Central Toastmasters

Central Toastmasters

Club 2277-31

Worcester, MA

December 22, 1999

Attendance:

14 Members

0 Guests

Congratulations to Dave Comeau for earning his 3 C&L speech pin last week. I mistakenly listed George McKenna instead – George will be earning his own pin very soon I’m sure.

APB… Has anyone seen our Club Banner – the one with all the awards on it? If you know where it is, please contact Wayne DuPont. We’ve got another award to add to this banner and we’d like to display it at our meetings.

We had a very special guest as our Toastmaster for the evening – Santa Claus. Santa (alias Bob Eber) did an excellent job getting us into the holiday spirit with his costume and humor. Dick Brady gave us some very challenging topics based on "famous quotes" and how they relate to improving our lives. And Therese Delongchamp evaluated all aspects of the meeting giving each of us something to focus on as we continuously improve our communication skills.

Participants

Meeting Chair:	Wayne DuPont	Toastmaster:	Bob Eber (Santa Claus)
Invocation:	Terry Londergan	Topicsmaster:	Dick Brady
Thought:	Rosemary Chaput	Gen. Evaluator:	Therese Delongchamp
Joke:	Therese Delongchamp	Timer:	Fred Nathan
Word:	Fred Nathan	Grammarian:

Word of the evening: urbane – courteous/polished.

Speakers

Speaker	Title	Evaluated By
Dan Abraham	"It’s A Challenge Toastmasters"	Terry Londergan
A non-manual speech on the challenges and responsibilities of the Toastmaster roles. Very appropriate speech about the origin of "table topics" and how they challenge us all to improve our impromptu speaking skills.
Joe Bellil	"My Favorite Christmas Tool"	Paul Goldstein
A non-manual speech about what it’s been like adjusting to life in a wheelchair, especially during the holiday season. Another excellent speech from Joe showing how he’s overcome challenges most of us never thought much about.
Joe Mewhiney	"Christmas Tree Care"	Mike Carusi
An advanced manual speech on how Christmas trees actually became a tradition. A very timely and humorous speech about the early days of putting Christmas trees in homes. Thank goodness the "moose" idea didn’t catch on…

Awards

Best Impromptu Speech:	Ralph Lacerte
Best Prepared Speech:	Joe Mewhiney
Best Evaluator:	Mike Carusi

Upcoming Meetings / Schedule

	December 29	January 5	January 12	January 19
Toastmaster	Brian Curran	Stan Birdwell	Susan Bassick	Terry Londergan
Phone #	508-987-1371	508-865-1908	508-753-0599	508-885-5526
Topicsmaster	Dan Abraham	Rosemary Chaput	Stan Birdwell	"Speech Night"
Gen. Evaluator	Mike Carusi	Don Macintyre	George McKenna	- 8 speakers needed
Grammarian	Joe Mewhiney	Susan Bassick	Fred Nathan
Timer	Judy Safern	Tim Pisinski	Rosemary Chaput
Speakers:
1.	Rosemary Chaput	Bob Eber (30 min.)	Mike Carusi
2.	Jim Leary	- Paul Goldstein	Maria Laba
3.	Therese Delongchamp	- Wayne DuPont	Dan Abraham
4.	Tim Pisinski
Evaluators:
1.	Gerald Groccia	George Hast	Tim Pisinski
2.	Fred Nathan		Dave Comeau
3.	Dick Brady		Therese Delongchamp
4.	Stan Birdwell

note: The Evaluator order matches with the above Speakers. In other words the #1 Speaker will be

evaluated by the #1 Evaluator.

Special Notes:

We are planning a "Speech Night" on January 19^th, 2000 with a theme around an interesting "Winter Adventure". Please contact Terry Londergan to sign up as a speaker. This meeting will be all speeches and it should be a lot of fun! We are also going to plan more speech nights in February and March based on some very good themes suggested.

A special thanks to Fred Nathan for the great photos he took at our recent Christmas Social.

Check out the "Letters to the Editor" in the latest Toastmaster Magazine. Word has it that Terry Londergan’s letter referencing Dan Abraham’s letter about the benefits of 2 hr meetings vs 1 hr lunch meetings has been included.

We may have a Central Toastmasters Web Site soon after the New Year. We are starting to gather rules, regulations, and our own club requirements. More to come soon…

Notice to all Club Officers, please have a speech ready at all times so we can replace any no shows. This is a good practice for all Toastmasters as well.

If you have internet access check out the International Toastmasters web site – much new information has been added… http://www.toastmasters.org

As always we meet at the Regency Suites on Southbridge Street in Worcester every Wednesday from 7:00 – 9:00 PM. Come and join us for a fun time!

Be sure to contact Terry Londergan (VP of Education) if you want to get on the schedule for a role or speech. Terry’s home phone is 508-885-5526.

Remember to notify the Toastmaster of the evening well in advance if you are unable to perform a scheduled role. Be a responsible Toastmaster!

If you have an e-mail address (home or work) and are still receiving the Bulletin via regular mail please contact Wayne DuPont (wayne.dupont@compaq.com) so we can add you to our e-mail distribution.