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May 9, 2001 |
| Worcester, Massachusetts | |
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Notice
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. |
| President: | Terry Londergan | Treasurer: | John Keeton |
| VP Education: | Therese Delongchamp | Sgt at Arms: | Fred Nathan |
| VP Publicity: | Joe Mewhiney | Secretary: | Al Wheeler |
| VP Membership: | George McKenna | Bulletin Editor: | Stan Birdwell |
| Attendees: 13 members - George Hast, Fred Nathan, Al Wheeler, George McKenna, Dan Abraham, Max Zormelo, Helen Valinski, Rosemary Chaput, Ananth Ram, Kavitha Subramanian, Wayne DuPont, Joe Mewhiney, Stan Birdwell. - 0 Guest(s) |
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We meet every Wednesday from 7-9pm at the Thyme's Square Restaurant, 455 Pleasant Street, Worcester, MA.
The membership roster needs to be updated and made available to all members. Election of Club Officers will take place May 30, 2001. Please plan to attend. Nominations may be made from the floor at the time of the election. Past presidents' advisory ( Wayne Dupont ): Members who are interested in speaking outside the club, please contact George Hast for more information about the "Speakers Bureau". The Toastmaster of the evening and the Sergeant of Arms are responsible for arranging the tables suitably for the meeting. |
| Meeting Chair: | George McKenna | Toastmaster: | Helen Valinski |
| Invocation: | n/a | Topicsmaster: | Rosemary Chaput |
| Thought: | Dan Abraham | General Evaluator: | Joe Mewhiney |
| Joke: | Al Wheeler | Timer: | Wayne DuPont |
| Grammarian: | George Hast | Word: *opulent | |
| * opulent - adj. luxurious, sleek, affluent. |
| Speaker | Speech Title | Evaluator |
|---|---|---|
| Stan Birdwell | "Building Club Membership" | Max Zormelo |
| C&L #9 - Stan discussed the issues of membership retention and building, the importance of being involved and providing leadership and sharing responsibilities to accomplish common club goals and tasks, and presented some ideas for membership building including: visitors night, invitation mailers, and word of mouth promotion. | ||
| Dan Abraham | "Take the Bull by the Horns" | Fred Nathan |
| non-manual - Dan encouraged everyone to be proactive in their approach to life, to aggressively seize the moment, and observed that you need to be persistently aggressive or you will lose out. | ||
| Peter Hoag | "A Tree Named Luna" | George McKenna |
| C&L #7 - Peter addressed the problem of clear cutting forests. Peter presented Julia Butterfly Hill, who spent two years sitting at the top of an ancient California Redwood to defend it from the Pacific Lumber Company, as an inspiration for the audience and encouraged everyone to recycle their paper products. | ||
| Best Impromptu | Max Zormelo |
| Best Prepared Speaker | Stan Birdwell |
| Best Evaluator | George McKenna |
| May 16, 2001 | May 23, 2001 | May 30, 2001 | |
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| Toastmaster | Max Zormelo | Filomena Didiano 978-422-5269 |
Mary Alice Widness |
| Topicsmaster | Dick Brady | Max Zormelo | Fred Nathan |
| Gen. Evaluator | Rob Koenig | George McKenna | Helen Valinski |
| Grammarian | John Keeton | Rosemary Chaput | Ananth Ram |
| Timer | Stan Birdwell | Peter Hoag | Dan Abraham |
| Speaker 1 | Mary Alice Widness | Ralph Lacerte | Joe Bellil |
| Speaker 2 | Therese Delongchamp | John Keeton | Rosemary Chaput |
| Speaker 3 | Bill Dussault | Don MacIntyre | Bill Londergan |
| Evaluator 1 | Helen Valinski | Mary Alice Widness | Al Wheeler |
| Evaluator 2 | Al Wheeler | Joe Mewhiney | John Keeton |
| Evaluator 3 | Triin Tammearu | Hugh Burke | George Hast |