The Roles of the Meeting Participants

• Presiding Officer
  The Club President leads a short business meeting, conducting the business of Club and giving the members the chance to practice parliamentary procedures.
• Toastmaster
  The Toastmaster leads the educational program, introduces the speakers and keeps the meeting flowing smoothly and "on-time."
• General Evaluator
  The General Evaluator leads the speaker evaluation program, introduces the individual speech evaluators, and provides feedback on the overall quality of the meeting.
• Table Topics Master
  The Topics Master leads a "Table Topics" session giving members a speech topic, usually from common knowledge or on current events, letting the member practice impromptu speaking.
• Speakers / Evaluators
  Speakers deliver prepared speeches based on C&L manuals. Evaluators are assigned to evaluate the prepared speech, offer feedback on the strengths of the speech, and provide information that will assist the speaker to improve.
• Wordmaster
  The Wordmaster provides the "word of the day" and the members are challenged to use the word during any speaking opportunity.
• Ah Counter & Grammarian
  The Ah Counter & Grammarian listens to the speakers and counts the unnecessary "ahs", "ums", "you knows" and other fillers. Also the proper use of grammar is monitored.
• Timer
  The Timer monitors and records the time taken by any speaker (prepared speech or table topic) and evaluators.
• Quizmaster
  The Quizmaster listens carefully to all speakers and at the end of the meeting, the Quizmaster asks us all a few questions to challenge our listening skills.

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