The Hill Speakers Toasmasters Club

2012 Meetings

2012-01-02T11:48:00.000-08:00

Officers for Club 00004415 - The Hill Speakers Club
President	Tom Oleson	01-Jul-2011 – 30-Jun-2012
VP Education	Tuyet-Anh Tran, DTM	01-Jul-2011 – 30-Jun-2012
VP Membership	Ronald W. Peterson	01-Jul-2011 – 30-Jun-2012
VP Public Relations	Craig J Kasl, CC	01-Jul-2011 – 30-Jun-2012
Secretary	Jean E. Daavettila	01-Jul-2011 – 30-Jun-2012
Treasurer	Janet L. Hall, ACG	01-Jul-2011 – 30-Jun-2012
Sergeant at Arms	Rhonda S. Lunemann	01-Jul-2011 – 30-Jun-2012

2011-06-22T11:03:00.000-07:00

Officers for Club 00004415 - The Hill Speakers Club
President	Tom Oleson	01-Jul-2011 – 30-Jun-2012
VP Education	Tuyet-Anh Tran, DTM	01-Jul-2011 – 30-Jun-2012
VP Membership	Ronald W. Peterson	01-Jul-2011 – 30-Jun-2012
VP Public Relations	Craig J Kasl, CC	01-Jul-2011 – 30-Jun-2012
Secretary	Jean E. Daavettila	01-Jul-2011 – 30-Jun-2012
Treasurer	Janet L. Hall, ACG	01-Jul-2011 – 30-Jun-2012
Sergeant at Arms	Rhonda S. Lunemann	01-Jul-2011 – 30-Jun-2012

Next meeting - February 9th, 2011

2011-01-26T15:02:00.000-08:00

Member

904

905

906

907

908

909

910

911

912

913

914

915

1/26

2/09

2/23

3/09

3/23

4/13

4/27

5/11

5/25

6/08

6/22

7/13

Daavettila

EV3/GE

EV1

GE/GR

Hall

GE/GR

Johnson

EV2/TI

GE/GR

Kalin

EV1

GR /AH

Kasl

EV3/GE

GE/GR

Lunemann

EV2/TI

GE/GR

Oleson

SP/AH

EV3/GE

GE/GR

Peterson

SP/GR

GR/AH

GE/GR

Tran

EV2/TI

EV1

GE/GR

Next meeting - February 9th, 2011

2011-01-13T16:04:00.000-08:00

Member	904	905	906
	1/26	2/09	2/23
Daavettila	EV3/GE	EV1	SP
Hall	*	TM	SP
Johnson	EV2/TI	TT	SP
Kalin	EV1	SP	GR /AH
Kasl	TT	SP	EV3/GE
Lunemann	TM	SP	EV2/TI
Oleson	SP/AH	EV3/GE	TM
Peterson	SP/GR	GR/AH	TT
Tran	SP	EV2/TI	EV1

Minutes of Meeting Wednesday, January 26th, 2011, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
We welcomed our 1st time guest: Jerry Dufeck, DTM
8 Attendees: Jean D., Ron P., Rhonda L., Anh T., Craig K., Tim J., Tom O., Jerry Dufeck
Toastmaster Rhonda L.
Speaker Anh T. "Behind the Scene"
Speaker Tom O. "Make a New Year's Resolution...and Keep It"
Speaker Ron P. "Green Building"
Table Topics Craig K.
Conflict Janet H., Rob K.

Follow this link then click on Assigned Roles.

Congratulations to 1/12/2011
Best speaker Rob K.
"RoHS Redraft Compliance."
Best Evaluator Ron P.
Best Table Topics Answer Rob K.

New Officer: Ron P. (V.P. of Membership)
Transferring member: Jim H.

Next meeting: January 26, 2011

2010-10-27T19:21:00.001-07:00

Next meeting: January 26, 2011 - TM: Rhonda L., SP: Anh T., SP: Tom O.

Next meeting: January 12, 2011 - TM: Tim J., SP: Rob K.
Next Meeting January 26th, 2011.
Next Meeting Wednesday, January 26th, 2011, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Toastmaster Rhonda L.
Speaker Anh T.
Speaker Tom O.
Speaker Ron P.
Table Topics Craig K.
Conflict Janet H.
Follow this link then click on Assigned Roles.

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Congratulations to 1/12/2011
Best speaker Rob K.
"RoHS Redraft Compliance."
Best Evaluator Ron P.
Best Table Topics Answer Rob K.

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New Officer: Ron P. (V.P. of Membership)
Transferring member: Jim H.

Next meeting: December 8, 2010 - TM: , SP:

Next meeting: November 10, 2010 - TM: Rob K., SP: Jean D., Jim H., Ron P.

10/27 Conflict members: Tim J., Janet H., Rob K., Jean D. & Rhonda L.
10/27 Attendees: TT: Anh T., GE: Jim H., TM: Craig K., TI: Tom O., GR: Ron P.

10/27 Best Speaker: Tom O. "The Silver Lining of our Recess"10/27 Best Evaluator: Tom O.

10/27 Speaker 1: Ron P. "My Job", evaluated by Anh T.
10/27 Speaker 2: Tom O. "The Silver Lining of our Recess", evaluated by Ron P.
10/27 Speaker 3: Craig K. "Be In Earnest", evaluated by Tom O.
10/27 Speaker 4: Jim H. "Be In Earnest II", evaluated by Craig K.
10/27 Speaker 5: Anh T. "My Hero", evaluated by Jim H.

Theme of the day: Be In Earnest
Word of the day: juju.

10/13 Best Speaker: Craig K. "Why Vote"
10/13 Best Table Topics Answer: Jim H.
10/13 Best Evaluator: Rob K.
10/13 Speaker 1: Anh T. "Photo Slide Show Tips"
10/13 Speaker 2: Craig K. "Why Vote"

2010 September Meeting Minutes

2010-10-27T19:20:00.000-07:00

2010 September Meeting Minutes

2010 August Meeting Minutes

2010-10-27T19:19:00.000-07:00

We welcomed

Next meeting July 28th, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m

2010-07-14T18:35:00.000-07:00

We welcomed Tim Johnson who visited Hill Speakers today. We also gained a member Rhonda L., welcome back Rhonda L., we have missed you.

We had 8 attendees at our July 14th meeting of 2010. Yeah!
(TM Jim H., TT Ron P., SP Anh T., EV Tom O., GE Rob K., GR Jean H., TI Rhonda L., AH Jean H., Conflict: Craig K., Janet H., Jean D., Raja B.)

07/14 Best Speaker: Anh T. "What I have learned about Facebook."
07/14 Best Evaluator: Tom O.
07/14 Best Table Topics Answer: Rhonda L., to this question "Which bird is significant to you and why?"

Lessons learned: 1. Speak louder when the fan in the room is on.
2. When the powerpoint slide does not fit on the wall screen, extend the wall screen longer.

Put on your calendar Hill Speakers Guest Day will be October 13, 2010.

Next meeting July 14th, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m

2010-07-12T09:03:00.000-07:00

We congratulate Jean Holewa & Jim Huff on achieving their Competent Communicator award!

We had 5 attendees at our June 23rd meeting of 2010.
(TM Tom O., TT Craig K., SP Jean H., SP Ron P., EV Craig K., EV Anh T., GE Anh T., GR Jean H., TI Craig K., AH Anh T., Conflict: Rob K., Janet H., Jim H., Raja B., Jean D.)
06/23 Best Speaker: Ron P. & Jean H.

06/23 Best Evaluator: Craig K. & Anh T.
06/23 Best Table Topics Answer: Jean H., Jean excellently participated in the storytelling game.

"A storytelling game is a game where two or more persons collaborate on telling a spontaneous story."

Lesson learned: Do not volunteer for more than 3 assignments at one Toastmaster meeting.

2010 May 12 Meeting Minutes

2010-05-12T21:14:00.001-07:00

We welcomed Pat Vos who visited Hill Speakers the first time!

We had 9 attendees at our May 12th meeting of 2010. Yeah!
(TM Ron P., TT Jean H., SP Raja B., SP Craig K., EV Jim H., EV Tom O., GE Jean H., GR Jean D., TI Jim H., AH Anh T., Conflict: Rob K., Janet H.)
05/12 Best Speaker: Raja B. "Should we Recycle Implantable Medical Devices?"

05/12 Best Evaluator: Jim H.
05/12 Best Table Topics Answer: Jim H., Jim introduced Jean D. using Jean's 3 descriptive words.
05/12 Second Speaker: Craig K. "Ah-Choo!"

Lesson learned: When sensitive topics are involved, we should be careful in what we would say.

2010 April 14 & 28 Meeting Minutes

2010-04-29T10:23:00.001-07:00

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

We had 6 attendees at our April 28th meeting of 2010.
(TM Tom O., TT Rob K., SP Ron P., EV Anh T., GE Jean H., TI Anh T., AH Raja B., Conflict: Jean D., Janet H., Jim H., Craig K.)

04/28 Best Speaker: Ron P. "Looking Up!"

04/28 Best Evaluator: Rob K., Rob evaluated Jean H.. Rob suggested that Jean should emphasize on how Jean's company can help others on their Trade Shows.

04/28 Best Table Topics Answer: Ron P. & Raja B. Share your opinion about one of your favorite quotes.

2010 March 10 & 24 Meeting Minutes

2010-04-29T10:22:00.000-07:00

2010 March 10 & 24 Meeting Minutes

2010 February 10 & 24 Meeting Minutes

2010-04-29T10:20:00.000-07:00

2010 February 10 & 24 Meeting Minutes

2010 January 13 Meeting Minutes

2010-01-14T07:54:00.000-08:00

We had a surprised Hill Speakers meeting on January 13, 2010.

