Meeting Notes - May 28, 2009

Fellow Toastmasters:

We had 18 participants in our meeting last night - 17 members and one guest. Attending members: Beth, Charnaie, Alex, Kay, Mike, Emily, Jennifer, Tom, Anne Marie, Ramesh, Arun, Tawana, Rob, Sreeni, Pamela, and Craig. Our guest was Ronald Brunelle, a first-time visitor who was interested to find out more about Toastmasters.

Arun was our Toastmaster for the night. Charnaie led us in a challenging Table Topics, requiring us to assume the role of an author explaining his new book. We heard 3 prepared speeches: an Ice-Breaker from Craig, and speeches from Kay and Jennifer. Our evaluators did an excellent job of providing supportive evaluations, while pointing out areas to work on.

Our next meeting is on June 11, and we will hold our club elections at that meeting. See you there!

May 14 Meeting Notes

We had 14 members at our meeting last night: Rob, Cheryl, Mike, Emily, Jennifer, Kay, Deborah, Kim, Arun, Charnaie, Pete, Sreeni, Craig, and Pam.

Cheryl was our Toastmaster, and she did a great job getting the roster filled. Thanks to everyone who stepped up at the last minute to fill a role. Everyone participated on Table Topics, and we heard a lot of creative speaking on food, led by Deborah as Table Topics Master.

We had 4 prepared speeches, from Rob, Sreeni, Mike, and Kim. Sreeni let us know that he is actually an alien, and Mike gave a dramatic reading of Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Our next meeting is May 28, and we gave 4 more exciting speakers lined up. See you there!

2009-2010 Area Governors

Two Middlesex County Toastmasters will be serving as Area Governors for the 2009-2010 club year.

Rob Schaff, our current club President, will be the new Area Governor for our area, C5. He will be taking the reins from the current AG and Middlesex member Tom Alvord.

Cheryl Mason, our current Vice President of Education, will be the Area Governor for Area B3, the area which includes Cheryl's StanleyWorks club.

Congratulations Rob and Cheryl!

2009 Talk Up Toastmasters Award

Middlesex County Toastmasters has achieved the 2009 Talk Up Toastmasters Award, by adding 5 new members in February and March. We received a nice ribbon for our banner, and a free module from the Better Speaker Series.

Special thanks to Jennifer Cimilluca, Pam Mulready, Emily O'Brien, Mike O'Brien, and Leslie Strovas - the five members that joined during this time period.