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The Toastmasters' Club of Berne

Roles during a Meeting

based on the summaries of Irene Ritter, Zug club, 1993
as extended by Verena Gerber-Kipfer, Berne Club, 1997
formatted by Graham Tritt
President  Toastmaster of the Evening (TMEv)  Table Topics Master (TTM)  Master Evaluator (MEv) Speaker  Evaluators 
Before the Meeting  plan the speakers 
plan the evaluators 
plan the meeting details 
prepare your agenda 
prepare your presentations 
get details from each participant
prepare the table topics  build evaluation team
talk to speakers 
prepare  assign tasks 
Business  The President opens the meeting, introduces guests, covers general business, and hands over to the TME ...  Grammarian is active 
Introduction  ... who takes over at the lectern, welcomes guests, explains the procedures, and introduces the Table Topics Master
hands over 
evaluates the Toastmaster  Ah counter is active 
Table Topics  TTM conducts Table Topics  evaluates the TTM
presents a table topic  Timer is active 
hands back to the TMEv
reviews the  TT speakers and topics, and asks for votes for Best TT Speaker 
Break  announces break 
gets final details from speakers
welcomes back after break 
Speech Evaluator contacts the speaker about points to watch 
Speeches  For each Speaker, presents the "introduction to the speaker," gives details such as length, manual exercise and version, gives the title of the speech, and welcomes and hands over to the speaker 
thank the TME,
make the speech (5-9 minutes), 
hand back to the TME 
Evaluator and Timer are active 
thank the speaker 
(repeat until there are no more speakers)
review the speakers and topics,
asks for votes for the Best Speaker 
Evaluations  introduce the Master Evaluator, hands over to MEv
make general comments
introduce the evaluation team 
Speech Evaluators present
Timer is active 
conduct vote for best speech evaluator
Other evaluators present
Timer is active
evaluate the meeting as a whole
hands back to the TME
thank the MEv
conducts vote for Best Toastmaster
make general comments
announce results
hand over to President
Closing  thank the TMEv
asks guests for comments, 

cover any more general business, close the meeting 
After the meeting  the Newsletter Editor prepares the newsletter  TTM gives notes to the NL Editor evaluators may talk more to speakers 
the VP Education  checks next assignments  evaluator enters information in speaker's manual