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
We had 2 charter members from Craymasters club visited us, Lisa Hayes-Burt and Orapat Sivatanpisit. Our Hillspeaker Anh T. also was a charter member of Craymasters. If you don't remember our club banner, please take a quick look when you come for the next meeting.

We had 9 attendees at our 1st meeting of 2010. What a great way to start a new year!
(TM Anh T., TT Craig K., SP Ron P., Jean H., EV Jean D., Rob K., GE Tom O., TI Jean D., AH Craig K., Conflict: Jim H., Jack C., Janet H., Raza B.)

01/13 Best Speaker: Jean H. "Getting Maximum Expo-sure"

01/13 Best Evaluator: Rob K., Rob evaluated Jean H.. Rob suggested that Jean should emphasize on how Jean's company can help others on their Trade Shows.

01/13 Best Table Topics Answer: Tom O. Share your opinion about one of the ultimate issues "lottery".

Craig K., the Table Topics let you pick a number from 1 to 15 about a theme: Ultimate issues.
Ron H. picked #10 military recruit in high school,
Lisa H. picked #5 products tested on animal
Tom O. picked #3 lottery, and
Anh T. picked #7 actors & professional athletes get pay too much
Orapat S. picked #13 should girls/women ask boys/men out
Rob K. picked #1 torture is acceptable or not
Jean D. is healthcare a right or a privilege

Speaker 1: Ron P. "Anoka County Mental Wellness Campaign"
Speaker 2: Jean H. "Marketing Branding & Sales".

01/13 Word of the Day: Census n.
1. An official, usually periodic enumeration of a population, often including the collection of related demographic information.
2. In ancient Rome, a count of the citizens and an evaluation of their property for taxation purposes.

Example Sentence: "Every plant one centimeter in diameter or larger is censused every five years" (John P. Wiley, Jr.)

January to June 2010 assigned roles

2010-01-10T20:04:00.001-08:00

The Hill Speakers
Meeting Number 882  883  884  885  886
    Month      JAN  FEB  FEB  MAR  MAR
    Date        27   10   24   10   24
1. Bheema       TT   EV   TI   SP   TM
2. Chandler     EV   TI   SP   TM   EV
3. Daavettila   TI   SP   TM   EV   AH
4. Hall         SP   TM   EV   AH   SP
5. Holewa       TM   EV   AH   SP   SP
6. Huff         EV   AH   SP   SP   GR
7. Kalin        AH   SP   SP   GR   GE
8. Kasl         SP   SP   GR   GE   TT
9. Ronald       SP   GR   GE   TT   EV
10.Oleson       GR   GE   TT   EV   TI
11.Tran         GE   TT   EV   TI   SP

Meeting Number 882  883  884  885  886  887  888  889  890  891  892
    Month      JAN  FEB  FEB  MAR  MAR  APR  APR  MAY  MAY  JUN  JUN
    Date        27   10   24   10   24   14   28   12   26   09   23

1. Bheema       TT   EV   TI   SP   TM   EV   AH   SP   SP   GR   GE
2. Chandler     EV   TI   SP   TM   EV   AH   SP   SP   GR   GE   TT
3. Daavettila   TI   SP   TM   EV   AH   SP   SP   GR   GE   TT   EV
4. Hall         SP   TM   EV   AH   SP   SP   GR   GE   TT   EV   TI
5. Holewa       TM   EV   AH   SP   SP   GR   GE   TT   EV   TI   SP
6. Huff         EV   AH   SP   SP   GR   GE   TT   EV   TI   SP   TM
7. Kalin        AH   SP   SP   GR   GE   TT   EV   TI   SP   TM   EV
8. Kasl         SP   SP   GR   GE   TT   EV   TI   SP   TM   EV   AH
9. Ronald       SP   GR   GE   TT   EV   TI   SP   TM   EV   AH   SP
10.Oleson       GR   GE   TT   EV   TI   SP   TM   EV   AH   SP   GR
11.Tran         GE   TT   EV   TI   SP   TM   EV   AH   SP   GR   GE

2009 October Meeting Minutes

2009-10-29T12:37:00.000-07:00

Congratulations! You’ve been completed the following projects:

Member	Award Progress					Goal
Raja B. CC	06/09	08/08	10/09	MM/YY	MM/YY	ACB (3/10)
Raja B. CC	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	ACB (3/10)
Jack C. ACB	02/09	03/09	04/09	07/09	08/09	ACS (7/10)
Jack C. ACB	10/09	10/09	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	ACS (7/10)
Jean D.	12/07	02/08	05/08	01/09	MM/YY	CC (4/10)
Jean D.	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	CC (4/10)
Janet H. ACG	06/08	02/08	09/07	07/07	08/09	DTM (5/10)
Janet H. ACG	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	DTM (5/10)
Jean H.	08/09	09/09	10/09	MM/YY	MM/YY	CC (3/10)
Jean H.	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	CC (3/10)
Jim H.	01/09	02/09	05/09	05/09	08/09	CC (6/10)
Jim H.	09/09	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	CC (6/10)
Rob K. ACB	09/08	12/08	07/09	08/09	MM/YY	ACS (4/10)
Rob K. ACB	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	ACS (4/10)
Craig K.	06/08	08/08	10/08	12/08	07/09	CC (6/10}
Craig K.	10/09	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	CC (6/10}
Tom O.	05/07	08/07	02/08	05/08	09/08	CC (7/10)
Tom O.	12/08	02/09	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	CC (7/10)
Ron P.	09/09	10/09	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	CC (2/10)
Ron P.	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	CC (2/10)
Anh T. DTM	05/08	06/08	07/08	10/08	11/08	ACB4 (11/10)
	01/09	03/09	04/09	06/09	08/09
	10/09	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY

We had a hilarious Hill Speakers meeting on October 28th, 2009.

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 (TM Ron P., TT Jean H., SP Raja B., Craig K., Jean H., Jack C., EV Jim H., Ron P., Jim H., Tom O., GE Anh T., TI Tom O., Conflict: Janet H., Rob K., Jean D., Patrick M., Rhonda L., Stu H.)

10/28 Best Speaker: Raja B. "Do Parents Know Better?"

10/28 Best Evaluator: Jim H.

10/28 Best Table Topics Answer: Jim H. Describe a Company and its products. Let the audience guess the name of that company.

Jean H., the Table Topics let you pick a company name on a pile of 4x6 cards.
Jim H. picked a card written Target,
Tom O. picked Arctic Cat, and
Anh T. Toro.

Speaker 1: Raja B. "Do Parents Know Better?"
Speaker 2: Craig K. "Health Care Crisis".
Speaker 3: Jean H. "Marketing Branding & Sales".
Speaker 4: Jack C. "Halloween".

10/28 Word of the Day: Punctilious / puhnk-TIL-ee-uhs / , adjective:

1. Very careful about every detail of behavior, ceremony, etc.
2. 2.Very exact; scrupulous.

• Quotes:
She had always been very punctilious about observing the rules in the brochure.

We had a very informative Hill Speakers meeting on October 14th, 2009.

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 (TM Jean H., TT Jim H., SP Anh T., Jack C., Ron P., EV Craig K., Janet H., Jean D., GE Janet H., GR Jean D., AH Anh T., TI Craig K., Conflict: Raja B., Tom O., Rob K., Patrick M., Rhonda L., Stu H.)

10/14 Best Speaker: Ron P. "A.K.A. Home Energy Check-up"

10/14 Best Evaluator: Janet H.

10/14 Best Table Topics Answer: Craig K. Art Critic.

Table Topics Jim H. prepared 6 pieces of arts, he let people pick one and criticize that piece. Very creative Jim!

Speaker: Anh T. "Do Not Give Up!"

Speaker: Jack C. "350.org".

Speaker: Ron P. "A.K.A. Home Energy Check-up".

10/14 Word of the Day: inchoate \in-KOH-it\ , adjective:
1. In an initial or early stage; just begun.
2. Imperfectly formed or formulated.
• Quotes:
She also had a vision, not yet articulated, an inchoate sense of some special calling that awaited her.
• Linda Lear, Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/

2009 September Meeting Minutes

2009-10-29T12:24:00.000-07:00

Meeting Number 879  880  881
    Month      NOV  DEC  JAN  
    Date       11   09   13   

1. Bheema       GR   GE   SP
2. Chandler     GE   SP   TT
3. Daavettila   SP   TT   EV
4. Hall         TT   EV   TI
5. Holewa       EV   TI   SP
6. Huff         TI   SP   TM
7. Kalin        SP   TM   EV
8. Kasl         TM   EV   AH
9. Ronald       EV   AH   SP
10.Open         AH   SP   GR
11.Oleson       SP   GR   GE
12.Tran         GR   GE   **

September 23, 2009

• Speaker – Jim Huff – “Random Acts”
• Speaker – Ron Peterson – “Ice Breaker”

September 9, 2009

• Speaker – Jean Holewa – “The Twins”

2009 August Meetings Minutes

2009-08-11T04:29:00.000-07:00

Congratulations! You’ve been completed the following projects:

