**October 31, 2003**

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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

Mon. Nov. 3 7:25 PM Division F Contest Walt Whitman H.S., Huntington

Tues. Nov. 4 5:30 Meeting Biology Bldg.

Sat.,Sun. Nov. 15,16 District 46 Fall Conference Marriott LaGuardia
Hotel, Queens

Tues. Nov. 18 5:30 Meeting Biology Bldg.

### Officers 2003-04

**President:**

Nancy Manning

**VP Education:**

Beth Lin

**VP Membership:**

Margaret Foster

**VP Public Relations:**

Pat Astre

**Secretary:**

Ronnie Evans

**Treasurer:**

Ronnie Evans

**Sergeant at Arms:**

Zilu Wu

**Newsletter Editor:**

Ronnie Evans

**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.

Exciting things continue to happen for our club! First, as a result of
Guest Night, our club has a new member, Megumi Hada. Welcome, Megumi!
Next, our club members represented 100 percent of those competing in the
Area 65 Speech Contest and 50 percent of those competing in the Area 65
Table Topics. Pat Astre and Brian Boyer gave excellent speeches at the
Area level, and Pat will go on to the Division level. In the Table
Topics contest Pat and Brian competed for BNL, and Margaret Foster and
Yaminah Baxter competed for Northern Brookhaven. Pat will go on to the
Division level. Please be there on Monday, Nov 3^rd^ at the Division F
contest to support Pat. The contest takes place at Walt Whitman High
School in Huntington, and begins at 7:30 p.m.

At our last meeting on Oct. 21^st^, the theme was Guest Night. Past
member, Mari Ruben returned as a guest and served as jokemaster. Mari
said she would like to rejoin the club in the future. We welcome Mari
back after her difficult bout with illness. Her joke reflected her great
sense of humor even in the face of this illness. Nancy presented an
interesting and quite amusing speech entitled **Who are These
Toastmasters Anyway?** Nancy talked about the benefits of Toastmasters,
touching upon personal experience. She did an amusing statistical
breakdown of the club's membership. The other speaker was Area 65
Governor Vicki Gold. Her main message was to 'keep yourself open to
opportunities' and Vicki related her own experiences in accepting the
role of Area Governor and ended by inviting everyone to attend the Area
Contest.

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*[Division F Humorous Speech]{.underline}*

*[and Table Topics Contest]{.underline}*

*At Walt Whitman H.S. in Huntington, beginning at 7;30 PM, Mon. Nov
3^rd^.*

*The Toastmaster who places first at this level will go on to represent
Division F at the District 46 Conference in November.*

*Attend and see the best of the best!*

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***[Reminder]{.underline}***

***Our club will present a gift to the***

***Mow S. Lin Scholarship Fund.***

***This Fund is designed to further the work to which he dedicated his
life.***

***If you would like to donate, please contact Ronnie Evans.***

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BNL Toastmasters Regular Meeting Schedule

  -------------------- ---------------- --------------- ------------------
  **Date**             **Oct. 7**       **Oct. 21**     **Nov. 4**

  **Theme**            Pleasures and    Guest Night     Harvest Time
                       Pains of Travel                  

  **TMOD**             Amy              Nancy           Beth

  **Joke**             Beth             Mari Ruben      Brian Boyer

  **Word**             Nancy            Beth            Zilu Wu

  **Timer**            Zilu             Ronnie          Nand

  **Ah counter/                         Beth            Nand
  Grammarian**                                          

  **Quiz Master**      Zilu             Craig           

  **Table Topics**     Nancy            Margaret F.     Pat A.

  **Speech #1**        Vinnie           Nancy           Megumi

  **#2**               Beth             Vicki Gold      Vinnie

  **#3**               Craig                            Jim

  **#4**               Amy                              Craig

  **#5**               Jim                              Nancy

  **#6**                                                Pat

  **General Eval.**    Brian                            Amy

  **Evaluator #1**     Ronnie           Margaret F.     Amy

  **#2**               Nancy            Beth            Margaret F.

  **#3**               Club                             Ronnie

  **#4**               Margaret                         MargaretC.

  **#5**               Craig                            Brian

  **#6**                                                Nand

  **Educational**                                       
  -------------------- ---------------- --------------- ------------------

***Have a Safe and Happy Halloween***

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*The District 46 Conference takes place on Saturday and Sunday, November
15^th^ and 16^th^ at the Laguardia Marriott hotel in Queens. There will
be workshops on both days as well as the District 46 Humorous Speech and
Table Topics Contests. Please consider attending one or both days. It
will prove to be an enriching experience!!*

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Members\' Progress Report

+--------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| **Member**         | **Speeches      | **Highest Educational        |
|                    | completed**     | Level**                      |
+--------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| Pat A.             | 11              | ATM-B                        |
+--------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| Brian B.           | 9               | CTM                          |
+--------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| Margaret C.        | 6               | CTM                          |
+--------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| Ronnie E.          | 8 (ATM-B2)      | DTM, CTM6                    |
+--------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| Margaret F.        | 3 (ATM-B3)      | DTM, ATM-B2, CTM4            |
|                    |                 |                              |
|                    | 7 (CTM)         |                              |
+--------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| Jim G.             | 5               |                              |
+--------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| Megumi H.          |                 |                              |
+--------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| Amy H.             | 6               | ATM-B                        |
+--------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| Beth L.            | 9 (CTM)         | DTM, ATM-B2, CTM7            |
+--------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| Vinnie L.          | 1               |                              |
+--------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| Nancy M.           | 3 (CTM)         | ATM-S, CL                    |
+--------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| Craig M.           | 9               |                              |
+--------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| Nand N.            | 4               | ATM-G, CL, CTM2              |
+--------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| Zilu W.            | 3               |                              |
+--------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+

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