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. Rob Koenig 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, Frank Lederer.

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

	4/13/05	4/20/2005	4/27/2005	5/4//2005	5/11/2005
Toastmaster	John Capuano	Area Speech	Paul Julian	Roseann Waterhouse	TBA
		Contest
Invocation	Fred Nathan		Joe Mewhiney	Orlando Corona
Thought	Balaji Doraibabu		Al Wheeler	Peter Hoag
Joke	Dan Abraham		Peter Hoag	Karen Lefebvre

Topicsmaster	Karen Lefebvre		John Keeton	Rob Koenig	TBA
Gen Evaluator	Joe Mewhiney		Wayne Dupont	Cal Harris
Grammarian	Dorothy Ware		Roseann Waterhouse	Linda Nadeau
Timer	Idalino Da Silva		Joyce Augusta	Frank Lederer

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

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

Meeting Date: 4/06/2005

Attendees: Carl Lakes, Frad Nathan, Al Wheeler, Frank Lederer, Peter Hoag, Linda Nadeau, Dan Abraham, Rob Koenig, Wayne Dupont, Joe Mewhiney, Roseann Waterhouse, Dorothy Ware, Paul Julian, Karen Lefebvre, Cal Harris, Paul Melo

Invocation: Dorothy Ware

Thought: Wayne Dupont

Joke: Joe Mewhiney

Contest master: Peter Hoag

Topicsmaster: Frank Lederer

Chief Judge:  Joe Mewhiney

Judge:  Roseann Waterhouse

Judge: Carl Lakes

Judge:  Wayne Dupont

Timer#1:  Fred Nathan

Timer#2: Linda Nadeau

SPEAKERS

Speaker	Evaluator	Speech Title Summary
Al Wheeler	Judges	“World, Please” Al spoke to the audience, pretending he was God speaking to the world, admiring the planet for what it has done but also suggesting improvements for the future.
Rob Koenig	Judges	“A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words” Rob’s speech focused on the usefulness and practicality of digital photography. He used a digital camera as a prop during his talk and did an excellent job of using his voice effectively to illustrate points and hold the audiences attention.
Karen Lefebvre	Judges	“I’ll Keep Walking” Karen’s speech discussed the disease of breast cancer and the many ways in which we can contribute to breast cancer research. Her way of contributing to this cause is a walk to raise money for breast cancer research (60 miles over 3 days – WOW!!) to raise money for research. As for Karen, she says, “I’ll keep walking.”
Dan Abraham	Judges	“Involvement” Dan’s stressed the importance of involvement in the community. He made a compelling case for being an active citizen, especially of your own community. He feels that the world needs more activity, rather than passivity to ensure positive things in the future.

Contest Awards

First Place	Dan Abraham
Second Place	Rob Koenig
Third Place	Karen Lefebvre

Old Business:

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

Ø      Dues are due – see Paul Julian

Ø      Motion adopted to add guest’s names to bulletin, with permission to use last names and include them on the bulletin email list.

Ø      Volunteers are needed to judge a debate group of 13-18 yr. olds in Otis.  Dates are 4/18 – 4/23 – see Roseann Waterhouse for details

New Business

Ø      Frank Lederer, VP of club membership,  would like any contacts you may have to support efforts to spread the word about the club and to increase membership. Any ideas you may have for contacts – please pass along to Frank