Club President Charnaie Gordon presents expresses our appreciation to guest speakers Jerry Theodorou and Kimberly Taylor.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Pictures from our 20th Anniversary
Club President Charnaie Gordon presents expresses our appreciation to guest speakers Jerry Theodorou and Kimberly Taylor.
Monday, June 27, 2011
2011 Beat-the-Clock Award
The "Beat the Clock" award is about finishing the year with a bang! Clubs earn this award by adding five new or reinstated members during these two months from May 1 to June 30.With the addition of John Bell at our last meeting, Middlesex has reached this goal and will receive a "Beat the Clock" ribbon to display on our banner.
Members added May 1 - June 30: Steven Grey, Jonathan Martin, Emily O'Brien, Judy Thompson, and John Bell
Meeting Notes, June 23 - 20th Anniversary
The Middlesex County Toastmasters met on Thursday, June 23, for a rousing 20th anniversary celebration.
We were honored to have 32 people at this meeting, 20 members and 12 guests, including 11 people that have served as Club President at some point in our 20-year history.
Our current president, Charnaie Gordon, opened the meeting with a brief re-cap of our accomplishments during this club year. She recognized the club officers with a gift for their service this year.
Cheryl Mason served as Table Topics Master, and involved many of our guests and past members with her topic questions around the themes of summer and celebration.
Our celebration included great food and fabulous raffle prizes, as well as 4 excellent prepared speeches:
• Ramesh Padavala gave an inspiration speech from the Competent Communicator manual, titled “Put the Glass Down”.
• John Keppler recounted the 20-year history of Middlesex County Toastmasters, and showed us how each individual contributes to the continued success of the club.
• Our keynote speaker, Kimberly Taylor, told us about the beginnings of Toastmasters, and how Toastmasters has changed her life with her speech, “The Toastmaster Experience”.
• Special guest Jerry Theodorou gave an inspirational and frightening speech, “Let It Go”, detailing the lives of the Collyer brothers.
Jacqueline Kirwan served as our General Evaluator. She pointed out the historical theme throughout the meeting, from a 1-year recap, to our 20-year history, and even back to the beginning of Toastmasters,
We tried to wrap up on time, but there was too much meeting to fit the 7-9 timeframe, and the raffle and gifts spilled over into the 9:00 hour.
Members Present: Tom Alvord, Anne-Marie Cannata, Margarita Giraldo, Charnaie Gordon, Helena Grey, Steven Grey, Jonathan Herron, Kay Jeyapalan, John Keppler, Jacqueline Kirwan, Cheryl Mason, Michael Nicastre, Emily O’Brien, Michael O’Brien, Ramesh Padavala, Murali Pemmaraju, Kim Price, Rob Schaff, Arun Sodani, and Judy Thompson.
Guests Present: John Bell, Ute Brinkmann, Nancy Green, Phil Mason (Happy Birthday!), Ron & Trudy Reeve, Val McLean, Sharon Roth, Jerry Theodorou, and from Talk of the Town Toastmasters: Gail Lewis, Kimberly Taylor, and Jackie Carl.
We were honored to have 32 people at this meeting, 20 members and 12 guests, including 11 people that have served as Club President at some point in our 20-year history.
Our current president, Charnaie Gordon, opened the meeting with a brief re-cap of our accomplishments during this club year. She recognized the club officers with a gift for their service this year.
Cheryl Mason served as Table Topics Master, and involved many of our guests and past members with her topic questions around the themes of summer and celebration.
Our celebration included great food and fabulous raffle prizes, as well as 4 excellent prepared speeches:
• Ramesh Padavala gave an inspiration speech from the Competent Communicator manual, titled “Put the Glass Down”.
• John Keppler recounted the 20-year history of Middlesex County Toastmasters, and showed us how each individual contributes to the continued success of the club.
• Our keynote speaker, Kimberly Taylor, told us about the beginnings of Toastmasters, and how Toastmasters has changed her life with her speech, “The Toastmaster Experience”.
• Special guest Jerry Theodorou gave an inspirational and frightening speech, “Let It Go”, detailing the lives of the Collyer brothers.
Jacqueline Kirwan served as our General Evaluator. She pointed out the historical theme throughout the meeting, from a 1-year recap, to our 20-year history, and even back to the beginning of Toastmasters,
We tried to wrap up on time, but there was too much meeting to fit the 7-9 timeframe, and the raffle and gifts spilled over into the 9:00 hour.
Members Present: Tom Alvord, Anne-Marie Cannata, Margarita Giraldo, Charnaie Gordon, Helena Grey, Steven Grey, Jonathan Herron, Kay Jeyapalan, John Keppler, Jacqueline Kirwan, Cheryl Mason, Michael Nicastre, Emily O’Brien, Michael O’Brien, Ramesh Padavala, Murali Pemmaraju, Kim Price, Rob Schaff, Arun Sodani, and Judy Thompson.
Guests Present: John Bell, Ute Brinkmann, Nancy Green, Phil Mason (Happy Birthday!), Ron & Trudy Reeve, Val McLean, Sharon Roth, Jerry Theodorou, and from Talk of the Town Toastmasters: Gail Lewis, Kimberly Taylor, and Jackie Carl.
