Minutes for meeting no. 458 October 20th 2008

Robert Horvath was our Toastmaster for meeting no. 458.

Word of the day

Ben Maslen filled in for word of the day. ‘Excogitate’ was the word in question.

Round Robin

Topic: Tram Tao guided us along giving us all an opportunity to share with the group a brief introduction to ourselves.

Table Topic

Ajit gave us all a treat then with some thought provoking table topics.

1. Our guest Al was asked what he’d do if he awoke in a world without people his answer ‘ice scream’ 🙂
2. John Scheele was asked to ponder the logic of his tie in the universe. His answer, the shirt picks the tie.
   
3. Will Lo then gave us his picture of the meaning of life style ‘o Will.
4. Our guest Selena sold us a pen with magic properties.
5. Tram Tao pondered the links between 7 fingered salmon people and gmo strawberries.
6. Ross finally took us on a journey of drugs, guns money and misplaced blame.

Speeches

1. Craig Coonan gave his 5th speech ‘Golf a metaphor for life’ (evaluated by Jasmin Zhang).
2. Kumar delivered speech no. 6 ‘3 Steps to Build Discipline’ (evaluated by Ben Maslen)
3. Tram Tao performed a follow up speech ‘impromptu’ (evaluated by Ross Turetsky)
4. Carlos Jones gave us the funny side of global financial crisis with his speech no. 4 ‘Making the Most of the Financial Crisis (evaluated by Jon Scheele)

Supporting roles

1. Guests: Selena, Al, Sam, Tom and Dan.
2. Allan Gowers tested us with his hark mastery.
3. Amelia gave us an honesty check as grunt master.
4. Kevin watched the clock as timekeeper.
5. Ben Maslen reported the rampant abuse of power by Robert Horvath who used his position as Toastmaster to use the word ‘excogitate’ 19 times !!!!

Prize winners

Ben Maslen – best evaluator
Ross– best table topic
Craig Coonan – Best speaker