Hello everyone! October and almost Halloween! I
hope everyone will be at that meeting (Oct. 28). LINDA KANE has
agreed to chair this one and it will be a good time, as Linda has a
great sense of humour and makes sure that we all have lots of
fun.
The first steps in the
Table Topics and Humourous Speech contests are over. We are very
proud of JOE VANDERKOOI who won the Area 22 contest in Table
Topics and went on to win second place in the Division P contest.
Next step will be at the District conference, and we wish the
winners at Division P much success.
Congratulations to ERIC
MATTO who has earned his CTM for the third time. We have about
5 others who are approaching this milestone for the first time, and
I am looking forward to hearing their speeches as well as the good
news that they have earned their CTMs. I'd like to be presenting a
CTM badge every month! The number of CTMs we get is important to our
status as a Distinguished club. We have one ATM Silver so far this
year, which is me, and we would like to see ATM Bronzes or Silvers
earned by at least three other members.
We are busy now with a
Speechcraft workshop at the Distress Centre of Peel. This is an
annual event. I am a volunteer at the Centre, and work with the
staff to make this happen. It is a good experience for us as
Toastmasters, as we become the "experts" and impart our knowledge to
the participants. This session runs for 8 weeks in total and will
end on November 20. Thanks so far to JOE VANDERKOOI, TAM DANG,
EVELIN DEMELLO and ERIC MATTO for their contributions in making this
a success.
Finally, don't forget
about our Christmas party to be held on December 16, 2003 at my
home. We will be talking to you about this very soon. It will be a
potluck dinner, with games and (of course) Santa.
Believe and
Achieve!
CAROL CROUSE, Club
President
|
|
| Fall 2003 Club
Speech
Contests |
On September 23
Mississauga Valley conducted our club Humorous and Table Topics
contests.
For the Humorous contest,
we had two contestants: FERNANDO PEREZ and CAROL CROUSE. The Contest
Chair was PHIL MATHEW and Chief Judge was MIRKO
MANOJLOVIC.
In Table Topics there were
six contestants: ERIC MATTO, JOE VANDERKOOI, FERNANDO PEREZ, VICTOR
VARMA, WINSTON ALLEN and ROBERT POPE. EVELIN DEMELLO served as
Contest Chair and once again MIRKO MANOJLOVIC was Chief Judge. The
topic that all contestants were given was "Name".
The results were as
follows:
HUMOUROUS
TABLE TOPICS
- First
Place CAROL
CROUSE
- First
Place JOE
VANDERKOOI
- Second
Place FERNANDO
PEREZ
- Second Place WINSTON ALLEN
-
Third Place FERNANDO
PEREZ
The top two winners in
each contest were eligible to move on to the Area level.
Congratulations to all the participants and especially the
winners!
District 60 Humourous Speech
and Table Topics Contests (for Division winners) will be held
during the Fall Conference in Huntsville on the weekend of
Oct. 31 to Nov. 2, 2003.
Club Christmas Party - at
CAROL CROUSE's place, December 16, 2003
(details will be shown in next
month's issue)
|
| Club
Progress in Distinguished Club
Program |
- PTwo
CTMs (Chen,
Matto)
- Two More CTMs
- POne ATM Bronze, Silver or
Gold (Crouse)
- One More ATM Bronze, Silver or Gold
- One CL, AL or DTM
- One More CL, AL or DTM
- Four New Members
(Varma, Schroeder)
- Four More New Members
- Minimum 4 Officers Trained in
Summer and Minimum 4 Officers Trained in Winter
- POne Semi-Annual Dues Report Submitted
on Time and One Club Officer List Submitted on
Time
and End the Year with 20 members
or Net Growth of 5 Members.
Goals achieved so far: 3 out of 10 (plus
parts of 2 others)
Need 5 goals for Distinguished, 7 for Select
Distinguished, 9 for Presidents Distinguished (plus membership
goal)
The Distinguished Club Program is
Toastmasters International's way of measuring and rewarding
excellence in its clubs. We will be showing our progress every
month as above. As a partial goal is reached, that line will be
highlighted; when the goal is accomplished then it will hightlighted
in red. Awards will be given based on results as of June 30,
2004.
