July 17, 2012 Meeting Minutes

Attendees:

Members: Tom Alvord, Linda Campbell, Chu Chiang Chang, Rob Dalo, Charlie Hubert, Elizabeth Landeen, Cheryl Mason, Phil Mason, Louis Nizet, Angie Ondrick, Don Ostertag, Sharon Roth, Mano Rudravajhala, Crystal Storo, Bill Sullivan, Mary Talbot, Heather Turner

Guests: Elize Nizet, Neda (Cassie) Solinis, Charnaie Gordon ( past member, now a member of the Middlesex Community Toastmasters), Rob Schaff, Laura Dinan (Division C Governor), Rachel Mele (Area Governor)

Business Meeting:

Rob Dalo mentioned that we needed a bigger room as we were at a capacity of twenty-three members and guests tonight. He introduced the guests and notified us that an executive meeting would be held after the general meeting.

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Meeting Roles:

Toastmaster: Crystal Storo

Invocation: Linda Campbell - "Two men looked out of prison bars. One saw mud; the

other saw stars." On what we choose to focus makes all the difference.

Word Master: Elizabeth Landeen - Word-of-the-Day: Protean -adjective - Meaning: display great diversity or variety. ( Appeared in New York Times last year over fifty-two times )

Table Topics Master: Elizabeth Landeen

Theme: Fortune Cookies

Tom Alvord - Newly elected officers

Rob Dalo - Be discreet; it's a gift

Mano Rudravajala - Challenges at work; enjoy what you're doing

Laura Dinan - Bargain shopping pays off

Neda (Cassie) Solinas - Making cultural contacts

Donald Ostertag - Lost and found ring on beach

Speaker # 1: William Sullivan ACB, ALB

Manual: Persuasive Speaking

Project: Addressing the Opposition

Title: It's a No Brainer

Speaker # 2: Rob Schaff ACS, ALB

Manual: Competent Communicator

Project: #7 Research Your Topic

Title: Target Knows Your Pregnant

Club Officer Installation: Tom Alvord ( past president, now steward and statesman) was thanked by our Area Governor, Rachel Mele, for his service as Cromwell Community Toastmaster President. The following officers were sworn in:

President - Rob Dalo

Vice President of Education - Crystal Storo

Vice President of Membership - Mano Rudravajhala

Vice President of Public Relations - Heather Turner

Co-Secretaries - Linda Campbell/Mary Talbot

Treasurer - Brian Fleming

Sergeant at Arms - Charlie Hubert

Speaker # 3: Rachel Mele ACB, Area Governor

Manual: Advanced Communication Series, Speeches by Management

Project 5: #1 The Briefing

Title: Distinguished Club Recognition

Area 34 Governor Rachel Mele presented Cromwell Community Toastmasters with a LARGE personalized DCP Record chart on foam board for us to track our points. Rachel mentioned that only 15% of the clubs in District 53 are President's Distinguished including our club!

General Evaluator: Sharon Roth ACS, CL

Sharon suggested that the Toastmasters banner be placed both inside and outside of the room. She congratulated Crystal for completion of her CL manual. Sharon complimented the Table Topics Master, Elizabeth Landeen for a new and fun idea for Table Topics. Sharon mentioned that all roles were filled tonight and further complimented the speech evaluators on their excellent and detailed evaluations. Thanks was given to Crystal Storo for making our new place cards.

Evaluator # 1: Cheryl Mason DTM

Evaluator # 2: Heather Turner ACB

Evaluator # 3: Mary Talbot

Grammarian: Mary Talbot

Ah Counter: Phil Mason

Timer: Charlie Hubert

Heather announced the upcoming  'ABCs of Facebook'  free workshop August 16th 6:30-8:30 in the Arch Room at the Town Hall. 

Rob Dalo concluded the meeting with congratulations to Crystal Storo for completion of her CL manual. He further asked our guests for their comments on tonight's meeting and thanked them for coming.

Next meeting: August 7th.

Respectfully submitted by

Linda Campbell, Co- Secretary

July 3, 2012 Meeting Minutes

Club 5908 ~ District 53

July 3, 2012 Meeting Mintues

Attendees: Tom Alvord, Louis Nizet, Charles Hubert, Cheryl Mason, Sharon Roth, William Sullivan, Crystal Storo, Philip Mason, Mano Rudravajhala, Donald Ostertag, Linda Campbell

Guests: Susan Weeden, Chu-Chaing Chang, Amy Ansah, and Cassie.

Business Meeting:

Tom Alvord informed us that Cromwell Community Toastmasters had grown from eight members a few years ago to twenty-four members currently. Tom announced that we will have the official installation of new officers at the July 17th meeting

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Crystal Storo, VP of Education, welcomed everyone and thanked members and guests for coming during the holiday week. Crystal further thanked Cheryl Mason for her hard work last year in maintaining our club as a President's Distinguished Club. She discussed the recent TLI (Toastmasters Leadership Institute) held in Manchester on June 23rd, mentioning that we had six out of seven officers in attendance giving us a point on our board. Crystal told us that the TLI's are open to anyone, informing us that two non-members attended. Future meetings will be posted, however there is an upcoming meeting on July 7th in Hamden. Crystal announced that we will all be receiving new Toastmasters name tags as well as name tent cards ( suggested in a previous meeting by Sharon Roth), and also passed out a contact spreadsheet.

Meeting Roles:

Toastmaster: Charlie Hubert

Invocation: Louis Nizet - We are born with love in our hearts, but the world can teach us to

to fear. Fear is overrated.

Word Master: Cheryl Mason

Word-of-the-Day: Pundit - noun - meaning: An expert, and authority in

a certain area (of Sanskrit

origin)

Table Topics Master: Mano Rudravajala

Theme: Independence Day

Phil Mason: July 4th at school

Cheryl Mason: Anticipation of July 4th

Suzanne Whelon: Landmark day/911

Donald Ostertag: Newly arrived in USA/New Britain

Amy Ansah: First time/ theater-Lion King

Sharon Roth: Patriotism and our freedoms

Speaker # 1: Crystal Storo

CC Project # 2 Organize Your Speech

Title: Our Nation's Emblem

Speaker # 2: Linda Campbell

CC Project # 3 Get to the Point

Title: A Plum of a Writer

Speaker # 3: Sharon Roth

Manual: Interpersonal Communications

Project 5: Asserting Yourself Effectively

Title: Just Say No

General Evaluator: Mano Rudravajala

Mano commented that we learn something new at each Toastmasters meeting and offered these salient words: "This is a place to speak."

"Success isn't final; failure isn't fatal; it's courage that counts!"

Evaluator # 1: Phil Mason

Evaluator # 2: Bill Sullivan

Evaluator # 3: Tom Alvord

Grammarian: Cheryl Mason

Ah Counter: Amy Ansah

Timer: Phil Mason

Crystal Storo thanked Charlie Hubert for being Toastmaster and Mano for taking on a dual role of Topics Master and General Evaluator at tonight's meeting. Crystal asked each of the guests for feedback on their experience of the meeting.

Next meeting: July 17, 2012. See you then!

Respectfully submitted by

Linda Campbell, Co- Secretary