Monday, June 20, 2011
June 9 Meeting - Canceled
Our June 9 meeting was canceled, due to a power outage at Middlesex Community College and across Middletown. To make up for the lost meeting, we will be holding a speechathon on June 30 at The Village at South Farms.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Meeting Notes - May 26
The Middlesex County Toastmasters met on Thursday, May 26th.
Members Present: Tom Alvord, Jay Broderick, Anne-Marie Cannata, Jennifer Cimilluca, Margarita Giraldo, Charnaie Gordon, Helena Grey, Jonathan Herron, Kay Jeyapalan, John Keppler, Jacqueline Kirwan, Cheryl Mason, Michael Nicastre, Sally Nicastre, Michael O’Brien, Ramesh Padavala, Murali Pemmaraju, Michele Rousseau, Rob Schaff.
Guests Present: Steven Grey, Jonathan Martin, Emily O’Brien, Jimmy Ortiz, Judy Thompson.
The Sergeant-at-Arms, Ramesh, opened the meeting. The club President, Charnaie, welcomed our guests and gave a recap of the District 53 Conference, held on Saturday, May 21st. Nine members went from Middlesex, and cheered Tom on to a 3rd place at the District’s Tall Tales Contest. Other news from the Conference, provided by Charnaie and Kay – Michael O’Brien will be the Division B governor for 2011-2012; Cheryl, Charnaie, and Rob were lauded as Triple Crown winners; Charnaie will be an area governor in Division B.
In June, the Middlesex County Toastmasters club will be celebrating its 20th anniversary. On Sunday, June 5th, we will have a special event – a teleseminar featuring Lenny Laskowski, a Distinguished Toastmaster and professional speaker. This one-hour conference call could be dialed into from anywhere, just RSVP to Kay or Charnaie to get the details, and submit your questions to Lenny.
Our 20th anniversary celebration will be held at our June 23rd meeting. Kimberly M. Taylor, from the Talk of the Town Toastmasters Club in New York City, will be our keynote speaker. Kimberly will talk about how Toastmasters has changed her life, a subject she shared in the May 2011 Toastmasters magazine. John, a founding member of the club, will also be speaking, and we will have many honored guests from “way back when” returning for the anniversary.
Our Immediate Past President, Cheryl, conducted the officer elections for the next Toastmaster year (starting in July). Cheryl read the names of the candidates thus far nominated:
President – Kay Jeyapalan
VP Education – Murali Pemmaraju
VP Membership – Ramesh Padavala
VP Public Relations – Jennifer Cimilluca
Secretary – Rob Schaff
Treasurer – John Keppler
Sergeant at Arms – Jonathan Herron
She then asked for nominations from the floor. There were none; the motion was made and seconded to accept the slate of officers, which was elected by a majority of the members present. The officers will be inducted at a meeting in June, to begin one-year terms on July 1st. District officer training will be announced soon.
Members Present: Tom Alvord, Jay Broderick, Anne-Marie Cannata, Jennifer Cimilluca, Margarita Giraldo, Charnaie Gordon, Helena Grey, Jonathan Herron, Kay Jeyapalan, John Keppler, Jacqueline Kirwan, Cheryl Mason, Michael Nicastre, Sally Nicastre, Michael O’Brien, Ramesh Padavala, Murali Pemmaraju, Michele Rousseau, Rob Schaff.
Guests Present: Steven Grey, Jonathan Martin, Emily O’Brien, Jimmy Ortiz, Judy Thompson.
The Sergeant-at-Arms, Ramesh, opened the meeting. The club President, Charnaie, welcomed our guests and gave a recap of the District 53 Conference, held on Saturday, May 21st. Nine members went from Middlesex, and cheered Tom on to a 3rd place at the District’s Tall Tales Contest. Other news from the Conference, provided by Charnaie and Kay – Michael O’Brien will be the Division B governor for 2011-2012; Cheryl, Charnaie, and Rob were lauded as Triple Crown winners; Charnaie will be an area governor in Division B.
In June, the Middlesex County Toastmasters club will be celebrating its 20th anniversary. On Sunday, June 5th, we will have a special event – a teleseminar featuring Lenny Laskowski, a Distinguished Toastmaster and professional speaker. This one-hour conference call could be dialed into from anywhere, just RSVP to Kay or Charnaie to get the details, and submit your questions to Lenny.
Our 20th anniversary celebration will be held at our June 23rd meeting. Kimberly M. Taylor, from the Talk of the Town Toastmasters Club in New York City, will be our keynote speaker. Kimberly will talk about how Toastmasters has changed her life, a subject she shared in the May 2011 Toastmasters magazine. John, a founding member of the club, will also be speaking, and we will have many honored guests from “way back when” returning for the anniversary.
Our Immediate Past President, Cheryl, conducted the officer elections for the next Toastmaster year (starting in July). Cheryl read the names of the candidates thus far nominated:
President – Kay Jeyapalan
VP Education – Murali Pemmaraju
VP Membership – Ramesh Padavala
VP Public Relations – Jennifer Cimilluca
Secretary – Rob Schaff
Treasurer – John Keppler
Sergeant at Arms – Jonathan Herron
She then asked for nominations from the floor. There were none; the motion was made and seconded to accept the slate of officers, which was elected by a majority of the members present. The officers will be inducted at a meeting in June, to begin one-year terms on July 1st. District officer training will be announced soon.
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