**14 June 2002**

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

**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/default.htm>

## [Upcoming Events]{.underline}

Tues June 18 5:30 Meeting Theme: 100 Reasons Why Life is Great

Tues July 2^nd^ 5:30 Meeting Theme: American History

Tues July 16 5:30 Meeting GAZEBO MEETING, OH BOY!

### Officers 2001-02 

**President:**

Margaret Foster

**VP Education:**

Nancy Manning

**VP Membership &**

**VP Public Relations:**

Margaret Conover

**Secretary:**

Amy Halsted

**Treasurer:**

Ronnie Evans

**Sergeant at Arms:**

Beth Lin

**Newsletter Editors:**

Amy Halsted

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.

**4 June Meeting**

Shakespeare was the theme of the 4 June meeting. Amy was TMOD. We had a
visitor, Zilu Wu, who has joined our club. Mari Rubin contributed the
word of the day, which was "ubiquitious." Brian Boyer did a special
Table Topics. He had spent a number of years working in England and
learned a vocabulary of English slang. He used one of these in a
sentence given to each speaker, who responded with the meaning in
American English if he/she knew it, or a made-up meaning if he/she
didn't.

Margaret Foster introduced the slate of officers nominated for the
2002-2003 club year, which runs from July 1 to June 30: President, Nancy
Manning; VP Education, Brian Boyer (Brian also agreed to work on the
Edge); VP Membership, Pat Astre; Secretary, Margaret Foster; Treasurer,
Ronnie Evans; VP Public Relations, Benny Hooda; Sergeant at Arms, Beth
Lin. She asked if there were further nominations and hearing none she
called for a motion to close the nominations, which was unanimously
passed. She called for a vote on the proposed slate. The new officers
were elected unanimously by the quorum of members present.

Some discussion on club goals and possible changes of meeting format
followed*. It was generally agreed, and strongly felt by some, that club
meetings should finish not later than 7:00 pm.* In pursuit of that goal,
the possibility of limiting the number of speakers and/or of having the
speeches first and then table topics, if time allows for the latter, was
raised. We decided to experiment with different formats and to work hard
to observe time limits and keep meetings running very briskly.

In the speech portion, Nancy Manning led off with the Beginning Your
Speech presentation from the Better Speaker Series. A strong, attention
getting beginning is essential to a successful speech and there are
several techniques for achieving this. Startling the audience, telling a
story or joke, arousing curiosity or stating the importance of the topic
are some of them.

Pat Astre spoke next, and his title was "Six Steps to a No-Limits
Person." His motivational talk suggested to us that there are a limited
number of things that we can control, but much can be achieved by
focusing influence on those things. He urged members to think positively
and accept responsibility.

Amy was next with "Town Mouse, Country Mouse," the Folk Tale assignment
from the Story Telling manual. She began by saying that she'd been both
a town and a country "mouse" so she felt qualified to tell the story. In
the end, there's no place like home sweet home. Amy's speech earned her
an ATM Bronze award.

Nand Narain was the last speaker with "Landscaping 101." With overhead
slides and diagrams, he showed members how he created some very
attractive landscaping in his yard, with colorful shrubs and small
flowering trees. He didn't have much experience but he learned as he
went and the result is very satisfactory.

Nand was General evaluator. He introduced the evaluators: Beth,
Margaret, and Pat. He made his own evaluation and got reports from Ah
counter, Wordmaster and Timer, then returned the podium to the TMOD.
Brian announced that Ronnie had won for Table Topics. Margaret closed
the long but interesting and important meeting.

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BNL Toastmasters Regular Meeting Schedule

  ------------------ ---------------- ----------------- ------------------
  **Date**           **June 18**      **July 2**        **July 16**

  **Theme**          100 Reasons Why  American History  My Favorite Things
                     Life is Great                      **Gazebo Meeting**

  **TMOD**           Pat              Beth              Beth

  **Joke**           Steve                              

  **Word**                                              

  **Timer**          Doug             Steve             Nancy

  **Ah counter/                                         
  Grammarian**                                          

  **Quiz Master**    Barbara                            

  **Table Topics**   Nancy            Nand              

  **Speech #1**      Doug             Becky             Becky

  **#2**             Marjorie         Jessica           Jessica

  **#3**             Nand             Mari              Nancy

  **#4**             Becky                              

  **#5**             Jessica                            

  **General Eval.**                                     

  **Evaluator #1**                    Jessica           Jessica

  **#2**                              Becky             Becky

  **#3**                                                

  **#4**                                                

  **#5**                                                

  **Educational**    Margaret F.                        
  ------------------ ---------------- ----------------- ------------------

######### **Congratulations** go to Amy for completing her ATM Bronze! 

######### 

######### **We welcome** our newest member Zilu Xu.

######### **Speechcrafters,** organized again this year by Beth Lin, has begun. So far, two of BNL\'s summer students have joined the program.

**Mentees/Mentors:** Don\'t forget to make a few minutes time to discuss
important issues. Maybe plan to come early or stay a little later....

**Important Notice:** For security reasons, BNL's front gate requires
photo ID for entrance to the site. The gate will be given the names of
all off-site members and expected guests several days prior to each
meeting. If you wish to bring a guest with you, please notify Nancy or
Beth by 2 days prior to the meeting.

Members\' Progress Report

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

  Pat A.                  3                    ATM-B

  Brian B.                6                    CTM

  Margaret C.                                  CTM

  Bill D.                 7                    

  Ronnie E.               3                    DTM

  Margaret F.             4                    DTM

  Mario F.                                     

  Amy H.                                       ATM-B

  Benny H.                9                    

  Barbara K.              1                    

  Doug K.                                      

  Marjorie L.             1                    

  Beth L.                 4                    ATM-G

  Nancy M.                8                    ATM-B

  Joe M.                                       

  Nand N.                 8                    ATM-G

  Marc N.                                      

  Mari R.                 5                    

  Steve S.                1                    

  Zilu X.                                      

  Zhen-Hui Z.             1                    
  ----------------------- -------------------- --------------------------

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