” in our TT… but hope to encourage everyone to bring in some speeches for the next meetings. Speaking of… (ha, I made a pun!)… Any volunteers for tomorrow 5/12???

Mahn Vo