We had 14 members at our meeting last night.
Cheryl gave us an update on our Distinguished Club Program progress, and let the club know that we have already achieved "Distinguished" status. Congratulations, everyone. We will keeping working to attain "President's Distinguished", as we have for the past three years.
Dianne Olsen served as Toastmaster for the evening, and she did a great job - and she gave us candy! Beth Legnani was our Table-Topics master, providing scenarios for members to improvise on, two at a time.
We heard 4 prepared speeches, from Kay Jeyapalan, Ramesh Padavala, Rob Schaff, and Kim Price. Tom Alvord worked on perfecting his approach as General Evaluator, and our evaluators provided lots of constructive feedback.
Our next meeting is December 11, 2008. This will be our last meeting of the year, so don't miss it!
Friday, November 14, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
Meeting November 6, 2008
We had 11 participants at our special meeting last night, November 6, at the Village at South Farms.
Jeff Lagasse took his first turn in the "big chair" as Toastmaster, and he did a great job. Pete provided fortune cookies for the table topics, and we learned that many of our members are happy as clams at high tide.
Once again, we had 4 prepared speeches, from Cheryl, Dianne, Jeff, and John. Cheryl presented the "Keeping the Commitment" program from the Toastmasters Successful Club Series. With this speech, Cheryl completed the requirements for the Advanced Leader Bronze award. Congratulations, Cheryl!
Marin Sung has joined our club, and last night she introduced herself to the club with a short prepared speech. Marin (pronounced "marine") is the 8th new member to join this year.
Jeff Lagasse took his first turn in the "big chair" as Toastmaster, and he did a great job. Pete provided fortune cookies for the table topics, and we learned that many of our members are happy as clams at high tide.
Once again, we had 4 prepared speeches, from Cheryl, Dianne, Jeff, and John. Cheryl presented the "Keeping the Commitment" program from the Toastmasters Successful Club Series. With this speech, Cheryl completed the requirements for the Advanced Leader Bronze award. Congratulations, Cheryl!
Marin Sung has joined our club, and last night she introduced herself to the club with a short prepared speech. Marin (pronounced "marine") is the 8th new member to join this year.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Meeting October 23, 2008
We had 13 participants at our October 23 meeting - 12 members and 1 guest.
Arun Sodani did a great job as the Toastmaster, as usual. Ramesh Padavala was the Table-Topics Master, and he challenged us all with some typical job-interview questions. We heard 4 excellent prepared speeches, from Brian, Erik, Beth, and Anne-Marie.
Our guest was Marin Sung, a student at Middlesex Community College. Marin participated in Table Topics, and expressed her interest in coming to another meeting in November.
Please note that our next meeting, November 6, is at The Village at South Farms, in the 3rd-floor Pub Room.
Arun Sodani did a great job as the Toastmaster, as usual. Ramesh Padavala was the Table-Topics Master, and he challenged us all with some typical job-interview questions. We heard 4 excellent prepared speeches, from Brian, Erik, Beth, and Anne-Marie.
Our guest was Marin Sung, a student at Middlesex Community College. Marin participated in Table Topics, and expressed her interest in coming to another meeting in November.
Please note that our next meeting, November 6, is at The Village at South Farms, in the 3rd-floor Pub Room.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Meeting October 9, 2008
We had 12 participants at our October 9 meeting - 11 members and 1 guest.
John Keppler stepped up as the Toastmaster, and did a great job. We conducted our table-topics "pot-luck" style. Everyone prepared one question, and then when each person finished their turn at Table-Topics, they asked a question to the next person. This was a lot of fun - a good back-up plan for meetings without a Table-topics Master. We heard 4 prepared speeches, from Kay, Rob, Pete, and John.
Our guest was Marc Cammarata, a prospective member who found our club through the website. Marc expressed interest in joining the club.
Please note that we have added a meeting on November 6, at The Village at South Farms.
John Keppler stepped up as the Toastmaster, and did a great job. We conducted our table-topics "pot-luck" style. Everyone prepared one question, and then when each person finished their turn at Table-Topics, they asked a question to the next person. This was a lot of fun - a good back-up plan for meetings without a Table-topics Master. We heard 4 prepared speeches, from Kay, Rob, Pete, and John.
Our guest was Marc Cammarata, a prospective member who found our club through the website. Marc expressed interest in joining the club.
Please note that we have added a meeting on November 6, at The Village at South Farms.
Friday, September 26, 2008
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.
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.
Monday, September 15, 2008
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.
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.
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