Member	Award Progress					Goal
Raja B. CC	06/09	08/08	10/09	MM/YY	MM/YY	ACB (3/10)
Raja B. CC	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	ACB (3/10)
Jack C. ACB	02/09	03/09	04/09	07/09	08/09	ACS (7/10)
Jack C. ACB	10/09	10/09	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	ACS (7/10)
Jean D.	12/07	02/08	05/08	01/09	MM/YY	CC (4/10)
Jean D.	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	CC (4/10)
Janet H. ACG	06/08	02/08	09/07	07/07	08/09	DTM (5/10)
Janet H. ACG	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	DTM (5/10)
Stu H.	02/09	03/09	06/09	MM/YY	MM/YY	CC (3/10)
Stu H.	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	CC (3/10)
Jean H.	08/09	09/09	10/09	MM/YY	MM/YY	CC (3/10)
Jean H.	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	CC (3/10)
Jim H.	01/09	02/09	05/09	05/09	08/09	CC (6/10)
Jim H.	09/09	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	CC (6/10)
Rob K. ACB	09/08	12/08	07/09	08/09	MM/YY	ACS (4/10)
Rob K. ACB	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	ACS (4/10)
Craig K.	06/08	08/08	10/08	12/08	07/09	CC (6/10}
Craig K.	10/09	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	CC (6/10}
Rhonda L.	08/05	09/05	03/06	07/06	06/08	CC (7/10)
Rhonda L.	01/09	08/09	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	CC (7/10)
Patrick M.	07/09	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	CC (1/10)
Patrick M.	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	CC (1/10)
Tom O.	05/07	08/07	02/08	05/08	09/08	CC (7/10)
Tom O.	12/08	02/09	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	CC (7/10)
Ron P.	09/09	10/09	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	CC (2/10)
Ron P.	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	MM/YY	CC (2/10)
Anh T. DTM	05/08	06/08	07/08	10/08	11/08	ACB4 (11/10)
Anh T. DTM	01/09	03/09	04/09	06/09	08/09	ACB4 (11/10)

2009 July Meeting Minutes

2009-07-27T10:49:00.000-07:00

We welcomed Jean Holewa who joined Hill Speakers on July 1st, 2009.

Congratulations! You’ve been elected a club officer.

Club Officer Role		Deputy
President	Rob Kalin	Patrick Miller
Vice President Education	Anh Tran	Craig Kasl
Vice President Membership	Jack Chandler	Jean Holewa
Vice President Public Relations	Tom Oleson	Stu Hilderman
Secretary	Raja Bheema	Jim Huff
Treasurer	Janet Hall	Jean Daavettila
Sergeant at Arms	Rhonda Lunemann	Ron Peterson

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 (TM Anh T., TT Jean H., SP Patrick M., Jack C., EV Janet H., Jim H., GE Rhonda L., GR Ron P., AH Raja B., TI Raja B. Conflict: Tom O., Rob K., Jean D., Craig K., Stu H.)

7/22 Best Speaker: Patrick M. "Faith & Belief"

7/22 Best Evaluator: Janet H.

7/22 Best Table Topics Answer: Jim H.

Speaker: Patrick M. "Faith & Belief".

Speaker: Jack C. "The Minnesota Energy Challenge".

7/22 Word of the Day: sedulous. \SEJ-uh-luhs\, adjective
1 . Diligent in application or pursuit; steady industrious.
2 . Characterized by or accomplished with care and perseverance.
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 (TM Janet H., TT Anh T., SP Craig K., Rob K., EV Stu H., Ron P., GE Patrick M., GR Rhonda L., AH Raja B., TI Raja B. Conflict: Tom O.)

7/08 Best Speaker: Craig K. "If I Had to Live it Over Again"

7/08 Best Evaluator: Stu H.

7/08 Best Table Topics Answer: Jim H. (How to pack for a family reunion if you have 5 children.)

Speaker: Craig K. "If I Had to Live it Over Again".

Speaker: Rob K. "What’s the Point".

7/08 Word of the Day: carpe diem. carpe diem • \KAR-peh-DEE-em\• noun:
the enjoyment of the pleasures of the moment without concern for the future
*Example Sentence:
In the spirit of carpe diem we jumped at the chance to travel to Paris, even though it was a stretch for our budget.
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/

2009 June Meeting Minutes

2009-07-27T10:48:00.000-07:00

We welcomed Ron Peterson who joined Hill Speakers on June 1st, 2009.
Wednesday, June 25th, 2009 (TM Stu H., TT Craig K., SP Anh T., Stu H., EV Jean D., Jim H., GE Rhonda L., GR Craig K., AH Jim H., TI Janet H., Conflict: Rob K., Patrick M., Tom O.)

6/25 Best Speaker: Anh T. "A Toastmaster's Goal & Plan"

6/25 Best Evaluator: Jim H.

6/25 Best Table Topics Answer: Stu H. (Hand Sanitizer)

Speaker: Stu H. "The House on the Rock".

Table Topics master Craig K. put everyday stuff into a bag and selected an item for each speaker to discuss.

6/25 Word of the Day: Alfresco. alfresco \al-Fres-koh\, adverb:
1. In the open air; outdoors

Adjective
1. Taking place or located in the open air; outdoor
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 (TM Jim H., TT Jack C., SP Raja B., EV Jean D., GE Anh T., GR Craig K., AH Craig K., TI Janet H., Conflit: Rob K., Patrick M., Tom O., Stu H., Rhonda L., Ron P.)

6/10 Best Speaker: Raja B. "The Monkey & His Troup"

6/10 Best Evaluator: Jean D.

6/10 Best Table Topics Answer: Jim H.

Speaker: Raja B. "The Monkey & His Troup".

6/10 Word of the Day: posture. posture \PAHSS-cher\, verb:
1. To strike a pose for effect.
2. To assume an artificial or pretended attitute.
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/

2009 May Meeting Minutes

2009-07-27T10:41:00.000-07:00

We welcomed Ron Peterson who joined Hill Speakers on June 1st, 2009.

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 (TM Rob K., TT Jim H., SP Jim H., EV Craig K., GE Craig K., GR Anh T., AH Rhonda L., TI Stu H., Conflict: Jean D., Janet H., Raja B.)

5/27 Best Speaker: Jim H. "60 Years and Counting"

5/27 Best Evaluator: Craig K.

5/27 Best Table Topics Answer: ??.

Speaker: Jim H. "60 Years and Counting".

5/27 Word of the Day: sagacious.
sagacious \suh-GAY-shus\adjective:
Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness.
Example Quotes:
Edward's uncle, a sagacious scholar equally at home with Celtic myth and Eastern wisdom, declines his nephew's request to tell the story of Hamlet (it would come too close to home).
-- John Gross, New York Times, December 3, 1984
Example Sentences:
The reminder to save for a rainy day would prove to be sagacious advice.
-- Brought to you by Prius 3G
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 (TM Craig K., TT Jim H., SP Jim H., EV Craig K., GE Craig K., GR Anh T., AH Rhonda L., TI Stu H., Conflict: )

5/13 Best Speaker: Jim H. "Worship"

5/13 Best Evaluator: ??.

5/13 Best Table Topics Answer: ??.

Speaker: Jim H. "Worship".

5/13 Word of the Day: flummery.
flummery (noun) \FLUM-uh-ree\
Definition: Meaningless words - often those intended to flatter.
Example Sentence:
It was, in his bluntly stated opinion, a waste of breath; indulgence, flummery, lies.
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/

2009-05-13T10:35:00.000-07:00


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    Month      MAY  MAY  JUN  JUN  JUL  JUL  AUG  AUG  SEP  SEP  
    Date        13   27   10   24   08   22   12   26   09   23   

1. Bheema       EV   GE   SP   TT   EV   TI   SP   TM   EV   AH   
2. Chandler     GE   SP   TT   EV   TI   SP   TM   EV   AH   **   
3. Daavettila   SP   TT   EV   TI   SP   TM   EV   AH   **   SP   
4. Hall         TT   EV   TI   SP   TM   EV   AH   **   SP   GR   
5. Hillderman   EV   TI   SP   TM   EV   AH   **   SP   GR   GE   
6. Huff         TI   SP   TM   EV   AH   **   SP   GR   GE   SP   
7. Kalin        SP   TM   EV   AH   **   SP   GR   GE   SP   TT   
8. Kasl         TM   EV   AH   **   SP   GR   GE   SP   TT   EV   
9. Lunemann     EV   AH   **   SP   GR   GE   SP   TT   EV   TI   
10.Miller       AH   **   SP   GR   GE   SP   TT   EV   TI   SP   
11.Oleson       **   SP   GR   GE   SP   TT   EV   TI   SP   TM   
12.Tran         SP   GR   GE   SP   TT   EV   TI   SP   TM   EV

2009 April Meetings Minutes

2009-05-13T08:42:00.000-07:00

We welcomed Ron Peterson who visited us the fourth time.

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 (TM Raja Bheema., TT Jean D., SP Stu H., Anh T., Jack C., EV Jim H., Rhonda L., Rob K., GE Craig K., GR Anh T., AH Anh T., TI Rob K. Conflict: Stu H., Rob K.)

4/22 Best Speaker: Anh T. "MBDA"

4/22 Best Evaluator: Rhonda L. & Jim H.

4/22 Best Table Topics Answer: Craig K.

Speaker: Anh T. "MBDA".

Speaker: Jack C. "Introduction".

4/22 Word of the Day: slake. slake \SLAYK\ verb:
1 : satisfy, quench
2 : to cause (as lime) to heat and crumble by treatment with water : hydrate
Example Sentence:
"What an unspeakable luxury it was to slake that thirst with the pure and limpid ice-water of the glacier!" (Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad)
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 (TM Rhonda L., TT Jack C., SP Jack C., Rob K., Raja B., EV Jim H., Craig K., Stu H., GE Anh T., GR Anh T., AH Tom O., TI Janet H. Conflict: Jim H.)

Speaker: Jack C. "Introduction".

