Prerequisite: None

Time: One Minute

Before the Meeting: Before the meeting begins, take your seat with the Yellow, Red and Green construction papers, the stop watch and timer light. Check to make sure you know how to operate the stop watch and timer light, and that they are both working properly. Verify speech times with the Toastmaster or Speakers.

1. When called upon, stand at your place and say something like:

"Mr./Madam Toastmaster, fellow Toastmasters and guests. As Timer, I will be timing the Table-topics, formal speeches and evaluations. Tabletopics are 1-2 minutes, Evaluations (including Chief Evaluator) are 1-3 minutes, Speeches are usually 5-7 minutes, the Icebreaker is 4-6 minutes, and Poet Laureate is 3-5 minutes.

The GREEN light lets you know when you reach the minimum time. The YELLOW light lets you know when you are half way to the maximum time. The RED light lets you know when you have reached the maximum time.

Table-topics, Evaluations and all Formal Speeches have a +30 second grace period on the maximum times. At the end of each section of the meeting, I will report the times of the participants, as well as those participants who fall short of or exceed time limits. I will also be timing the Chief Evaluator's evaluation of the meeting, which should be 1-3 minutes."

2. Time carefully, starting with the first word uttered by the speaker, and stopping exactly after the last word. Write down the actual time spoken.
3. During intermission, be sure to get the minimum and maximum times for each Speaker.
4. When asked by the Toastmaster, the Timer will time the 5 to 10 minute intermissions.
5. You will be asked by the Topicmaster to name those people who did not qualify for Tabletopics; by the Toastmaster for those speakers who did not have qualifying times for their speeches; and by the Chief Evaluator for those Evaluators who did not have qualifying times for their evaluations.

NOTE: To be considered for an award, Table-topics, Evaluators, and Formal Speakers must speak for at least the minimum time and no more than 30 seconds over the maximum time. For example, if the speech time is 5 to 7 minutes, the speaker must speak at least 5 minutes, and no more than 7 minutes 30 seconds.