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September 19th 2024 | Essex Toastmasters Marcia Chamber Wendy Moses Gebrina Roberts | Rebecca Simmons the club president along with three other members of the Essex Toastmaster Club took a trip to visit the Somerville Toastmasters Club. We had a great time visiting and participating in their meeting. Marcia Chambers gave a speech, Wendy Moses was an evaluator and Gebrina Roberts served as the Table Topics Master. Anthony Simmons also joined us on this trip to capture the Traveling Gavel and we both had an opportunity to participate in Table Topics. The hospitality was great and members of both clubs enjoyed meeting and interacting with each other. We not only captured the gavel but we gleaned some very useful information to take back and implement in our club meetings. Thanks Somerville. We ll see you soon because we know you are coming. We are looking forward to sharing another great meeting with you all. Sincerely Rebecca Simmons Club President Essex Toastmasters | Rebecca Simmons |
July 23rd 2024 | Somerville Toastmasters Nishi Prashad Rich Zarate Janice Buffalow | Somerville Toastmasters Members attended Cosmopolitan Toastmasters meeting on July 23, 2024 in-person and on-line. Nishi gave her speech which was evaluated by Michelle. Marsha was evaluated by Rich. Janice was the General Evaluator The meeting was well attended and Somerville walked away with the Traveling Gavel. Anyone interested in taking the gavel from Somerville, please contact Janice Buffalow. | Janice Buffalow 908-938-0994 908-938-0994 |
July 23rd 2024 | Somerville Toastmasters Nishi Prashad Rich Zarate Janice Buffalow | What a great time! Somerville Toastmasters went to Cosmopolitan Toastmasters to steal the D83 Traveling Gavel on July 23, 2024 at noon. Nishi Prashad gave a speech, Rich Zarate gave an Evaluation, and Janice Buffalow was the General Evaluator. It was a great meeting; it started and ended on time and within 13 minutes of the welcome, the first speech was given. There were visitors in person and online. Thank you for the hospitality, Cosmopolitan TM. We enjoyed the capture. Anyone interested in capturing the D83 Traveling Gavel, contact Janice Buffalow. | Janice Buffalow 908-938-0994 908-938-0994 |
July 23rd 2024 | Somerville Toastmasters Nishi Prashad Rich Zarate, DTM Janice Buffalow, DTM, PDD | On July 23, 2024 in the middle of the day, Somerville Toastmasters came knocking at the door of Cosmopolitan Toastmasters, virtually and in-person. Rich Zarate attended in person as he wanted to visit Cosmopolitan’s location of Nokia as it held fond memories of many District 83 events since Rich has been a member. In the virtual world, were his co-conspirators, Nishi Prashad and Janice Buffalow, waiting to capture the Traveling Gavel. The Club also welcomed several other guests as well. Somerville Toastmasters took the roles of Speaker Nishi, Evaluator for Martha Rich, and General Evaluator Janice. The meeting started on time and within a few minutes, the speakers did a great job as did the Table Topics Master Evaluators, Grammarian, and Timer. Everyone had an enjoyable time, and the meeting ended on time. Thank you to Cosmopolitan Toastmasters for welcoming us to your club to steal the D83 Traveling Gavel. | Janice Buffalow 908-938-0994 908-938-0994 |
January 4th 2024 | Cosmopolitan Toastmasters Club Michelle Fielder -President Regine Albrecht - VPPR Dennis Giaimo | Three members of the Cosmopolitan Toastmasters traveled to Somerville on Jan 14 to capture the travelling gavel from the Somerville Toastmasters Club. We had an awesome time and participated fully in the meeting. Dennis Giaimo gave his Icebreaker, Regine Albrecht served as evaluator for one of their other Speeches and Michelle Fielder played the role of Ah Counter. The Somerville Toastmasters are a lively and well-organized club and they warmly welcomed us. Prior to the meeting Dennis, Michelle and Regine had a delicious meal at Cafe Picasso and shared some laughter and fellowship. | Michelle Fielder 732-754-9181 732-754-9181 |
October 24th 2023 | Somerville Toastmasters Janice Buffalow Rich Zarate Chris Ward | On October 24, Somerville Toastmasters captured the "virtual" Traveling Gavel from New Heights Toastmasters. The club meeting was a hybrid meeting with several New Heights members were in-person and online. All Somerville participants were virtual; Janice Buffalow was a speaker; Rich Zarate, an evaluator; and Chris Ward was the Ah Counter. In addition to the 3 members taking roles, Nishi Prashad, Stephen Vedder, and Clarice Cofie attended virtually. Nishi, Rich, and Chris also participated in Table Topics. It was great seeing our Toastmasters colleagues from New Heights.
