Central Toastmasters

Central Toastmasters

Club 2277-31

Worcester, MA

July 5, 2000

Attendance:

19 Members

0 Guests

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Terry Londergan recapitulated the club decision voted upon last year to buzz all speakers upon meeting the agreed preset speech time limit. Table-topics speeches were chosen from three categories: current events, emotion, and ethics.

Gerald Groccia will host our next cookout on July 19, 2000. Please find the directions to Gerald's house at the end of this bulletin (MAP can be accessed on-line).

PARTICIPANTS

Meeting Chair:	Terry Londergan	Toastmaster:	Therese Delongchamp
Invocation:	Cindy Alden	Topicsmaster:	George Hast
Thought:	George Hast	Gen. Evaluator:	Dan Abraham
Joke:	Bob Eber	Timer:	Fred Nathan
Word:	Bill Londergan	Grammarian:	Joe Mewhiney

Word of the evening: Recapitulate - to sumarize.

SPEAKERS

Speaker	Title	Evaluated By
Frank Lederer	"Introduction"	Mike Carusi
C&L Speech #1 - Frank spoke about growing up in Worcester, playing baseball, and leaving and returning to his hometown, Worcester.
Peter Hoag	"Wrist Breaker!"	Wayne Dupont
C&L Speech #1 - Peter spoke about his origin from Medway Massachusetts, his interest in sports, and some educational bicycle riding adventures.
Bill Londergan	"How I Became a Shellback"	Dave Comeau
C&L Speech #5 - Bill related his epic experience in the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Shangri La when as the ship crossed the Equator Neptune Regis seized the ship and laid rule over the entire crew and everyone aboard.
Ralph Lacerte	"The Captive"	Alfred Wheeler
Story Telling Speech #5 - Ralph described the life and times of Puritan Mary Rollinson who survived an Indian rebel assault of 400 warriors on Lancaster Massachusetts in the 1600's.

AWARDS

Best Impromptu Speech:	Joe Mewhiney
Best Prepared Speech:	Ralph Lacerte
Best Evaluator:	Wayne Dupont

UPCOMING MEETINGS

	July 12, 2000	July 19, 2000	July 26, 2000
Toastmaster Phone #	Wayne DuPont 508-869-2450	Cookout hosted by Gerald Groccia 508-869-6200 eve 508-869-6955 day Topicsmaster - Gerald Groccia $5 per person We usually begin between 6:30-7:00pm. Please find the directions at the end of this bulletin. 116 School Street Boylston, MA 01505	Joe Mewhiney 508-839-2727
Topicsmaster	Kim Bellil		Bill Dussault
Gen. Evaluator	John Keeton		John Keeton
Grammarian	Bill Londergan		Fred Nathan
Timer	Fred Nathan		Dan Abraham
Speakers:
	Terry Londergan		George Hast
	Ralph Lacerte		Frank Lederer
	Joe Mewhiney		Carol Murphy

Evaluators:
	Hugh Burke		Cindy Alden
	George Hast		Therese Delongchamp
	Dan Abraham		Ralph Lacerte
	Al Wheeler		Al Wheeler

SPECIAL NOTES:

Cookouts are planned for July, August, and maybe September. These are a lot of fun and cost $5 each for the food.

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 PREPARED!

Be sure to contact Therese Delongchamp (VP of Education) if you want to get on the schedule for a role or speech. Therese’s home phone is 508-797-0974.

If you have an e-mail address (home or work) and are still receiving the Bulletin via regular mail please contact Stan Birdwell (stan@ibdev.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 (except for outings which will be announced in advance – please see the schedule above)

Directions to the Groccia's: From Worcester, take I-290 East to Rt. 140 North; after the Dragon 88 (on left), take 1^st right onto School St; then left at the STOP sign; go 1 mile and #116 is on the left (you can't see the house from the road, so look for the BLACK mailbox with the #116 on it). Please see accompanying MAP on-line.