The Traveling Gavel has been stolen again!

Jay Morrison from Utah Valley Toastmasters took the gavel on 12/15/2009 from Olympic Orators, returning it to its starting place.

Olympic Orators had the gavel for 3 additional meetings (+3 points) and allowed Jay to speak at the meeting today (+1)

Utah Valley gets the gavel back with a speech (+3)

Niel Oscarson at Olympic Orators is already planning on getting it back in the next few weeks, so if someone from another club wants to get it they had better act fast!

Score to date

0 Mainstreamers 0 Timpanogos 8 Olympic Orators 4 Utah Valley 0 Xango

Traveling Gavel Location

The Traveling Gavel has been stolen for the first time! Nick Wood of the Olympic Orators stole the Traveling Gavel from Utah Valley Toastmasters on 11/18/2009, kicking off the contest!

1 point for Utah Valley for letting Nick Speak
3 points for Olympic Orators for Nick's Speech
1 additional point for Olympic Orators for keeping the gavel at their 11/24/2009 Meeting

Score to date

0 Mainstreamers 0 Timpanogos 4 Olympic Orators 1 Utah Valley 0 Xango

Traveling Gavel Rules

The purpose of the Traveling Gavel is to encourage Toastmasters in District 15 Area E3 (Utah County) to visit other clubs and practice giving speeches in front of different clubs. Often, in Toastmasters, we get comfortable speaking in front of our own club, but when we get up in front of a new audience the butterflies come back. This will give us a chance to overcome that and at the same time learn from one another and see how other clubs operate. We can all learn from the experience and new friendships can develop.

The Rules

- To take a gavel from the club that has the gavel, a member of another club must come prepared to give a MANUAL SPEECH. You don't have to give the speech, but you must be prepared to give one. - A club gets 2 points for taking a gavel if no speech is given and 3 points if a speech is given. - The club that loses the gavel gets 1 point if they allow the taker to give a speech. - The club with the gavel gets 1 point for each meeting it has the gavel in its possession. - The club with the gavel must display the gavel at the beginning of each meeting. - The taker must contact the Area Governor as soon as possible via email so the points can be awarded and the location of the gavel may be updated on this site. Points for keeping the gavel will accumulate for the previous club for each week the Area Governor is not notified. - The contest runs from 11/18/2009 to 6/30/2010.

Get out there and have some fun. Meet new people and enjoy the experience at the other Utah Valley Clubs.

Utah Valley Clubs
	Mainstreamers Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. Habitat for Humanitarian Aid 340 South Orem Blvd., Orem Mapquest	Olympic Orators Tuesdays at 12:00 Historic AF City Hall 31 N. Church St.; American Fork Mapquest
	Timpanogos Mondays at 12:30 3210 N. Canyon Rd #205; Provo Mapquest	Utah Valley Wednesdays at 12:00 Bureau of Reclamation Bldg 302 E 1860 S; Provo Mapquest
	Thanksgiving Point Toastmasters Thursdays at 12:00 2889 Ashton Blvd; Lehi Google Map

Welcome to Toastmasters District 15 Area E3

I created this blog to post the latest news in the Toastmasters District 15 Area E3 (the Utah County clubs) and to help make locating the Traveling Gavel easier. I hope you find this blog useful.