Attended by: Deborah Darbee, President; David Shlegle, VP of Education; Regina Litman, VP of Membership; Jean Ships, VP of Public Relations; Norm Logan, Sergeant at Arms;
Richard Falconer, Meg Fosco and Division F Governor, Thaine Shetter.
Special guest , Gbenga attended and participated as our word master and in Table Topics
Many thanks to Norm Logan, SAA, whose one liners always start the meeting off with a chuckle.
President Deborah Darbee opened the business meeting by reviewing the Club’s goals for President’s Distinguished and asking for member commitments to help achieve
those goals. Regina Litman committed to completing a CL and possibly and ALS. Jean Shipos agreed to complete a CC. Deborah also reminded everyone to bring
their Competent Leader books to every meeting in order to be awarded credits for meeting participation.
The Toastmaster was Richard Falconer. Deborah Darbee took on multiple roles as timer, grammarian and ah counter.
Norm Logan conducted table topics. Norm asked members to test their knowledge of history. Each person reached into Norm’s paper goody bag and
pulled out a name written in history. The following list shows the table topic speaker and the historic reference about which he/she was to speak.
| Toastmaster | Historic Name |
| Dave | Babe Ruth |
| Meg | Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| Richard | Bill Clinton |
| Regina | Thomas Edison |
| Guest | George Washington |
| Thaine | Sam Mudd |
| Debra | Joe Lewis |
David gave speech #9 from the Advanced “Speeches by Management” manual. His speech, “I Hope I Die Before I Get Old”, was a unique
approach to our country’s Social Security challenges. Dave’s speech was evaluated by Regina Litman.
Thaine Shetter completed project #6, Vocal Variety, from the CC manual. His speech, “You Want Me to Do What?” was a humorous
Glimpse at a unique sky-diving experience. Meg Fosco evaluated Thaine’s speech.
Regina Litman stepped in at the last minute to deliver her humorous speech, “Strawbidges Forever”, a tongue in cheek recollection of
every ting Philly, yo, yo, yo. Jean Shipos evaluated Regina’s speech.
Richard took on double duty as the General Evaluator and called for evaluations and other reports.
The meeting closed with the “Listen Up!” awards as conducted by Dave.
The next meeting, Open House, and Club Contest will be on September 7.
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