Toastmasters review for June 6th

We would like to welcome our two guests from today's meeting, Vicki and Brian H!
Our business meeting was today! The Vice President of Education, Diane, talked about her sign up sheet, and said she would make it so the closest meeting will be the first one you see. Lee, our Vice President of Membership, talked about his newest project of updating the packets for inquiring members. Lauralee, Vice President of Public Relations, talked about how our blog reached above average numbers this month, at 147, and how we reached over 3,000 people this month for Facebook. Laurie our treasurer, said that our bank has plenty of money, and Christa, our secretary, said that there was no old business we needed to to address.
Laimons was the Toastmaster of the day, who talked about that it was the 73rd anniversary of D-Day, as well as tips on being a Toastmaster. He made sure to give everyone introductions that talked about not only their time in Toastmasters, but also their life outside of Toastmasters. Brian was the general evaluator of Laimons, who complimented him on making sure the meeting ran on time, and giving the Table Topics Master a good idea of how long she had to ask members questions.
Christa was our only speaker of the day, who gave her last speech from the competent communicator. She talked about the benefits and dangers of genetically modified organisms, or genetically engineered organisms. In her speech, she said most studies have shown that these organisms are safe to eat, and several of the studies that have shown that they are dangerous have been debunked. One reason Christa said that people are wary to trust these foods because studies that have been done to show that GMOs are safe had been done by companies that grow GMO crops. Because of this, Christa said that most people in the US are more willing to believe studies done by the UN. Peter was her evaluator who told Christa she had done a great job studying and presenting a difficult subject. One thing he did say was that she needed to take a breath and slow her pace so she was not racing through her speech.
Diane was in charge of Table topics today. She asked our guest, Brian H, if he makes a change to his travels because of tourist season. He said that he does not, other than the amount of swearing that he does during his traveling. Laurie talked about her debate she has been having as to whether her family should go to the beach to watch the solar eclipse, or if they should go to her cabin in Sweethome. John was the third Table Topics speaker, who talked about how he normally takes friends who visit from out of town to the beach, and probably to a bar. Laurie was the winner of Table Topics.
The grammarian of the day was Lauralee, whose word of the day was arbitrary. The timer of the day was Lee.