End of the Year Dinner

It's time for our annual end of the year dinner. Everyone is invited to join us!

When: July 22, 2010
Where: Bull Run in Shirley, MA (see menu and get directions)
Time: 7pm (subject to change- check the club webpage)

How is this different from a meeting?
This is not a meeting. There are no speeches unless you want to make a toast. We announce who won our Toastmaster of the Year award. We celebrate the amazing year we had and our success achieving Presidential Distinguished Award.

Who can come?
All members are welcome to come as are guests. We encourage you to bring your families. Just let John know so we can make sure to get enough space at the table.

Using the Webpage Duty Roster/Agenda

Sara gave an demo on using part of the club's webpage. She said there was a video available for us to watch if we ever forgot her instructions. Here is that video for you to easily view:

Congratulations to Our New Officers

Last night we had elections. Congratulations to all our new officers:

President: John Feeley
Vice President Education: Rene Roy
Vice President Membership: Yvette Moquin
Vice President Public Relations: Sara Marks
Secretary: Vielka Jones
Treasurer: Emily Warner
Sgt. At Arms: Bill Burgoyne
Past President: Peter Souders

Our new officers begin their positions on July 1, 2010. Good luck to all of them!

Saying Goodbye

I think it was a shock to all the members of Twin City Toastmasters when we opened our emails one Tuesday to learn that Deanna, one of our members, had suddenly passed away from a heart attack. With heavy hearts many of us came to that week's meeting to mourn Deanna and support each other. We spent time remembering Deanna. Yvette read us a lovely poem. Niti and Maggie both gave us tips on how to identify when you or someone else may be having a heart attack. Many of us just spoke about our fond memories of Deanna. Many of us remember how distinct and infectious her laugh had been.

We have all been touched by the outpouring of support from many people. The club members decided to honor the families request to donate to the Red Cross and to send a sympathy card from all of us.

Please feel free to leave messages for Deanna's family in the guestbooks provided by the funeral home or the newspaper. Feel free to use the comments section of this post to leave your own memories of Deanna.

RIP Deanna, everyone at Twin City Toastmasters will miss you.

Do you want to contribute to this blog?

All members of Twin City Toastmasters can submit posts to this blog. Even those who don't feel comfortable using the blog can submit something! How? Follow these directions:

1. Pick something you want to write about
2. Write about 300- 500 words
3. Make sure you check the spelling (or ask Sara to check it for you)
4. Copy and paste your article into an email
5. Email it to Sara (toastmasters@librarygirl.org)
6. Sara posts it to the blog

Here are a few topic ideas if you need them:

• Your experience with the club
• Something you have learned in Toastmasters
• A recent Toastmasters event (conference, training, another club meeting)
• A speaking, communicating or leadership tip you want to share with other members
• A speech you are working on
• An article you read about public speaking (include a link if it was online)

What do you get out of it? This is our club newsletter. You are helping create our club newsletter by submitting an article. You can get Competent Leader credit (the CL manual for meeting roles) when you help with the newsletter.

Still have questions? Just ask Sara for more information!

Picking A Place To Eat

Our poll for the dinner meeting has ended and January 12th got the most votes. That means we will be having a dinner meeting rather than a regular meeting.

Next we have to pick a location for our dinner. We got five suggestions for you to pick from:

• Il Forno in Fitchburg (Airport Rd and Bemis)
• Chopsticks (by mall in Leominster)
• Slattery's (Rt 2A in Fitchburg)
• Olive Garden (by Target in Leominster)
• Sammy's (Rt 12 at the Leominster/Fitchburg line)

The poll is on the right side of the page. Select the place you want to eat by Dec. 19th. We will announce the winner once the poll is over.

Dinner Meeting Poll

At the last meeting we discussed having a dinner meeting. Sara agreed to put a poll together to help us pick a date we all liked. On the right you will see a poll with four dates on it:
December 22
December 29
January 5
January 12

Pick the date that you think is the best for our dinner meeting. Post a comment to this entry if you think another date would be better or have a comment related to the poll.