4/08 Word of the Day: afflatus. afflatus \uh-FLAY-tuhs\, noun:
A divine imparting of knowledge; inspiration.
• Whatever happened to passion and vision and the divine afflatus in poetry?
-- Clive Hicks, "From 'Green Man' (Ronsdale)", Toronto Star, November 21, 1999
• Afflatus is from Latin afflatus, past participle of afflare, "to blow at or breathe on," from ad-, "at" + flare, "to puff, to blow."

http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/

2009 March Meetings Minutes

2009-03-11T19:55:00.000-07:00

We are proud to have Jim H. representing area 22 at the Frontier Division Table Topics Contest on Friday, March 27 at Jimmy's in Vadnais Heights.

Jim H. took second place and had no problem answering the following question:
"If you could write something that would change the world, what would it be?"
Most of the contestants struggled with this one.

Many thanks to Jim's wife and Stuart H. for attending the Division Contests and giving support to Jim!

Congratulation Jim! Way to go!

We welcomed Craig Kasl who just joined Hill Speakers and Ron Peterson who visited us the second time.

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 (TM Jim H., TT Jean D., SP Stu H., Anh T., Jack C., EV Jim H., Rhonda L., Rob K., GE Rhonda L., GR Anh T., AH Anh T., TI Rob K.)

3/25 Best Speaker: Stuart H. "Go Bears!"

3/25 Best Evaluator: Rob K.

3/25 Best Table Topics Answer: Jim H.

Speaker: Anh T. "My French Lessons".

Speaker: Jack C. "Miler Hyper".

3/25 Word of the Day: Travail. travail \truh-VAYL; TRAV-ayl\, noun:
1. Painful or arduous work; severe toil or exertion.
2. Agony; anguish.
3. The labor of childbirth.
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/

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We welcomed Patrick Miller who just joined Hill Speakers, Craig Kasl who visited us the second time and Ron Peterson who visited us the first time.

We also welcomed Frontier Division Governor Lesa Kennedy and members of the Buttermasters club.

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 (Toastmaster: Rob K., Table Topics Master: Raja B., Chief Judge: Anh T., Chief Timer: Jean D., Table Topics Contestants: Tim Gray, Jim H., Speech Contestants: Bettie Seitzer, Jack C., Judges: Tom O., Susan Higgins, Anh T., Craig K., Dewi Bornt)

Bettie Seitzer won the International Speech contest and Jim H. won the Table Topics contest.

Bettie Seitzer and Jim H. will advance to the Frontier Division Contests on Friday night March 27 at Jimmy's in Vadnais Heights. They will represent Area 22 and compete against 5 others Areas in the Division (21, 23, 24, 25, 26).

Congratulations Bettie and Jim!

2009 February meeting minutes

2009-02-21T21:08:00.000-08:00

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We welcomed Patrick Miller, Nicole Nowezki, and Deb Barberlin who visited us the first time.

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 (Toastmaster: Anh T., Table Topics Master: Rob K., Chief Judge: Rob K., Chief Timer: Nicole N., Contestants: Rhonda L., Jean D., Jim H., Stu H., Jack C., Judges: Deb B., Patrick M., Anh T., Rob K., Nicole N.)

Table Topics Master Rob K. asked the following question to each of the five contestants:
President Obama addressed the congress last night and discussed the pending budget. One item discussed was the economy. The question I have for you is – Do you feel the economy is in crisis, have you been directly impacted by the economy and what suggestions do you have to improve the economy?

Jim H. won the contest and Jack C. took second place.

Jim H. will advance to the Area 22 Table Topic Contest on March 11. Jim will compete against Land O'Lakes Buttermasters, and Shock Rhythm And Talk clubs.

Congratulations Jim!

We welcomed Stuart Hilderman who just joined Hill Speakers and Craig Kasl who visited us the first time.

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 (TM Anh T., SP Jim H., Craig K., Stu H., Tom O., EV Rhonda L., Jim H., Anh T., Craig K., GE Christie T., GR Jim H., AH Anh T., TI Rhonda L.)

2/11 Best Speaker: Jim H. "Success has many Faces"

1/28 Best Evaluator: Anh T.

Speaker: Craig K. "Basketball New Coaching".

Speaker: Stu H. "World of Cheese".

Speaker: Tom O. "Minnesota Winter".

Word of the Day: Ephemeral. lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: the ephemeral joys of childhood.

2009 January Meeting Minutes

2009-01-29T07:45:00.000-08:00

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We welcomed Stuart Hilderman who visited the Hill Speakers the first time.

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 (TM Anh T., SP Rhonda L., Jean D., EV Anh T., Rhonda L., TT Jim H., GE Arnt P., GR Jim H., AH Rhonda L., TI Arnt P.)

1/28 Best Speaker: Rhonda L. "The First Language"
Today Rhonda presented her overview of Hebrew language, and about her project of translating the Bible. This speech is project 2 in the Competent Communication manual with the following objectives:
Get to the Point (5 to 7 minutes)
was "Speak with Sincerity" - before that - "Be In Earnest"

Select a speech topic and determine its general and specific purposes.

Organize the speech in a manner that best achieves those purposes.

Ensure the beginning, body and conclusion reinforce the purposes.

Project sincerity and conviction and control any nervousnes you may feel.

1/28 Best Evaluator: Anh T.

1/28 Best Table Topics Answer Stuart Hilderman
Stuart was asked what would be his most favorite commercial during football season.

Speaker: Jean D. "The Seasoned Skaters".
Jean told us about how she enjoying the Annual Hockey Tournament for all level players on a very cold early morning. This speech is project 4 in the Competent Communication manual with the following objectives:
Your Body Speaks (5 to 7 minute)
was "Show What You Mean"

Use stance, movement, gestures, facial expressions and eye contact to express your message and achieve your speech’s purpose.

Make your body language smooth and natural.

Word of the Day: philomath. A lover of learning; a scholar.

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 (TM Raja B., SP Anh T., Jim H., EV Rob K., Janet H., TT Tom O.)

1/14 Best Speaker: Jim H. "Two Names Two Countries"
Today we learned all about Jim both past and present. This speech is project 1 in the Competent Communication manual with the following objectives:
The Ice Breaker (4 to 6 minutes)

To begin speaking before an audience

To help you understand what areas require particular emphasis in your speaking development.

To introduce yourself to your fellow club members.

1/14 Best Evaluator: Janet H.

1/14 Best Table Topics Answer No one
The TM decided to skip the Table Topics.
We should try to always have this session as a portion of the Toastmaster meeting.

Speaker: Anh T. "My Three Christmas Presents".
Anh shared with us her most favorite three Christmas presents this year involving her family.

2008 December Meeting Minutes

2009-01-29T07:43:00.000-08:00

We welcomed Van Tran who visited the Hill Speakers the first time.

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
(TM Jack C., SP Rob K., Tom O., EV Anh T., Jean D., AH Jack C., GR Jack C., TT )

12/10 Attendees: Anh T., Jack C., Tom O., Rob K., Janet H., Jim H., Van Tran

12/10 Best Speaker: Tom O. "'Tis the season to volunteer"
Tom presented the volunteer project JUST ADD WATER of Tom and his sons. Tom's speech objective is "Vocal Variety".

2008 November Meeting Minutes

2009-01-29T07:41:00.000-08:00

We welcomed Jim Huff who joined the Hill Speakers.

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

11/12 Attendees: Anh T., Jack C., Christie T., Raja B., Janet H., Jim H.

11/12 Best Speaker: Anh T. "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome"
Today Anh presented her overview of the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. This speech is project 7 in the Competent Communication manual with the following objectives:
Research Your Topic (5 to 7 minute)
was "Apply Your Skills"

Collect information about your topic from numerous sources.

Carefully support your points and opinions with specific facts, examples and illustrations gathered through research.

11/12 Best Evaluator: Janet H.

2008 October Meeting Minutes

2008-10-09T16:50:00.003-07:00

We welcomed Jim Huff who visited the Hill Speakers the second time.

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 (TM Raja B., SP Anh T., Christie T., EV Jack C., Raja B., GE Christie T., AH Jack C., TI Christie T., GR Jack C., TT Raja B.)

10/08 Attendees: Anh T., Jack C., Christie T., Raja B., Janet H., Jim H.

10/08 Best Speaker: Anh T. "Mission Impossible"
Today Anh presented her tips of how to coach the 9th grade math material to her 7th grade son in 21 days. The objective of the speech is ‘Speech to Inform’.

10/08 Best Evaluator: Raja B.

10/08 Best Table Topics Answer Jim H.
Jim was asked what would be the first thing to do if he will be elected as the US President.

Speaker: Christie T. "My Own Worst Enemy"
Christie gave a very informative speech about allergy.

2008 September Meeting Minutes

2008-10-09T16:50:00.001-07:00

We welcomed Catherine Johns who visited the Hill Speakers as our Area Governor.

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 (TM Rhonda L., SP Rob K., EV Jean D., GE Anh T., AH Tom O., TI Janet H., GR Tom O., TT Jack C.)

9/24 Attendees: Janet H., Rob K., Rhonda L., Anh T., Tom O., Rory M., Jack C., Jean D., Catherine J.

9/24 Best Speaker: Rob K. "Data Sciences International" It is speech 1 from manual Technical Presentations Manual topic and intent is a Technical Briefing. http://toastmasters.wikia.com/wiki/Technical_Presentations

9/24 Best Evaluator: Jean D.

9/08 Best Table Topics Answer Anh T.
Anh was asked what would be a sport that noone knows about.

9/08 Word of the Day gubernatorial \GOO-ber-nuh-TOR-ee-uhl\, adjective:
Of or pertaining to a governor.

