Central Toastmasters

Central Toastmasters

Club 2277-31

Worcester, MA

February 2, 2000

Attendance:

19 Members

0 Guests

What an exciting night!!! To start it off we had an important discussion and vote on how to put more emphasis on "time" back in our speeches. We approved by a vote (16 to 3) to put more focus on making sure speakers end their speeches no later than the buzzer (which is already 30 seconds over their allotted time). If the speaker continues on after the buzzer and shows no sign of closing we should start clapping. Time management is key to effective communication and we need to show more discipline so that we continually improve.

George Hast took control of the meeting as Toastmaster and gave some very creative introductions. Joe Bellil, our Topicsmaster, was also creative in his approach to table topics by giving each person a slip of paper with a question to answer. And Paul Goldstein gave us his very insightful critiques of each speaker as our General Evaluator.

Participants

Meeting Chair:	Wayne DuPont	Toastmaster:	George Hast
Invocation:	Terry Londergan	Topicsmaster:	Joe Bellil
Thought:	Mike Carusi	Gen. Evaluator:	Paul Goldstein
Joke:	Joe Mewhiney	Timer:	Dave Comeau
Word:	Al Wheeler	Grammarian:	Stan Birdwell

Word of the evening: derelict – to abandon, neglect

Speakers

Speaker	Title	Evaluated By
John Keeton	"You The Jury Are On Trial"	Susan Bassick
A C&L #2 speech about Ms Jurisprudence. John gave us a 1^st hand view into the Jury System. Most people look for excuses when they get a jury notice, there’s bias, and there’s sympathy. The Jury System isn’t perfect but it’s democracy and the clients will benefit from all of us participating. Great speech by John that taught us more about Ms Jurisprudence.
Jim Leary	"Procrastination Guide To Speech Preparation"	Judy Safern
A non manual speech on how Jim waited to the last minute to prepare his speech. A speech about speech making that we can all relate to. There was the 4 week notice, then the 3 week notice, then the 2 week, 1 week, 1 day, etc. There’s plenty of time until there’s no time. Jim gave a very creative impromptu speech that was very entertaining.
Phil Scott	"The Bookmark Paper"	Al Wheeler
A District Award Winning Humorous speech about Phil’s 1^st day at school. Someone bent a bookmark and the class was going to get penalized if the culprit didn’t own up to it. Phil took the blame for bending the bookmark when he really didn’t do it. He didn’t want to stay after school because his mother told him it was bad. Very very funny!!!

Awards

Best Impromptu Speech:	Terry Londergan
Best Prepared Speech:	Phil Scott
Best Evaluator:	Susan Bassick

Upcoming Meetings

	February 9, 2000	February 16, 2000	February 23, 2000	March 1, 2000
Toastmaster	Dan Abraham	Mike Carusi	Table Topics Contest	Paul Goldstein
Phone #	508-755-9246	508-497-3422	(see note below)	508-756-8510
Topicsmaster	Kim Bellil	Fred Nathan		John Keeton
Gen. Evaluator	Al Wheeler	Dan Abraham		Susan Bassick
Grammarian	Susan Bassick	Ralph Lacerte		George Hast
Timer	George Hast	John Keeton		Bob Eber
Speakers:
	Therese Delongchamp	Paul Goldstein		Mike Carusi
	Richard Gray	George McKenna		Judy Safern
	Judy Safern	Barbara Ingrassia		Maria Laba
	Joe Mewhiney	Brian Curran		Dave Comeau
Evaluators:
	Fred Nathan	Bob Eber		Rosemary Chaput
	George McKenna	Tom McLaughlin		Al Wheeler
	Maria Laba	Dave Comeau		Stan Birdwell
	Barbara Ingrassia	Rosemary Chaput		Ray Meola

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

evaluated by the #1 Evaluator.

Special Notes:

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

The Table Topics Contest on February 23^rd will be a whole night of table topics. We’ll have 2 sessions with the winner of each going to the Super Bowl of Table Topics to determine who gets the ring (award). Also, for March we’ll be planning a night of Ice Breakers for anyone interested – great way to learn more about our current members.

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.

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.

As always we meet at the Regency Suites on Southbridge Street in Worcester every Wednesday from 7:00 – 9:00 PM