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Dungeons & Toast Meeting
Friday August 7, 2026
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6:45 to 7:00 PM
Meet & Greet
Opening
7:00 to 7:05 PM
The Sergeant-at-Arms shares the Club Mission Statement and welcomes visiting guests. They then call the meeting to order, introducing and ceding control to the Toastmaster-of-the-Day.
7:05 to 7:15 PM
Toastmaster of the Day Mindy Begenat
7:15 PM
The Toastmaster introduces the members of the Evaluation team: Wizard of Ahs (Ah Counter), Cleric of Rhetoric (Grammarian), Sorcerer of Time (Timer), and Scribe.
Prepared Speeches
7:15 to 7:40 PM
Speaker 1 Cliff Chang
5 - 7 minutes
2 Pints to pay it Forward
After his annual adventure in San Diego, Cliff left something behind. Intentionally. He added an event in his schedule and it is the most important.
Speaker 2
Speaker 3 Kathy Toh, DTM
Innovative Planning Level 2 Learning Your Style - Connect with Your Audience
5 - 7 minutes
Riding the Storm
In a chaotic world, the key to survival is not about taming the storm but learning to ride it.
Backup Speaker
7:40 PM
1-3 speakers deliver prepared speeches, each of which is generally 5-7 minutes in length.
Impromptu Speeches
7:40 to 8:00 PM
Topics Master Angel Larena, DTM
8:00 PM
The Table Topics Master conducts the table topics session with members and guests invited to speak extemporaneously for 1-2 minutes each. Returns control to the Toastmaster-of-the-Day.
8:00 PM
The Toastmaster-of-the-Day passes control to the Captain of the Watch (General Evaluator).
Evaluation
General Evaluator Kenneth Bradshaw, DTM
8:00 PM
The Captain of the Watch (General Evaluator) leads the third and final portion of the meeting which is dedicated to evaluation.
8:00 to 8:10 PM
Evaluator 1 Brian Laskey, DTM
Evaluator 2 Michael Cohen
Evaluator 3
8:10 PM
Each Speech Evaluator delivers an evaluation of the prepared speech to which they have been assigned.
8:10 to 8:15 PM
Timer Patrick Verebely, DTM
8:15 PM
The Sorcerer of Time (Timer) delivers their report.
Ah Counter Cody Lillywhite
8:15 PM
The Wizard of Ahs (Ah Counter) delivers their report.
Grammarian Angel Larena, DTM
8:15 PM
The Cleric of Rhetoric (Grammarian) delivers their report.
Scribe David Easlea
8:15 PM
The Scribe delivers their report.
8:15 to 8:19 PM
The General Evaluator provides an overall assessment of the meeting, including exceptional moments and opportunities for improvement before ceding control to the Toastmaster-of-the-Day.
8:19 to 8:21 PM
The Toastmaster-of-the-Day provides closing remarks before ceding control to the presiding officer.
Administrative
8:21 to 8:36 PM
The presiding officer facilitates any outstanding club business before adjourning the meeting, including:
•Soliciting guest feedback
•Member recognition
•Filling roles for the next meeting
•Soliciting guest feedback
•Member recognition
•Filling roles for the next meeting
Additional Club Business
8:36 PM
Meeting Ends