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2_10_04 Geospeakers Meeting Agenda in lieu of summary


Toastmaster: Neil Shapiro
Galvanizer: Mitch Smith
Master Evaluator: Ann Gunderson
Timer: Shane Detweiler
Ah counter: Stephanie Ross
Wordmaster/Grammarian: Gary Curtis
Table Topics: Chris Gutmacher - "Learning to Drive"
Speech 1: Carol Reiss presented "Evaluate to Motivate" module of the Successful Club Series
Speech 2: Cynthia Ramseyer, "Untapped Alternative Energy" (Warm up your audience: Speech 1 from Humorously Speaking Advanced Manual)
Evaluating Cynthia: Mitch Smith
Last Word: Mitch Smith

Table Topics winners:
4 way tie for Most Interesting: Neil, Ann, Stephanie and Jorie

Neil was also Most Humorous talking about how he must avoid listening to incendiary radio talk shows while driving;

Stephanie's Interesting tidbit concerned a tractor pulling a wagon filled with 5 kids, and nearly tipping it over

Ann won Most Eloquent describing breaking her parents' driving rules by detouring lengthily to the beach when she was supposed to be picking up her father in San Francisco.

Gary was most decorated, with most overall votes (these responses were hard to categorize) for his memory of driving his brother's car into a ditch while trying to turn on the radio shortly after getting his license.

 

 

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