Somerville Toastmasters meets the first and third Thursday of each month in a hybrid format from 7 pm to 9 pm. Our meeting location is in Somerville at the First United Methodist Church. For those interested in capturing the "virtual" Traveling Gavel, contact, Club Secretary, Janice Buffalow @ | Janice Buffalow 908-938-0994 |
October 24th 2023 | Somerville Toastmasters Janice Buffalow Rich Zarate Chris Ward | On October 24, Somerville Toastmasters captured the "virtual" Traveling Gavel from New Heights Toastmasters. The club meeting was a hybrid meeting with several New Heights members were in-person and online. All Somerville participants were virtual; Janice Buffalow was a speaker; Rich Zarate, an evaluator; and Chris Ward was the Ah Counter. In addition to the 3 members taking roles, Nishi Prashad, Stephen Vedder, and Clarice Cofie attended virtually. Nishi, Rich, and Chris also participated in Table Topics. It was great seeing our Toastmasters colleagues from New Heights.
Somerville Toastmasters meets the first and third Thursday of each month in a hybrid format from 7 pm to 9 pm. Our meeting location is in Somerville at the First United Methodist Church. For those interested in capturing the "virtual" Traveling Gavel, contact, Club Secretary, Janice Buffalow @ | Janice Buffalow 908-938-0994 |
August 24th 2023 | New Heights Toastmasters Visitacion Medinicelli Oomadai Ramcharitar Darnelle Richardson | Since Gold Coast Achievers Toastmasters will be dissolving in September, New Heights Toastmasters captured the Traveling Gavel so that it can be passed on to other clubs. | Darnelle Richardson 201-424-9090 201-424-9090 |
April 6th 2023 | Gold Coast Achievers Visitacion Medinacelli Anginelle Alabanza Yuko Otsuka | We, Goaldcoast Achievers Toastmasters, visited Sommer ville Toastmasters that held the gavel since last September. Sommerville club held a wonderful hybrid meeting that night filled with laugh, joy, wisdoms, and positive positive energy! VP-Education, Janice arranged the meeting letting each club's member evaluate each other. Over all meeting made us mingle within just an hour and half meeting. It was a great expenrienece for us and we appreciate their hospitality. We looking forward to another club visiting us to grab a gavel although we want to keep it as long as we can! | Yuko Otsuka 917-304-5524 917-304-5524 |
September 13th 2022 | Somerville Toastmasters Richard Zarate Janice Buffalow Stephen Vedder | I put this through already but I do not think it went through | Stephen Vedder 201-400-6940 |
September 13th 2022 | Somerville Toastmasters Janice Buffalow Richard Zarate Stephen Vedder | The 3 members listed above attend the New Horizons meeting and fulfilled 3 roles. | Stephen Vedder 201-400-6940 201-400-6940 |
July 8th 2022 | New Heights Toastmasters Darnelle Richardson Jenn Charles Julia Art | Five members from New Heights Toastmasters showed up at Jersey Toastmaster's meeting on Friday, July 8. Four of the members had functionary roles: Darnelle Richardson as Table Topics Evaluator, Jenn Charles as Evaluator #1, Julia Art as Listener, and Oomadai Ramcharitar for Inspirational Message. A fifth member, Timothy Kerr, answered a Table Topics question. We all had a lot of fun and enjoyed visiting a neighbor club! | Suzzette Kaddah 845-481-0790 845-481-0790 |
March 15th 2022 | Jersey Toastmasters Club Andrea Lake Jitendra Rawat Suzzette Kaddah | Members of Jersey Toastmasters visited Somerville and participated in a very great meeting!! Lake gave a speech about her IG revival, Jitu gave a very solid evaluation of Rich Zarate's speech, and Suzzette gave a very thorough grammarian's report at the end of the meeting. It was great to visit another club as a group and see other TMs who we've seen around the district. We had a lot of fun! | Jenny Yin 206-499-3995 206-499-3995 |
February 7th 2022 | Somerville Toastmasters Rich Zarate Alok Agarwal David White | On Monday, February 7, four Somerville Toastmasters attended Rockland Toastmasters meeting and whisked away the traveling gavel. Alok gave a speech, Dave told a joke and Rich served as a speech evaluator. Our club president, Anu Rao, attended as well. All of us participated in a very entertaining Table Topics. We enjoyed our visit and picked up valuable information we can use for our meetings. We appreciation the consideration and hospitality of our fellow Toastmasters at Rockland. | Richard Zarate 908-391-1763 |
