Our Club's Open
House, planned for January 27, 2004, has been rescheduled
to February 3 because of the weather. This meeting will be
structured like a regular meeting with the theme of
"Importance of Communication". All members are encouraged to invite
guests to come to this meeting so that they can see
firsthand what membership in Toastmasters is all
about.
Despite the wintry weather, the
Spring 2004 speech contest season is upon us. Mississauga Valley
Toastmasters will be holding our club speech contests on February
24.
There are two different contests
for the spring. One is the International Speech
Contest, which is a 5 to 7 minute speech on any topic, open
to any Toastmaster member who has given at least 6 manual speeches
at the club level. The other contest is Evaluation,
similar to evaluations given at the club except all contestants
evaluate the same target speaker. Timing for this is 2 to 3 minutes,
and it is open to all members.
Participation in these contests
is optional, but we hope that many of you will consider competing as
a way of stretching yourselves and building up your speaking skills.
Club members not competing can help out the club contest in other
ways, as we'll need judges, timers, ballot counters,
etc.
Club Open House -
February 3, 2004 (postponed from January 27 because
of weather).
Club Officer Training Makeup
Session - February 22, 2004 - time &
location TBA.
Club Evaluation and International
Speech contests - February 24, 2004.
Area 22 Evaluation and International
Speech contests - 7:00pm, March 5, 2004 - HJA
Brown Education Centre, 5650 Hurontario (at Matheson).
Mississauga
Division P Evaluation and
International Speech contests - date & location
TBA.
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
- PFour New
Members (Varma,
Schroeder, von Donat, Gaynor)
- Four More New
Members
(Nagy, Sung)
- 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: 5
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.
December
23:
No meeting held
December 30:
No meeting held
January
6:
Information not available - will be in next
issue
January
13:
Best Speaker - EVELIN DEMELLO
Best Evaluator -
ERIC MATTO
Best Table Topics - EVELIN DEMELLO
January
20:
Best Speaker - LINDA KANE
Best Evaluator - EVELIN
DEMELLO
Best Table Topics - EVELIN DEMELLO
January
27:
Meeting cancelled due to bad
weather
Our club continues to pick up new
members! This month we welcome our newest additions, LISA NAGY and
LILY SUNG. Lisa is the wife of current member ROBERT POPE, and Lily
has been a guest several times before who finally decided to
join.
Mississauga Valley
Toastmasters will be listed in the first ever Chinese
Mississauga Community Services Directory. 4000 copies of this
directory will be distributed to Chinese residents within the
community. This is a great opportunity for us to spread the word of
Toastmasters into new areas. If you know of any other free places
where we can get listed, please let us know.
ERIC MATTO recently vacationed on the
island of St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles. While there he
contacted the Philipsburg TM club about visiting them at a meeting.
Even though they were shut down because of the Christmas / New
Year break, he was invited to meet informally with several
club members at the bank where they worked.
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| Beyond
the Club - Around the Area, Division,
District |
Did you know that there are now 15
different Toastmasters clubs in the City of Mississauga? The newest
club, Meadowvale Toastmasters, was just chartered as of Dec.
31. They meet on Thursday nights at 6:45pm at the Meadowvale Library
in the Meadowvale Town Centre. If you know someone looking for a
club in that area, let us know and we'll provide the club's contact
information.
District 60 Toastmasters Spring 2004
conference will be held on April 23-25 at the Doubletree
International Plaza Hotel Toronto Airport. Keynote
speakers at this conference include TED CORCORAN, 2003-04
President of Toastmasters International, and JIM KEY, 2003 World
Champion of Public Speaking. Registration information will be sent
with the next issue of the District newsletter "Spirit of 60". As
well, you can find information on this conference at http://d60springconf2004.tripod.com/.
Mississauga Valley members ERIC MATTO and MARILYN COCHRANE are
involved with the conference organizing committee.
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
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:
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Phone: 905-238-5360
The Publisher is:
CAROL
CROUSE, President
Email: cccoddie@aol.com
Phone:
905-826-7043
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