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 at 11:30 AM.

Follow this link then click on Assigned Roles.
TM Jack C. SP Tara Brueske

Best Speaker: Tara B. "Voice Coaching"

Attendees: Anh T., Arnt P., Rory M., Janet H., Jack C., Rob K., Raza B., Rhonda L., Tara B., Jim Huff,

2008 August Meeting Minutes

2008-10-09T16:49:00.003-07:00

Next meeting:
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 at 11:30 AM.

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8/13 TM meeting - TM Rob K., TT Anh T., SP Tom O.

Best Speaker: Tom O. “Best Kept Secret in Sports Entertainment”

Speaker: Tom Oleson “Best Kept Secret in Sports Entertainment”,
Project #5 - Your Body Speaks, from the Competent Communication book

Speaker: Raja Bheema “DHRUVA - the pole star”

Word of the Day: Caustic - –adjective
1. Adjective: Capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue, or severely critical or sarcastic: a caustic remark.
2. Noun: a caustic substance

2008 July Meeting Minutes

2008-10-09T16:49:00.001-07:00

Congratulations to 7/23
Best speaker Anh T. "Picaboo"
Best Evaluator Raja B.
Best Table Topic Answer Janet H.

Word of the Day: tatterdemalion \tat-uhr-dih-MAYL-yuhn; -MAY-lee-uhn\, noun:
. A person dressed in tattered or ragged clothing; a ragamuffin. adjective:
. Tattered; ragged.

Next meeting:
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 at 11:30 AM.

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TM Jack C. TT Anh T. SP Tom O., Raja B., Janet H.

2008 June Meeting Minutes

2008-10-09T16:47:00.000-07:00

We welcome Christie T. who officially joins the Hill Speakers today.

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 (TM Anh T., SP Christie T., Anh T., Rhonda L., Janet H., EV Janet H., Christie T., Anh T., Rhonda L., GE Rhonda L., AH Janet H., TI Sherri L., GR Rhonda L.)

6/11 Attendees: Anh T., Rhonda L., Christie T., Janet H., Sherri L.

6/11 Best Speaker: Christie T. "For the Love of Animals"
Today Christie presents her Ice Breaker speech from the CTM manual. The objective of the speech is ‘Introduce Yourself to the Group’.

6/11 Best Evaluator: Rhonda L.

6/11 Best Impromptu Speaker: Rhonda L.
Rhonda L. gave a speech title "My Role Model".

Anh T. gave a speech title "HLC".

Janet H. gave a speech title "My Animals"

2008 May Meeting Minutes

2008-06-13T13:18:00.000-07:00

Next meeting:
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 (TM- Rob K., SP- Raja B., SP- Janet H., SP- Tom O., TT- Jack C., GE- Anh T.)

We did all 5 Goals to be a Distinguished Club!
We do not have 15 members to be recognized as a Distinguished Club.

Goal 1: Two CCs - DONE
Competent Communicator Rory M. Mar 26, 2008
Competent Communicator Anh T. Mar 26, 2008

Goal 3: One AC - DONE
Advanced Communicator Bronze Robert K. Sep 12, 2007

Goal 4: One additional AC - DONE
Advanced Communicator Bronze Anh T. Sep 12, 2007

Goal 7: Four new members - DONE
4 new members Rhonda L., Jean D., Arndt P.,
Christie Traczyk

Goal 10: Dues Renewals/officers List on time - DONE
both October 1 & April 1
12 members as June 11, 2008 (Queen, Rhonda, Jean, Anh, Janet, Jack, Tom, Raja, Rory, Rob, Arndt, Christie)

5/28 Best Speaker: Jean D. "Three R's"

May 14th, 2008 (TM- Anh T., SP- Raja B., SP- Janet H., SP- Tom O., TT- Rob K., GE- Jack C.)
5/14 Best Speaker: Raja B. "Coming to America"

5/14 Speaker Tom O. “Health Savings Accounts”

5/14 Best Evaluator Rory M., Rhonda L.

5/14 Best Table Topics Answer Anh T., Rhonda L.

5/14 Word of the Day: cosset \KOSS-it\, transitive verb:
To treat as a pet; to treat with excessive indulgence; to pamper.

We celebrated 20 Years Anniversary by awarding members who delivered 3 speeches a Toatmaster Pin: Tom O., members who completed the CC project a Toastmaster Pin and a CTM gold tag: Raja B. and Rory M., members who completed the AC project a Toastmaster Pin and an ATM gold tag: Jack C., Janet H., Rob K.
We then took a picture together.

2008 April meeting minutes

2008-04-18T07:31:00.000-07:00

Next meeting:
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 (TM- Anh T., SP- Raja B., SP- Janet H., SP- Tom O., TT- Rob K., GE- Jack C.)

We welcome Arndt P. who officially joins the Hill Speakers today.

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 (TM Rhonda L., SP Anh T., EV Janet H., TT Rory M., GE Jean D., AH Rhonda L., TI Rhonda L., GR Rhonda L.)

4/23 Attendees: Anh T., Rhonda L., Jean D., Arndt P., Janet H., Rory M.

4/23 Best Speaker: Anh T. "Are you smarter than a 6th Grader?"
Today Anh presents her 4th speech from the CTM manual. The objective of the speech is ‘How to say it’.
Today Anh presents her 4th speech from the CTM manual. The objective of the speech is ‘How to say it’.
Anh had chances to work with the 6th grade Math over and over again 4 times. First she took 6th grade Math in her native language when she was 11 years old. Anh was a little bit struggling with 6th grade Math word problems while tutoring her 1st child in the United States. Then Anh got used to 6th grade Math word problems while tutoring her 2nd child. Recently, Anh actually enjoys all the 6th grade Math word problems while tutoring her youngest child.
Anh now can explain easily to her kids where Pi comes from or why the product of two numbers can be a much smaller number.
Anh concluded that it is always a good idea to take a refresher course about any subject when you have a chance.

4/23 Best Evaluator: Janet H.
Once again Janet gave great recommendations for Anh's speech. She would like to see a catchier introduction likes "Are you smarter than a 6th Grader? Can you tell me where Pi comes from?"

4/23 Best TableTopic Answer: Rhonda L.
Rhonda L. gave her opinions about character license advertising for example Hannah Montana Products.
You should be the role model for your children about choosing which products.

Jean D. shared her reaction when she listened to radio advertising.

Janet H. gave her opinions about internet and billboard advertising.

Arndt P. mentioned ALDI advertising:
ALDI has about 900 stores in 27 US states, but Germany (where ALDI has a 40% share of the grocery market) accounts for about two-thirds of sales. Brothers and co-founders Theo and Karl Albrecht own the company.

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 (TM Anh T., SP Raja B., SP Jack C., EV Rhonda L., EV Tom O., TT Tom O., AH Anh T.)
4/9 attendees: Anh T., Rhonda L., Jack C., Tom O., Raja B., Christie Johnson
4/9 Best Speaker: Raja B. "All of us can make a difference – one child at a time"
Today Raja presents his 9 th speech from the CTM manual. The objective of the speech is ‘Persuade with Power’.

Raja has been sponsoring kids through Children International for the past 13 years and so far he has sponsored 4 kids from 3 countries. He has also mentored numerous kids. Based on his experience he shares with us on how ‘All of us can make a difference – one child at a time’

You can Sponsor a Child for $22 a Month. To know more about Raja's project, click here

4/9 Best TableTopic Answer: Rhonda L.
4/9 Best Evaluator: Rhonda L.

We had two speakers:
Jack Chandler “Introduction for an Earth Day Event” – Evaluator Tom Oleson
Raja Bheema “All of us can make a difference – one child at a time” – Evaluator Rhonda Lunemann

The word of the day
bricolage \bree-koh-LAHZH; brih-\, noun:
Construction or something constructed by using whatever materials happen to be available.
The Internet is a global bricolage, lashing together unthinkable complexities of miscellaneous computers with temporary lengths of phone line and fiber optic, bits of Ethernet cable and strings of code.
-- Bernard Sharratt, "Only Connected", New York Times, December 17, 1995

2008 March meeting minutes

2008-03-13T15:26:00.001-07:00

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 (TM- Anh T., SP- Jean D., SP- Jack C., SP- Raja B., TT- Tom O.)

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 (TM Jack C., SP Rory M., EV Jean D., TT Anh T., AH Arndt P.)
3/26 attendees: Anh T., Jean D., Jack C., Rory M., Arndt P.
3/26 Best Speaker: Rory M. "Happiness: A Tough Choice"
Rory inspired us by his 10th speech. Rory shared with us that his 70 years old plus mom is taking tennis lesson. His parents are still going dancing. We all have reasons to be happy. If you focus on the positive current life events, you will find happiness easier.

3/26 Best Table Topic Answer: Jack C. "Spring Break"
Jack shared with us his family gathering during Spring break. It was lucky that all his children had Spring break at the same time. Jack's wife eyes vision was restored to 20/20 after the cataract surgery.

3/26 Best Evaluator: Jean D.

Jean D. shared her tips on Spring Cleaning.
Arndt P. shared his Spring Project (Financial Planning)
Rory M. shared his tips on getting rid of clusters during this Spring.

