Volunteermatch.org, said Sam. First time toastmaster at SST Club, Sam introduced the theme as Volunteer Opportunities. Sam is an advance presenter and belongs to multiple TM Clubs. Although it was her first time as TM at this Club, she masterfully and smoothly ran the meeting with flow and transition.
As secretary of SST Club, Aleli presented an educational moment on the duties of the secretary, and asked the members to consider volunteering for the position starting in July. The Educational Moment section of the agenda is a space for a club officer to speak on a prepared topic, for educational or edification purposes.
One of the favorite part of any Toastmaster Club is the table topics section, where it gives members without an agenda role, and guests, the opportunity for impromptu speaking. Keeping with the theme of volunteerism and using the Word of the Day “Guinea Pig”, Bill gave a scenario and asked for volunteers. Isabella’s question was related to being a guinea pig for Covid 19 testing. Petar’s question was on dream volunteer job. Paula’s question, she punted and decided to answer Petar’s question of a dream volunteer job as a coach, traveling world wide to boost moral. I thought I heard her say chess coach and her bit of journalism writing. Jovica’s question was about unseen helpers. Lastly, Scott’s question was about a real-world quirky volunteer experience; and Scott shared about his over the boarder walking of the food.
We had only one prepared presenter for this zoom meeting. Jimmy used Power Point to share about Nancy, Jackie, Michelle, his chickens. With the Idaho family farm, Jimmy’s desire to raise his own chickens from his grandparents. From the first eggs, to what bullies chickens are, to his interaction with his grandparents, Jimmy had another well prepared and entertaining speech.
Scott was the GE, orchestrating the evaluation portion of the meeting. He first introduced Steven the speech evaluator. Steven not only gave us an evaluation, but a walking tour of house. There were the round robin evaluators of Isabella, Petar, Paula, and Aleli. Scott wrap-up the evaluation section with his overall observations. Pointing out virtual background usage, table toastmaster staying with the theme, congratulating Jimmy on a great job, and asking evaluators to consider using the sandwich-method, emphasizing the positives firstly.
Sam’s closed the main meeting and passed the closing to the President. VPE was absent at the meeting, and the agenda role for next week was skipped. The President made the closing comments that there is a new officer selection committee that will be contacting members in April and May. The intent is to have new elections at the end of May for new officers to serve July 2020 thru June 2021.
