April Showers

Brian McGinnis conducted the meeting with military precision, but was also fun-filled with a theme of April Showers.

Art Testani was the humorist:


Moyara Ruehsen won Best Table Topics:


Erkan Abunaz gave his Icebreaker speech:

Erkan was evaluated by Carl Thormeyer:


Zeynep Yilmaz gave her #2 speech and was voted Most Improved Speaker:


Zeynep was evaluated by Moyara Ruehsen:


Arnie Buss practiced his contest speech as a #4 from the CC manual, Losing My Baggage:


Arnie was evaluated by Tom Shih, who was also selected Best Evaluator:

Idioms and Proverbs

Nusret Denizci led today's meeting like an experienced pro - and yet it was his first time as Toastmaster of the Day. Wonderful job! The theme was Idioms and Proverbs.



Ngan Kim was the humorist:


Arnie Buss won best table topics (since it's quite a challenge to videotape oneself whilst speaking, all that was available was the audio):


Jim Burlison brought down the house with his hilarious speech The Ah's Have It, from the advanced manual "Humorously Speaking":


Jim was evaluated by Fred Sadler, who raised the bar by writing a limerick on the spot. He was selected best evaluator:


Carl Thormeyer gave the #5 speech from his third time through the basic manual, Lectern Protocol:


Carl was evaluated by Michelle Banazwski:

Spring Cleaning

Rolf Ridge led an outstanding meeting with the theme of "Spring Cleaning."

Carl led Table Topics, which resulted in a tie between Art Terry:


And Kathy Norton:


Michelle Banazwski gave her #5 speech Ballroom Basics:


Michelle was evaluated by Cathy Lee:


Brian McGinnis was voted Best Speaker for his #4 speech You Are a Teddy Bear, and I Can Prove It!:


Jim Burlison was selected best evaluator for his feedback to Brian:

Aloha Friday!

Brian McGinnis debuted as TMoD with an Island theme of "Aloha!" With the members bedecked by Hawaiian shirts, he helped create an Aloha spirit during a fabulous meeting.

Fred Sadler was the humorist:


Newest member Art Terry won best table topics:


Nell Turley was voted Most Improved for her Icebreaker My Name is Nell:


Nell was evaluated by Juliette Ferguson:


Stanley Wong was voted Best Speaker for his humorous #2 speech Beating the All You Can Eat Buffet:


Stanley was evaluated by Art Testani:


Moyara Ruehsen gave the #2 project from the "Speaking to Inform" manual, The US Budget Crisis:


Moyara was evaluated by Tom Shih, who was selected Best Evaluator: