Meetings on Thursdays, 7:00 pm at the Joan Glancy Rehabilitation Center in the Mango Room
NOTICE: There will be no meeting on Thursday, November 27, 2008 in observance of Thanksgiving Day. Enjoy your family time!
11/13/2008 MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
Joan Boneberg served as our Toastmaster Of The Day. The theme she chose was "Holidays: The Approach.
Joseph Beckenbach gave his ice breaker speech entitled, "..." Everyone enjoyed his speech and his love of Disney World, one of the firs places he visited when he arrived in the United States.
Our second speaker was Joan Boneberg. She gave a speech entitled "Hours to Think" regarding her thoughts and experience when waiting to vote in this years presidential election.
Our third speaker was Audris Wang. She gave a speech entitled "Chinese Traditional Items". Audris showed and discussed musical instuments and toys from China.
The evening awards went to:
Best Speaker: Anand Deekaram
Best Evaluator: Andrew Antweiler
Best Table Topics: Greg Merlott
Club Business:
10 members attended the club's"after meeting social" held at Taco Mac. Good food (wonderful chicken wings and other Taco Mac specialties), good conversation and lots of laughs were had by all.
A vote was taken to name the upcoming Newsletter. It will be called "The Master Crafter". Joan continues to solicit members for stories, thoughts, opinions, etc. to be in the first issue.
An officers meeting will be held next Thursday, November 13th at 6:15 pm.
More discussion regarding the upcoming potluck with take place at next weeks officer meeting. Julie will send more particulars by email. The committee consists of leader Joan Boneberg, Samual Richardson, Susan Swain and Julie Kosinda. Any member who is interested in joining should contact Joan. We are considering three options: potluck with dishes from your native country, catering, event at a restaurant. Please send an email to Julie this week with your preference at julie.kosinda@hdsupply.com
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Today, Toastmasters International is a non-profit organization which gives its members the opportunity to develop and improve their public speaking abilities through local club meetings, training seminars and speech contests. Toastmasters International includes more than 199,000 men and women in more than 9,300 clubs in more than 70 countries.
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REGULAR MEETING PLACE: Joan Glancy Rehabilitation Center
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Today, Toastmasters International is a non-profit organization which gives its members the opportunity to develop and improve their public speaking abilities through local club meetings, training seminars and speech contests. Toastmasters International includes more than 199,000 men and women in more than 9,300 clubs in more than 70 countries.
Experienced professionals and beginning speakers alike can benefit from our practical, face-to-face learning program. 
