**1 February 2001**

# ![](media/image1.png) The Edge ![](media/image2.png)

**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., Feb. 6 Club Meeting, 5:30 Theme: Hearts Room 160, Bldg 463

Tues., Feb. 20 Club Meeting, 5:30 Theme: International Speech Contest
Room 160, Bldg 463

Tues., Feb. 27 Club Meeting, 12:00 Theme: Games Room 154, 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

### 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.

**January 16th meeting**

**Theme: Out With the Old**

Welcome to our guest, Mr. John Colosi. We hope you will join us again
soon!

TMOD Nand led an exciting meeting attended by seven Club members and one
guest.

John Federmack presented us with stimulating Table Topics, and Nancy
Manning brought home the Bull Thrower award for her insightful response
regarding one of television\'s newest reality programs.

Claire Heil gave her fifth speech, telling us about her **Travels along
the Rhine**. She deftly incorporated Vocal Variety as she led us in
visualizing several awesome castles and beautiful sights from a trip she
and her daughter made together.

Ronnie Evans began working toward her sixth CTM with her icebreaker
entitled **Blips**. It turns out that the highpoints in a graphical
representation of her life are the blips that make life most exciting!
What an intriguing new way for us all to view our own lives.

![](media/image3.png){width="0.625in" height="0.65625in"}Thank you Beth
for serving as General Evaluator and to all present who made this
another memorable BNL Toastmasters Club meeting.

**Reopening Celebration of BNL\'s Exercise and Weight Lifting Facility**

Our Club participated in the Lab-wide celebration and dedication of a
new exercise and weight-lifting/mezzanine facility at the BNL gym on
January 23. All Brookhaven Employees Recreation Association member clubs
were invited to take part. We passed out information about our club and
talked to several potential new members. This provided excellent
exposure of our club to many, many BNL employees. As a result, we may
gain several new members. Thank you all who helped out at this event!

**International Speech and Evaluation Contest**

Mark your calendars for our club speech contest to be held February 20.
We need speakers, evaluators, judges, timers, and a target speaker. Plan
to participate to make this another successful event.

Our Area Governor Rick Holtmeier will be visiting.

# ***The Edge, Page 2 February 1, 2001***

BNL Toastmasters Regular Meeting Schedule

+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **Date**        | **February 6**   | **Feb. 20** | **February 27**  |
|                 |                  |             |                  |
|                 |                  |             | **NOON**         |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **Theme**       | Hearts           | Speech      | Games            |
|                 |                  | Contest     |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **TMOD**        | Ronnie           | Nancy       | Beth             |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **Joke**        | Margaret         |             |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **Word**        | Kim              |             |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **Timer**       | Margaret C.      |             |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **Ah counter**  | Cathy            |             |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **Grammarian**  |                  |             |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **Table         | Pat              |             |                  |
| Topics**        |                  |             |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **Speech #1**   | John F.          | Amy         |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **#2**          | Cathy            |             |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **#3**          | Kim              |             |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **#4**          | Pat              |             |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **#5**          | Nand             |             |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **#6**          |                  |             |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **General       | Amy              |             |                  |
| Eval.**         |                  |             |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **Evaluator     | Frank            |             |                  |
| #1**            |                  |             |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **#2**          | Patty            |             |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **#3**          | Ronnie           |             |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **#4**          | Beth             |             |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **#5**          | Nancy            |             |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **#6**          |                  |             |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **Quiz Master** | Margaret C.      |             |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **Educational   |                  |             |                  |
| Talk**          |                  |             |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+
| **Absent**      |                  | Margaret F. |                  |
+-----------------+------------------+-------------+------------------+

Please check out the roles \"suggested\" for the Feb. 6 meeting and
confirm your acceptance with Nancy before the meeting. It is very
important that everyone do their best to fulfill these roles so that we
can grow as Toastmasters individually and as a group.

***WANTED: Contestants and judges for our Club International Speech and
Evaluation Contest to be held on February 20. This is your chance to put
all your hard-earned Toastmaster Skills to the test!***

Officers: Don\'t forget to attend the winter session of Club Officer
Training.

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  Feb. 3         10 am          MetLife building, Hauppauge

  Feb. 28        7:30 pm        MetLife building, Hauppauge
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**Jan. 23 Noon Meeting:** President Ronnie Evans completed her
requirements for the High Performance Leadership Program, one of the
requirements for the Advanced Leader award. She spoke about her learning
experiences with the leadership program as related to her goal of having
BNL Toastmasters achieve Select Distinguished Status for the year
1999-2000. She had given a number of speeches last year on the status of
the club in reaching this goal. The club would have reached that goal
had our membership reached charter strength. *Maybe this year we will
finally make it!*

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Be sure to visit our new web pages at

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

Members\' Progress Report

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

  Pat A.                                   CTM

  Susan C.              5                  

  Margaret C.           2                  

  Ronnie E.             1                  ATM-G + 5 CTMs

  John F.               1                  CTM

  Margaret F.                              DTM

  Mary G.                                  

  Amy H.                8                  

  Claire H.             5                  

  Beth L.                                  ATM-G + 5 CTMs

  Patty L.              5                  

  Frank M.              10                 ATM-B

  Nancy M.              2                  CL, ATM-B

  Nand N.               2                  ATM-S

  Kimberly P.           5                  

  Luis R.               1                  

  Betsy S.              5                  

  Cathy S.              1                  

  Eric S.               5                  
  --------------------- ------------------ ------------------------------