BTM Meeting May 18, 2011

Fellow Buffalo Toastmasters,


We had a successful meeting on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. Thanks to everyone for participating. Even though the theme was “Off the Beaten Path”, the meeting proved to be on the “right track”. I had the pleasure of being the GE, or General Evaluator.

The meeting was called to order by President Pamela Gould. Pamela provided a quick overview of any updates, including introducing the Word(s) – which I forgot to write down for this blog. Ray Hebert, the Toastmaster, helped to guide the meeting forward.

Jokemaster Linda Knudson knocked it out of the park with a very cute joke about a dead rabbit and “hare” spray. Get it? Rabbit…hare…hair..?

RJ Kern delivered speech # 10 with passion and energy. Congratulations RJ! Walter presented his “Don’t Be Shy: Speak Up from the Middle” with finesse and confidence. Nicely done!

Table topics were well orchestrated by Brian VanKeuren. Ray and Caroline provided thoughtful, meaningful, and useful evaluations to RJ and Walter.

The timer report was provided by Linda Knudson. Overall, we stayed within most time limit recommendations.

The meeting concluded with Toastmaster Ray Hebert sharing some thoughts with the fellow BTMers.

And thank you to Caroline Armstrong for switching roles with me at the very last second to assist me with the completion of my CL manual.

Overall – a very good meeting. Some laughs, some serious moments, and lots of mutual respect.

Regards,


Paul
VP Public Relations