 Our Christmas Party will be held on our regular
meeting night of December 16, 2003, and will be at CAROL
CROUSE's house which is in the Britannia / Erin Mills
area. We will have a pot luck meal, and will be getting this
organized at our December 2 meeting. Plans are underway to
play some "Joe" games, and Santa will be there with interesting
parcels to open. Mark that date on your calendar so you
don't miss this fun meeting. The party will be our last
meeting of 2003.
As part of the
requirements for his CL, ERIC MATTO presented to the club on
November 11 a one-hour workshop from Toastmasters
International's Better Club Series entitled "Moments of Truth". This
purpose of this workshop is to examine various aspects of the club
experience from the points of view of guests attending a meeting and
deciding whether or not to join the club, as well as existing
members deciding whether or not to renew their membership dues.
During this workshop, the audience was divided up into smaller
groups to examine different areas.
Overall the Mississauga Valley
club rated very highly in this self-examination. A few opportunities
for improvement were identified for the Club Executive to address.
This exercise should make Mississauga Valley an even better club in
the future.
Club Christmas Party - at
CAROL CROUSE's place, December 16, 2003
NO MEETINGS on December
23 and December 30! First meeting of 2004
is January 6!
Mid-year Club Officer Training -
January 23, 2004, 6:30pm - Fallingbrook Middle
School
District 60 Spring Conference -
April 23-25, 2003 - Doubletree International Plaza
Hotel Toronto Airport
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| 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
- POne CL, AL or
DTM
(Matto)
- One More CL, AL or DTM
- Four New
Members
(Varma, Schroeder, von
Donat)
- 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: 4
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.
October
28:
Best Speaker - FERNANDO PEREZ
Best Evaluator -
CAROL CROUSE
Best Table Topics - WINSTON ALLEN
November
4:
Best Speaker - MEG MOCHIZUKI
Best Evaluator -
ROBERT POPE
Best Table Topics - JOE VANDERKOOI
November
11:
Best Speaker - no award (no speeches that
night)
Best Evaluator - no award (no speeches that night)
Best
Table Topics - ERIC MATTO
November
18:
Best Speaker - CAROL CROUSE
Best Evaluator -
EVELIN DEMELLO
Best Table Topics - tie, PETER MACKLE & JOE
VANDERKOOI
 October 28 was the night of our Halloween theme
meeting. Chair LINDA KANE brought a whole lot of costumes and
decorations to put is into the mood as can be seen in the photos taken at the meeting. Left:
EVELIN DEMELLO, MEG MOCHIZUKI and TAM DANG. Right: Group shot
showing all the members in our Halloween finest. If Toastmasters
International founder RALPH SMEDLEY said that we learn best in
moments of enjoyment, then we learned a lot that night. Thanks,
Linda!!!
Welcome to new member ALEX VON DONAT
who joined in October. Alex is our third new member of the
Toastmasters year. We look forward to hearing your speeches and
helping you in your development as a communicator and
leader!
CAROL CROUSE reports that the
Speechcraft session which she led at the Distress Centre of
Peel is completed, and there were 8 students
participating. Special thanks to ERIC MATTO, MEG MOCHIZUKI,
EVELIN DEMELLO, TAM DANG and JOE VANDERKOOI for ably representing
Toastmasters and encouraging and helping the participants. Of
course, the Club will also earn money from this as
well. Two of the Speechcrafters will be speaking
at the Nov. 25 club meeting, and several more will attend
because they want to see what Toastmasters is all
about.
Mississauga Valley Toastmasters
congratulates PHIL MATHEW and WHITNEY RODRICKS on their recent
wedding. Phil and Whitney first met at our club, and served together
on the Club Executive last year. We wish them all the best as they
begin a new life together.
ERIC MATTO has completed the requirements for the Competent
Leader designation. Congratulations on another
milestone!
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| Beyond
the Club - Around the Area, Division,
District |
District 60's Fall Conference was
held on the weekend of Oct. 31 to Nov. 2 at the Deerhurst Resort in
Huntsville, Ontario, and Mississauga Valley's ERIC MATTO was there
(along with approximately 450 other Toastmasters from around the
District!). Eric accepted the District Bulletin of the Year award
for 2002-03 on behalf of last year's club newsletter editor ROSEMARY
BRKOPAC. We will make sure to present Rosemary with this award at an
upcoming club meeting.
There will be a Club Officer
Training Session for all the clubs in Division P on Friday January
23, 2004 at 6:30pm. Location is Fallingbrook Middle School,
5187 Fallingbrook Dr. in the Eglinton / Mavis area of
Mississauga. All Club Officers are encouraged to attend so
that the club can earn credit towards the Distinguished Club
Program. Also, please remember that you do not have to be an
officer to attend the training, which is open to any member.
CAROL CROUSE will be leading one of the training
sessions.
Plans are already proceeding for the
Spring 2004 District conference, to be held on April 23-25 at the
Doubletree International Plaza Hotel Toronto Airport. ERIC MATTO is
on the committee as the Webmaster and Judges Chair. Special guests
at this conference include TED CORCORAN, President of Toastmasters
International, and JIM KEY, 2003 World Champion of Public
Speaking.
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.
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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
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