Worcester, MA

Note the attached Form for the Holiday roast. If you plan to attend, cut out the bottom portion and mail to Dan Abraham.
You must pay your dues by November 30, or get dropped off the active list of Toastmasters.

Meeting Chair	John Keeton	Toastmaster	Pete Hoag
Invocation	Dick Brady	Topicsmaster	Dick Brady
Thought	Ralph Lacerte	General Evaluator	Dan Abraham
Joke	Pete Hoag	Timer	Joe Bellil
Grammarian/WordMaster	George Hast	Word	Hyperbole – using exaggeration for emphasis or effect

Speaker	Speech title	Evaluator	Summary
Gautam Shelar	Ice Breaker	Triin Tammenru	CTM #1 – Gautam introduced himself to the club by describing his many interests, including golf, psychology, astronomy, photography, and science fiction. He has a masters in Business Management at Clark.
Tom Quaranta	There’s no place like Grafton Hill	Filomena Didiano	CTM #1 – Tom’s Ice Breaker entertained us with his journey from Grafton Hill to Maine, Boston, California, then back to Grafton Hill. After a lot of interesting experiences, Tom expressed pride in his home neighborhood.
John Keeton	The Roast	Bill Dussault	Special Occasion #3 - John showed us two ways to do a roast 1) stories and 2) one liners.. John took the gloves off and humorously zinged several of his fellow Toastmasters.

AWARDS

Best Impromptu	Ralph Lacerte and Filomena Didiano
Best Prepared Speech	John Keeton
Best Evaluator	Filomena Didiano

UPCOMING MEETINGS

	November 28,2001	December 5, 2001	December 12, 2001
Toastmaster	George McKenna 508-892-1177	Annual Holiday Roast – Former President Terry Londergan will be roastee	Rob Koenig 508-842-1406
Topicsmaster	Dan Abraham		Bill Dussault
Gen. Evaluator	John Keeton		Fred Nathan
Grammarian	Joe Mewhiney		Mary Alice Widness
Timer	Gautam Shelar		Tom Quaranta
Speaker 1	Mary Alice Widness		Joe Bellil
Speaker 2	Wayne Dupont		Filomena Didiano
Speaker 3	Triin Tammenru		Al Wheeler
Evaluator 1	Tom Quaranta		Gautam Shelar
Evaluator 2	Al Wheeler		Joe Mewhiney
Evaluator 3	Fred Nathan		Peter Hoag

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.