**13 October 2000**

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**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**

### 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.

## [Upcoming Events]{.underline}

Tue, Oct 17, 2000 Club Meeting, 5:30 Theme: Shakespeare Room 160, Bldg
463

Tue, Oct 24, 2000 Club Meeting, 12:05 Theme: Special Events

Tue, Nov 7, 2000 Club Meeting, 5:30 Theme: Election Day Room 160, Bldg
463

### 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

**October 3 Meeting**

The October 3 meeting had an Olympics theme. Pat Astre brought along two
colleagues, Luis Rodriguez and Mary Gallo, as guests. Nancy was TMOD,
and Pat was jokemaster. Nand was Table Topics master, and posed
questions to us about the recently completed summer Olympics in Sydney,
Australia. We found that contrary to some reports about lack of interest
in the Olympics, many of us had watched and enjoyed the Games very much.

In the speech portion of the meeting, Amy started off with \"Origami
101.\" She gave some facts and trivia about origami, and then did an
audience participation demonstration, leading the group in making a
jumping paper frog. Pat Astre followed with \"What were they thinking
of?\" This was Pat\'s Vocal Variety speech, and his ability with
different accents and voices was funny and laudable, especially his W.C.
Fields. Patty was the third speaker, with \"Wine 101.\" She gave some
background and vocabulary about wine around the world, and demonstrated
the proper way to examine, sniff and then taste wine. Nancy observed
that with the titles of Amy and Patty\'s speeches, it did indeed sound
like fall and the beginning of the school year.

Nand evaluated Amy\'s speech, Nancy evaluated Pat, and Ronnie did the
honors for Patty. Ronnie also gave the timer\'s report, and Patty the Ah
Counter\'s report. Wordmaster Amy reported that there had been intense
competition for the most uses of the word of the day, which was
\"dynamic.\" It was employed a total of 17 times, with Nand winning with
6 uses. Good work, Nand! Nand announced that Amy had won for Table
Topics. Luis and Mary told the group that they had enjoyed the meeting
and would find the training useful in their work. We are delighted to
report that both Luis and Mary are new members! Welcome!

Area and District Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contests

Our own Pat Astre was victorious in the Area 63 Humorous speech contest,
and he was 2nd in the Area table topics contest. This competition was
hosted by our club on Tuesday, October 10. Way to go, Pat! The District
46 competitions were held at the MetLife Building in Hauppauge on
October 12. Pat took second prize in Table Topics. You make us all
proud, Pat.

Holiday Party Plans

The Joint-Club Holiday Party planning committee has been hard at work.
The party will be on Thursday, December 7th, from 6:30 - 9:00pm at the

La Grova restaurant in Lake Grove, a bit east of the Smithhaven mall.
The cost will be \$25 per person, including meal with choice of entrée,
tax, tip and a door prize or two. Mark the date! Details to follow.

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BNL Toastmasters Regular Meeting Schedule

  ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- -----------------
  **Date**          **October 17**    **October 24**    **November 7**

  **Theme**         Shakespeare       Special Events    Election Day

  **TMOD**          Pat               Betsy             Nand

  **Joke**          Luis                                

  **Word**                                              

  **Timer**                                             

  **Ah counter**    Nancy                               

  **Grammarian**    Nancy                               

  **Table Topics**  XXXX                                Nancy

  **Speech #1**     Kim                                 

  **#2**            Pat                                 

  **#3**            Ronnie                              

  **#4**            Nand                                

  **#5**            Patty                               

  **#6**            Nancy                               

  **#7**            Kim                                 

  **General Eval.** Beth                                

  **Evaluator #1**  Amy                                 

  **#2**            Clair                               

  **#3**                                                

  **#4**                                                

  **Quiz Master**                                       

  **Educational                                         
  Talk**                                                

  **Absent**                                            
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*Sign up for roles at the coming meetings!*

*Contact [Nancy](mailto:nmanning@bnl.gov), VPE.*

***October 17:***

We have a very Special Event planned for our next meeting! It will be
Speak-out night, with 7 planned speeches! This may be a first for our
Club. You won\'t want to miss this special event! Members who are not
giving a speech should plan to give at least one evaluation. Let\'s have
a **100% turnout** for this big event! Speakers, please send me the
title of your speech.

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Members\' Progress Report

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

  Pat A.               5                 

  Susan C.             5                 

  Margaret C.                            

  Ronnie E.                              ATM-G + 5 CTMs

  Margaret F.                            DTM

  Mary G.                                

  Amy H.               7                 

  Claire H.            4                 

  Beth L.                                ATM-G + 5 CTMs

  Patty L.             4                 

  Nancy M.             1                 CL, ATM-B

  Nand N.                                ATM-S

  Kimberly P.          4                 

  Luis R.                                

  Betsy S.             5                 

  Eric S.              5                 
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