2/11

1. 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.

2. Please note: Six Mentors are available for members to meet with: Robert Koenig, Joe Mewhiney, Dan Abraham, John Keeton, Paul Anderson, and Peter Hoag.

3. Cost of the room coverage: must 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.) Proper dress is business casual

4. Taping of the speeches: Remember to bring a blank VHS tape, if you want to record and review your performance of your prepared speech. Mark LaPete will transfer the taped prepared speeches to VHS at the presenters' request.

5.       Speaking engagements: Speaker's Bureau, contact: Dan Abraham at 508-757-3855.  Please give Dan Abraham a hard copy of the title and or summary of the speech(es) that you are willing to submit to the speakers’ bureau.

6.       Please access the membership list online when you are able and check your contact info. This information is available for Toastmasters' business use at: http://www.centraltoastmasters.org/ then click on “Club Members”  (http://www.centraltoastmasters.org/cgi-bin/membership_list.pl)

Also please note that any needed changes to the membership list, e.g. contact info, need to be forwarded through the VP of Membership, Joe Mewhiney.

7. To sign up to receive District 31 headquarters e-mail and news visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/d31tm.
To go to the Toastmaster Central 2277-31 website: http://www.centraltoastmasters.org

(Keyword: Toastmaster Central 2277-31)

8. Contact alfred_j_wheeler@verizon.net if you want a role or speech for upcoming weeks.
Contact (open), if you would like to suggest changes or additions to the bulletin

Roles and Scheduled Speakers

	2/16/2005	2/23/2005	3/2/2005	3/9/2005	3/16/2005
Toastmaster	John Keeton	Gerald Groccia	Frank Lederer	Rob Koenig	Karen Lefebvre

Invocation	Fred Nathan	Bonnie Blaisdale	Dan Abraham	Peter Hoag	Wayne Dupont
Thought	Paul Anderson	Dorothy Ware	Gerald Groccia	Idalino DaSilva	Roseann Waterhouse
Joke	Rob Koenig	Dan Abraham	Karen Lefebvre	Joe Mewhiney	Balaji Doraibabu

Topicsmaster	Michael Cormon	Paul Julian	Bonnie Blaisdell	John Capuano	Dan Abraham
Gen Evaluator	Karen Lefebvre	Roseann Waterhouse	Michael Cormon	Carl Lakes	John Keeton
Grammarian	Bonnie Blaisdell	Wayne Dupont	Paul Julian	Filomena Didiano	Fred Nathan
Timer	Peter Hoag	Fred Nathan	Carl Lakes	Paul Julian	Joe Mewhiney

Speaker1	Frank Lederer	Michael Cormon	Wayne Dupont	John Keeton	John Capuano
Speaker2	Wayne Dupont	Joe Mewhiney	Bonnie Blaisdell	Dorothy Ware	Paul Julian
Speaker3	Idalino DaSilva	Carl Lakes	Balaji Doraibabu	Dan Abraham	Rob Koenig

Evaluator 1	Dan Abraham	Peter Hoag	Fred Nathan	Omar Williams	Filomena Didiano
Evaluator 2	John Capuano	Filomena Didiano	Ralph LaCerte	Michael Cormon	Peter Hoag
Evaluator 3	Balaji Doraibabu	Rob Koenig	Dorothy Ware	Karen Lefebvre	Gerald Groccia

Meeting Date: 2/9/2005

Attendees: Orlando Corona, Fred Nathan, Jay Groccia, Carl Lakes, John Keeton, Frank Lederer, Paul Julian, Al Wheeler, Roseann Waterhouse, and Mike Cormon. 3 guests.

Invocation: Mike Cormon

Thought: Paul Julian

Joke: Fred Nathan

Toastmaster: Carl Lakes

Topicsmaster: Fred Nathan

General Evaluator: Paul Julian

Grammarian: Roseann Waterhouse

Timer: John Keeton

SPEAKERS

Speaker	Evaluator	Speech Title Summary
Mike Cormon	John Keeton	“Personal Robotic” Mike talked about how robots do the 3D tasks (Dull, Dirty, Dangerous). Mike explained that service robots do exploration, experiments, and security. By 2015 one third of armed U.S. combat vehicles will be unmanned. On the lighter side, personal robots vacuum floors and provide various kinds of entertainment.
Jay Groccia	Roseann Waterhouse	“A Case for Cash” Jay talked about the relationship of cash and credit/debit card technology to privacy rights, pattern analysis technology, the post 911 era of Big Brother, and risk-averse socially irresponsible Insurance Companies.
Frank Lederer	Al Wheeler	C&L#4, “One Hike I Will Never Forget” Frank related his experience of hiking through the woods, hills, and pastures outlying Worcester. On one occasion he noticed at the edge of some woods a cow, then a few cows, then the bull… After wildly fleeing across a boulder-strewn field and up an eroded gravel embankment, Frank came face to face with a ferocious large hound dog separated only by a six-foot barbed wire fence. Frank’s dismay worsened when he realized that the bull was successfully scaling the gravel embankment.

AWARDS

Best Impromptu	Paul Julian
Best Prepared	Frank Lederer
Best Evaluation	Roseann Waterhouse

Old Business:

Ø      Bulletin Editor and Secretary needed immediately.

Ø      Speakers Bureau committee: Dan Abraham, Frank Lederer, Mike Cormon. (The Speakers Bureau needs speakers.)

Ø      Fred Nathan volunteered to call all the people that are scheduled for a role on behalf of the Toastmaster each week.

Ø      Impromptu speech contest committee: Carl Lakes, Frank Lederer, and Fred Nathan.

New Business:

Ø      Orlando Corona renewed has returned to the club and renewed his membership.

Ø      Jay Groccia is planning the demonstration of an LCD projector at request of membership vote.