Chairperson Checklist

• Welcome attendees and guests with a brief introduction
• Get members to introduce guests (explain purpose of clapping)
• Urge guests for comments at the end and participation in table topics
• Introduce Officers for the evening (make changes where necessary)
• Business session - (Open with rap of the gavel)
• "I open the business session with a reading of the minutes" - secretary to read minutes
• "Are there any errors or omissions"
• "I adopt the minutes as read"
• "Is there any business arising out of the minutes"
• "Is there any new business"
• "Are there any announcements"
• "I now adjourn the business session"
• Joke/Gruntmaster
• Wordmaster/Grammarian
• Toastmaster
• Voting and Timings to be completed (if missed by Toastmaster)

BREAK

• Table Topics Master
• Voting and Timings to be completed (if missed by TT Master)
• Table Topics Evaluator
• Inspirator
• General Evaluator
• Vote for best evaluator
• Gruntmaster Report
• Present Awards: Best Speaker, Best Evaluator, Most Improved Evaluator, Best Table Topics, Most Improved Table Topics
• Review following week's schedule
• Invite comments from guests
• Announcements
• Thanks and Close

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Last Updated: January 16, 2004