Meeting Participants

S/he presides over the business meeting, delegates responsibility, represents our club in area and district activities and provides overall direction for the club.

S/he plans meeting assignments and programs, presides in the absence of the President, and is available for advice and assistance.

S/he is the club host.  This includes arranging the meeting room and greets the members and guests.

S/he acts a the master of ceremonies.  This involves setting the mood of the meeting, introducing the speakers and participants, and maintain the overall flow of the meeting.

S/he presides over the evaluation portion of the meeting.  This includes introducing the other evaluators, Ah counter and timer, and evaluating the overall meeting.

There is an Evaluator for each speaker.  This involves giving the evaluator's opinion on what the speaker did right and giving suggestions for improvement.

Before the meeting, the speaker prepares a speech based on the manual guidelines then presents it at the meeting.

S/he presides over an impromptu discussion.  This involves giving the club a topic and the format for table topics.

They deliver a short impromptu speech using the topic and format provided by the topic master.  (Guests can participate if they want.)

S/he is a member assigned to give an inspirational thought for the meeting.

S/he helps keep the meeting running on time.  This involves timing the different portions of the meeting.

S/he points out use of good uses of grammar, filler words (ah, um, etc.)   improperly used words, excessive use of clichés and colloquialisms, mispronounced words, and errors in grammar.