December 7th 2021 | Rockland Toastmasters Diane Cuellar Marsha Shapiro & Francine Hueng Stephen Herbst & Lydia Milbury | 5 from Rockland TM visited Parsippany TM, they welcomed us with open arms! The gavel is now ours!!!! | Diane Cuellar 845-558-4076 |
December 7th 2021 | Rockland Toastmasters Diane Cuellar Marsha Shapiro Francine Huang | Other Rockland Toastemasters members that joined the meeting were: Lydia Milbury, Stephen Herbst and Des Moloney | Des Moloney 845-304-1178 845-304-1178 |
December 7th 2021 | Rockland Toastmasters Diane Cuellar Stephen Herbst Marsha Shapiro | 6 of us from Rockland Toastmasters visited Parsippany TM for the steal...they were all very welcoming! We learned some cool ideas too. | Diane Cuellar 845-558-4076 |
November 21st 2021 | Rutgers Staff Toastmasters Club LydiaGray | Lydia Gray 732-322-7642 732-322-7642 | |
October 6th 2021 | Parsippany Toastmasters Club Jeff Thomas Lawrence Williams Chandrika Harathi | Parsippany Toastmasters members were welcomed by Merck Achievers Toastmasters to capture the travelling gavel on October 6th. The meeting was productive and the time was effectively managed from start to finish. We had the opportunity to witness and learn how other clubs conduct their meetings. | Uday Bhoopalam 631-921-2447 631-921-2447 |
August 19th 2021 | Merck Achievers Toastmasters Club Alasdair King Marlon Harding Chee Kim | We were warmly welcomed to the meeting of the Gateway 2 Toastmasters club. Alasdair King took the opportunity to give an ice breaker speech, starting a new Pathway, whilst Marlon acted as an evaluator for one of the club speakers and Chee took the role of grammarian. We enjoyed seeing different approaches to our own club and will be taking away a number of learnings. We received light hearted ribbing about stealing their gavel, especially during the Table Topics, but they did such a good job of showing how much fun it is to have guests that it is impossible to rescind our request to take it on. We listened to a speech from one of the club members on holding a mirror to oneself, providing a valuable lesson in how to approach each day positively. For the table topics we heard about the rights and wrongs of theft, about children taking each others toys, and how it feels to have something taken from you. | Alasdair King 973-307-6133 973-307-6133 |
July 13th 2021 | Gateway 2 Club Ansley Lamar Gunther Carerro Fran McClain | Gateway 2 visited BD speaks for a fun and eventful meeting. It was great to experience a different club's methods....and all had a fun time. Gateway 2 has already been warned that the gavel will not reside with us too long. Ut-oh! | Sue Matula 732-887-2608 732-887-2608 |
February 19th 2021 | BD Speaks Club Michelle Martin Timothy Buirkle Susan Jankiewicz | Four BD Speaks members attended the Frontline Speakers club meeting. The topic was "Let it Snow". It was a very organized meeting that had excellent time management. The meeting was infused with humor and had a role called the "Listener." This person's role helped participants be in the moment, as he asked questions based on things that were said during the meeting. Attending and participating in this meeting was a great experience! | Michelle Martin-Looper 917-853-6432 |
January 25th 2021 | Frontline Speakers Peggy Seymour Su Brooks Kyle Krom | Five members of Frontline Speakers attended the Park workshop Monday evening 25 Jan 21. All five of us held roles in the workshop (general evaluator, table topics master, ah-counter, speech evaluator, and evaluate the evaluator). Park was very welcoming and the workshop was a lot of fun! We look forward to another club visiting us soon to "steal" the gavel from us. | Ron Burkey 509-942-4502 509-942-4502 |
November 19th 2020 | Park Toastmasters Club Maxine Cohen Sivaleperi Ramakrishnan Nat Troyer | Park Toastmasters (PTM) sent Maxine (GE and TT spkr), Sivaleperi (Ramki - evaluator #1, TT spkr) and Nat (Invocator and TT spkr) to join FLTM club's 11/19/20 meeting. There were 19 attendees at this meeting. Theme was Apollo 12 (moon landing) which was a fun theme. We hope to hold gavel for 1 month before captured again. | Maxine Cohen 845-357-6517 845-661-8234 |
