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Members List:
 President: Heather Leigh, CC, CL Vice President Education: Kitty Howard, ATM-S, CL Vice President Membership: Rich Adams Vice President Public Relations: Eddye Lane, CC Sergeant-at-Arms: Jim Howard, CTM, CL Members: Donna Boyer, ACS, CL Lamanda Gaskins, DTM Donna Baublitz, ACB, CL Anniece Bonepart Sandra Davis Elric Gaskins Jean Humphrey Vida Jennings, DTM Bryant Latimer David Mack Shridhar Natarajan Betty Parker, ACB Cynthia Thomas, CTMLinks Section
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 Meeting Roles
 Toastmaster of the Day
The main duty of the Toastmaster is to act as a genial host and conduct the entire program, including the introduction of participants.
- Call VP Education
- Check on program changes
- Call Table Topics Master
- Find out theme for meeting
- Discuss duties with Table Topics Master
- Provide her/him with list of program participants to ensure they are not chosen
- Call all the Speakers
- Remind them they are speaking
- Interview them to find their:
- speech title and purpose
- manual & project number
- time required by project
- other topics of interest about them
- Call the General Evaluator
- Ask her/him to call the other members of the evaluation team (speech evaluators, timer, grammarian) to remind them of their responsibilities
- Prepare introductions for each speaker
- Prepare remarks to bridge the gaps between program segments
Table Topics Master
The main duty of the Table Topics Master is to ensure that every member speaks at a meeting.
- Choose a theme for the meeting and share with VPE and Toastmaster of the Day
- Prepare topics
- Find out who the prepared speakers, general evaluator, evaluators, and Toastmaster are so you can call on the other members first
- Give guests the opportunity to speak
- Call on speakers last – if at all
Speaker
A major portion of each meeting is centered on three or more speakers
- Get theme for meeting from Topics Master
- Prepare an introduction for the Toastmaster
- Discuss with your evaluator what areas you are striving to improve
- Have the VP Education sign you manual
Evaluator
The Evaluator gives feedback to a speaker on their prepared speech.
- Review your Effective Speech Evaluation manual
- Get the manual from the speaker and find out if there are any special areas they are striving to improve
- Remember the Toastmaster sandwich
- Positive feedback & encouragement
- Items to improve
- More positive feedback and praise
Timer & Vote Counter
The timer documents the times for table topics, speeches and evaluations
- Confirm the time for each speech
- Be familiar with and test the timing equipment
- Record the times on the Timer’s Report
General Evaluator
The General Evaluator evaluates anything, and everything, that takes place throughout the meeting.
- Responsible for the evaluation team
- Call all evaluators to inform them of their responsibilities
- Suggest that evaluators call speakers
- Call Grammarian to remind her/him about their duties (including word-of-the-day)
Grammarian
The grammarian listens to grammar usage and introduces new words to the club
- Get the Grammarians Report
- Choose a word for the day that can be incorporated easily into everyday conversation
- Document grammar misuse and fillers (Ahs)
- Document good use of grammar and colorful phrases
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