Sep tember
23:
club contest
night - no awards
September
30:
Best Speaker - FERNANDO PEREZ
Best Evaluator -
ERIC MATTO
Best Table Topics - ROBERT POPE
October
7:
Best Speaker - MEG MOCHIZUKI
Best Evaluator -
JOE VANDERKOOI
Best Table Topics - EVELIN
DEMELLO
October
14:
Best Speaker - FERNANDO PEREZ
Best Evaluator
- ROBERT POPE
Best Table Topics - BRIAN
DAVIES
October
21:
Best Speaker - JOE VANDERKOOI
Best Evaluator
- MEG MOCHIZUKI
Best Table Topics - JOE
VANDERKOOI
Welcome to our newest member
STACEY SCHROEDER, who submitted his application and dues to the
club on Oct. 21. Stacey visited the club twice, and decided that
Toastmasters is what he needs to improve his communication skills.
Welcome Stacey, we look forward to helping you
grow!
 Boys and ghouls, be sure to attend our
Halloween-themed meeting on October 28. LINDA KANE will be the Chair
that night, and she promises to bring a collection of costumes with
her so that we can all get in the mood. You're more than welcome to
bring your own costume if you like. Linda is asking for members to
show up a little earlier than usual that night so that we have time
to get ready, and would also like people to bring Halloween goodies
if they can.
At our September 30 meeting we were
honoured to be visited by LORI-ANN JAKEL, our Area 22 Governor.
Lori-Ann gave us an update on the upcoming speech contests, and was
an active participant in our meeting.
Our October 7 meeting was "Fishbowl
Night". Members showed up that night and drew their meeting
assignments not from a fishbowl but an envelope. Trading was
allowed, and the meeting then proceeded. Not only a lot of fun, this
meeting also illustrated that Toastmasters are prepared to fill in
at the last minute in whatever role they're needed
in.
Our Club is mentioned in the October
issue of The Toastmaster magazine. The Hall of Fame
starting on page 28 has a section showing the Top Ten Club
Newsletters in the world for 2002-03, and Voice of the
Valley is shown there with the name of last year's Editor
ROSEMARY BRKOPAC. Rosemary's account of her trip to the
International Convention in Atlanta to receive her award is in our
September 2003 issue.
ERIC MATTO has achieved his CTM
(Competent Toastmaster) level for completing the 10
speeches from the Basic Manual. Eric has already achieved
his DTM (Distinguished Toastmaster) and happens to be
celebrating his 16th anniversary in Toastmasters this month, and
this is his 3rd time going through the Basic Manual. Since his DTM
came before the last change to the educational program, Eric's goal
is to complete a second DTM under the new program.
Send us your news to put here as well.
We'd love to hear about what our members are up to. Perhaps you'd
like to share how something you learned at Toastmasters has helped
you in your professional or personal life?
|
| Beyond
the Club - Around the Area, Division,
District |
 The Area 22 Table Topics and Humourous
Speech contests were held on October 4 at the Mississauga Unity
Church. Our Club was represented by JOE VANDERKOOI in
Table Topics, and CAROL CROUSE in the Humourous Speech. Also
attending from Mississauga Valley were ERIC MATTO, MEG MOCHIZUKI and
MARILYN COCHRANE. The winner of the Area 22 Table Topics
contest was none other than JOE VANDERKOOI!
The Division P Table Topics and
Humourous Speech contests were held on October 15 at the Mississauga
Living Arts Centre. Club members in attendance were CAROL CROUSE,
MEG MOCHIZUKI, EVELIN DEMELLO, MIRKO MANOJLOVIC, ROSEMARY BRKOPAC,
ERIC MATTO and of course JOE VANDERKOOI was there to compete in the
Table Topics as Area 22 winner. We are pleased to report
that Joe did very well, coming in Second Place at the Division
level!
The District 60 Fall Conference is
coming up very fast on the weekend of Oct. 31 - Nov. 2 at
the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario. Mississauga Valley will
be honoured during that event for our newsletter Voice of the
Valley, which has been announced as the Bulletin of the Year in
District 60 for the second year in a row. We'll have a report from
the conference in our next issue.
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 of $35.
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.
Please feel free to forward this
issue to friends and associates. Anyone can subscribe for free by
sending a blank email to picaresque@mindless.com
with the words "Subscribe MVTM" in the subject
line.
To unsubscribe from this
newsletter, send a blank email to picaresque@mindless.com
with the words "unsubscribe MVTM" in the subject
line.
"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
Visit our NEW
website: http://mvtoastmasters.tripod.com. Past issues of "Voice of the Valley" are available on
our
website. | 
