Central Toastmasters

Central Toastmasters

Club 2277-31

Worcester, MA

http://www.centraltoastmasters.org/

October 25, 2000

Attendance: 14 Members, 1 Guest

Central Toastmasters will hold their weekly meeting at Terry Londergan's house on Wednesday, November 1, 2000 at 7pm. Directions at end of bulletin.

Central Toastmasters 44th Annual Celebration will be held on December 6, 2000. Prospective "roast" participants please contact VP of Education, Therese Delongchamp.

PARTICIPANTS

Meeting Chair:	Terry Londergan	Toastmaster:	Frank Lederer
Invocation:	Therese Delongchamp	Topicsmaster:	Peter Hoag
Thought:	Wayne Dupont	Gen. Evaluator:	Bob Eber
Joke:	Frank Lederer	Timer:	Fred Nathan
Word:	Al Wheeler	Grammarian:	Bill Dussault

Word of the evening: Asssimilate - to absorb, to make like or alike.

SPEAKERS

Speaker	Title	Evaluated By
Al Wheeler	"The Happy Meal School of Investment"	George Hast
Explanation of investing, its origin, how to reduce risk, and a call to follow through.
Therese Delongchamp	"How Can It Get Any Worse"	Dick Brady
How a trip to a sales show turned into a police escorted side show and how Therese capitalized on the event by turning it into a Toastmaster story.
George McKenna	"Time For Fun"	Wayne Dupont
Reasons for investing in a time-share and how George has enjoyed its remarkable benefits.
Terry Londergan	"Making Money with Public Speaking"	Stan Birdwell
Great advice about speaking for profit - how to prepare for your speech, how to select a subject, and how to sell your accomplishments as a speaker.

AWARDS

Best Impromptu:	Wayne Dupont, Dick Brady
Best Prepared:	Therese Delongchamp
Best Evaluator:	George Hast

UPCOMING MEETINGS

	**November 1, 2000	November 8, 2000	November 15, 2000
Toastmaster Phone #	Al Wheeler 978-745-0068	Joe Mewhiney	Therese Delongchamp
Topicsmaster	Frank Lederer	Filomena Didiano	Bob Eber
Gen. Evaluator	John Keeton	George Hast	Bill Londergan
Grammarian	Susan Bassick	Fred Nathan	Filomema Didiano
Timer	Greg Degermajian	Dick Brady	Al Wheeler
Speaker # 1	Rosemary Chaput	Stan Birdwell	Bill Dussault
Speaker # 2	Maria Laba	Susan Bassick	Dick Brady
Speaker # 3	David Clark	Peter Dignan	David Comeau
Speaker # 4		Wayne Dupont
Evaluator # 1	Therese Delongchamp	Peter Hoag	Dan Abraham
Evaluator # 2	Phil Scott	Rosemary Chaput	Greg Degermajian
Evaluator # 3	Stan Birdwell	John Keeton	TBA
Evaluator # 4		TBA

**This meeting will take place at Terry Londergan's house. Please see directions below.

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.

Meetings are held at 305 Shrewsbury Street second level of Beato Angelo Calabria Club in Worcester MA every Wednesday from 7:00 – 9:00 PM (exceptions 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.

Directions to Terry's house: 13 Lincoln Street, Spencer, MA - 508-885-5526

Take route 9 West to Spencer center.

After Spencer Shoppers' Village take right onto route 31 North ( Pleasant

Street ).

Take first right from Pleasant Street onto Lincoln Street.

It's the third house on the right ( three family ).

First floor.