09-08-05 Meeting Summary

We held the semi annual club meeting contest. Kelly T was our
toastmaster. She informed our contestants that they would not be
disqualified due to the time of their speeches. She told us that she had
to make formal introductions of the speakers as well. Kelly went over some
rules for the two types of speeches. Which included for the humorous
division the speech needs to be from 5-7 minutes, must be original and not
a monologue of one liners. After each speech there would be one minute of
silence for the members to cast their ballots.

Our speaker in the humorous contest division was Eddie Kaiser. His speech
was titled 'Mishap with the Mister'. His speech was about several mishaps
he had while in Austria with his friend Borgie.

After Eddies speech we observed our minute of silence.

Next Kelly told us of some rules for the Tall Tales contest which included
the speech must be original, 3-5 minutes in length, needs to be highly
exaggerated with a theme or plot.

Our speaker for the Tall Tales contest was Laura Griffith. Her speech was
titled 'Savor the Moment'. Laura's speech was about taking time in your
life to savor the moments.

After Laura's speech we observed our minute of silence.

Next Kelly formally announced that our clubs winner for the humorous
contest was....Eddie K and our winner for the Tall Tales contest
was....Laura G.

Congratulations to the both of you! Good luck at the area contest (Tuesday
Sept 13th at the Burlington Northern Building), Please come and support our
two great speakers next week!

Marian J evaluated Eddies speech and Dan Bennek evaluated Laura's
speech. Afterwards several members also gave our two speakers some helpful
tips and hints to further polish their speeches for the area contest.

Kathy J was our timer. Laura's speech was 4 min 45 sec and Eddies
speech was somewhere between 6 and a half and 7 and a half minutes
(apparently there was a slight problem with the timing of Eddies speech)

Have a great weekend! See you next week!!