Central Toastmasters

Central Toastmasters

Club 2277-31

Worcester, MA

http://www.centraltoastmasters.org/

October 18, 2000

Attendance: 14 Members, 0 Guests

We are, now, officially a dinner club. Please order dinner at the meeting. (The purpose of ordering meals is to offset or eliminate any room charge a restaurant or other establishment might need as compensation to accommodate our weekly meetings.)

Beginning October 11, 2000 meeting is held at 305 Shrewsbury Street second level of Beato Angelo Calabria Club in Worcester MA. (978-753-2995)

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".

Thirty-four members have renewed to date. After October 10 non-renewals cannot participate in speaking roles of the meetings and the newsletter will be discontinued (Anyone can visit the web site to view an on-line copy). Unfortunately, if you failed to renew on time, then it will cost an additional $18.00 to be re-instated.

Prospective "roast" participants please contact VP of Education, Therese Delongchamp.

PARTICIPANTS

Meeting Chair:	Therese Delongchamp	Toastmaster:	Ralph Lacerte
Invocation:	George Hast	Topicsmaster:	Dick Brady
Thought:	Wayne DuPont	Gen. Evaluator:	Wayne DuPont
Joke:	Gene Brady	Timer:	Frank Lederer
Word:	Therese Delongchamp	Grammarian:	Therese Delongchamp

Word of the evening: Perspective - noun

1.The technique of representing three-dimensional objects and depth relationships on a two-dimensional surface.

2. a. A view or vista.

b. A mental view or outlook: "It is useful occasionally to look at the past to gain a perspective on the present" (Fabian Linden).

3.The appearance of objects in depth as perceived by normal binocular vision.

4. a. The relationship of aspects of a subject to each other and to a whole: a perspective of history; a need to view the problem in the proper perspective.

b. Subjective evaluation of relative significance; a point of view: the perspective of the displaced homemaker.

c. The ability to perceive things in their actual interrelations or comparative importance: tried to keep my perspective throughout the crisis..

SPEAKERS

Speaker	Title	Evaluated By
John Keeton	"They Both Have It Wrong"	Dan Abraham
John flames the "GoreTex" candidates and calls on voters!
Joe Mewhiney	"The Four Freedoms "	Al Wheeler
Joe fielded this semi-impromptu topic from five voted on by the club members. Joe related his experience as a young boy growing up during WWII listening to radio speeches by FDR and reading the Saturday Evening Post.
Peter Hoag	"What is O.C.D?"	George McKenna
Peter explains Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, in terms we all understand and cites some notable public figures with the problem.

AWARDS

Best Impromptu:	Gene Brady
Best Prepared:	John Keeton
Best Evaluator:	George McKenna

UPCOMING MEETINGS

	October 25, 2000	November 1, 2000	November 8, 2000
Toastmaster Phone #	Frank Lederer	Al Wheeler 978-745-0068	Joe Mewhiney
Topicsmaster	Peter Hoag	Frank Lederer	Filomena Didiano
Gen. Evaluator	Hugh Burke	John Keeton	George Hast
Grammarian	Bill Dussault	Susan Bassick	Fred Nathan
Timer	Filomena Didiano	Greg Degermajian	Dick Brady
Speaker # 1	Al Wheeler	Rosemary Chaput	Stan Birdwell
Speaker # 2	Therese Delongchamp	Maria Laba	Susan Bassick
Speaker # 3	John Keeton	David Clark	Peter Dignan
Speaker # 4			Wayne DuPont
Evaluator # 1	George Hast	Therese Delongchamp	Peter Hoag
Evaluator # 2	Ralph Lacerte	Phil Scott	Rosemary Chaput
Evaluator # 3	Bob Eber	Stan Birdwell	John Keeton
Evaluator # 4			TBA

SPECIAL NOTES:

Please remember to buy a meal (and optionally 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.

Beginning October 11, 2000 meeting will be held at 305 Shrewsbury Street second level of Beato Angelo Calabria Club in Worcester MA every Wednesday from 7:00 – 9:00 PM (except for outings which will be announced in advance – please see the schedule above)

Directions to Calabria Club:

From downtown Worcester: Take Shrewsbury Street EAST to 305 Shrewsbury Street. Meeting will be on second level.