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Meeting Schedule 2008
Meeting Themes & Events
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| July 4 |
No Meeting - Holiday |
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Duties rotate between meetings, so that all members get the full experience of participating in regular meetings. If a member cannot fulfill his or her responsibilities for any particular meeting, it is that member's responsibility to find a substitute, as well as notify the Club President and that meeting's Toastmaster. The Toastmaster is responsible for leading the meeting, including confirming attendance and responsibilities with assignees. Prepared speakers should have their speech title and introduction ready for the Toastmaster the day before the meeting.
Role Descriptions:
Toastmaster: As the master of ceremonies, the Toastmaster is the genial host who conducts the meeting's program. Because of the importance of this role, it requires a great deal of preparation. The Toastmaster should preside with sincerity, energy, and decisiveness, making the speakers and all meeting participants feel comfortable, and making sure the proceedings move forward smoothly.
Table Topic Master: The Table Topic Master conducts the portion of the meeting that provides members an opportunity to speak extemporaneously and without the advantage of specific preparation. Table Topic responses are impromptu and brief (not less than 1 and not more than 2 minutes each) and the exercise help members learn to think and speak "on their feet".
General Evaluator: The GE is responsible for evaluating everything that takes place during the meeting, giving feedback to the Toastmaster and the Table Topic Master and coordinating and introducing the other evaluators. The GE provides his or her overall evaluation towards the end of the meeting.
Assistant Evaluator: While the general evaluator monitors the general flow of the meeting, the AE's evaluate speakers themselves. Evaluations of prepared speakers are typically done by responding to a list of questions provided in the speaker's manual; evaluations of impromptu speeches (i.e., table topics) are more general evaluations on the speaker's response to the question, mannerisms, gestures, etc.
Wordmaster: The Wordmaster helps club members expand their vocabulary by providing a word to be used whenever possible throughout the meeting, and monitoring its usage. The Wordmaster also acts as a grammarian, commenting on the use of English during the course of the meeting, and keeping track of "ums", "ahs", and other fillers.
Timer: One of the purposes of Toastmasters is to teach people to express thoughts within a specific time interval. The Timer's main job is to monitor the time each Speaker and meeting participant uses and to cue each Speaker as they pass the set timing milestones.
Speaker: The Toastmasters meeting revolves around the scheduled speakers. One progresses through the program by giving a series of speeches that hone a variety of basic skills and advanced communication techniques. For most speaking assignments, the speaker will have between either 4 and 6 minutes or 5 and 7 minutes to give your speech.
Poem or JokeMaster: Each meeting, one member is assigned to either bring a poem or to lighten the mood with a (tasteful) joke. The poem can either be written by the member or not. The poem or joke can be presented at any point in the meeting, as deemed appropriate by that meeting's Toastmaster, but usually is done towards the end of the meeting. The skill of telling a good joke (and telling it well) cannot be underestimated! | 