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 (TM Anh T., SP Jack C., EV Janet H., EV Rhonda L., EV Tom O., TI Rhonda L., TI Jack C.)
3/12 attendees: Anh T., Rhonda L., Jack C., Janet H., Tom O., Arndt Poecher
3/12 Best Speaker: Jack C. "On Earth Day"
Jack informed us about the history of Earth Day. Since September 1969, at a conference in Seattle, Washington, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson announced that in the spring of 1970 there would be a nationwide grassroots demonstration on the environment.
3/12 Best Evaluator: Janet H., Rhonda L., Tom O.
We had a very competitive Club Evaluation Contest. The result was a 3-way tie.
Janet aced on Recommendations, Rhonda aced on Analytical Quality, and Tom aced on Technique and Summation. What a contest!
3/12 Best Tabletopic Answer: Arndt P. "Husky"
If you could choose a dog that resembles you either by its character or its appearance which dog would you choose and why?

Tom O. "Golden Retriever"

Janet H. "Poodle"

Arndt P. "Husky"

3/12 Word of the Day: assuage \uh-SWAYJ\, verb:
1. To make milder or less severe; to reduce the intensity of; to ease; to relieve.
2. To appease; to satisfy.
3. To soothe or calm; to pacify.

2008 February meeting minutes

2008-03-13T15:25:00.001-07:00

Next meeting:
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 (TM Anh, SP Jack, EV Janet, Rhonda, Tom, TI Rhonda, Jack)

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 (TM Rob, SP Jean, EV Jack, SP Rory, EV Rhonda, TT Rob)
NEW MEMBER JEAN DAAVETTILA
2/27 attendees: Area 22 Governor Greg De Keuster, Rhonda, Rob, Rory, Jack, Jean, Tom, Anh
2/27 Best Speaker: Rory M. "Vote YES"
Jean Daavettila “Girls in Sports ” (CC progress 2/10)
Rory McManus “ Vote Yes” (CC progress 9/10)

2/27 Best Evaluator: Rhonda
2/27 Best Tabletopic Answer: Rhonda "December" and Anh "May"
Anh "May", Rhonda "December", Greg "July", Tom "August", Jack "October"
2/27 Word of the Day: collegium • \kuh-LEG-ee-um\ • noun
: a group in which each member has approximately equal power and authority

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 (TM Anh, SP Janet, SP Tom, TT Rhonda)
RETURNED MEMBER RHONDA LUNEMANN
2/13 attendees: Area 22 Governor Greg De Keuster, Anh, Rhonda, Jack, Tom, Rory, Craig, Rob, Jean
2/13 Best Speaker: Tom O. "Get addicted to Golf"
Tom O. "Get addicted to Golf" (CC progress 3/10)
Janet H. "I'm No Quitter!" (ACG progress 3/10)

2/13 Best Evaluator: Rory??
2/13 Best Tabletopic Answer: Rory?? "Famous quote"
2/13 Word of the Day: billet-doux \bil-ay-DOO\, noun;
plural billets-doux \bil-ay-DOO(Z)\:
A love letter or note.

2008 January meeting minutes

2008-03-13T00:03:00.000-07:00

Next meeting:
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 (TM- Anh, SP- Janet, SP- Tom, TT- Rhonda)

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008(TM- Rory, SP- Jack, EV- Raja, SP- Jean, EV- Tom, TT- Janet)
Jack Chandler “Mountains of Problems”
Jean Daavettila “Getting to Know Me”
1/23 Word of the Day: permeate \PUR-mee-ayt\, transitive verb:
1. To spread or diffuse through.
2. To pass through the pores or openings of.
intransitive verb:
1. To spread through or penetrate something.

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008(TM- Tom, SP- Janet, SP- Craig, SP- Rory, TT- Rob)

2007 December meeting minutes

2007-12-12T11:51:00.002-08:00

Next meeting:
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 (TM- Tom, SP- Janet, SP- Craig, SP- Rory, TT- Rob)

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 (TM Anh, SP Rob, Anh, Craig, Jean Daavettila, EV Craig, Rob, Anh, Rob, GE Anh, TI Jean, AH Craig, GR Rob)
12/12 attendees: Rob, Craig, Anh, Jean
12/12 Best Speaker: Rob K. "The Year Long Project"
12/12 Best Evaluator: Rob K.
12/12 Best Impromptu Speaker: Anh T. "My 2007 Incident of the Year"
12/12 Word of the Day: perspicacity \pur-spuh-KAS-uh-tee\, noun:
Clearness of understanding or insight; penetration, discernment.

Speaker #1: Rob K. "The Year Long Project"
Rob shares the status and the experience of his remodeling house project. From August until now, Rob still lives at his friend's house. Rob missed his garage the most, especially during the snow day.

Speaker #2: Anh T. "My 2007 Incident of the Year"
Anh's 11 years old son had a typo error in his email that lead to a serious incident.
He misspelled myspace website and forward the link to his 6th grade classmates. Anh received angry messages from frustrated parents. Anh had to explain and wrote many messages to apologize until those parents calmed down. (See http://www.pcanswer.com/articles/sjm_praiseftc.htm

Speaker #3: Craig T. "If you are not into Christmas Holiday celebration. Please do not spoil it for others!"
Craig shares some of his beliefs about Christmas Holiday celebration. Craig tells us about his two Jewish friends who love to celebrate Christmas.

Speaker #4: Jean D. "My 2008 Resolution"

Jean shares 3 of her 2008 resolutions:
1. Eat healthier (shop at organic store).
2. Exercise more.
3. Contribute to our society (coaching hockey for the kids).

2007 November meeting minutes

2007-12-12T11:51:00.001-08:00

2007 November meeting minutes

2007 October meeting minutes

2007-12-12T11:50:00.001-08:00

2007 October meeting minutes

2007 September 26th meeting minutes

2007-09-26T15:33:00.000-07:00

Please follow this link then click on Assigned Roles
Next meeting:
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 (TM- Queen Elon-Vincent, SP- Raja Bheema, SP- Rob Kalin, SP- Tom Oleson, TT- Jack Chandler)

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 (TM Rory, TT Jack, SP Anh, EV Jack, GE Anh, TI Rory, AH Rory, GR Rory)
9/26 attendees: Anh, Jack, Rory
9/26 Best Speaker: Anh Tran "Tutoring In French"
9/26 Best Evaluator: Jack Chandler
9/26 Best Tabletopic Answer: Rory McManus
9/26 Word of the Day: sardonic \sar-DON-ik\, adjective
Definition: Scornful, mocking; disdainfully humorous.

Anh's speech "Tutoring In French".
Anh demonstrated the painful process of tutoring her kid in French during the Summer. The speech ended with a surprise happy ending. "Avec de la patience, on arrive a tout" (With patience, one achieves all).

2007 September 12th meeting minutes

2007-09-25T14:09:00.000-07:00

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Next meeting:
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 (TM Rory, TT Jack, SP Anh SP Queen EV Rob, EV Tom EV Raja Conflict: Craig, Janet Meeting Room F333)

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 (TM Tom, TT Rory, SP Rob, SP Craig, SP Rory, SP Janet, GE Anh, EV Janet, EV Anh, EV Rory, EV Rob)
9/12 attendees: Anh, Rob, Janet, Jack, Craig, Tom, Rory, David Michel
9/12 Best Speaker: Rory McManus "Effective Goofing Off"
9/12 Best Evaluator: Rob Kalin
9/12 Best Tabletopic Answer: Not enough time
9/12 Word of the Day: plangent
1. Beating with a loud or deep sound, as, "the plangent wave."
2. Expressing sadness; plaintive.

Rob's speech "Introducing Craig Turner"
Rob had one speech left to complete his Advanced Communicator Bronze project. The speech was “introduce the speaker”. It was a lead in speech to one of the speeches.
To prepare for this speech, Rob needed a speaker who was willing to forward him the speech. Craig then forwarded his speech to Rob. Congratulations to Rob who achieved the ACB award on September 12, 2007.

Craig's speech "Hockey tournament in District 10 Guidelines & Processes"
This is a vocational speech on the procedures of applying for and hosting a tournament in District 10 of Minnesota Hockey. The paperwork guidelines were presented specifying MUST rules. Then the tournament guidelines were presented with several recommended action items.

Rory's speech "Effective Goofing Off"
Goofing off is largely a neglected field when it comes to time management. This speech demonstrated how a portable gaming system (Nintendo DS) could be used to maximize the value of video game playing time, a popular form of goofing off. The main points of the speech were efficiency gains due to the fast startup/shutdown of the system, the ability to leverage otherwise wasted moments of time (such as waiting in lines, doctors offices, etc) as quality goofing off moments, and even how it could enhance relationships with ones spouse through increased "together time" (play anywhere your spouse wants to go). A DS is the right tool to maximize the efficiency of your non-productive moments.

Janet's speech "It's the Calories!"
Janet started by asking if anyone wanted to lose a few pounds. She talked about the variety of diet plans available, discussed a consultation she had with Slim4Life and talked about the choice to do her own plan. Her plan is very simple - eat less (and smartly), exercise more!

2007 August 22nd meeting minutes

2007-09-25T14:00:00.000-07:00

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Next meeting:
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 (TM Tom, TT Rory, SP Rob, SP Craig, SP Rory, SP Janet, GE Anh, EV, EV Anh, EV Rory, EV Craig)

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007 (TM Anh, TT Anh, SP Tom, SP Virginia, GE Jack, EV David, EV Raza)
8/22 attendees: Anh, Craig, Tom, Rory, David Michel, Han Nu
8/22 Best Speaker: Tom Oleson "Financial Planning 101: For young people"
8/22 Best Evaluator: Raja Bheema
8/22 Best Tabletopic Answer: Virginia Landauer
8/22 Word of the Day: recondite \REK-uhn-dyt\, adjective:
1. Difficult to understand; abstruse.
2. Concerned with obscure subject matter.

