**8 May 2001**

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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**

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

## [Upcoming Events]{.underline}

Tues., May 15 10^th^ Anniversary Charter Celebration Room 160, Bldg 463

Tues, May 22 Noon Meeting Theme: Final Exams

### 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.

**May 1 Meeting**

Our 1 May meeting, appropriately enough, had a May Day and May pole
theme. We had a guest, Leyla Pinarli, who decided to join our club.
Hooray! Welcome, Leyla! Ronnie was Toastmaster of the Day and through
the meeting she shared with us May day celebration traditions around the
world. These tend to be either a celebration of spring, new growth and
romance, or a recognition of the rights of laborers and workers.

Departing from the usual agenda, the meeting began with a speech from
Nancy Manning, entitled \"A Tale of Two Clubs\" out of the Storytelling
advanced manual. Nancy told a tale of two Toastmasters clubs. Club
London was tending toward looser, longer, increasingly informal
meetings, while Club Paris maintained a more orderly and quick moving
meeting style. Club London consulted Club Paris, whose president
recommended that Club London recommit to the fundamental goals of
Toastmasters, and work towards tightening up meetings and keeping a
brisk pace and slightly more formal atmosphere. Nancy revealed, as we
suspected, that both clubs are our club. Her suggestion is that we keep
all the fun and enthusiasm while we return to a more disciplined meeting
style.

Following a quick break, Margaret Conover presented table topics. She
asked us about our feelings about May day, May poles and spring birds
and flowers. All members, including new member Leyla, responded well to
the challenges. Beth told of some of the ways May 1 is celebrated in
China. Other members had memories of beautiful maypoles they had seen.

Amy was general evaluator, and took the podium. She asked Beth to
present her evaluation of Nancy\'s speech, about which Beth had good
observations and ideas. She suggested that the audience might have been
left to draw their own conclusions that the two clubs were our club,
rather than being told that. Margaret Foster was quizmaster, and she
conducted this in a fun \"survivor\" format. Members remained standing
as long as they answered correctly. Amy presented the timers report, and
Margaret Conover said that Beth had won for best table topics. In her
general evaluation Amy remarked on how Ronnie had brought theme related
information and that this had enriched the meeting. Ronnie\'s TMOD
skills helped the meeting move at a fast pace. Ideally, guests attending
a meeting for the first time should be told about the timer before table
topics starts, she said. The quizmaster\'s different format was a
refreshing change. Amy gave the podium back to Ronnie, who closed the
meeting.

10th Anniversary Charter Celebration

Don\'t miss the 10th anniversary celebration of our club\'s charter,
coming up on May 15th. We hope that most if not all members will attend.
A number of special guests have been invited, including past members of
our club and officers of other local clubs. Beverages and a light dinner
will be served. We begin at 5:30 in our customary meeting room with a
social half hour, and the meeting will get underway at 6:00 and run
until 8:00. Awards will be presented and some surprises are planned.
Please come and bring a guest or friend if you like. RSVP if you can to
Amy (halsted@aps.org) or Beth (bylin@bnl.gov) .

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BNL Toastmasters Club Web site:

[www.bnl.gov/bera/activities/toastmstrs/default.htm](http://www.bnl.gov/bera/activities/toastmstrs/default.htm)

BNL Toastmasters Regular Meeting Schedule

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  **Date**           **May 15**         **May 22       **June 5**
                                        NOON**         

  **Theme**          Charter            Mars           Who Wants to be a
                     Celebration                       Millionaire?

  **TMOD**           Margaret F.                       Kim

  **Joke**                                             

  **Word**                                             Amy

  **Timer**                                            

  **Ah counter**                                       

  **Grammarian**                                       

  **Table Topics**   Beth                              

  **Speech #1**      Cathy                             Leyla

  **#2**             Margaret C.                       Nand

  **#3**             Nancy                             

  **#4**                                               

  **#5**                                               

  **#6**                                               

  **General Eval.**  Ronnie                            

  **Evaluator #1**                                     

  **#2**                                               

  **#3**                                               

  **#4**                                               

  **#5**                                               

  **#6**                                               

  **Quiz Master**                                      Beth

  **Absent**         Nand, Pat                         
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**You won\'t want to miss out 10^th^ Anniversary Charter Celebration!
Let\'s have 100% turnout of our membership.**

Welcome our special guests, honor our founding members, and celebrate
our club - still strong after all these years!

**District 46 Toastmasters Spring Conference.** Saturday May 19 - Sunday
May 20. Woodbridge Hilton, Iselin, NJ.

**Spice up Your Speech - Say it with Style**

To see and hear examples of creative use of language, visit the web page
<http://www.abacon.com/pubspeak/organize/style.html#sound>

You will present a more memorable and dynamic speech by using three
aspects of style - figures of sound, figures of meaning, and sensory
imagery.

Members\' Progress Report

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

  Pat A.                5                  CTM

  Susan C.              5                  

  Margaret C.           4                  

  Ronnie E.             1                  ATM-G + 5 CTMs

  Margaret F.                              DTM

  Amy H.                10                 CTM

  Beth L.               2                  ATM-G + 5 CTMs

  Patty L.              5                  

  Frank M.              10                 ATM-B

  Nancy M.              4                  CL, ATM-B

  Nand N.               4                  ATM-S

  Kimberly P.           8                  

  Leyla P.                                 

  Betsy S.              5                  

  Cathy S.              2                  
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