Alan Was Right About Clint Eastwood

If you missed Gran Torino, you missed Clint Eastwood at his best.
Lucky for Alan’s 40th birthday, it was Terrific.

Christmas Party Directions

The party on Wednesday is at
Club House – Fox Chase Apartments
700 Fox Chase
Arnold, MO 63010

Here’s a link with directions and a map.
http://southcountytoastmasters.org/html/FoxChaseApartments.html

New Club Officers

Here are the newly elected club officers for the term Jan 1 – June 30, 2009
Left to right:

Rich Ullrich – Secretary
Kristy Cyganowicz – VP of Public Relations
Matt Ament – VP of Education
Karen Busch – VP of Membership
Karl Beck – President
Alicia Flamm – Treasurer
Jim Schaper – Sergeant of Arms
Jim Ruzicka – Officer at Large

Introduction to Toastmasters – December 10th

South County Toastmasters invites members of the community to attend
a FREE get acquainted meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 10, 2008
in the downstairs cafeteria of the Met Life Building
located at 13045 Tesson Ferry Road in South St. Louis County (one mile west of I-270).
(A map is on the website.)
www.southcountytoastmasters.org

New Greeter Position

The club voted last night to add the job of “Greeter” to our list of weekly positions.
His/Her job is to meet and greet guests as they arrive.
Try and sit with the new guest and make them at home by explaining what is going on in the meeting.
If there is more than one guest, seat the extra guest next to a Toastmaster who is free to help out.

We encourage other Toastmasters to introduce themselves to new guests and make them welcome.

Here are some tips if you are assigned the “Greeter” position.

1. Arrive early – 6:40 p.m.

2. Have copies of the “Generic Agenda” to hand out to all guests.(website)

3. Have the guests fill in her contact information in the new “Guest Signin” binder.

4. Have copies of the Membership Application ready in case the VP of Membership is not in attendance and the guest wants to join that night.(website)

Holiday Schedule

Because of the upcoming holidays, the club voted to cancel some meetings.

Nov. 26, Dec. 24 and Dec. 31.

Division A Humorous Contest Oct. 18th – Howard moves on.

Congratulation to both Howard on winning the Humorous Speech Contest at the Area level and Georgia OBryan on coming in 3rd in Tabletopics. Howard will move on to the Division A Contest – details below.

Sat, Oct 18,  9:30 am
Jefferson College
1687 Missouri State Road
Arnold Missouri 63010
Room 304

New Contest Winners and Area Contest Details

Congratulations to our latest contest winners.
Tabletopics – 1st Georgia O’Bryan, 2nd Bill Collier
Humorous Speech – 1st Howard Brandt – 2nd Carl Hendrickson
The Area Contest will be held September 6, 2008 at Mineral Area College.
9:30 am – 12:00 pm
North College Center, 5270 Flat River Road, Park Hills, MO – Main Campus

Contest Winners

Speakers Bureau Information – 2008

I’ve just put online our brand new Speakers Bureau information for 2008.
It’s a pdf and is easy to download and share with friends, organizations and businesses.
Thanks to Carl and Barb for all their work.
http://www.southcountytoastmasters.org/documents/speakers-forum-Aug-2008.pdf

Dee’s Musical Exit Revue