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Spring 2008 Dinner Party
Our Spring Dinner Party was hosted by Cate Brabson. The food had a Utah produce theme to it and, as always, was delicious. Several guests joined us and about twenty five were in attendance. Jon Henry gave a speech on "Bucket #2" and Julio Garreuad gave a speech on "Being Drafted". Lily Cox led a round a well prepared Table Topics.
November 2007 Dinner Party
Yet another wonderful dinner party was hosted by the Eaton's this year. Our theme was "wild west'. John Concannon gave a story about Buth Cassidy, Lynn Ware Peek gave a speech about a recent airplane trip, and Ken Fisher spoke about his skipping a day of high school to greet the recently victorious Boston Celtics at the air port. Cate Brabson completed our time with a fun round of table topics. The food was wonderful as was the entertainment! Click on the image to view more photos.
Park City members win at area contest, September 2007
Lynn Ware Peak placed 2nd in the humorous speech contest and Mark Eaton placed 1st in the Table Topics contest. Way to go Lynn and Mark!
Nikki Stone - September 18th, an exciting time
Nikki Stone graced the Park City Toastmasters Club on September 18th. She has a very inspirational story and message. Numerous guests showed up to hear her story and learn about Toastmasters.
Fall Speech Contest Winners 9/2/7
humourous speech contestants: john concannon and lynn ware peek
winner humourous speech contest: lynn ware peek
table topics contestants: vic jackson, jon henry, and mark eaton
winner table topics contest: mark eaton
New Officers for 2007-2008
president - jon henry
vp education - julio garreaud
vp membership - lynn peak/brenda hall [shared]
vp public relations - mark eaton/carlie hardy [shared]
treasurer - john concannon
secretary - vic jackson/hae buldoc [shared]
sergant-at-arms - nancy witt
Addictionary.org [3-27-7]
Special kudos go to our very own Ken Fisher…his word from our Park City club contest Santatized was recently featured on the NPR word play show Says You! from the Los Angeles airing … 1st momopoly and now this? Ken’s mastery of adding words to the English language is unstoppable. Congrats Ken!
I also wanted to update you on our District Word Challenge. So far there have been a grand total of 9 entries to the overall contest, 6 of them are from us (4 of them from Ken!) The complete list is below, our entries are the top ones. Considering we came up with 20 entries for our post Christmas contest alone, I know we can open a can of whoop ass. If you have a new word can you please add it to the contest so we can reign supreme at the Spring Conference at squash the folks from Wyoming and Idaho?
Here's how: Go to District 15 Addictionary Contest (http://addictionary.org/Browse/Contest/3) to review the contest details. Click Add A Non-Word (http://addictionary.org/Build/Submit/Contest/3) within Contest Manager to enter your non-word to the contest. In the contest code field, type TM15. To get credit for Park City TMs, put our club name in the Dedication field. Click Preview to review your submission before you save it. Agree to the terms and conditions and click Submit. - Robin
brutaful Category #1(adjective) Something that is either brutal or beautiful, depending on your vantage point.
oneupper Category #1(noun) Someone that is always able to one up whatever story you tell.
prepuptual agreement Category #1(noun) An agreement that parents reach with their grown children about who will take care of their dog while they are traveling. This agreement is usually in place before the dog is purchased.
tagger Category #1(adjective) someone that always has new clothes or gear. They may return said items to stores after wearing them for a refund.
deja moo Category #1(adjective) The feeling that you have heard this bull before.
outdoork Category #1(noun) a person who takes the outdoor lifestyle too seriously in order to appear "extreme" or overly adventurous.
individuel Category #1(noun) A person who challenges his own honor in a fight to the death.
dewbe Category #1(noun) Pronounced "Doo-Bee". A mixed drink, made from Mountain Dew Code Red and SoBe Energy drinks, at a roughly 50/50 ratio. Designed as a tool to help stay awake on the drive home.
sloucherama Category #1(noun) A group of hooded-sweatshirt youths age 12 through 17 exhibiting poor posture, lethargy, slacker-mentality, and a mirror image of their parents circa 1980.
International Speech Contest and Evaluation Contest Winners
The winner of the Park City Int. Contest is Lynn Ware-Peek, giving an entertaining speech on the benefits of life lessons despite the cost of particapating in competition.
Samantha Simon won the Evaluation Contest at the Park City Club, giving a well worded and dynamic evaluation of Carlie Hardy's speech on 'the difference between sunni's and shiites'.
Toastmasters District 15 Contest!
Got Word?
We Toastmasters are notorious word enthusiasts! At every meeting we use the “Word of the Day” as often as possible. In an entertaining twist, Park City challenged each other to a “Non Word of the day” contest, inspired by the new online site, www.addictionary.org. Member Ken Fisher came up with the winning word “momopoly”, a large gathering of women that talk excessively about their children. The contest was highly entertaining and drove membership to a new level (several guests signed up that day). See attached photos of the winner and the club.
In the spirit of spring competition, Park City is challenging all District 15 members to beat “momopoly”. The person with the winning non-word will win t-shirts with their non-word on it for everyone in their club and a series of special surprises at the District 15 Conference in Salt Lake City in May.
