**11 January 2001**

# ![](media/image1.png) The Edge ![](media/image2.png)

**BNL Toastmasters, Club 8069, District 46**

**Meetings are held the 1^st^ and 3^rd^ Tuesday at 5:30 PM and the 4^th^
Tuesday at 12:05**

**Biology Building 463, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
11973**

## [Upcoming Events]{.underline}

Tue, Jan 16 Club Meeting, 5:30 Theme: Out with the Old Room 160, Bldg
463

Tue, Jan 23 Club Meeting, 12:00 Theme: Winter

### Officers

### 2000-2001 

**President:**

Ronnie Evans

**VP Education:**

Nancy Manning

**VP Membership:**

Frank MacKay

**VP Public Relations:**

Nand Narain

**Secretary:**

Amy Halsted

**Treasurer:**

Claire Heil

**Sergeant at Arms:**

Beth Lin

**Newsletter Editors:**

Amy Halsted

### Beth Lin

Nancy Manning

### The mission of a Toastmasters Club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth.

**December 19 meeting**

Our holiday party meeting started off right on time, but in a unique
way: with a ten minute break so we could fill our plates from the
buffet. Ronnie was Toastmaster of the day, and she welcomed us to this
special meeting. Pat told a shaggy dog joke that was something of a
\"groaner\" but we enjoyed it anyway.

The speech portion of the meeting followed. Kim lead off with her long
awaited \"My Atlantic City Experience\" speech. Her pantomime of putting
quarters into a slot machine got us laughing, and then we were happily
surprised to learn that she had hit a \$2500 jackpot. When she described
seeing the money paid out before her eyes, her face showed how
astonishing and dreamlike the experience was for her and we laughed with
delight at her expressive delivery.

Pat followed with his 10th speech that earned him his CTM, entitled
\"SETI, BEKI, and MAK.\" The three acronyms stood for Search for Extra
Terrestrial Intelligence, Be Kind, and Multiply Acts of Kindness. Pat
urged us to treat the people and animals we encounter with respect and
kindness. He made the point that an extra-terrestrial creature would
receive good care and great respect if it were brought to Earth, while
our own native creatures are sometimes treated very cruelly.

Nand spoke next, and his speech was entitled \"Election 2000.\" He spoke
as if he were the Democratic Party Chairperson encouraging the troops,
in spite of some of the discouraging results of the recent election. He
made the point that the close Presidential election and the debacle in
Florida has had a uniting and strengthening effect on Democrats.

We had another break to get desserts, then Cathy Schwartz presented
Table Topics. Her questions were about the experience of the holidays,
what has changed about them and what stays the same. Evaluations came
next. Nancy did an expert evaluation for Kim, pointing out how Kim
varied the speed and size of her gestures and used expressions and
pantomime to great effect. John evaluated Pat, and congratulated him on
achieving his CTM. Beth evaluated Nand.

Margaret Foster then treated us to one of her clever Christmas poems,
tailored to our club members and events this year such as Ronnie\'s
retirement. Amy was quizmaster, but everyone had spoken so memorably
that her job was hard. Cathy announced that John had won for Table
Topics.

In bringing the meeting to a close, Ronnie asked members to tell their
favorite anecdotes and incidents to do with the holidays and some funny
and poignant memories were shared. It was a warm,delicious and very
enjoyable meeting.

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BNL Toastmasters Regular Meeting Schedule

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  **Date**                      **Jan. 16, 2001**   **Jan. 23,     **February 6**
                                                    NOON**         

  **Theme**                     Out With the Old    Winter         Hearts

  **TMOD**                      Nand                               

  **Joke**                                          Pat            

  **Word**                                                         

  **Timer**                                                        

  **Ah counter**                                                   

  **Grammarian**                                                   

  **Table Topics**              John                               Pat

  **Speech #1**                 Margaret C.         Pat            John

  **#2**                        Ronnie              Nand           Kim

  **#3**                        Claire                             Nand

  **#4**                        Kim                                Pat

  **#5**                        Ronnie                             

  ![](media/image3.wmf)**#6**                                      

  **General Eval.**                                                

  **Evaluator #1**                                                 

  **#2**                                                           

  **#3**                                                           

  **#4**                                                           

  **#5**                                                           

  **#6**                                                           

  **Quiz Master**                                                  

  **Educational Talk**                                             

  **Absent**                    Pat, Amy, Cathy                    
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***Our Club International Speech Contest will be held on February 20.
Members are encouraged to compete. Details will be available at our next
regular meeting.***

Officers: Plan to attend the winter session of Club Officer Training.
There will be three session to choose from. Contact Nancy or Ronnie for
more information.

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  Jan. 14        12 pm          Northport VA Medical Center

  Feb. 3         10 am          MetLife building, Hauppauge

  Feb. 28        7:30 pm        MetLife building, Hauppauge
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Our membership is now up to 19 members! If you haven't come to a meeting
in awhile, you should come back soon. The Club is thriving with several
enthusiastic, new members, and the many speeches make each meeting a
very special event.

Members\' Progress Report

  --------------------- ------------------ ------------------------------
  **Member**            **Speeches         **Achievements**
                        completed**        

  Pat A.                                   CTM

  Susan C.              5                  

  Margaret C.           2                  

  Ronnie E.                                ATM-G + 5 CTMs

  John F.               1                  CTM

  Margaret F.                              DTM

  Mary G.                                  

  Amy H.                8                  

  Claire H.             4                  

  Beth L.                                  ATM-G + 5 CTMs

  Patty L.              5                  

  Frank M.              10                 ATM-B

  Nancy M.              2                  CL, ATM-B

  Nand N.               2                  ATM-S

  Kimberly P.           5                  

  Luis R.               1                  

  Betsy S.              5                  

  Cathy S.              1                  

  Eric S.               5                  
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