Attending in today's meeting were (L-R) Standing: Romer, guest, Wilfreda, Diane, Bing, Philip, me, Nona, Daniel, Anne, Karla, Ron, Owen and Mhelody. Seated: Jayson and Reya.
(photo credits: UPS GBS Alabang)
Table Topics Roulette
For the second time around, the club decided to use the Roulette Wheel that Romer has in his cellphone. Romer has this application that shows a roulette wheel in his phone. Each division in the wheel has a member/mentor's name on it. So, to randomly pick a respondent, the roulette wheel is spun (turned on).
However, after a while, Topicsmaster Jayson just asked the last respondent to call for the next. This was because some of those continually called from the roulette were absent.
Prepared Speakers Back-Out
Initially, out of the six prepared speakers lined-up, I thought only one, Karla, would deliver! That's because she spoke first and skipped the first four speakers in the program. I almost concluded that I had nothing to evaluate in today's meeting.
Fortunately, Jayson and Owen decided to go ahead and deliver theirs. From what I saw and heard, there was no reason for them to back out as they delivered fine speeches. Still, that was just three out of listed six speakers in the program.
Mentor Moment
Today's mentor moment revolved on some supplemental resources that club members could look into to help them perform their roles better either as club members or club officers.
- Co-club mentor Anne forwarded to them a document, A Toastmaster Wears Many Hats and templates for functionary roles. The document is easily accessible in the Toastmasters website.
- Another relevant document is the Club Leadership Handbook that is very helpful for Club Officers.
- A particularly helpful resource is a forum in Facebook called The Official Toastmasters International Members Group. In this forum there is much to learn from different Toastmasters around the world.
- There are Facebook Group Pages that announce upcoming supplemental training, contests and other noteworthy Toastmasters events in the local scene. The more relevant ones are the District 75 Page and the Division H District 75 Page.
Again, I reminded the group that my and Anne's stint with them is coming to an end and that after thirteen meetings that the club has had, the members have seen all the roles, including the GE (General Evaluator), and how they were performed.
President Jayson had apprehensions about members assuming the GE role. Anne and I assured him that we'll still give feedback to the member doing the GE role but feedback will be given after the club meetings.
Nonetheless, the old-time club members are ready to become General Evaluators.
In the final photo below, a couple of guys at the back do dab poses. I didn't even realized the group was doing wacky poses.
Here's a scanned copy of today's meeting program.
And that's... a wrap!
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