2010-02-14: Affairs of the Heart
Sue Zenger was Toastmaster of the day.
[In Preparation]
2009-04-19: A Salute to Failure!
Sue Zenger was Toastmaster of the day with her theme: "A Salute to Failure!". Grammarian Lance Miller had "fiasco" as the word-of-the-day.
[ In - Preparation ]
2008-04-20: 15 Minutes of Fame
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Toastmaster Sue Zenger was somewhat mischievious with her theme: "15 Minutes of Fame" as is expected. Throughout the meeting she taxed our memories with the names of various "15-minute wonders" from years of past events. Most were notoriously forgettable and totally suitable for Grammarian Clare Anahu's "ephemeral" word-of-the-day.
Table Topics Master Mike Baron managed to throughly quiz us regarding our own personal fifteen minutes in the spotlight of attention, past, present and future.
Leading off the prepared speeches was experienced speaker Alberto Cabilan who is playing the "impromptu" game with a speech title given to him by the toastmaster at the break.
Next was Jeff Harman with a speech entitled: "The Future is in Your Hands" wherein he lead us to believe he was talking about the upcoming national elections, but then revealed himself to be talking about the upcoming election of Club officers--clever man!
Bruce Delfeld in his speech "Bruce Was Wrong" actually recanted and repented an earlier "conspiracy theory" speech about the 1969 moon landing. The speech was great, but Bruce the great whiteboard artist is not.
Doing what Jeff did not, Bill Moon, doing the "Persuade With Power" project, actually talked about electing political candidates. Elect the candidates who support "free market" solutions over "government mandated" solutions to environmental problems.
Once again Mick Coventry was "over the top" with his tenth Icebreaker speech "My Family and Other Animals" telling us of growing up with critters along the banks of the Thames with such vivid imagery he caused some of the ladies to cringe!
Lastly, Lance Miller inspired us with a #10 speech: "The First Step".
Toastmaster Sue Zenger topped off the meeting by mentioning that while most of the fifteen minutes of fame she quizzed us about were non-complimentary, her wish for us is to have fifteen minutes and more of fame and leave a postive legacy for ourselves and our society.
