Meeting, September 25

We had 14 at our 9/25 meeting - 13 members and 1 guest.

Our guest, Victoria Schaff, provided the Word of the Day. We were all able to participate in Table Topics, with a Halloween theme served up by Table Topics master Tom Alvord. We heard 4 prepared speeches, including 2 Ice-breakers (from Dianne and Brian).

Please note that we are considering adding a meeting on November 6, to make up for the meetings we will miss around Thanksgiving and Christmas. Details to be announced.

Record-setting meeting, another gavel departs

Our September 11 meeting was a record breaker. We had 26 people at the meeting - 18 club members and 8 guests!

Among our 8 guests were 5 members of Stag Toastmasters, who were there to capture the gavel Enis. We still have one gavel left, so we can expect at least one more visit as part of the district Traveling Gavel program.

Kim Price wins Area C5 Humorous Contest

Sep 4, 2008

Congratulations to our own Kim Price, who won the Area C5 Humorous
Speech Contest! Kim did a great job with his speech about a fashion faux
pas.

Kim will be representing our Area at the Division C Contest on
September 23. Here are the details:

Div C Humorous and Evaluation Speech Contests
When: Tue, Sep 23, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Where: New London Public Library, 63 Huntington St, New London, CT

Gavel Bo Departs

Aug. 28, 2008

Greater Hartford Toastmasters visited to capture Bo, the traveling gavel. Our visitors were: Michael Wagner, Carol Gray, Christina Lumbreras, and Yvonne Duncan.

From Yvonne:

"We all enjoyed, immensely, the visit to your club. It was not only great fun meeting everyone and participating in the meeting, but we learned a few things that we can adopt to make our meetings run as efficiently as possible. 3 of the 4 of us are fairly new Toastmaster members and seeing another club in action was a very valuable experience. Thanks to you and the club members for the very warm welcome extended to us. It was fun!"

Contest Results

Middlesex Toastmasters #8340 held their club Evaluation & Humorous Contest this past Thursday, August 14th. Thanks to everyone that participated and helped to make the evening a success. It was a lot of fun, and our Contest Master, Tom and all of our Contestants are to be congratulated on their excellent speaking skills! It was very a very entertaining and inspiring evening!

Here are the results:

Evaluation Contest
1st Place: John Keppler
2nd Place: Kim Price
3rd Place: Arun Sodani

Humorous Contest
1st Place: Kim Price
2nd Place: Rose Rita Riccitelli

Roles
Contest Chair - Cheryl Mason
Contest Master - Tom Alvord
Chief Judge - Rob Schaff
Judges (Anonymous)
Timers: Kay & Anne-Marie
Sargeant at Arms: Jeff
Ballot Counters: Pete, Kay & Dianne



Left to right, Jeffrey Lagasse, Cheryl Mason, Kim Price, Tom Alvord, Arun Sodani, John Keppler, Rose Rita Riccitelli

Middlesex Captures Third Gavel

The Middlesex County Toastmasters Club attended a
recent meeting of the Nutmeg Toastmasters and
captured the Division D Gavel, "Drew" on July 1, 2008.
The following three members made the trip to Woodbridge
(New Haven) CT: Rose Rita Riccitelli, Cheryl Mason,
and Rob Schaff.

The Nutmeg Toastmasters graciously surrendered Drew
and we all had lots of fun participating in the meeting!

The Middlesex County Toastmasters are happy to have
captured Drew, the Division D Traveling Gavel, as it
joins Bo and Ennis at the Club lecturn. The members of
Middlesex County TM look forward to welcoming any
gavel-seeking visitors!