Virginia's speech "Protect your body to extend your healthy life" is a play between a sports saleswoman and a client. Virginia presented the Buyer process: 1. Recognize a need. 2. How to get it. 3. What is out there to fulfill their need. 4. Evaluate all information. 5. Making decision.
Then Virginia presented the Seller process: 1. What the Buyer is thinking. 2. Point out the benefit of the product. 3. Make closure to the sale.

Tom's speech "Financial Planning 101: For young people". Tom advised the young people to do the following things: 1. Pay in full (credit card debt has very high interest rate). 2. Managing your credit rating (good for job interview, lease an apartment). 3. Pay themself first (investing start early).

2007 August 8th Meeting Minutes

2007-08-09T16:15:00.000-07:00

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Next meeting:
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007 Hill Speakers Club Humorous Speech Contest (TM Anh, TT Queen, SP Tom, SP Raja, SP Rob, GE Jack, EV Jan, EV Rory, EV Craig)

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 (TM Craig, SP Anh, TT Rory, GE David, AH David, GR David, EV Tom, TI Tom)
8/8 attendees: Anh, Craig, Tom, Rory, David Michel, Area 22 Gov. Greg De Keuster
8/8 Best Speaker: Anh Tran "Go Digital"
8/8 Best Evaluator: Tom Oleson
8/8 Best Tabletopic Answer: Tom Oleson
8/8 Word of the Day: in•cred•u•lous -- not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving: skeptical

From this
Anh's Show What You Mean speech "Go Digital" was very informative.
She showed 4 steps to convert your piles of old pictures into CDs.

To this
1. Choose one project at a time (i.e. 1980 Switzerland Trip, 1981 South Dakota Trip, Jon's Birthdays ...)
2. Limit to 40-45 pictures per project (i.e. Jon is 20, he had 15 non-digital picture birthdays, limit to 3 pictures per Jon's non-digital birthday)
3. Bring 45 pictures to Sam's club (or Cub Food, Target ...) (more than 45 will make you dizzy)
4. Use KODAK scanner, KODAK CD for best quality (use scanner from work is not recommended).

The 45 pictures will take approximately 45 minutes to scan, to write to CD, to wait in line to pay for the CD.
Making a KODAK CD costs $2.24 at Sam's Club with FREE index print.

2007 July 25th Meeting Minutes

2007-05-21T12:12:00.000-07:00

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Next meeting:

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 (TM– Craig Turner, SP– Jack Chandler, SP– Queen E-Vincent, SP– Anh Tran, TT– Rory McManus
Guest: Area 22 Governor - Gregory G. De Keuster

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007Hill Speakers Club Humorous Speech Contest

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007 (TM Raja, SP Janet, SP Rory, SP Craig, TT Tim)
7/25 attendees: Anh, Craig, Jack, Tom, Rob, Raja, Janet, David Michel
7/25 Best Speaker: Janet Hall "Do you remember when?"
7/25 Best Evaluator: David Mitchell
7/25 Best Tabletopic Answer: Anh Tran
7/25 Word of the Day: germane -- relevant: suitably related to something, especially something being discussed

Craig's speech "HEP" gave a complete guide line to bench Parents of Young Hockey Players. HEP stands for Hockey Education Program.
Janet's speech "Do you remember when?" suggested many great ideas to organize your memories.

Next meeting: Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 (TM Rob, SP Darshan Doman)

Next meeting: Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 (TM Rob, SP Janet, SP Craig, TT Raja)

5/23 attendees: Anh, Craig, Jack, Tom, Rob, Rory, Raja, Janet
5/23 Best Speaker: Tom Oleson "Who is Tom Oleson"
5/23 Best Evaluator: Janet Hall
5/23 Best Tabletopic Answer: Raja Bheema
5/23 Word of the Day: Delectation -- Great pleasure; delight, enjoyment.

Tom broke the ice to Hill Speakers by the speech title "Who is Tom Oleson" with his good sense of humor. He had a wonderful way to explain what he does as an Independent Financial Advisor.

Rob demonstrated the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument to identify 5 styles of conflict: Forcing, Avoiding, Accommodating, Collaborating, and Compromising. Can you guess which style Rob referred to as King Solomon's split-into-two case. His speech was called "Thomas Kilmann"

Toastmaster Craig Turner
Table Topicmaster Jack Chandler
Speaker Tom Oleson
Speaker Rob Kalin
General Evaluator Anh Tran
Evaluator Rory McManus
Evaluator Janet Hall
Evaluator Anh Tran

Note: Raja Bheema is travelling this week. Raja will give his speech on June 27th.

2007 May 9th Meeting Minutes

2007-05-04T12:12:00.000-07:00

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Next meeting: Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

5/9 attendees: Anh, Rob, Rory, Jack, Tom, Virginia, Craig, Khalid Syed
5/9 Best Table Topic Answer: Khalid Syed
5/9 Best Speaker: Virginia Landauer "I don't believe in witches... but they DO exist!"

5/9 Best Evaluator: Rob Kalin

Jack shared the plan for his daughter's graduation Open House. He lead us step by step of do it yourself of the kitchen floor.

Anh had the club goal down to the date; number of speeches to make sure Hill Speakers will be a Distinguished Club by June 30, 2008.

Virginia did not miss a beat. When a speaker slot was available, Virginia grabbed the opportunity to deliver her drama speech. She told us very interesting stories about a scary game when she was young.

Welcome back Virginia!

Toastmaster of the Day: Rory McManus
Table Topicmaster: Anh Tran
Speaker 1: Jack Chandler "Floor plan"
Speaker 2: Anh Tran "Distinguished club"
Speaker 3: Virginia Landauer "I don't believe in witches... but they DO exist!"

General Evaluator: Craig Turner
Evaluator 1: Craig Turner
Evaluator 2: Tom Oleson
Evaluator 3: Rob Kalin

Next Meeting April 25, 2007

2007-04-11T14:48:00.000-07:00

Next meeting assigned roles:
4/25
TM: Tom Oleson
TT: Rob Kalin
SP: Janet Hall
SP: Craig Turner
Note: 4/25 Anh will be out of town.

4/11 Attendees: Anh, Janet, Jack, Rory, Rob, Tom, Philip Hastings
4/11 Best Speaker Rory McManus Scoping Your Own Sick Line
4/11 Best Table Topic Answer Tom Oleson
4/11 Best Evaluator Tom Oleson

Rory's speech Scoping Your Own Sick Line brought us many excitements.
He showed us what he meant by practicing gliding using a skateboard. Rory's goal is gliding on much lower bar by certain time frame for exercising purpose.

Anh's speech Pumping Up Your Iron gave us helpful information about iron.
She persued us to be aware of our hemoglobin level (for women, normal range should be from 12 – 16 grams).

And to intake adequate amount of rich iron food daily (females need at least 18 mg of iron daily)
10 bagels give 18 mg of iron, 36 hot dogs give 18 mg of iron
20 oz. of beef gives 18 mg of iron (3 oz. of meat after cooked -- similar to the size of a deck of cards).

Area 22 Contest Results - Congratulations to Jack Chandler for receiving Second Place award at the Area 22 Spring Contest on April 4, 2007. Way to go Jack!

2007 April 11th meeting minutes

2007-04-04T10:42:00.000-07:00

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Review next meeting tasks:
4/11
Toastmaster: Rob Kalin
Table Topic Master: Jack Chandler
Speaker: Anh Tran "Pumping Up Your Iron"
Speaker: Rory McManus

The Hill Speakers April to December 2007 Assigned Duties


Meeting Number 822  823  824  825  826  827  828  829  830  831  832  833  834  835  836
    Month      APR  MAY  MAY  JUN  JUN  JUL  JUL  AUG  AUG  SEP  SEP  OCT  OCT  NOV  DEC
    Date       25   09   23   13   27   11   25   08   22   12   26   10   24   14   12

1. Bheema      GE   EV   SP   TT   EV   SP   TM   EV   SP   GE   EV   SP   TT   EV   SP

2. Chandler    EV   SP   TT   EV   SP   TM   EV   SP   GE   EV   SP   TT   EV   SP   TM

3. Hall        SP   TT   EV   SP   TM   EV   SP   GE   EV   SP   TT   EV   SP   TM   EV

4. Kalin       TT   EV   SP   TM   EV   SP   GE   EV   SP   TT   EV   SP   TM   EV   SP

5. Elon-VincentEV   SP   TM   EV   SP   GE   EV   SP   TT   EV   SP   TM   EV   SP   GE

6. McManus     GR   TM   EV   SP   GE   EV   SP   TT   EV   SP   TM   EV   SP   GE   EV

7. Oleson      TM   EV   SP   GE   EV   SP   TT   EV   SP   TM   EV   SP   GE   EV   SP

8. Tran        **   SP   GE   EV   SP   TT   EV   SP   TM   EV   SP   GE   EV   SP   TT

9. Turner      SP   GE   EV   SP   TT   EV   SP   TM   EV   SP   GE   EV   SP   TT   EV

4/4 Area 22 Spring Speech Contest

3/28 Meeting Attendees: Anh, Jack, Tom, Craig, Raja

3/28 Speaker of the day: Raja Bheema “What Lies ahead for This Country?" (CC progress 8/10)
Within 7 minutes, Raja gave the audience an overview of India. From the meaning of the flag, orange (value), white (peace) and green (prosperity). In the middle there's a blue chakra (wheel of the law) that has 24 rays for the 24 hours.
To the traffic in Delhi by including a live video using YouTube. Way to go Raja!

