Club Officers Announcements

President: Brendan Alexander

VP Education: Bob Kienzle
VP Membership: Sue Kim
VP Public Relations: Tim Pelletier
Treasurer: Vernon Phillips
Secretary: Kate Baklitskaya
Sergeant at Arms: Grace Lee
Lieutenant of Leadership: Robyn Pazicni
The year is coming to an end and the holidays are upon us. So, in the spirit of the season KH
Toastmasters wants to wish everybody a happy and healthy holiday season!
Don’t forget that even though you may be on holiday KH Toastmasters is not. So if you are staying
in Seoul this holiday season please come out join in on the holiday
cheer at KH Toastmasters every Tuesday, 8pm – 10pm
(followed by more cheer at our 2cha!)

Meeting Summary for 14th December 2010

Theme:

KHTM members and guests gathered for our annual Christmas Party this week. The event was organized by Vernon, hosted by Brendan and featured some
great speeches from Kate Baklistkaya and Frank Lev, a fun table topics session by Bob Kienzle, a signing performance by Robyn Pazicni. We also had
Christmas carols and about a hundred toasts throughout the celebratory night. Here are some pics from the event taken by our club photographer Kenny Lee:

Quote of the Week Prepared Speech Session

Blessed is the season Speaker Speech # Time
which engages the whole
Robyn Pazicni #10: Inspire Your Audience 8-10 min
world in a conspiracy of
“His Eyes”
love.
Kate Baklitskaya #21: The Folk Tale 5-7 min
- Hamilton Wright Mabie “Babushka and the Three Kings”
Frank Lev #27: Make Them Laugh 5-7 min
“”Bagels for Christmas”

Upcoming Events
4 January – Demonstrative Speech Night – All speakers must utilize visual aids in their speech in order to demonstrate to the
audience different ways to use visual aids. For more info contact Bob K. at bob.kienzle@gmail.com

11 January – Guest Night – KHTM’s monthly guest night. Members are encouraged to bring guests.

25 January – Humorous Speech Contest – KHTM’s first ever Humorous speech contest, hosted by Brendan. Come and watch
the best and funniest KHTM has to offer. Speaking slots are available. For more info contact Brendan at
brendangalexander@gmail.com
New Executive Team Profile
Here is a closer look at the Club Officers for January-July, 2011.
President
-Timothy Marc Pelletier
Hometown: Charlton, USA
Date Joined: March, 2009
Speech#: 19
Previous Exec. Experience: VP Membership,
Treasurer, VPPR
Goals: I want to tighten up our meetings a little bit
in regards to time, and effectiveness. I really want
to keep our club interesting, and have some new
and great theme meetings. I also want our club to
have more joint meetings and group events.
VP of Public Relations
-Howard Wayne Kim
Hometown: Seattle, USA
Date Joined: Aug, 2009
Speech#: 6
Previous Exec. Experience: none
Goals: I want to achieve100% membership to
website (myself included!). I would also like to
better our exposure in local media.
Sergeant of Arms
-Valentine Macias Jr.
Hometown: Ontario, USA
Date Joined: Oct, 2010
Speech#: 2
Previous Exec. Experience: none
Goals: Learning all about the inner working of the
executive leadership--one position at a time. Also
want to teach everyone about the presentation
technology we are currently using. :) It should be
a great 1/2 year. :)
December Birthdays
Lauren Go – Dec 10th
Inhee Maeng – Dec 16 th
th
Jeanne Kim – Dec 17
Yuni Noh – Dec 20th
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VP of Education
-Sunny Jihyun Yang
Hometown: Daejeon, SK
Date Joined: April, 2010
Speech#: 8
Previous Exec. Experience: none.
Goals: I will track roles to let members have fair
opportunity of speech. I will encourage members
to try many kinds of special meetings like this
year's 1st Tall Tales Contest. Also, I hope to help
members to make progress with their CL manual
as much as their CC manual with the LoL, Grace.
Treasurer
-Yunhee Noh
Hometown: Seoul, SK
Date Joined: April, 2010
Speech#: 5
Previous Exec. Experience: none
Goals: I will try my best to be prudent with
managing KHTM's accounting book and improve
KHTM's finance to support healthy growth of
KHTM. I am so thrilled with taking this position.
Lieutenant of Leadership
-Grace Lee
Hometown: Seoul, SK
Date Joined: Dec, 2009
Speech#: 10
Previous Exec. Experience: Sergeant of Arms
Goals: To help all club members become great
leaders.
New KHTM Members
Jeanne Kim – Nov 2010
Jason Rinaldi – December 2010
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VP of Membership
- Jay Hyuck Sung
Hometown: Seoul, SK
Date Joined: Sept, 2010
Speech#: 1
Previous Exec. Experience: none
Goals: To make our club an open and friendly
one to potential new comers, as well as
strengthen the close relationship & bond among
the existing members.
Secretary
- Vernon Phillips
Hometown: Victoria, CAN
Date Joined: March, 2008
Speech#: 7
Previous Exec. Experience: President, Past
President, VP Ed, Treasurer
Goals: Would like to help improve executive and
club ability by facilitating communication. I would
like to develop a club policy manual so that we
have a more solid understanding of where we've
been, where we are, and what we need to do.
Past President
-Brendan Alexander
Hometown: Vancouver, CAN
Date Joined: Dec, 2009
Speech#: 10
Previous Exec. Experience: VPPR, President
Goals: To ensure a smooth transition to the new
club leadership and act as a mentor the new
leaders. To host a variety of special events for
KHTM. I also want to continue my involvement
with the website and work closely with the new
VPPR Howard on club promotion.
Next Week …
w/ Kate Baklitskaya
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