Central Toastmasters

Central Toastmasters

Club 2277-31

Worcester, MA

January 12, 2000

Attendance:

17 Members

3 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.

Our sincere condolences to Ray Meola on the loss of his mother recently.

A reminder to please buy a meal and/or drink at the meetings to help our club maintain the room availability.

Great job by Susan Bassick as Toastmaster, Stan Birdwell as Topicmaster, and George McKenna as General Evaluator. The meeting ran very well and people notified the Toastmaster in advance where they couldn’t attend.

Participants

Meeting Chair:	Wayne DuPont	Toastmaster:	Susan Bassick
Invocation:	Wayne DuPont	Topicsmaster:	Stan Birdwell
Thought:	Dick Brady	Gen. Evaluator:	George McKenna
Joke:	Bob Leonard	Timer:	Rosemary Chaput
Word:	Fred Nathan	Grammarian:	Fred Nathan

Word of the evening: emulate – to strive to equal or excel

Speakers

Speaker	Title	Evaluated By
Maria Laba	"I Almost Drown At A Pond"	Dave Comeau
Maria’s 4^th C&L speech about how a peaceful day at a nearby pond, swimming, turned into a horrifying experience when she almost drowned. She had us all glued to her words and motions to find out what happened. Very well done.
Dan Abraham	"For Your Own Good"	Therese Delongchamp
Dan gave a non-manual speech on the nuts and bolts of a good evaluation. This straight forward, to the point, speech on how to effectively evaluate each other by giving constructive feedback (60% on what needs improving, 40% on what worked well). Also very well done and gave us some objectives to emulate in our next evaluations.
Paul Goldstein	"Where Are All The Little Green Men"	Wayne DuPont
Paul gave a non-manual speech about life beyond the earth. Are we alone? Is there life on Mars? We heard a wealth of information from Paul about distant galaxies, wandering stars, and secrets that the earth holds to life on Mars. A riveting speech that gave us much to think about as we enter the new millennium. Very animated and well structured.

Awards

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

Upcoming Meetings

	January 19, 2000	January 26, 2000	February 2, 2000
Toastmaster	Terry Londergan	Joe Mewhiney	George Hast
- Phone #	508-885-5526	508-839-2727
Topicsmaster	Speech Night: "Winter Adventure" Theme Speakers: Judy Safern Paul Goldstein Fred Nathan Mike Carusi Richard Gray Al Wheeler Joe Mewhiney George McKenna Dave Comeau Dan Abraham	Dave Comeau	Joe Bellil
Gen. Evaluator		Susan Bassick	Paul Goldstein
Grammarian		Fred Nathan	Stan Birdwell
Timer		Tim Pisinski	Dave Comeau
Speakers:
1.		George Hast	Don Macintyre
2.		Dan Abraham	Joe Mewhiney
3.		Dick Brady	Jim Leary
4.		Gerald Groccia	Phil Scott
Evaluators:
1.		Rosemary Chaput	Ray Meola
2.		Al Wheeler	Art Remillard
3.		Stan Birdwell	Cindy Alden
4.		George Oleru	Susan Bassick

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.

The #1 winner of the 1999 Humorous Speech Contest was none other than Phil Scott – a Central Toastmaster member.

The Toastmasters Leadership Institute has a session planned for Saturday, January 29, 2000. If we can get 4 Club Officers to attend (we have 3 already) we’ll get another point toward the Distinguished Club Program.

Next week prior to our meeting (about 6:15) there will be a session to explore ideas and approaches on developing a web site for our club. Anyone interested is welcome (and encouraged) to join us.

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.