3/28 Evaluator of the day: Craig Turner

2007 March 14th meeting minutes

2007-03-15T17:12:00.000-07:00

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March 28 Meeting Duties:
TM: Anh Tran
TT: Jack Chandler
SP: Rob Kalin
SP: Raja Bheema "What Lies ahead for This Country?"
SP: Jack Chandler "Humanities Greatest Challenge"

Minutes of March 14, 2007 Meeting
Attendees: Janet, Anh, Jack, Rob, Tom, Lori Bestler

Speakers:
Janet Hall -- Part II - "The Power of Ideas."

Congratulations to Janet Hall on achieving her Advanced Communicator Gold (ACG)
To receive the ACG award, Janet had to:
1. Be Advanced Communicator Silver
2. Completed two Advanced Communication manuals.
3. Coordinated and conducted one Success/Communication or Success/Leadership module.
4. Coached a new member with his or her first three speeches.

Jack Chandler -- "Humanities Greatest Challenge".

Congratulations to Jack Chandler on achieving the Advanced Communicator Bronze (ACB) award.
To receive the ACB award, Jack had to:
1. Received Competent Communicator award
2. Completed two Advanced Communication manuals.

On Wednesday April 4, 2007, Jack will represent our club at the area 22 Spring Contest with the speech titled "Humanities Greatest Challenge". Good luck Jack!

The Area 22 contest will be at 5:30 p.m. in Auditorium A at Boston Scientific, formerly Guidant. Address 4100 Hamline Avenue North, St. Paul.

2007 Februrary 28th Meeting Minutes

2007-03-05T10:28:00.000-08:00

Next meeting: March 14, 2007
Attendees of 2/28: Janet, Anh, Craig, Tom, Jack
Speaker: Janet Hall
Speech: Building Your Thinking Power

In Part I - Mental Flexibility. Janet showed us this picture, then asked:
How Many Squares Do You See? (Hint ... 16 + 9 + 4 + 1 = 30)

I love those Exercises with Mental Flexibility.
IQ Test of Mental Flexibility

See you on March 14 with Part II - "The Power of Ideas."

Subject: Reminder: TM meeting 2/28 (Building Your Thinking Power, Part I - Mental Flexibility)

Fellow Toastmasters,

This is just a reminder that in tomorrow's Toastmaster meeting I will be presenting a Success Communication Series module. It is "Building Your Thinking Power, Part I: Mental Flexibility" - this will take the entire meeting as well as the meeting on March 14. Some info from the materials:

"Building Your Thinking Power" is a program designed to help participants develop their creative thinking abilities. The program is available in two segments: Part I, "Mental Flexibility," and Part II, "The Power of Ideas."

We will discuss the key elements of mental flexibility and practice some specific techniques for developing it. Mental flexibility is one of the hallmarks of the effective thinker. To be mentally flexible means being able to adapt, to appreciate various points of view, to be open to new possibilities, to change your ways when necessary and to be willing to learn and grow continuously.

I hope you will join me at the meeting tomorrow and take part in this interactive module. Feel free to bring a guest or two. The more the merrier!

Best Regards,
Janet

February 14, 2007 Minutes

Attendees: Anh, Jan, Rob, Rory, Jack, Craig, Tom.
Best Speaker of the Day Award went to Rory McManus.
Best Evaluator of the Day Award went to Rob Kalin.

Jack shared with us his concerns about green house effect in his speech "Humanities Greatest Challenge".

Janet talked about "Along With Me", she suggest carrying a book with you wherever you go.

Rory told us beautiful and romantic stories in the speech titled "My Mountains".

2007 February 14th meeting minutes

2007-02-13T11:36:00.000-08:00

Hill Speakers Meeting on Valentine's Wednesday 2007
Toastmaster: Anh Tran

Club International Contest
Speech: "Humanities Greatest Challenge"
Time: 5-7 Minutes
Speaker: Jack Chandler

Project #8 ATM-Gold
Speech: "Along With Me"
Time: 5-7 Minutes
Speaker: Janet Hall

Speech: "My Mountains"
Project: #4 in Communication and Leadership Program,
"How to Say It".
Time: 5-7 Minutes
Speaker: Rory McManus

January 10 Meeting Minutes

2007-01-10T12:55:00.000-08:00

Next meeting tasks: Jan 24 TM Rob, TT Queen, SP Raja, SP Anh
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Officer Training Thursday 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. January 18, 2007 - Ramsey Library 2180 N. Hamline, Roseville
Division International Speech & Tall Tales Contests - April 18, 2007
Area International Speech & Tall Tales Contests - The week of March 26, 2007
Club International Speech & Tall Tales Contests - February 28, 2007

Attendees: Anh, Rob, Jack, Janet, Raja, Nathan, Dave
Best Speaker of the day: Jack Chandler
Best Table Topic Answer of the day: Dave Holmquist
Best Evaluator of the day: Dave Holmquist
The Word of the Day: uxorious \uk-SOR-ee-us; ug-ZOR-\, adjective:
Excessively fond of or submissive to a wife.

Speaker: Jack Chandler
Speech: College Financial Aid
Jack just made a trip to River Falls for his child college financial aid meeting; Jack gave many useful tips including the following.
Tips: Put parent name on education saving.
Put student name on education loan.
http://www.cvtc.edu/

Speaker: Janet Hall
Speech: More to Follow
Janet is working on achieving her AC Gold award by March 31, 2007.
She gave us a head up on the five incoming speech topics.

1. "Let's Go Nuts"

2. "Caring Bridge"
http://www.caringbridge.org

3. "Mental Flexibility" Building Your Thinking Power
http://www.toastmasters.org/store/group.asp?GroupID=14

4. "Reading"

5. "Triathlon"
http://www.tribuff.com
Sprint: 1/4 mile swim, 13 mile bike, 3 mile run
Olympic: 1.5k (.9mile) swim, 40k (24.8 mile) bike, 10k (6.2 mile) run

Tabletopic Master Rob Kalin gave each participant a word, and the participant would come up with things to say about the given word. Each Tabletopic participant is allotted one to two minutes.

Dave Holmquist took a way the trophy with the word "Gold". He also managed to use the word of the day "uxorious" in his answer. How impressive!

Anh Tran switched from the word "Bronze" to the word "Jade"
http://www.jadejewelryweb.com/html/products.html

Nathan Larson gave us wonderful childhood memory when he got the word "Mercury", he also told us a recent incident related to the silver liquid inside of a thermometer.

Raja Bheema encounters many "Maple" trees during his trips and his backyard.

2006 December Meeting Minutes

2006-12-15T12:54:00.000-08:00

Next meeting tasks: January 10, 2007
TM Anh; TT Rory; Speaker Queen; Speaker Jack
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Speaker Virginia Landauer
The Entertaining Speaker (226-A) speech #3 - "Animal Lovers"
3. Make Them Laugh - Time: 8-10 minutes
Objectives:
• Prepare a humorous speech drawn from your own experience.
• Strengthen the speech by adapting and personalizing humorous material from outside sources.
• Deliver the speech in a way that makes the humor effective.

How long do we have to wait?

BAT! BAT! BAT!

Shoo!

Are you sure it's not yours?

Speaker 2 - Queen Lenita Elon-Vincent
Ice Breaker speech - "The Meaning of My Name"
Objectives:
• To begin Speaking before an audience.
• To help you understand what areas require particular emphasis in your speaking development.
• To introduce yourself to your fellow club members.
• TIME: Four to six minutes

Speaker 3 - Tom Oleson
Ice Breaker speech - "All About Myself"

Speaker 4 - Nathan Larson
Ice Breaker speech - "The Wonder of Being Me"

Speaker 5 - Annie Aryavong
Ice Breaker speech - "Me, Myself and I"

Attendees: Anh, Virginia, Queen
Guests: Tom Oleson, Annie Aryavong, Nathan Larson, Kelly Wei

December 13, 2006 Toastmasters meeting Reminder

2006-11-28T10:10:00.000-08:00

The Hill Speakers regular meeting location is in the CAFETERIA, MAPLE
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Meeting Number 813  815  816  817  818  819  820
    Month      DEC  JAN  JAN  FEB  FEB  MAR  MAR
    Date       13   10   24   14   28   14   28

1. Bheema      **   GE   SP   TI   EV   AH   SP

2. Chandler    EV   SP   TI   EV   AH   SP   TT

3. Hall        GE   TI   EV   AH   SP   TT   EV

4. Kalin       SP   EV   AH   SP   TT   EV   SP

5. Landauer    TI   AH   SP   TT   EV   SP   TM

6. Elon-VincentTT   SP   TT   EV   SP   TM   EV
 
7. McManus     AH   TT   EV   SP   TM   EV   GE

Open           SP   EV   SP   TM   EV   GE   SP

Open           TI   SP   TM   EV   GE   SP   TI

8. Tran        TM   TM   EV   GE   SP   TI   EV

9. Turner      SP   EV   GE   SP   TI   EV   AH

October 2006 meetings Minutes

2006-11-21T13:37:00.000-08:00

On October 25th, 2006 meeting

Attendees: Anh T., Jan H., Rory M., Tom O., Annie A.

Speakers:
Jan H. "TCM"
ATM Manual

Rory M. "Traversing The Telecommuting Tight Rope"
CTM Manual

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No Toastmasters Meeting on November 22, 2006

2006-11-21T12:29:00.000-08:00

Have A Happy Thanksgiving Day!
Our next meeting will be on December 13, 2006.
There will be no meeting on December 27, 2006.

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November 8, 2006 meeting Minutes
Attendees: Janet H., Anh T., Jack C. & Tom O.
Speakers: Janet H. "Introducing A Speaker"
ATM Manual

Anh T. "Thanksgiving at Anh's House"
ATM Manual

Jack C. "ASQ Certification"
ATM Manual

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