April 10, 2002

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

Worcester, MA

President: John Keeton Treasurer: Bill Dussault

VP Education: Therese Delongchamp Sgt. at Arms: Fred Nathan

VP Publicity: Al Wheeler Secretary: Peter Hoag

VP Membership: Filomena Didiano Bulletin Editor: Peter Hoag

Attendees: 16 mem bers – Filomena Didiano, John Keeton, John Capuano, Joe Mewhiney, Carl Lakes, Vinod Chaku, Peter Hoag, Rosemary Chaput,, Sanu Samuel, Karen Lefebvre, Dick Brady, Brian Mulroy, Aaron Kan, Fred Nathan, Peter Hoag, Fang Lui- no guests.

Notes

· If your dues are past due, please pay ASAP.

· Elections are approaching. If you’re interested in a role for the upcoming year, let John Keeton, Dan Abraham, or Joe Mewhiney know about it.

PARTICIPANTS

Meeting Chair	John Keeton	Toastmaster	John Capuano
Invocation	Brian Mulroy	Topicsmaster	Filomena Didiano
Thought	Fred Nathan	General Evaluator	Peter Hoag
Joke	Rob Koenig	Timer	Carl Lakes
Grammarian/WordMaster	Sanu Samuel	Word	Temporal – limited in time

SPEAKERS

Speaker	Speech title	Evaluator	Summary
FangLui	Ice Breaker – My American Dream	Karen Lefebvre	Fang told us of her life growing up in China. Her father helped her develop an interest in music and gymnastics. She currently is an electronic engineer. She likes America because of the freedom to be what you want to be, but realize that there is a price to be paid for freedom
Brian Mulroy	If this keeps up, I’m walking	Aaron Kan	Brian told us of the misfortunes that he has had with his cars. His first car cost him $500, but things started to go wrong and he ended up paying several times that for his car. He also smashed up his second car. He concluded by saying that if this keeps up, he’s going walking
Rob Koenig	A Voice for Freedom	Mary Alice Widness	Rob repeated his stirring speech that used Martin Luther King as an inspiration for all of us to improve our speaking abilities. He encouraged us to speak from the diaphragm, and to vary our pitch and inflection to add vocal variety.

AWARDS

Best Impromptu	Joe Mewhiney
Best Prepared Speech	Rob Koenig
Best Evaluator	Mary Alice Widness

UPCOMING MEETINGS

	April 17, 2002	April 24, 2002	May 1, 2002
Toastmaster	Carl Lakes 860-928-7545	Sanu Samuel 508-799-2774	Filomena Didiano 978-422-5269
Topicsmaster	Dick Brady	Dan Abraham	Peter Hoag
Gen. Evaluator	Karen Lefebvre	Marie Cutroni	Joe Bellil
Grammarian	John Capuano	Erika Slater	Elisabeth Ludlage
Timer	Joe Bellil	B. Dussault	Rob Koenig
Speaker 1	Fred Nathan	Aaron Kan	Wayne DuPont
Speaker 2	Divya Verghese	Vinod Chaku	Karen Lefebvre
Speaker 3	Al Wheeler	Carl Lakes	Dick Brady
Speaker 4	Idalino Dasilva
Evaluator 1	Marie Cutroni	Tom Quaranta	Carl Lakes
Evaluator 2	Triin Tammearu	John Capuano	Triin Tammearu
Evaluator 3	Dan Abraham	Elisabeth Ludlage	Al Wheeler

Ÿ We meet every Wednesday from 7-9 pm at the Regency Suite. Directions are below.

Ÿ Members who are interested in speaking outside the club, please contact George Hast for more information about the “Speaker’s Bureau”

Ÿ The toastmaster of the evening and the Sergeant of Arms are responsible for arranging the tables suitably for the meeting

Ÿ 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

Ÿ A 15% gratuity is mandatory to insure proper service. You may, at your discretion, give more.

Ÿ It is a sign of courtesy to be quiet while a speaker is at the podium.

Ÿ Proper dress for the dinner meeting is business casual at a minimum.

Ÿ To sign up to receive district 31 headquarters e-mail and news, go to the WWW and visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/d31tm

Ÿ 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!

Ÿ 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.

Ÿ If you have an e-mail address (home or work) and are still receiving the Bulletin via regular mail please contact Pete Hoag ("peter.hoag@staples.com") so we can add you to our e-mail distribution.

Directions to location at the Regency Suite:

Exit 13 Kelly Square: Take a right if coming from Eastbound 290 (left if coming from Westbound 290) 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. It is next to the Registry of Motor Vehicles.