DATE: May 25, 2005

                                                                                   

Club Offices                                                                               email addresses:

President                 Al Wheeler                              alfred_j_wheeler@verizon.net

VP of Education             Roseann Waterhouse              RWaterhouse@emdlexigen.com

VP of Membership            Frank Lederer                          falz28@netzero.com

VP of Public Relations         Omar Williams                         oawilliams@hotmail.com

Treasurer                  Paul Julian                              paul.julian@umassmed.edu
Secretary                  Linda Nadeau                          lnadeau@meditech.com

Sergeant at Arms             Fred Nathan                             frednathan2003@yahoo.com

Bulletin Editor               Lee Jarm                     LRJarm@aol.com

 

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

 

 

 

 

Meeting Date: 5/182005

Attendees: Dan Abraham, Joyce Augustus, Dick Brady, John Capuano, Cal Harris, Peter Hoag, Lee Jarm, Paul Julian, John Keeton, Michael Lusardi, Paul Melo, Linda Nadeau, Fred Nathan, Roseann Waterhouse, Al Wheeler and Omar Williams were in attendance; including 4 guests: David Frost, Jean McKernan, Anita McNearney and Brinta Seete.

 

Toastmaster: John Keeton

Invocation:  Paul Julian

Thought:  Michael Lusardi

Joke:  John Capuano

Topicsmaster:  Cal Harris

General Evaluator:  John Capuano 

Grammarian:  Joyce Augustus

Timer:  Paul Melo

 

SPEAKERS

Speaker	Evaluator	Speech Title Summary
Omar Williams	Dan Abraham	“Getting Started, Financial Goal Setting”, from the Communication and Leadership Manuel
Peter Hoag	Paul Julian	“A Central Toastmasters Reunion”, from the Advanced Manuel
Roseann Waterhouse	Dick Brady	“Beginning your speech”, from the Better Speaker Series

 

AWARDS

Best Impromptu Speech	Dick Brady
Best Prepared Speech	Omar Williams
Best Evaluation	Paul Julian/Dick Brady

Old Business:

Ø       Individual research should continue on a new venue to accommodate the Central 2288 Toastmasters, each week for two hours.

 

New Business:

Ø       Al Wheeler is going to research Central Toastmasters National Status and report to the group.

 

Note: Please remember that each member should meet the $5.00 minimum dinner purchase requirement to maintain the room availability.