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 - its common courtesy and a sign of a Competent Toastmaster.

2. Please note: Five Mentors are available for members to meet with: Robert Koenig, Joe Mewhiney, Dan Abraham, John Keeton 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. Robert 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

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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

	5/11/2005	5/18/2005	5/25/2005	06/01/2005	06/08/2005
Toastmaster	Rob Koening	John Keeton	Gerald Groccia	Orlando Corona	Joe Mewhiney

Invocation	Cal Harris	Paul Julian	Peter Hoag	Joyce Augustus	Dorothy Ware
Thought	Joyce Augustus	Michael Lusardi	Fred Nathan	Wayne Dupont	Michael Lusardi
Joke	Michael Cormon	John Capuano	Lee Jarm	Frank Lederer	Dan Abraham

Topicsmaster	Dorothy Ware	Cal Harris	John Keeton	Paul Julian	Gerald Groccia
Gen Evaluator	Gerald Groccia	Frank Lederer	Orlando Corona	Rob Koenig	Karen Lefebrve
Grammarian	Paul Julian	Joyce Augustus	Carl Lakes	Paul Melo	Omar Williams
Timer	Fred Nathan	Paul Melo	Sherry Olson-Lusardi	Gene Brady	Fred Nathan

Speaker1	Karen Lefebvre	Omar Williams	Paul Melo	Lee Jarm	John Keeton
Speaker2	Joe Mewhiney	Peter Hoag	Wayne Dupont	Omar Williams	Rob Koenig
Speaker3	Michael Lusardi	Roseann Waterhouse	Dorothy Ware	Cal Harris	Linda Nadeau

Evaluator 1	Lee Jarm	Dan Abraham	John Capuano	Dorothy Ware	Frank Lederer
Evaluator 2	Orlando Corona	Paul Julian	Karen Lefebvre	Roseann Waterhouse	Peter Hoag
Evaluator 3	Frank Lederer	Carl Lakes	Rob Koenig	Dan Abraham	Cal Harris

Meeting Date: 5/04/2005

Attendees: Joyce Augustus, Dick Brady, Gene Brady, John Capuano, Michael Cormon, Cal Harris, Peter Hoag, Casey Jenkins, Paul Julian, Robert Koenig, Frank Lederer, Michael Lusardi, Paul Melo, Joe Mewhiney, Linda Nadeau, Fred Nathan, Sherry Olson-Lusardi, Roseann Waterhouse, Dorothy Ware, Al Wheeler and Omar Williams were in attendance; including 1 guest : Anita McNearny.

Toastmaster: Roseann Waterhouse

Invocation: Paul Julian

Thought: Peter Hoag

Joke: Cal Harris

Topicsmaster: Robert Koenig

General Evaluator:  Cal Harris

Grammarian:  Linda Nadeau

Timer:  Frank Lederer

SPEAKERS

Speaker	Evaluator	Speech Title Summary
Sherry Olson-Lusardi	Gene Brady	Non Manuel Speech. Presentation to the an Scholarship award winner
Joyce Augustus	Joe Mewhiney	Ice Breaker, “Growing up in the Caribbean”
John Capuano	Al Wheeler	Manuel Speech, “Briefing”
Omar Williams	Peter Hoag	“Giving an effective evaluation”

AWARDS

Best Impromptu Speech	Michael Lusardi
Best Prepared Speech	John Capuano
Best Evaluation	Joe Mewhiney

Old Business:

Ø       Past Presidents will meet after tonight’s meetings to pick the slate of officers for the 2005 – 2006 Central Toastmasters Club.

Ø       If you are interested in an office, please review the role of the particular office.  Feel free to contact the current officer or a past president.

New Business:

Ø Please see Al Wheeler if you are interested in hosting a cookout for Central Toastmasters during the summer months.