Central Toastmasters

Central Toastmasters

Club 2277-31

Worcester, MA

December 29, 1999

Attendance:

13 Members

0 Guests

Please make every effort to notify the Toastmaster of the evening well in advance if you are unable to fulfill your assigned role – it’s common courtesy and a sign of a Competent Toastmaster.

We had our final Toastmasters Meeting for 1999 and are set to enter the next millennium – we don’t expect any Y2K problems unless someone forgot to check out the timer’s clock (oops). Thanks to Al Wheeler for filling in as Toastmaster and he did a fine job running the meeting. Dan Abraham dished out some rather interesting and challenging quotes from the Toastmaster Magazine for us all to work into our impromptu speeches – it was a lot of fun. And our General Evaluator, Mike Carusi, gave some in depth critiques of the meeting and speakers that will help us all improve our skills. As a side note, Mike is well on his way to becoming an accomplished poet.

Participants

Meeting Chair:	Wayne DuPont	Toastmaster:	Al Wheeler
Invocation:	Joe Mewhiney	Topicsmaster:	Dan Abraham
Thought:	Wayne DuPont	Gen. Evaluator:	Mike Carusi
Joke:	Terry Londergan	Timer:	Judy Safern
Word:	Joe Mewhiney	Grammarian:	Joe Mewhiney

Word of the evening: eclectic – varied.

Speakers

Speaker	Title	Evaluated By
Therese Delongchamp	"Life Is Not A Dress Rehearsal"	Fred Nathan
A C&L #6 speech about manifesting your dreams. A very motivating speech about achieving your dreams now – not waiting and waiting and waiting for something to happen on its own. The message was very clear to everyone – take charge of your life and don’t procrastinate. Sounds like a very timely New Years Resolution. Great speech Therese!!!
Rosemary Chaput	"How To Drive Defensively During The Holidays"	Paul Goldstein
A C&L #2 speech giving us all safe driving tips while travelling during the holidays. This was a very appropriate speech for this time of the year with everyone rushing around to get somewhere. Rosemary gave an excellent presentation of the key defensive driving points for us to focus on which I’m sure will help us all. Very well done Rosemary and with just one more speech you get your 3 speech pin!!!

Awards

Best Impromptu Speech:	Therese Delongchamp
Best Prepared Speech:	Therese Delongchamp
Best Evaluator:	Paul Goldstein

Upcoming Meetings / Schedule

	January 5	January 12	January 19	January 26
Toastmaster	Stan Birdwell	Susan Bassick	Terry Londergan	Joe Mewhiney
Phone #	508-865-1908	508-753-0599	508-885-5526	508-839-2727
Topicsmaster	Jim Leary	Stan Birdwell	"Speech Night"	Dave Comeau
Gen. Evaluator	Don Macintyre	George McKenna	- 8 speakers needed	Susan Bassick
Grammarian	Susan Bassick	Fred Nathan		Fred Nathan
Timer	Tim Pisinski	Rosemary Chaput		Tim Pisinski
Speakers:
	Bob Eber (30 min.)	Mike Carusi		George Hast
	- Paul Goldstein	Maria Laba		Dan Abraham
	- Wayne DuPont	Dan Abraham		Dick Brady
				Gerald Groccia
Evaluators:
	George Hast	Tim Pisinski		Rosemary Chaput
	Ray Meola	Dave Comeau		Al Wheeler
	Fred Nathan	Therese Delongchamp		Stan Birdwell
				George Oleru

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

evaluated by the #1 Evaluator.

Special Notes:

Start the New Year off on the right foot and come join us for a fun learning experience! As always we meet at the Regency Suites on Southbridge Street in Worcester every Wednesday from 7:00 – 9:00 PM.

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!

George Hast and Terry Londergan drafted guest introduction letters that would help better explain how our weekly meetings are conducted. Wayne DuPont took the action to combine these into one letter and bring to the next meeting. Also Dan Abraham offered to send this letter to other area clubs, e.g. Lyons, etc., to help solicit new members.

Check out the "Letters to the Editor" in the latest Toastmasters Magazine. 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 asked Dan Abraham to draft a full article for Toastmasters Magazine on the benefits of 2hr meetings.

We’ve started to gather information on other Toastmaster Web Sites to develop requirements for our own site 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

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.

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.