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Meetings are the best part of Toastmasters. It is where the members show how much they have learned AND where more learning takes place. Many of the members find the fellowship of other Toastmasters to be an important part of their membership as well. It is fun and inspiring to meet with people who are excited about what they are doing!

Here's what's in this section:
WHEN and where are the meetings?
DATES of meetings for 2004
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 12:55 p.m.
  • Place: 218 UT Conference Center
               600 Henley Street (enter from Locust Street)
Feel free to bring your lunch. Visitors are always welcome and you won't be asked to speak!
Meeting Dates for 2005
January 3, 2005
January 10, 2005
January 17, 2005
January 24, 2005
January 31, 2005

February 1, 2005
February 8, 2005
February 15, 2005
February 22, 2005

March 1, 2005
March 8, 2005
March 15, 2005
March 22, 2005
March 29, 2005

April 4, 2005
April 11, 2005
April 18, 2005
April 25, 2005
 		May 3, 2005
May 10, 2005
May 17, 2005
May 24, 2005
May 31, 2005

June 7, 2005
June 14, 2005
June 21, 2005
June 28, 2005

July 5, 2005 - No Meeting
July 12, 2005
July 19, 2005
July 26, 2005

August 2, 2005
August 9, 2005
August 16, 2005
August 23, 2005
August 25, 2005, -- cookout at Joneses! Details at meetings.
August 30, 2005
 		September 6, 2005 - No Meeting
September 13, 2005
September 20, 2005
September 27, 2005

October 4, 2005
October 11, 2005
October 18, 2005
October 25, 2005

November 1, 2005
November 8, 2005
November 15, 2005
November 22, 2005 - No Meeting
November 29, 2005

December 6, 2005
December 13, 2005
December 20, 2005 - No Meeting
December 27, 2005 - No Meeting

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.

 UT Toastmasters Meeting Sample Agenda
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)
12:20 Toastmaster Thanks the speakers; introduces Tabletopics Master
12:22 Tabletopic Master Explains tabletopics; presents topics; introduces Master Evaluator
12:32 Evaluators Master Evaluator introduces Speaker Evaluators; asks for Timer and Wizard reports; evaluates meeting as a whole
12:40 Toastmaster Presents closing comments; introduces Club President
12:45 Club President Meeting minutes; business meeting, adjourns meeting

Parking
The city garage on the NorthEast corner of Locust and Clinch Street: around $1.50 an hour; $5 for all day (after 2.5 hours)

Hilton Hotel garage on the SouthEast corner of Locust and Church: around $1.50 an hour; $5 for all day (after 2.5 hours)

The lot West of the YMCA on the NorthEast corner of Clinch and Henley: All day parking for $3.00, so for an hour it's probably a dollar or so.