July2, 2007 Minutes

From Austin Toastmasters (Balcones, Club #3407)

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Words That Made a Difference by Toastmaster Jack Frick

We had 4 guests: Sherry, Steve's wife; Amy, Jonathan's co-worker; Janis, Matt's wife; and Sammy, Matt's violin playing son age 4.

  • Prayer & Pledge - Ann's mother would say "Mistakes make it unique".
  • Grammarian - Nancy remembers a teacher saying, "Nursing school will be too hard for you", so she went and make straight A's.
  • OMT - Jack subed and told us about 3 methods people use to communicate: Visual, Kinesthetic, or Auditory.

TT - Rick substituted as TT Master. Participants were:

1. Sonny - His high school teacher encouraged him to achieve his potential

2. Steven - Honesty, Respect, and understanding makes people credible

3. Jonathan - He likes silence and listening closely and it's spiritual aspects.

4. Steve G. - Quoted Kennedy, Reagan and Churchill as people who motivated people to give their best.

Speakers -

  • 1. Priscilla, 'Summer Solstice', painted beautiful word pictures of flying in a Bearcat WWII airplane
  • 2. John M. - 'Investing Green', told us how his father, a professor of Biology at UT, influenced him to find green investments.

3. Matt Carlin - 'Perform to Your Potential' brought in a surprise guest, his son Sammy, to show us violin playing as taught by the Suzuki Method with three songs: motorcycle motorcycle, Ice cream cones, and Mississippi hot dogs.

GE - Gordon led the team of Scott, Jon, Dan and Harry.

Winners - Speaker - Priscilla Table Topics - Steve L. Evaluator - Dan Naden Most Improved - John McMillan


Finally we inducted the new Officers for July 1 - Dec 31, 2007 - President - Jonathan Huizingh VP Ed - Mary Buker VP PR - Scott Perry Treasurer - Harry Savio Secretary - Jon Beall

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