03-23-06 Meeting Summary

March 23, 2006
Theme: Winter

Word of the day: Winterkill

Bill S was Toastmaster today and started us off
speaking about how much he likes winter (for real).

Kurt J was our Wordmaster today.

Keri O was our Timer today. She is very
depressed about the recent snow storm as she noticed
the tulips in her yard have experienced winterkill.

Marian J stepped in as our first speaker today.
Her speech, entitled “A Different Journey” will be
performed at the International Competition. Marian
told us of her thoughts of a dark-haired, dark-eyed
child, of how she then read an article about China’s
large amount of children up for adoption, and the call
she received telling her an 18-month year old child
was waiting for her in China.

Lori G was our second speaker. She explained to
us what a schnoodle is. With cute puppy pics on the
screen, and a sample of Lori’s dog’s “play dead”
trick, we got a good feel for what it would be like to
have a schnoodle. What is a schnoodle? It’s a mixed
breed dog of a Schnauzer mother and a Poodle father.
Schnoodles don’t shed and are easily-trained (which is
more than I can say for my airedale terrier at home!).

Mark was our TopicsMaster today.

His question to Eddie:
“What is your favorite holiday classic and why?”

Eddie’s response:
1. My favorite classic is the movie “Christmas
Vacation.” Not only because I like Cousin Eddie, but I
envy the house on the block with the most holiday
lights. I also like the humor this movie brings during
a busy time of the year.

Second question to Laura Griffith:
“What is your favorite winter activity?”

Laura’s response:
1. This past week DayQuil and NyQuil have been her
best friends as her main activity has been sitting on
the couch with a cold. Before the cold, she took her
kids sledding and remembered how much fun sledding was
as a child.



Third question to Betsy Schaller:
“What is your favorite season and why?”

Betsy’s response:
1. Betsy doesn’t like winter. She, like Bill, prefers
fall. Fall is the best because there are no
mosquitoes, and she can wear a sweatshirt while she
takes in the great colors and smells of the season.

Evaluation #1: Gadder F.
He like Lori’s speech- and wondered what a schnoodle
was. He thought her set up could go faster for her
next speech and she could make more use of the floor-
add more movement. He thought she used her visual aids
well; her outline was great, her use of humor added to
the speech, and she appeared calm.

Grammarian Report (Kurt):
Winterkill used twice- by Bill and Keri. Good phrases:
“Far from being spring chickens.”- Marian and “Best
friends have been DayQuil and Nyquil.”- Laura G.
Kurt pointed out Gadder’s ahs and ums at the beginning
of his evaluation.

General Evaluation (Kathy J.):
Overall good meeting with humor added. Liked Kurt’s WM
advice to Gadder. Liked Laura’s topics answer. Loved
Kelly’s humor speech.

Insp/Humor: Kelly T.
Fabulous princess tale.... where the princess dines on
frog legs in the end.

The Spirit Award went to Marian