Useful toastmaster.org links, part two

After the cut, several more useful toastmaster.org links for Club Officers

Useful toastmaster.org links

After the cut, several useful toastmaster.org links for Club Officers

Voting in Members

From toastmasters.org: the procedure for voting in members (and if necessary, voting a member out).
This material is also on the When You Are the President manual (pages 55 – 57).

After the cut, an example of the minutes of a Club Business Meeting for voting in members.

Four questions for Club Officers

Here are four questions for all Division B Club executives to consider before the flurry of Area Governors visits goes full force:

Is the Club meeting the needs of its members?

What can your Area Governor and your Division Governor (me) do to help you meet Club members’ needs?

If a guest wants to sign up at the next meeting, does each Club Officer know what the dues are?

If a guest wants to sign up at the next meeting, does each Club Officer have a blank application form and know how to fill it out?

Grammarian Resources

If you are looking for some online help with choosing a word of the day, here are some online dictionaries:

http://dictionary.reference.com/

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/

http://www.m-w.com

You may also want to check out Bill Casselman’s website:

http://www.billcasselman.com/

He is the author of several books on Canadian words and sayings.

Please read the back of your Communication and Leadership manual for a summary how to perform each Toastmaster meeting role.

A long time ago, a fellow Toastmaster shared a printed spreadsheet to help a Grammarian keep track of a meeting.

The first column is for keeping track of the member names; the second notes if they used the Word of the Day; the third adds up the number of “ah”s and “um”s; the fourth tallies misused words; the fifth notes pronunciation; the six reckons excellent word usage; and the last is for other notes.

Humorist Resource

This weekend (August 5 – 7), I rationalized some procrastination, as investing time in a new resource for when I’m humorist: Jokelopedia: The Biggest, Best, Silliest, Dumbest Joke Book Ever, Second Edition, compiled by Ilana Weitzman.

A small sampling:

Why did the mouse like taking baths?