02/22/05 Geospeakers Meeting Summary

Meeting was called to order by our President Ann Gunderson. Lauri led us in our 'unsung' galvanizing quote: sing sing sing.

Club business: Officer training in RWC tomorrow evening, Feb. 23rd
Milpitas, Feb. 24th,
and last training opportunity San Jose, Feb. 28th. This one is free if you preregister, AND evaluation training is also free.
Check out the District 4 website for more info.

Next meeting is March 8th; please bring guests and/or prospective members.
Food (Ann) and drink (Carol) will be provided.

TM District contest is March 31; Mitch has agreed to be Toastmaster. Contestants and judges feel free to volunteer and make this a memorable contest. It is Table Topics and International Speech contests this year.

Current members:
Nominations for Toastmaster of the Year are now due. Please submit the name and accomplishments of your Geospeaker nominee to Chris or Gary.
cgutmacher@usgs.gov
gpcurtis@usgs.gov
They will compile nominations and then ask you to vote for your Toastmaster of the Year so we can announce the winner by the March contest, so we need to act quickly for this all to happen by then.

OK now for some really juicy news! Congratulations are in order for Shane and Amy; did Shane propose on Valentine's Day? I don't know, but he did slip the info into his speech today, noting that the paparazzi were not chasing him all over, despite this news-breaking event. He did however, go on to present a wonderful #6 speech, working exquisitely with words, titled "In the News". Kudos Shane, on both the engagement and the presentation.

We had a stellar cast of characters today portrayed by Stephanie, Fran, Gretchen, Neil and Lauri, who Toastmastered, Evaluated, Timed, Ah counted and Wordmastered (respectively) in perfect harmony.

Our Table Topic led by Mitch, Music That Moves Your Soul, even drew former Geospeaker Quenton back to the fold, where she graced our meeting with mellifluous excerpts of songs, for which of course she was awarded Most Eloquent.

Lauri provided us with the Most Interesting description of his favorite instrument, a bassoon that can reach a range of mellifluous notes.

Carol won her first ever Most Humorous Table Topic trophy for revealing her most embarrassing music addiction; the Herman's Hermits (some of us are old enough to remember them, right?). A huge accomplishment for me, since two of the most honored humorous award winners, Fran and Shane, were both present and in great form today as well.

OK, and as long as I'm Master Evaluator, I get to award a close runner up to Ann for her elegant description of her love for Latin music, or any music she can dance to, Gretchen for not whistling while she works, Neil for torturing his child with his choice of music when he's driving, Shane for becoming a symphony season ticket holder (even though he hasn’t gone to one yet), Stephanie for the one banjo song that plays on; I'll fly away, and Fran, for her love of Country Western music.

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