UT Toastmasters: Meetings

WHEN and where are the meetings?
DATES of meetings for 2007-2008
WHAT happens at meetings?
SAMPLE agenda for UT Toastmasters.
WHERE can I park?

When are meetings?
UT Toastmasters meet every week:

Day: Tuesdays

Time: 12:05 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Place:
218 UT Conference Center, 600 Henley Street
(From Locust Street, enter through the leftmost (south) set of doors. Down the hall 30 feet and take a right.)

July 2008	August 2008	September 2008
July 1: No Mtg July 8 July 15 July 22 July 29	August 5 August 12 August 19 August 26	September 2: No Mtg September 9 September 16 September 23 September 30
October 2008	November 2008	December 2008
October 7 October 14 October 21 October 28	November 4 November 11 November 18 November 25: No Mtg	December 2 December 9 December 16 December 23: No Mtg December 30: No Mtg
January 2009	February 2009	March 2009
January 6 January 13 January 20 January 27	February 3 February 10 February 17 February 24	March 3 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31
April 2009	May 2009	June 2009
April 7 April 14 April 21 April 28	May 5 May 12 May 19 May 26: No Mtg	June 2 June 9 June 16 June 23 June 30

What happens at meetings?
On a rotated basis, members are scheduled to participate in a variety of tasks during the meetings:

Toastmaster: The Toastmaster acts as host and conducts the meeting by warming up the audience, introducing participants, and maintaining the flow of the meeting.
Speakers: At each meeting, one to three members present speeches from their manuals. These presentatons are from four to twenty minutes in length depending on the assignment.
Tabletopics Master: The Tabletopics Master prepares questions and asks members not on the program to respond "off the cuff". Every member speaks at every meeting--this is a Toastmaster tradition!
General Evaluator: The General Evaluator introduces the speakers' evaluators and evaluates the meeting as a whole.
Speaker Evaluators: Evaluators use guidelines provided in the speaker's manual to give constructive feedback--a core principle in Toastmasters.
Timer: The timer tracks how long each participant speaks indicating when "time's up". Keeping presentations to a specified time is an important skill to learn.
Wizard of Ah's: The wizard listens for those verbal pauses we try to eliminate from our speaking -- Um's, Ah's, "You know's" -- anything that distracts from the speech. A report of the total is given after the timer's report and individuals can find out their personal count after the meeting.
Audience: What good is a speaker without an audience? If you have no other official job at a meeting, you have the important task of supporting those who are speaking by being there to listen.

Time	Function	Description
12:05	Sergeant-at-Arms	Begins the meeting; introduces guests; calls for a joke, introduces Toastmaster
12:07	Toastmaster	Warms up audience; introduces meeting participants
12:12	Speakers	Give presentations (average 8 minutes each)
12:28	Toastmaster	Thanks the speakers; introduces Tabletopics Master
12:30	Tabletopic Master	Explains tabletopics; presents topics; introduces Master Evaluator
12:40	Evaluators	Master Evaluator introduces Speaker Evaluators; asks for Timer and Wizard reports; evaluates meeting as a whole
12:50	Toastmaster	Presents closing comments; introduces Club President
12:55	Club President	Meeting minutes; business meeting, adjourns meeting