Central Toastmasters

Central Toastmasters

Club 2277-31

Worcester, MA

March 15, 2000

Attendance:

15 Members

0 Guests

CLUB DUES ARE DUE NOW: If you haven’t done so already please pay your dues right away so we can keep you as an active Toastmaster member. Make your check out to Central Toastmasters #2277 for $36 and give or send to our Treasurer: Mike Carusi, PO Box 144, Hopkinton, MA 01748

Our Area International Speech Contest will be held at the Paul Revere TM Club (Provident Companies, 18 Chestnut St., Worc.) @ 7:00 PM Tuesday 3/21. Therese Delongchamp and Joe Mewhiney will be representing our club. Try to attend if you can to give them both a lot of support from our club.

PARTICIPANTS

Meeting Chair:	Wayne DuPont	Contestmaster:	Bob Eber
Invocation:	Wayne DuPont	Chief Judge:	Wayne DuPont
Thought:	Dan Abraham	Judge:	Ralph Lacerte
Timer:	Gerald Groccia	Judge:	John Keeton
Timer:	Kathi Schultz	Topicsmaster:	Wayne DuPont

SPEAKERS

Speaker	Title
Joe Mewhiney	Saving Kenny
Joe’s compelling story of his attempts to save little Kenny’s life. Joe was unable to revive Kenny and is haunted to this day as to whether he did enough.
Dan Abraham	Something to think about
Good education can’t be beat! But Never underestimate on the job training or military training! Discipline is the key to ensuring a successful future.
Fred Nathan	The buses are running again through GBV
The negative connotations associated with GBV need to change. The only way to take back the neighborhood is for the res-idents to take part in a campaign to change the stereotypes and encourage the WRTA to allow the buses to run here again.
Therese Delongchamp	Are you paralyzed by your fear
By confronting our fears we can eventually overcome them & move forward to realize our goals & dreams.
George Hast	The Last American Freedom
Slowly, new rules are encroaching on our driving freedoms. Is road rage gone forever? Let’s exercise our freedom by opening a "road rage" highway to cure those who are in need of expelling their anger & frustrations in a vehicle.
Paul Goldstein	Incident on a dark rainy highway
Paul’s scary premonition of a terrifying car accident and the divine intervention that saved his life.

AWARDS

First Place:	Therese Delongchamp
Second Place	Joe Mewhiney
Third Place	Dan Abraham

UPCOMING MEETINGS

	March 22, 2000	March 29, 2000	April 5, 2000
Toastmaster Phone #	Maria Laba 978-464-8066	Joe Mewhiney 508-839-2727	Therese Delongchamp 508-797-0974
Topicsmaster	Rosemary Chaput	Susan Bassick	Don Macintyre
Gen. Evaluator	Judy Safern	Mike Carusi	Stan Birdwell
Grammarian	Terry Londergan	Paul Goldstein	Rosemary Chaput
Timer	Susan Bassick	Judy Safern	Bob Eber
Speakers:
1.	Tim Pisinski	Terry Londergan	Paul Goldstein
2.	John Keeton	George McKenna	Dan Abraham
3.	Fred Nathan	Stan Birdwell	Judy Safern
4.	Cindy Alden
Evaluators:
1.	George McKenna	Maria Laba	Sue Bassick
2.	Dan Abraham	Therese Delongchamp	George Hast
3.	Therese Delongchamp	Fred Nathan	Joe Mewhiney
4.	Mike Carusi

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

evaluated by the #1 Evaluator.

SPECIAL NOTES:

Club dues (for April through September) are due now. Our goal was to have all dues collected by March 15, 2000. Many people have not paid yet. Please make your check out to Central Toastmasters #2277 for $36 and give or send to our Treasurer: Mike Carusi, PO Box 144, Hopkinton, MA 01748

Our very own Central Toastmasters Web Site is coming very soon. Stan Birdwell has completed the web site design and we are now trying to create the content (the stuff people actually see and read when they go into a web site).

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

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.

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