Happy Days of Summer

Fred Sadler continued the "summer" theme with today's meeting, "The Happy Days of Summer."

But first, Leisel Iverson was voted in as the new Sergeant at Arms:

Also, newest member Joe Leavitt was inducted.
Arnie Buss was humorist:

Pat Hanson won Table Topics:

Jon Pagnucco gave his Icebreaker speech and was voted Most Improved Speaker:

Best Speaker Leisel Iverson sang her way through her #6 speech Do Re Mi:

Tom Mallory gave his #9 speech  Food That Loves You:

Unfortunately, the videos of the evaluators were lost. :(

Amusement Parks

Laura Franklin's theme was Amusement Parks, very appropriate for the early summer!

Leisel Iverson was the humorist:
Glenn Woodson was voted Best Table Topics Speaker:
Most Improved Speaker Tom Mallory gave his #8 speech A Picture Is Worth A Thousand ... What?:

Tom's evaluator was Arnie Buss:

Best Speaker Tetyana Margolina gave the #3 project from the advanced manual Technical Presentations:

Tetyana was evaluated by Best Evaluator Art Testani:

Lessons from Maya Angelou

Laura Franklin's inaugural time as TMoD was a resounding success! Her theme was "Lessons from Maya Angelou" and filled us in on some particularly inspiring quotes from her work.

Jack Jackson was the Humorist, with an amusing poem from Maya Angelou:

Jack also won Table Topics:

Kim Amador won both Best Speaker as well as Most Improved Speaker for her #4 speech #Push4Parity:

Kim's evaluator was Leisel Iverson, who was also selected Best Evaluator:

Kate Daniels Kurz gave a #2 speech from the advanced manual "Speaking to Inform" entitled The WIP Presidential Briefing:

Kate's evaluator was Carrie Glenn: