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April 7, 2002 Meeting Minutes
The meeting opened with an invocation (delivered by George Oehl), the pledge of allegiance to the flag and a group reading of the Toastmasters mission statement.
Welcome Participants The inaugural meeting of the Beauclerc-Mandarin Toastmasters Youth Leadership Program was held on Sunday April 7, 2002. Eighteen young adults from various schools attended. Chairman Pro-tem Beverly Farnell welcomed participants, and the executive committee from BM Toastmasters introduced themselves to the audience.
What is the Youth Leadership Program? David J. Rafanowicz delivered a brief explanation of the Youth Leadership Program and its goals. He stressed the importance of developing effective public speaking and communication skills, and the efficacy of the Toastmasters process in achieving that end.
Warm up Exercise Beverly led the group in a warm up exercise, separating the group into pairs and instructing them to interview each other. Following the exercise, each participant delivered a brief introduction from the lectern of the individual he or she had interviewed.
Principals of Chairmanship Beverly presented the elements of chairmanship and parliamentary procedure, outlining the role of a chairman in keeping the meeting efficient and on track.
Nomination and Election of Officers Following a short break, participants were directed to nominate candidates for the roles of President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Sergeant at Arms to serve in those capacities for the first four meetings. Beverly guided the group in a parliamentary process to make nominations to the slate.
The nominations were:
For PresidentFor Vice President Jonathan TannenMayuri Shah Houtan TabaBernard Chu Rebecca Roden
For Secretary For Sergeant at Arms Adi Jovich Sagar Vijapura Elizabeth Oehl
From the slate of nominees the following individuals were elected: President: Houtan Taba Vice President: Mayuri Shah Secretary: Elizabeth Oehl Sergeant at Arms: Sagar Vijapura
Subsequent to the election, Chairman Pro-tem Farnell surrendered the chair to newly elected President Houtan Taba.
The new President called upon Beverly to direct the group in completing a self-evaluation of their present speaking abilities (page 7 of the manual). Before adjourning the meeting, he called upon Assistant Coordinator Millie Tannen to discuss assignments for session two.
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