The Middlesex County Toastmasters met on Thursday, May 24, at Middlesex Community College. We had 21 enthusiastic attendees, including 17 members and 4 guests. The meeting has highlighted by our club elections and 4 prepared speeches.
Members Present: Patricia Alston, John Bell, Jay Broderick, Jennifer Cimilluca, Sonia Dean, Ryan Dolan, Charnaie Gordon, Jonathan Herron, Kay Jeyapalan, John Keppler, Jacqueline Kirwan, Daniel Moran, Michael O'Brien, Murali Pemmaraju, Kim Price, Rob Schaff, and Chris Sullivan.
At the business meeting, Club President Kay Jeyapalan mentioned a concern about the number of empty roles at recent meetings. Please take this opportunity to sign up for speaking slots and other meeting roles on the club website.
Club Elections
We held elections to establish our club officers for next year. The club year runs from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013. Our next set of officers will be:
- President: Jonathan Herron
- VPE: Jennifer Cimilluca
- VPM: Chris Sullivan
- VPPR: Helena Grey
- Secretary: Patricia Alston
- Treasurer: Jay Broderick
- Sargent at Arms: Daniel Moran
Congratulations to all of the incoming officers, and thank you for volunteering to help keep this great club going strong.
Meeting
Newly-elected VPE Jennifer Cimilluca was our Toastmaster for the evening. Jacqueline Kirwan provided the invocation, and Jay Broderick was the Humorist. President-elect Jonathan Herron was the General Evaluator, and was supported by John Keppler (Ah-counter), Ryan Dolan (Grammarian), and Charnaie Gordon (Timer). Kay provided the Word of the Day ("egg on", urge on; cause to act).
Murali Pemmaraju was the Table-Topics Master, and got many members and guests involved with questions about special days in the month of May.
Prepared speeches:
• Sonia Dean gave her first speech at this club, speech #2 from the Competent Communicator Manual. Her speech was titled "Glossophobia", and was evaluated by Michael O'Brien.
• Rob Schaff gave speech #5 from the Competent Communicator Manual, called "Fear of Jumping". His speech was evaluated by Kim Price.
• Kim Price gave a speech entitled "Gestures", demonstrating how gestures and body language are used during sales presentations. His speech was evaluated by the club in a round-robin format.
• Kay Jayapalan gave a speech about the DCP program and what it means to the success of the club. Her speech was evaluated by Rob Schaff.
The positive feedback from our guests shows that our club continues to make visitors feel comfortable and welcome at Middlesex. Our next meeting will be Thursday, June 14. Please sign up for a meeting role. See you there!
Respectfully submitted,
Robert A. Schaff, ACS, ALB
