Club News
Capital City Toastmasters Meeting Recap - July 1, 2010
Submitted by Jillian Bowlin
Capital City Toastmasters Awards Day 2010
"There are two things people want more than sex and money...recognition and praise." Mike Eaves opened our Annual Recognition Day meeting with this Mary Kay Ash quote. Twenty-eight people were in attendance at today's meeting, which was packed with lots of recognition and praise for another great year at Capital City Toastmasters.
Trey Bason served as Master of the Ceremony and congratulated everyone for helping Capital City Toastmasters earn the President's Distinguished Club Award for the 6th year in a row and encouraged us to do it again! He had us stand and give high-fives for a job well done!
Tom Beaulieu announced that the 2009-2010 Best Table Topics Award winner was Tom Presley. Tom P. was not in attendance today, but the photo below shows Tom B. sharing words of praise for a job well done. Tom B. was runner up for the award.
Carrie Karcher recognized our outgoing officers for a fantastic job. She asked them to stand and commended them for their hard work and dedication, and she expressed the club's appreciation for their strong leadership.
Bob Crump inducted the new members who were in attendance today. They each received their Toastmasters International pins and made the new member's pledge in front of all of those present.
Martin Rock presented April Young with the 2009-2010 Best Evaluator Award. Martin was runner-up for the award and spoke of the benefits of receiving and giving effective evaluations. He encouraged us to be sincere as we guide others in public speaking.
Mike Eaves recognized those who received their Competent Communicator (CC) and Competent Leader (CL) awards this year. Colleen Slaughter was in attendance and came forward to receive her recognition as a CC.
Tom Presley earned his CL recognition this year, and Mike mentioned that he will serve as a Toastmasters Area Governor for the coming year.
Brian Simpson came forward and shared special recognition for Peter Tepfer based on his hard work with the club's website. Pete has mentored Brian, helped maintain the site, and will soon be mentoring new Vice President Public Relations and Webmaster Chris Richter.
David Kiker announced that during the past year, Carrie Karcher earned her Advanced Communicator (AC) award and Brian Simpson earned his Advanced Leader (AL) award.
It was no surprise that Brian Simpson received the award as Best Speaker 2009-2010 [he also won this award for 2008-2009]. Colleen Slaughter shared wonderful praise for Brian's abilities and left him speechless. (Pretty ironic, isn't it?)
Trey Bason inducted our officers for the upcoming year, and each pledged to fulfill his/her responsibilities as an officer of the club.
Thanks to Dean DiLillo for serving as timekeeper today.
Guests in attendance were Dorsey, Tommy, Jon and Sreekant. Dorsey announced that he is joining our club! Each of these four guests gave encouraging words and reminded us of the reasons we may have chosen to first attend Capital City Toastmasters.