Central Toastmasters

Central Toastmasters

Club 2277-31

Worcester, MA

http://www.centraltoastmasters.org

August 23, 2000

Attendance: 21 Members, 2 Guests

Topicsmaster for the evening, Therese Delongchamp, encouraged our members to share some insight into their personal lives.

Anyone interested in being an MC for "First Night Worcester" may contact Stephanie Gibree at 869-6291. Stephanie is looking for a speaker to host programs and to introduce acts at "First Night".

Joe Mewhiney will host our next cookout on September 20, 2000. Details in future bulletin.

PARTICIPANTS

Meeting Chair:	Terry Londergan	Toastmaster:	Gene Brady
Invocation:	George Hast	Topicsmaster:	Therese Delongchamp
Thought:	Al Wheeler	Gen. Evaluator:	Al Wheeler
Joke:	Filomena Didiano	Timer:	Fred Nathan
Word:	Rosemary Chaput	Grammarian:	Rosemary Chaput

Word of the evening: prodigious - marvelous, enormous.

SPEAKERS

Speaker	Title	Evaluated By
Bill Londergan	"Going The Distance With Toastmasters"	Mike Carusi
C&L Manual #7 - Using the character "Rocky" as an example of perseverance and determination, Bill gave us the inspiration to overcome all obstacles no matter how great or formidable and to go the distance.
Dan Abraham	"Who Is In Charge?"	Joe Mewhiney
Non-Manual - Dan took charge of the room when he spoke with conviction and authority to motivate us to treat life as an adventure, to not take the easy way out, and to take charge of our lives in order to shape our own destiny.
Terry Londergan	"Blizzard, Coke and Tissues"	Bill Dussault
Entertainment Manual #5 - From personal experience, Terry related her journey to greater spirituality in which an outpouring of faith resulted in a series of unexpected miracles.

AWARDS

Best Impromptu Speech:

Dick Brady

Peter Hoag

Best Prepared Speech:

Terry Londergan

Best Evaluator:

Mike Carusi

UPCOMING MEETINGS

	August 30, 2000	September 6, 2000	September 13, 2000
Toastmaster Phone #	Bob Eber 508-831-5593	"Farewell" Pizza Party for Paul Goldstein Regency Suites Hotel 70 Southbridge Street Worcester 7-9pm Speaker: Paul Goldstein	Wayne Dupont 508-869-2450
Topicsmaster	Rosemary Chaput		Bill Dussault
Gen. Evaluator	Joe Mewhiney		John Keeton
Grammarian	Therese Delongchamp		Cindy Alden
Timer	Bill Dussault		Kathy Carelli
Speaker # 1	George Hast		Filomena Didiano
Speaker # 2	Terry Londergan		Therese Delongchamp
Speaker # 3	Stan Birdwell		(Guest Speaker)
Speaker # 4
Evaluator # 1	Dan Abraham		George Hast
Evaluator # 2	Hugh Burke		Dick Brady
Evaluator # 3	Al Wheeler		Bill Londergan
Evaluator # 4	Dick Brady

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)