XL Toastmasters Club
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XLTM Meeting Minutes for February 11, 2007 (by Brick)
The following members attended
the meeting: Sherry, Len, Liqun, Eric, Jin,
Ning, Irene, Lilian, Jenny, Stan, Robin, Cindy, Bing, Elena, Brick, Josh, Joby,
Sudhin, Connie and Jian. Welcome our newest member Jian Wang!
Sherry was
the Toastmaster of the day. She
started with her thought ‘stay healthy’,
she had problem with her right
hip and could recovered from doctors treatment. But after she and her family
joined a healthy club, she feels herself energetic everyday and her body
part problem disappeared. She encourage
everybody follow her steps. As a toastmaster, she controlled time pretty well
as she expected to achieve and made good transaction from program to program
Lillian gave her thought of the day. She was substitute
receptionist in her company recently. Every morning, delivery man come to her
with big smile and hand her mails. One day, the man came to her without any
mail in hand. He told her he just wanted to come and tell her there was no mail
today ! A small action can make you feel comfortable for a whole day !
Stan taught us a
new word “Raucous”. It means “Harsh,
Rough sound or disorderly’
Robin was
Funny Bone Master, She told us a quick funny story. A father
notices his son not happy one day. He asked ‘ What’s wrong with you?’. Son said he lost his dog. Dady
told his son they can put an advertise on local newspaper. But son replied ‘Dog
can not read newspaper’ !
Connie delivered her icebreaker speech titled ‘Introduce myself’. She opened with
what she will tell us about herself. (1) her education (2) working experience
(3) sth related to work.
She obtained her both degrees from US universities , a
bachelor degree in accounting and a master degree in library information
science. She worked a couple of years as an accountant after she earned
bachelor. And then she became full time mom for her daughter. She volunteers
her time in her community and elementary school. She likes reading, sport and
sing songs. Right now, she is looking for an opportunity in library
information.
Sudhin also delivered his icebreaker speech titled ‘Introduce my
home state’. He said his home state is in south part of
Elena was the 3rd speaker. Who was real author
of book ‘Quiet Don’ ? The controversy about who wrote "The Quiet Don", the best
realistic novel about the Russian revolution, winner of the 1965 Nobel prize in
literature, began as soon as the the first (out of
four) part was published in 1928. Mikhail Sholokhov,
the book's author was born in 1905 and his education was over in 1918 when the
civil war reached the Don area. Sholokhov was still a
teenager when the period described in "The Quiet Don" was over and
only 22 when it's first part was competed, yet the book depicts scenes of World
War I, everyday life of Don's Cossacks, mature depiction of love and family
life. While reading it one can't help the feeling of two completely different
people writing it: one - talented writer, Don Cossack, and White officer loyal
to the old
Bing was the table topic master. (1) You are a only person
told by a superpower, what are you going to do? (Josh answered); (2) What is
the most important advice are you going to give to your child (Cindy answered);
(3) what is your advice to your child’s career (Jin); (4) What kind of
connection do you still keep with your origin ? (Joby); (5) What are you going
to do after retiring with good healthy
and financially security? (Eric)
At the end of table topic, Bing told us his
grandpa just passed away in the age of 94. He showed us some memorable pictures
taken in 2002 when his family visited his grandpa in
Brick was the general evaluator. Will, Liqun and Len evaluated
the speeches of Connie, Sudhin and Elena. Jenny did grammarian report and
Ning gave time report.
At
the business session, Josh called
for candidates for March 4th International Speech contest and table topic contest.
Sherry concluded the meeting at 2:50 pm.