January 7, 2010

What a great meeting last evening, everyone present sure caught the fever!
We had 2 quests and 2 terrific ice breaker speakers, a presentation, humorous literary corner, the word of the evening was "quotidian" (occurring or returning daily) which was used 7 times. The winner of the Table Topics was our guest Rhea Longman.
Thank you for making our guests feel welcome....they just might be joining!!!!
Be sure to be included for next week's Let It Snow meeting!
An executive meeting to follow.


Jane Stoltz
VP of Education


Linguists of Listowel – LISTEN, LAUGH, LEARN & LEAD
Area 66 – District 86 – Western Division – Region VI – Club #9016
linguistsoflistowelblogspot.com & toastmasters86.org
Area Governor: Diana Snowden Division Governor: Glenn Oxford
Date: Thursday January 7, 2010
Meeting Theme: Catch the Fever

Call meeting to order (7:15): Chairperson: Diane Bender

Guest Introduction:Audrey Orth introduced her guest Marilyn and Rich introduced Rhea longman. Loyal Toast & Timer: Brent Jemmett
Grammarian: Jane Stoltz introduced the word quotidian. Literary Corner: Audrey Orth
Speaker #1: Ice Breaker speech: "Monday, Monday" Sharon Diehl
Speaker #2: Ice Breaker speech: "W5" Sharon D’Arcey
Speaker #3: advanced manual Management speech #4 "Progress Review" Leo Brisebois
Table Topics George Nichol Remedies for assorted ailments were commented upon. Rhea Longman won the award
Evaluator #1: Keith McCluskie
Evaluator #2: Jane Stoltz
Evaluator #3: Keith Stoltz Quizmaster: Heidi Menzi
General Evaluator: Marie McCutcheon Reports from Timer & Grammarian
Award for Best Table Topics
Anything for the Good of Toastmasters
Guest Comments
Chairperson’s Closing Remarks Diane Bender
Inspirational Thought for the Day: Rich Boertien
Adjournment (9.00)

Dates to Mark on Your Calendar
Jan 14: Let It Snow....
Jan 21: Prescriptions for Life
Jan 28: It's About Time, A Workshop Meeting,
We need a person to do a one 45 minute workshop
Feb. 16: Mt Forest Club International+ Evaluation contest
Feb 18: International & Evaluation Club Contest - Target Speaker Booked
Feb 25: Snow Date for International & Evaluation Club Contest





Linguists of Listowel – LISTEN, LAUGH, LEARN & LEAD
Area 66 – District 86 – Western Division – Region VI – Club #9016
linguistsoflistowelblogspot.com & toastmasters86.org
Area Governor: Diana Snowden Division Governor: Glenn Oxford
Date: Thursday January 7, 2010
Meeting Theme: Catch the Fever

Call meeting to order (7:15): ___________
Chairperson: Diane Bender
Joke of the Day: ___________
Guest Introduction: ___________
1. Loyal Toast & Timer: Brent Jemmett believes in Year-round exercise. He loves sports and often talks about his experiences at toastmasters.
2. Grammarian:Jane Stoltz Social enrichment. Jane loves being around people who are trying to improve their communication skills. She shares the same ideals and values. Literary Corner: Audrey Orth Is an excellent mentor She can give Expert advice. She is always right there to make suggestions. No more flying blind when trying to something for the first time .
3.
Speaker #1: Sharon Diehl
Speaker #2: Sharon D’Arcey Speaker #3: Leo Brisebois
1. Table Topics George Nichol is our past president. He can help you with Self-acceptance. He had never been a president before but he stepped up to the plate and was ready to do do his best for this club. He was able to raise the membership to 20 members.
Evaluator #1: Keith McCluskie
Evaluator #2 : Brian Camacho
1. Evaluator #3: Keith Stoltz Quizmaster: Heidi Menzi is great at Goal setting. Setting a goal to write a speech and presenting it is a great confidence booster. If I can do this, what other things can I do? She is our sergeant at arms and is doing an awesome job.

General Evaluator:
Reports from Timer & Grammarian
Award for Best Table Topics
Anything for the Good of Toastmasters
Guest Comments
Chairperson’s Closing Remarks Diane Bender
Inspirational Thought for the Day: Rich Boertien
Adjournment (9.00)

Dates to Mark on Your Calendar
Jan 14: Let It Snow....
Jan 21: Prescriptions for Life
Jan 28: It's About Time, A Workshop Meeting,

Happy New Year. Welcome back to Toastmasters as we listen, laugh, learn and lead. Our theme tonight is Catch the fever. To me that means setting new goals and striving to reach them, both inside and outside of our Toastmasters club.
In many cultures and countries the month of January represents a new beginning as we set goals and try to keep New Year’s resolutions. Many of us reflect on the events of the last year and resolve to make the new year a better one as we commit to improving our lives and the lives of others.

10 years ago, I came to my first toastmaster meeting. Even though I knew I had to improve my speaking skills, it took a few invitations to psych myself up and actually come to toastmasters. All of the old memories started playing in my head. Would I make a fool of myself? Would people laugh at me? How was I ever going to figure out all of the toastmasters roles on the agenda? Maybe I should forget about the whole thing and resign myself to accepting my shyness the way it was, instead of putting myself through all this mental torture.

Then I realized that most of the problems I had in communicating all those years ago stemmed from my lack of knowledge. I simply ducked because I didn’t know what to do. But now as an adult, I was much more confident and had the power to ask questions. I could do this!
you can imagine how excited I was to receive my Advanced Communicator gold certificate in the mail yesterday.- It took a whole month to arrive! Oh well I was really too busy over Christmas to really worry about it being lost. Now it is here and I’m catching the fever to to get working on the leadership track at Toastmasters. I do have the old cl but now I’m working on the new competent leader manual. I encourage all of you to step out of your comfort zones and set new goals. It is often with one baby step at a time that we reach new levels of confidence in our speaking and communicating skills. Catch the fever.

Conclusion
I joined toastmasters after my children were grown up and I was retiring from the farrowing barns. I wanted to help sell computers on our home based computer store. I wanted to overcome my fear of speaking in front of a group. I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to join toastmasters and to have had so much fun over the past 10 years. I often encourage others to join whether they are 18 or 80. Toastmasters can really make a difference in your life. Help them to catch the fever. Introduce a friend, relative or colleague to toastmasters, so that they too may experience a new beginning. You’ll bring out the best in yourself and help to bring out the best in others.