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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

	4/6/05	4/13/2005	4/20/2005	4/27/2005	5/4/2005
Toastmaster	Speech Contest	John Capuano	Rob Koenig	Paul Julien	Roseann Waterhouse
	Contestmaster:
Invocation	Peter Hoag	Fred Nathan	Area Speech Contest	Joe Mewhiney	Orlando Corona
Thought	We need:	Balaji Doraibabu		Al Wheeler	Peter Hoag
Joke	Chief Judge	Dan Abraham		Linda Nadeau	Karen Lefebvre
	Judges
Topicsmaster	Contestants	Karen Lefebvre		John Keeton	Rob Koenig
Gen Evaluator		Joe Mewhiney		Wayne Dupont	Cal Harris
Grammarian	Timers	Dorothy Ware		Roseann Waterhouse	Linda Nadeau
Timer		Idalino Da Silva		Joyce Augusta	Frank Lederer

Speaker1		John Keeton		Frank Lederer	Omar Williams
Speaker2		Carl Lakes		Fred Nathan	Joyce Augusta
Speaker3	Counters	Orlando Corona		Dan Abraham	John Capuano

Evaluator 1		Roseann Waterhouse		Michael Cormon	Gene Brady
Evaluator 2		Linda Nadeau		Carl Lakes	Joe Mewhiney
Evaluator 3		Rob Koenig		Peter Hoag	Al Wheeler

Meeting Date: 3/30/2005

Attendees: Dan Abraham, Joyce Augusta, John Capuano, Michael Cormon, Orlando Corona, Wayne Dupont, Gerald Groccia, Cal Harris, Peter Hoag, Lee Jarm, Paul Julian , Frank Lederer, Mike Lusardi, Sherry Lusardi, Linda Nadeau, Fred Nathan, Roseann Waterhouse Dorothy Ware and one guest: Paul Mello

Invocation: John Capuano

Thought: Fred Nathan

Joke: Linda Nadeau

Toastmaster: Wayne Dupont

Topicsmaster: Orlando Corona

General Evaluator:  Dan Abraham

Grammarian:  Paul Julien

Timer: Linda Nadeau

SPEAKERS

Speaker	Evaluator	Speech Title Summary
Lee Jarm	Peter Hoag	“The Other Agenda” Lee’s speech centered on a book he read titled, Confessions of an Economic Hitman,” by John C. Perkins. The speech was intended to shed light on the methods of the U.S. achieving global empire.
Michael Cormon	Gerald Groccia	“Assistive Robotics” Michael’s speech centered on how robotics in multiple capacities can improve the life of those with a disability. Michael included in his speech a few examples to lure the crowd into the speech’s importance.
Cal Harris	Dot Ware	“Public Speaking made easy” Cal delivered a speech compelling the make audience laying out the ground work for how each and everyone of us could take the first steps in improving our public speaking abilities. Cal was rehearsing this speech for an outside engagement to promote ‘Toastmasters International’.

AWARDS

Best Impromptu Speech	Michael Lusardi
Best Prepared Speech	Cal Harris
Best Evaluation	Gerald Groccia

Old Business:

Ø      2277 Speech Contest  being held April 6, 2005

Ø      Area Speech Contest hosted by the Central Toastmasters, being held April 20, 2005

Ø      Dues are due – see Paul Julian

New Business:

Ø      Received new manual – see Roseann Waterhouse for details

Ø      Volunteers needed – Judges needed for the James Otis Communicator of Bolton, MA, youth public speaking event.  Thursday April 21 through Saturday April 23