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

(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

	5/18/2005	5/25/2005	06/01/2005	06/08/2005	06/15/05
Toastmaster	John Keeton	Gerald Groccia	Orlando Corona	Joe Mewhiney

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

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

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

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

Meeting Date: 5/11/2005

Attendees: Dot Ware, Cal Harris, Rob Koenig, Lee Jarm, Joe Mewhiney, Fred Nathan, Paul Julian, Frank Lederer, Joyce Augustus, Sherry Lusardi, Mike Lusardi, Paul Goldstein, Dick Brady, Ralph Lacerte, Guests: Kristie Smith, Maria Laba, Charlie Laba

Toastmaster: Rob Koenig

Invocation: Cal Harris

Thought: Joyce Augustus

Joke: Fred Nathan

Topicsmaster: Dot Ware

General Evaluator:  Paul Julian

Grammarian:  Paul Melo

Timer:  Fred Nathan

SPEAKERS

Speaker	Evaluator	Speech Title Summary
Joe Mewhiney	Lee Jarm	Where do we get such Brave Men
Mike Lusardi	Frank Lederer	Ice Breaker “A Brief History”
John Capuano	Ralph Lacerte	Ice Breaker “Growing up in the Carribbean, con’td”

AWARDS

Best Impromptu Speech	Sherry Lusardi
Best Prepared Speech	Joe Mewhiney
Best Evaluation	Ralph Lacerte

Old Business:

Ø       Is the group going to be required to move, yes or no.  If anyone has ideas for another venue please communicate that to the group.

New Business: