Worcester, MA

Important Notes
It’s time to start preparing for the upcoming Christmas Time annual roast. If you would like to be a roaster, please contact George Hast at 508-798-6831.
Note the attached Form for the Christmas (Hannukah, Holiday fun, etc.) roast. If you plan to attend, cut out the bottom portion and mail to Dan Abraham.
Please fill out the "Membership Achievement Record" attached to this document, and send it to John Keeton. His address is 26 Morningside Drive, Shrewsbury, Mass. 01545
You must pay your dues by November 30, or get dropped off the active list of Toastmasters.
There will be an executive meeting after the regular meeting on November 14. Officers - please plan to attend
Being the bulletin editor, it would probably be immodest to mention that I, Peter Hoag, received my CTM and deserve congratulations. Oh well, too late.

Meeting Chair	John Keeton	Toastmaster	Joe Bellil
Invocation	Filomena Didiano	Topicsmaster	Fred Nathan
Thought	Dan Abraham	General Evaluator	Filomena Didiano
Joke	Al Wheeler	Timer	Al Wheeler
Grammarian/WordMaster	John Keeton	Word	Exemplify – to illustrate by example,

Speaker	Speech title	Evaluator	Summary
Dan Abraham	Public Speaking Mistakes	Fred Nathan	Dan referred to the Toastmasters magazine when describing the 10 biggest public speaking mistakes. Some of the mistakes were reading a speech word for word, not being excited about speech, and ending with questions and answers. Dan interpreted the article in his own inimitable way.
Pete Hoag	More than Butterflies	John Keeton	CTM#10 – Inspire the Audience – While being about as uplifting as a tax audit, and often shuffling back and forth uneasily, Peter nevertheless commanded the audience’s attention with his fascinating true stories of public speaking and group meeting anxieties.
Christine Jost	Ice Breaker	Al Wheeler	Christine put a blowtorch on her icebreaker by describing her experiences in International Veterinary medicine. Traveling to remote places in Europe and Asia, she applied her skills in the areas of biodiversity and community development.

AWARDS

Best Impromptu	Christine Jost
Best Prepared Speech	Christine Jost
Best Evaluator	John Keeton

UPCOMING MEETINGS

	November 14, 2001	November 21, 2001	November 28,2001
Toastmaster	Triin Tammenru 508-890-5687	Peter Hoag 508-792-4071	George McKenna 508-892-1177
Topicsmaster	Gene Brady	Dick Brady	Dan Abraham
Gen. Evaluator	George Hast	Stan Birdwell	John Keeton
Grammarian	Al Wheeler	George Hast	Joe Mewhiney
Timer	Tom Quaranta	Rob Koenig	Gautam Shelar
Speaker 1	John Keeton	Gautam Shelar	Mary Alice Widness
Speaker 2	Joe Mewhiney	Tom Quaranta	Wayne Dupont
Speaker 3	George McKenna	Fred Nathan	Triin Tammenru
Evaluator 1	Al Wheeler	Triin Tammenru	Tom Quaranta
Evaluator 2	Wayne Dupont	Filomena Didiano	Al Wheeler
Evaluator 3	Fred Nathan	Bill Dussault	Fred Nathan

We meet every Wednesday from 7-9 pm at the Regency Suite. Directions are below.
Members who are interested in speaking outside the club, please contact George Hast for more information about the "Speaker’s Bureau"
The toastmaster of the evening and the Sergeant of Arms are responsible for arranging the tables suitably for the meeting
Fed Nathan, Sergeant at Arms, will collect $5.00 from any member who has not met the minimum dinner purchase requirement that maintains the room availability
A 15% gratuity is mandatory to insure proper service. You may, at your discretion, give more.
It is a sign of courtesy to be quiet while a speaker is at the podium.
Proper dress for the dinner meeting is business casual at a minimum.
To sign up to receive district 31 headquarters e-mail and news, go to the WWW and visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/d31tm
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 Pete Hoag ("mailto:peter.hoag@staples.com") so we can add you to our e-mail distribution.

Directions to new location at the Regency Suite:
From 290 East bound Exit 13 Kelly Square: Take a right off the exit ramp to Kelly's Square. Take a left onto Madison St. (between the two gas stations). At the second light turn right and you are there.
From 290 West bound Exit 13 Kelly Square: Take a left off the exit ramp to Kelly's Square. Take a left onto Madison St. (between the two gas stations). At the second light turn right and you are there.

Worcester Central Toastmasters 2277

45^th Annual Holiday Social

Wednesday Evening, December 5, 2001

Regency Suites Hotel      Caesar Bistro Restaurant

70 Southbridge Street      Worcester, Mass.

Cocktails 6-7 p.m.

Recognition of Past Presidents

Introduction of the 2000/2001 Officers

Dinner     Entrée Choices

Chicken Supreme     Sirloin Steak     Grilled Salmon

Celebrity Roast

15^th Annual Lew Chase Joke Contest

$25 per person (Tax and Tip Included)

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Names of people in your party                                 Entrée Selection

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Please submit bottom section of this form with check payable to Central TM 2277 and mail to:

Dan Abraham

127 Copperfield Road

Worcester, Mass. 01602

508-752-9253 (days)

                     508-755-9246 (nights)

 



 

 

MINUTE MAN

 

Joe Bellil showed the spirit of a true Toastmaster this week as he filled in as Toastmaster just as the meeting was starting. Joe did an admirable job developing an introductory message and conducting the meeting in a smooth, gracious fashion. Congratulations, Joe, and thanks!