The contest runs from March 2 - April 2, 2007 on www.addictionary.org. Winners will be chosen by the District 15 Executive Team. There will be plenty of photo and PR opportunities for your club nationally at the conference and will be used as a challenge to all the Regions in May. The Addictionary has already received press for similar community contests in the Wall St. Journal and has become a category on the NPR Word Play Show “Says You!” Your word -- if it wins -- will be submitted and could air on an upcoming taping of Says You! (Says You! has a reach of 700k listeners!)
Non-word challenge
At our Fall Dinner Party, Robin Rankin presented our club with a unique challenge: ADDICTIONARY NON-Word of the Day Challenge (Open to all PC TM club members and their families). How to Play:
* Each member of Park City Toastmasters Club OR their family members are eligible to dream up a word they think perhaps should be in the English language, but isn't. You can enter as many times as you like.
* Enter your submissions at http://www.addictionary.org
* Make sure you follow the instructions on how to register and enter your word. Very important!
* Come Monday afternoon, November 13th, all submissions must be received.
* The compilation of submissions will be revealed at our meeting Tuesday, November 14th; and at that meeting each Toastmasters member will vote by secret ballot for their two (2) favorite entries (but *cannot* vote for their own).
* Winner will be announced at our next Toastmasters meeting Tuesday, November 21st.
Prize: Winner will have their Non-Word and Definition memorialized on t-shirts, one of which every member of the club will receive. Every member of the Club must wear their t-shirt at that November 21st meeting; and the winner’s non-word will be used as the official Word of the Day that day. Deadline for NonWord Submission: Monday, Nov. 13, 2006 at 5pm
NOW: You voted, he swept it. Congratulations to our very own clever Ken Fisher who crushed the NON WORD CHALLENGE today with his hysterically funny word...Momopoly (noun) - A large gathering of moms that talk excessively about their children. Momopoly made the official non word of the day on www.addictionary.org. The photos are of his victory lap and the winner's circle compliments of the FANTABULOUS Brenda Hall.
Robin wil send the group photo in to District 15's newsletter to offer a challenge to the other clubs to beat the Park City Toastmaster's official choice in a word-play challenge. They have their work cut out for them! Lynn brought a guest today who is planning on calling NPR to see if he can get us a mention on the radio show about language "In Your Words". Robin thinks TM Mag will be very interested to cover what is going on in our little club!
Special mention to the runners-up: Jon Henry (accepting for his daughter) - magnifiscent; Lynn - hippotonia; Brenda - fantabulous; Ken again - leisureologist. Thanks from Robin again for playing - it was so much fun to duke it out online with fellow word afficionados! return to top
Fall 2006 Dinner Party
Club members, family members, and friends came together for a dinner party in November. It was a very enjoyable evening of shared food and beverage, creative word of the day challenge, interesting speeches, and fun table topics (impromptu speaking). Click on the image to view a pictures from the party. return to top
Samantha Simon wins humorous speech contest [9-19-6]
On Tuesday, September 19th, 2006, Samantha Simon, Mark Eaton, and Julio Garreaud competed in our club level fall humorous speech contest. All three speeches were entertaining. Samanthan won and goes on to compete at the area humorous speech contest on Saturday, September 23, 2006. return to top
Two receive the Nickel Award [9-19-6]
Carin DeMilo and Linda Knighton-Willis recently completed the first five speeches in the communication track of Toastmasters International, earning them the 'Nickel Award'. They have five more speeches to complete to finish the first manual and achieve their Competent Communicator award. Way to go! return to top
Four CTMs achieved [9-19-6]
Mark Eaton, Julio Garreaud, Herb Lloyd, and Lynn Ware-Peek all recently completed their first ten speeches in the Toastmaster program, achieving the Competent ToastMaster award (now called the Competent Communicator award). They now go on to advanced communication manuals that they can choose from to achieve further awards and build further skills. Congratulations! return to top
Bill Mullen achieves ATM-GOLD [summer 2006]
Bill Mullen, a charter member of the Park City Toastmasters Club, recently achieved his Advanced ToastMaster Gold award in the communication track. To gain this award, Bill has had to complete the initial 10 speeches in the C and L manual, ten speeches in the ATM-Bronze award, ten speeches in the ATM-Silver award, and finally, ten speeches in the ATM-Gold award. Congratulations Bill!
Bill is the first member of the Park City Toastmasters Club to achieve this award. return to top
New Officers Elected [7/1/6]
President - Patricia Russel
VP of Eduction - Jon Henry
VP of Membership - Samantha Simon
VP of Public Relations - Herb Lloyd
Treasurer - Linda Knighton-Willis
Secretary - Laurie Banks
Sergent at Arms - Scott Simpson return to top
District Club of the Year [7/01/05]
Park City Toastmasters was recently named DISTRICT 15 CLUB OF THE YEAR beating out over 80 clubs throughout the intermountain west. This award recognizes a club which excels at achieving the ten goals outlined in the Distinguished Club Program, thereby contributing toward achieving the mission of the District. Because of their commitment to excellence and club success, the Park City Toastmasters Club has significantly contributed to the success of District 15.
Park City Toastmasters is one of 8000 Clubs of Toastmasters International. Toastmasters provides a mutually supportive & positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth. Park City Toastmasters meets every Tuesday at 7 a.m. at the Sheldon Richins Building at Kimball Junction. Perspective members are always welcome to attend.
Join us on Tuesday mornings from 7:00 - 8:00am at the Summit County Library (6505 N. Landmark Dr.). Guests are always welcome.
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