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| A Select
Distinguished
Club |
Mississauga Valley was recognized as
a Select Distinguished Club for achieving
7 out of 10 of the Distinguished Club Program points in the 2002-03
TM year. As a result Toastmasters International will be sending
us a special ribbon for our banner. Kudos to last year's
President WHITNEY RODRICKS and her Executive for this
achievement.
The
Distinguished Club Program is Toastmasters International's system
for measuring the performance of Clubs in the areas of education,
membership and administration. There are a maximum of 10 points
available, and there are 3 levels of awards given: Distinguished (5
or 6 points), Select Distinguished (7 or 8 points), and Presidents
Distinguished (9 or 10 points).
We
should be proud of our Club for exceeding Toastmasters' minimum
standards of excellence, and strive to continue on this path for the
coming year!
Fellow Toastmasters, we are starting a
new year with a new executive. We are busy formulating plans for the
year, and need all of you to tell us what you want to achieve.
Our motto for the year is "Believe and
Achieve"! If you set goals and believe in yourselves,
you will succeed. Both Evelin and I will be talking to you to
learn what your goals are and what we can do to help you! I am
looking forward to a great year at MVTM; we are a good team and will
all help each other! My favorite expression is, 'there is no "I" in
Team'.
CAROL CROUSE, President
Club Humourous Speech and Table
Topics Contests - September 23, 2003
(tentative).
Area 22 Humourous Speech and Table Topics
Contests (for Club winners) - TBD
Division P Humourous
Speech and Table Topics Contests (for Area winners) -
TBD
District 60 Humourous Speech and Table Topics Contests
(for Division winners) will be held during the Fall Conference in
Huntsville (more information in another part of this
newsletter).
Club Christmas Party - at Carol
Crouse's place, December 16, 2003 (more details to
follow in a later issue)
July 8:
Best
Speaker - tie, TAM DANG and JOE VANDERKOOI
Best Evaluator - PHIL
MATHEW
Best Table Topics - EVELIN DEMELLO
July
15:
Best Speaker - TAM DANG
Best Evaluator - MEG
MOCHIZUKI
Best Table Topics - RON BHATIA (guest)
July 22:
Best
Speaker - CAROL CROUSE
Best Evaluator - ROBERT POPE
Best
Table Topics - EVELIN DEMELLO
Mississauga Valley TM club has been
recognized by Toastmasters International for our newsletter "Voice
of the Valley", which has been named one of the Top Ten Club
Newsletters in the World for the 2002-03 year. Congratulations to
last year's VPPR and Editor ROSEMARY BRKOPAC for this
high honour!
CAROL CROUSE is planning for a
Speechcraft session at the Peel Distress Centre, starting in
October. She will need help from Club members in putting on
this 8-week
workshop, which will give the basics of Toastmasters
and speaking to a small group of people. Interestingly, Carol
found out about Toastmasters and joined our club as a result of a
Speechcraft she attended a few years ago!
NADIA ZUBRYTSKA hasn't been seen at the
Club for the past few months. She has a good reason though, as she
just recently gave birth to a new baby girl! Nadia hopes to start
coming out to Toastmasters again in a few months when things settle
down.
ERIC MATTO recently attended both the Region VI
Toastmasters conference in Toronto and the Region V
conference near Chicago, Illinois. While Eric was in the
Chicago area (where he lived for 4 years and served as District
30 Governor in 2001-02), he also visited his former club Schaumburg
Area Toastmasters for its 25th anniversary party.
YICHAO CHEN is leaving the Club
and the country in August to go back to school in Houston,
Texas. We will miss her, but wish her all the best. Come back
and visit us whenever you are in Mississauga, Yichao!
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| Beyond
the Club - Around the Area, Division,
District |
District 60, the Toastmasters
organization for southern/central/northern Ontario, has been
recognized as a Presidents Distinguished District
for 2002-03, and has been ranked 2nd out of over 75
Districts worldwide. This recognizes the achievement of
District-wide goals in the areas of membership, clubs, CTMs and
ATMs. Mississauga Valley TM is one
of 200 Clubs in District 60.
Our District is also
celebrating its 45th anniversary this year with a special
commemmorative pin to be awarded to any member who achieves an
educational or leadership award - CTM, ATM (any level), CL, AL,
Excellence in Leadership, DTM. Here's another incentive for Club
members to achieve their goals this year!
District 60's Fall 2003 Conference
will be held at the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario on
October 31 / November 1-2, 2003. Details are at the District 60
website at www.toastmasters60.org and
will be printed in the upcoming issue of the District newsletter
"Spirit of 60".
ERIC MATTO is helping to sponsor a new
advanced club in Mississauga, the Voice of Experience
Toastmasters. This Club meets *usually* on the 2nd & 4th
Saturdays of each month at the Lorne Park Library, 1474 Truscott Dr.
near the QEW / Southdown Rd. interchange. Membership
is open only to CTMs and higher, and members must continue
to belong to their primary clubs as well. Ask Eric about
this if you're interested.
CLUB:
President - CAROL
CROUSE
VP Education - EVELIN DEMELLO
VP Membership
- WINSTON ALLEN
VP Public Relations - ERIC
MATTO
Secretary - MEG MOCHIZUKI
Treasurer
- BRIAN DAVIES
Sergeant at Arms - PETER
MACKLE
Immediate Past President - WHITNEY
RODRICKS
DISTRICT:
Area 22 Governor
- LORI-ANN JAKEL
Division "P"
Governor - ROSELYN BROWN
District 60
Governor - JEAN MCALLISTER
Mississauga
Valley Toastmasters Club is a member club of Toastmasters
International, the world's largest non-profit organization devoted
to improving communication skills.
We meet every Tuesday evening from
7:30pm-9:30pm in one of the 2nd floor committee
rooms at Mississauga City Hall, 300 City Centre Dr. in
Mississauga, Ontario. Membership in the club is open to anyone 18
years of age or over. Members may join at any time of the year, and
guests are always welcome. Club dues are $155 per year, plus a
one-time new member fee.
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 and practice communication and
leadership skills which in turn foster self-confidence and personal
growth.
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"Voice of the Valley" is produced
monthly, sometime in the second half of the month. The Editor
is:
ERIC MATTO, Vice President Public Relations
Email:
picaresque@mindless.com
Phone:
905-238-5360
The Publisher is:
CAROL CROUSE,
President
Email: coddie@sympatico.ca
Phone:
905-826-7043 | 
