**October 14, 2004**

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

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

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

<http://www.bnl.gov/bera/activities/toastmstrs/>

Upcoming Events

Tues. Oct. 19, 2004 5:30 PM Meeting Biology Bldg. 463, Room \# 160

Tues. Nov. 2, 2004 5:30 PM Meeting Biology Bldg. 463, Room \# 160

Tues. Nov. 16, 2004 5:30 PM Meeting Biology Bldg. 463, Room \# 160

Tues. Nov. 30, 2004 5:30 PM Meeting??? Biology Bldg. 463, Room \# 160

***2003--2004 President's Distinguished Club!***

### Officers 2004-05

### President: 

Beth Lin

### VP Education: 

Amy Halsted

### VP Membership:

Margaret Foster

### VP Public Relations:

Pat Astre

### Secretary:

Aimee Sumereau

### Treasurer:

Nancy Manning

### Sergeant at Arms:

Megumi Hada

### Newsletter Editors:

Nancy Manning

Amy Halsted

### Webmaster:

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.

**October 5 Meeting**

Megumi Hada, fresh from her victory at the Division F Speech Contest on
October 4, stepped right up to bat and was our Toastmaster of the Day at
this meeting. It was her first time and despite her efforts the night
before Megumi was well prepared and did a great job running the meeting.
The meeting theme was "Eat Right."

Guangming warmed us up with a joke, and also served as Timer. Nancy
delivered table topics.

After a break, the speech portion of the meeting started. Amy went first
with a project from the Interpretive Reading advanced manual. She read a
poem, *Fern Hill*, by Dylan Thomas. The work has imagery that invokes
the experience of a child growing up on a farm. Megumi was the second
speaker. Her topic concerned the relative levels of technology in Japan
and the US. The US is lagging behind Japan, she said, as demonstrated by
the newest cell phones in the US that are already outmoded in Japan.
Even so, Japan has an impression that its technology is falling behind
that of some other countries. Megumi illustrated her talk with a
collection of cell phones that she has used in both countries.

Amy was general evaluator. Beth evaluated Amy's speech and Ronnie Evans
evaluated for Megumi. The meeting ran very smoothly.

***[What is a "Speak Out" anyway?]{.underline}***

Our meetings normally take place on the first and third Tuesdays of each
month, but twice or so a year, there's a fifth Tuesday in the month. We
sometimes hold a special Speak Out meeting on this fifth Tuesday, and
we're thinking of having one on November 30. At these meetings we may
curtail some of the regular meeting agenda and focus on giving people a
chance to speak and accelerate progress toward their educational goals.
If you need or want an extra chance to do a speech, this is a good
opportunity.

HOLIDAY PARTY ON DECEMBER 7!

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###### BNL Toastmasters Regular Meeting Schedule

+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **Date**         | **October 19** | **November 2** | **Nov 16**     |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **Theme**        | Cosmetic       | Animal Lovers  | Moving up      |
|                  |                |                |                |
|                  | Surgery        |                |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **TMOD**         | Beth           | Amy            | Nancy          |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **Joke**         |                |                |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **Word**         |                |                |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **Timer**        | Guangming      | Guangming      | Guangming      |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **Ah counter/    |                |                |                |
| Grammarian**     |                |                |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **Quiz Master**  |                |                |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **Table Topics** | Amy            | Guangming      |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **Speech #1**    | Megumi         | Megumi         | Aimee          |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **#2**           | Frank          | Frank          | Pat            |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **#3**           | Pat            | Pat            |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **#4**           | Vicki          | Nancy          |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **#5**           | Tom            |                |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **#6**           |                |                |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **General        |                |                |                |
| Eval.**          |                |                |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **Evaluator #1** | Frank          | Frank          |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **#2**           | Amy            | Amy            |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **#3**           |                |                |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **#4**           |                |                |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **#5**           |                |                |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **#6**           |                |                |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **Educational**  |                |                |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+
| **Will be        | Nancy, Ronnie  |                |                |
| absent**         |                |                |                |
+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+

***Halloween is scary***

***but you don't have to be afraid of public speaking!***

###### Members' Progress Report

(please check this table periodically and give any corrections/updates
to Amy Halsted, VPE)

  ---------------------- ------------------------- -----------------------
  **Member**             **Speeches completed and  **Educational and
                         (next goal)**             leadership
                                                   achievements**

  Pat A.                 1 (ATM-G)                 ATM-S

  Brian B.               9 (ATM-B)                 CTM

  Margaret C.            6 (ATM-B)                 CTM

  Debbie D.              (CTM)                     

  Tom D.                 (CTM)                     

  Ronnie E.              (ATM-S)                   DTM, ATM-B2, CTM6

  Margaret F.                                      DTM2

  Vicki G.               (ATM-B)                   CTM, CL

  Jim G.                 2 (ATM-B)                 CTM

  Megumi H.              8 (CTM)                   

  Amy H.                 1 (ATM-G)                 ATM-S, CTM

  Yongbin L.             2 (CTM)                   

  Beth L.                7 (CTM9)                  DTM, ATM-B2, CTM8

  Frank M.               2 (ATM-G?)                ATM-S?

  Nancy M.               (ATM-G)                   ATM-S, CL, CTM2

  Craig M.               (ATM)                     CTM

  Nand N.                6                         ATM-G, CL, CTM2

  Greg P.                1 (CTM)                   

  Ruber S.               (CTM)                     

  Aimee S.               2 (CTM)                   

  Tom W.                 1 (CTM)                   

  Zilu W.                (ATM-B)                   CTM

  Guangming Z.           1 (CTM)                   
  ---------------------- ------------------------- -----------------------