Articulators' Sergeant at Arms, Roger called the meeting to order at 7:30. Denny gave the invocation, led the pledge, and shared an inspired toast. President, Michelle D welcomed everyone and passed control to VP Education, Roxie to conduct the club officer elections. The officer slate (nominated previously) was: President - Michelle D, VP Education - Mike S, VP Membership - Tim G, VP Publicity - Irene, Secretary - Rebecca, Treasurer - Roxie, and Sergeant at Arms - Roger. The slate was approved unanimously by all members present and our new officers will serve from July 1 to December 31, 2008.
Rebecca stepped to the lectern as Toastmaster and led our meeting. She had distributed well designed agendas before the meeting. Grammarian, Michelle D gave us "kismet" as word of the day, Mike S served as Timer, Ed as "Ah" counter and Rebecca tabulated the votes. Our prepared speakers were Roger giving speech #5, Regina giving speech #3, and Tim G giving speech #9. Irene was Table Topics Master, Ed was General Evaluator, and evaluators were Irene, Roxie, and Mike S.
Roles for next week were confirmed. Guest, Denise W (wife of Denny) complemented the club. Rebecca awarded the ribbons. Best Speaker went to Tim G with "The Announcement", Best Table Topic went to Ed for "The Issues for 2008", and Best Evaluator went to Irene for her feedback to Roger's speech "What Goes Up Does Not Always Go Down." The meeting ran on time and we adjourned at 8:34 AM.
