Area 84 Tall Tales and Humorous Speech Contest

On Sept. 16, Area 84 had its Tall Tales and Humorous Speech Contest. What a fun night!   First, I would like to thank… All contestants! Everyone was excellent. I was sitting there thinking how lucky I was that I wasn’t a judge Fellow toastmasters and guests who attended the event. Ed Fontes, a Distinguished [...]

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Area 84 Challenge Weekly Report #1

Sally (Mayo Day Breakers) visited Bright Monday and Humor-Us club last week. Paul (Mayo Day Breakers and Suburban) visited Humor-Us. Jeff (Mayo Day Breakers) visited Hi-Nooners. , Joe (Bright Monday and Hi-Nooners) visited Mayo Day Breakers. Yanling (Bright Monday) visited Mayo Day Breakers. Jessica (Bright Monday) visited Hi-Nooners. Helen (Bright Monday) visited Mayo Day Breakers [...]

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SCORE!

Bright Monday: 1 point (13 people attended the meeting today, which is 61.9%) RochesterDay Breakers: 1 point  (Sally visited Bright Monday) First day into the contest and two clubs have already earned 1 point! I told you area 84 rocks, didn’t I? Wait, I lied. Bright Monday has a week to comment on the challenge page [...]

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Offcier Training Continues

Yesterday I visited Rochester Suburban club to congratulate its members for being the first club that has all officers trained. I brought some cookies to the meeting. Since we are not allowed to bring in any food to the cafeteria (where the meeting is located), I packed cookies in sandwich bags so everyone could take [...]

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First Officer Training Session

(Correction – Mayo Day Breakers has 6 officers trained. I was too tired to count Thank you, Sally, for letting me know my mistake. One extra point for you!) We had an officerstraining session tonight and I presented the VP-Membership part. Five minutes only – I was nervous about running overtime more than when I was [...]

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TELI – 7/16

Yesterday, severalRochestertoastmasters and I went to the cities to attend the TELI. First, let me congratulate the people and the clubs that had received an award. This includes: Phoenix Award (Club Coaches): Janet Betz and Bob Padzieski 10 out of 10: Rochester Suburban, Hi-Nooners and Bright Monday. President’s Distinguished Club:  Mayo Day Breakers Southern Division Toastmaster [...]

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Installing Officers at Rochester Suburban Club

Rochester Suburban Club meets every Monday from 6:15 P.M. to 7:15 P.M. at Room G-21 in St. Mary’s Hospital. I was warmly welcomed. They had loudest hands clapping . I loved it!!!! Janet, our Division Governor, and Bob were the coaches for the club last year. What an excellent job they did! What the difference [...]

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Installing Officers at Bright Monday Club

Bright Monday meets every Monday from 12 P.M. to 1 P. M. at MayoBuilding15th floor Lecture Hall.   Bright Monday is my home club. It’s the place I feel belonging. It’s the place I can do nothing wrong. Every week, I go to the meeting and I know I am among friends. The installation went [...]

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Installing Officers at Bluff Country

On July 5, I had my 3rd officer installation. It should be a piece of cake. But Bluff Country has an extra officer called Historian, which no other club has. What does Historian do? Is he supposed to produce some kind of written document (or a book?) at the end of the year?   “Not on [...]

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Bluff Country Toastmaster Club Open House – 6/28

Bluff Country Toastmaster Club meets on every Tuesday from 5:30 to 6:30 P.M. at Spring Valley Library. I’ve heard many good words about Bluff Country Toastmaster Club. “You’ll love them!” I was told over and over. (I know. I know. I love every club in area 84! It’s TRUE! But, to be fair, other Area [...]

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