December 11, 2002 
Worcester, MA 

President:     Peter Hoag        Treasurer:       Karen Lefebvre 
VP Education:  Filomena Didiano  Sgt. at Arms:    Fred Nathan 
VP Membership: Rob Koenig        Secretary:       Vinod Chaku 
VP Publicity:  Joe Bellil        Bulletin Editor: Al Wheeler 



Attendees: 14 members - John Keeton, Fred Nathan, Peter Hoag, 
Al wheeler, Rob Koenig, Dan Abraham, Vinod Chaku, Tommy Williams, 
Filomena Didiano, John Capuano, Chris Jost, Joe Bellil, Bill Perkins, 
Gene Brady  -  4 guests 



BUSINESS SUMMARY 
ATTENTION club members! When you attend, please remember to at least 
meet the $5 minimum dinner purchase to maintain the room availability. 
The Sergeant At Arms must collect $5 from any member that does not. 
(This does not apply to any guest.) 

TOPICS SUMMARY 
The topics of the evening were varied and related to life's little 
situations, conundrums, and daydreams. 



PARTICIPANTS 
Meeting Chair      Peter Hoag 
Toastmaster        Al Wheeler 
Invocation         Al Wheeler 
Topicsmaster       Dan Abraham 
Thought            Fred Nathan 
General Evaluator  Filomena Didiano 
Joke               John Capuano 
Timer              Joe Bellil 
Grammarian         John Capuano 

Word of the evening: orotund, adj. 1. Characterized by fullness, 
clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound. 2. Pompous; bombastic. 



SPEAKERS 
Speaker       Fred Nathan 
Evaluator     Tommy Williams 
Speech Title  Non-manual, "I Will Show You How To Vote" 
Summary 
Fred talked about the purpose of voting for speakers at 
a Toastmaster's meeting. 

Speaker       Bill Perkins 
Evaluator     John Keeton 
Speech Title  C&L#1, "Ice Breaker" 
Summary 
Bill told of his wonderful childhood and living happily ever after 
with his girlfriend and wife and their daughters. 

Speaker       Chris Jost 
Evaluator     Gene Brady 
Speech Title  C&L#3, "Cleaning Out Rinderpest's Last Reserves" 
Summary 
Chris informed the audience of the devastation caused by 
Rinderpest (Cattle Plague) in Europe and South Asia in the 
17th & 18th Centuries and how its last refuges in present 
day Africa will soon be eliminated by virtue of vaccine 
developed at Tufts University. 



AWARDS 
Best Impromptu        Rob Koenig 
Best Prepared Speech  Bill Perkins 
Best Evaluator        Tommy Williams 



UPCOMING MEETINGS 
                December 18, 2002   December 25, 2002   January 1, 2002 
Toastmaster     Helen Valinski         No  meeting        No  meeting 
                508-479-8634             due  to            due  to 
Invocation      Kwabena Afriyie     Christmas holiday   New Year's  Day 
Thought         Vinod Chaku 
Joke            Gene Brady 
Topicsmaster    Tommy Williams 
Gen. Evaluator  Don McIntyre 
Grammarian      Chris Williams 
Timer           Chris Jost 

Speaker 1       Joe Mewhiney 
Speaker 2       John Capuano 
Speaker 3       Michael Calcagni 

Evaluator 1     John Keeton 
Evaluator 2     Al Wheeler 
Evaluator 3     Rob Koenig 



* 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 Dan Abraham at 508-757-3855 for 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. 
* Vinod Chaku, 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 Filomena Didiano (VP of Education) if you want to 
  get on the schedule for a role or speech. Filomena's phone is 
  978-422-5269 (home) and her e-mail is cardid@telegram.infi.net (home) 
  or filomena.didiano@genzyme.com (work). 
* If you have an e-mail address (home or work) and are still receiving 
  the Weekly Bulletin via regular mail please contact Al Wheeler 
  ("Alfred.J.Wheeler@Verizon.net ") so we can add you to 
  the e-mail distribution. 



Directions to our location at the Regency Suites: 
From 290 East 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.  
It is next to the Registry of Motor Vehicles. 

From 290 West 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. 
It is next to the Registry of Motor Vehicles.