Liberty Village Toastmasters Toronto

Hello Fellow Toastmasters.

Here is our Toastmasters Newsletter March 2014.

If you would like to contribute to future newsletters, please let me know. We would love to hear some of your ideas.

Clem D                                                                                                                                              V.P of P.R

Fellow members of LVTM;

I wanted to take this opportunity to share some information with you:

1. International Speech Contest:
Last Sunday I had the opportunity to attend the Area 26 International Speech Contest and witness the victory of our friend Clem (See picture above). Congratulations to Clem!!!

Clem will be representing Area 26 and LVTM at the Division C International speech Contest on March 20 at 483 Bay Street 8 Fl – North tower at  6 PM. We are all invited to enjoy a very high level contest.
More information is available here:

http://toastmasters60.com/webcal/view_entry.php?id=268&date=20140320&user=__public__

2. New members on the Executive Committee:
The second half of the Toastmasters year brought us some new faces to the Executive Committee;

Co-VP of Education:  Yuri
VP of Membership:    Ted
Secretary:                    Karoline
Sergeant of Arms:      Felix

Please join me to congratulate and support our new executives and wish them all the best on their roles. We thank you all for volunteering your time.

3. Where is Rene?
On our first meeting of 2014 I promised all of you that I will dedicate this year to pursue a master’s degree. That’s exactly what I have been doing. As a consequence of the above, I have been forced to leave our meetings a bit early each Wednesday.

The good news is the only mandatory course that I need to take on Wednesdays is almost over and I will enjoy the privilege of your company very soon.  I always learn a lot from your speeches and evaluations.

4. Tonight’s meeting:
We are headed for an amazing meeting tonight, including a CC5, a CC6 and a very advanced presentation from one of our DTM’s. the General Evaluator will be no other than our Area Governor. I Look forward to see all of you at 6pm at our regular location.

Yours in Toastmasters,

Rene.

By Clem D

Karoline is our evening’s Toastmaster. The theme is “Change”

Our Speakers are: Max, Felix, Ted

General Evaluator is: Chris

Quote of the Day.

“The most important thing about communication is hearing what isn’t said”                            – Peter Druker

By Clem D

As tonight’s Toastmaster, John Krissilas described the game of squash as a game that  encompasses: endurance, focus and the desire to win.  This is how we should envision preparing and presenting our speeches.

Karoline spoke on the act of “purging our closets” as a way of staying organized.  Karoline pointed out that when we look in our closet and say that we have nothing to wear, it is because our closets are full. What a life lesson.

Mohamed K. presented some lessons that he has learned throughout his life.

a) The battle is in the mind

b) Be honest

c) Become comfortable with taking risks

d) Opportunity is when luck is making plans

e) In school we learn the lessons; then we take the test.  In life we take the test and must learn from those lessons.

Tracey closed with a touching story about women in Africa who were able some how fight off the HIV virus and as such became test subjects for medical scientists looking for the cure.  The moral and ethical question is, if a cure is found, will these women be the first to receive it?

Karoline has been appointed our club’s new Secretary. Congrats.

By Clem D

John Krissilas is our evening’s Toastmaster and the theme is: “Squashed”

Our Speakers are: Karoline, Mohamed K, Tracey and Valarie

General Evaluator is: Clem D

Grammarian is Be

Word of the day is “panache”– flamboyant confidence of style or manner.

Quote of the Day.