November 19th 2020 | Park Toastmasters Club Sivaleperi (Ramki) Ramakrishnan Nat Troyer Maxine Cohen | 3 PTM members participated in 11/19/2020 FLTM club meeting to capture the virtual traveling gavel. Nat was invocator and TT speaker, Ramki was evaluator and TT speaker, Maxine was General Evaluator and TT speaker and everyone at the meeting had a lot of fun! There were 19 attendees at this Zoom meeting which was a great turnout. | Maxine Cohen 845-357-6517 845-661-8234 |
January 23rd 2020 | Fair Lawn Toastmasters Stacy Kaplan Heather Adams Laura Zagoria | We did it!!! We officially "stole" the traveling gavel! What a fun time it was! Big thank you to our members Laura Zagoria, Stacy Kaplan Heather Adams, Shital Shah for capturing the travel gavel. Special thanks to Jenna, Stacy’ s dog for participating in tug of war. | Anupama Kinatukara 973-477-5923 973-477-5923 |
November 14th 2019 | Speak and Lead Toastmasters Club Robin Gold Jayne Strickland Christian Sarchi | Three of our ambassadors brought the Travelling Gavel to our Speak And Lead club after a great battle! They enjoyed the warm welcoming of Gateway club and gladly participate in their meeting. GOOD JOB! | Maria Ramos |
October 10th 2018 | Gateway 2 Club Suzanne Matula Poonam Gupta Rich Modes | We were warmly welcomed by the Wayne Toastmasters group. Such a friendly bunch! Our team was happy to participate in their club meeting and end our experience with a small token of their appreciation - the traveling gavel! What an honor!!!! | Suzanne Matula 973-430-5367 732-887-2608 |
June 11th 2018 | Wayne Toastmasters Karen Rittweger Laura Graziano Antonio Biancardi | On June 11th, four members of Wayne Toastmasters travelled to the beautiful campus of UPS in Mahwah to capture the gavel from SpeakUPS, who has held it since November. Matt Taylor from UPS and Antonio Biancardi from Wayne were the speakers, evaluated by Wayne’s Karen and UPS’ Yelena. Laura Graziano of Wayne ran a lively Table Topics session, with participation from both clubs (UPS- Patty, Rachel, Oswald, and Wayne- Paula, Antonio). Rivka and Ewa from UPS were Timer and Ah-Counter. | Paula Evans 973-696-7720 |
October 3rd 2017 | Northern Stars Advanced Aida Murphy Bill Hood June Kellogg | Northern Stars led the evaluation team at a fun-packed meeting at Red Bank! | Aida Murphy 732-614-0472 732-614-0472 |
June 8th 2017 | Old Bridge Toastmasters Mary Williams Frank Gatto Karl Tremml | A team of Old Bridge Toastmasters came to capture the gavel from Talk of Monmouth during their June meeting. Mary Williams served as a speech evaluator, Karl Tremml provided a round of quote based Table Topics, and Frank Gatto demonstrated the "listener" role from Old Bridge. Thanks to our hosts at Talk of Monmouth! | Frank Gatto |
May 23rd 2017 | Talk of Monmouth John Connors Bill Atkins Neerja Purang | The Traveling Gavel is currently at Talk of Monmouth Advanced Club. Club. Captured on May 22nd 2017.
Here are the rules if you would like to capture the gavel for your club.
1. Contact the host club. Current contact is Rebecca Marzec E-Mail: | Rebecca Marzec 732-693-4384 732-693-4384 |
April 18th 2017 | AT&T Middletown Club Aida El-Toumi Murphy Paul Ireifej Annie O'Rourke | A crew of six AT&T Middletown Toastmasters captured the gavel from iCIMs during their one-hour lunchtime meeting. The Word of the Day was “sieze.†Aida Murphy led the team and served as the Grammarian, Paul Ireifej gave a humorous speech, and Annie O’Rourke evaluated an iCIMS speaker. Alexander Matos jumped in as Ah Counter, and Frank Schuck and Jessica Huang were back-ups. We thank our host, Eileen Kern, and the iCIMS Toastmasters for a great joint meeting! Come visit us at AT&T Middletown, home (for now) of the District 83 Traveling Gavel! | Aida Murphy 732-614-0472 732-614-0472 |
October 19th 2016 | Old Bridge Toastmasters Gail Thompson Karl Tremml Frank Gatto | Gail Thompson, Karl Tremml and Frank Gatto went to the Picatinny Aresenal Wednesday October 19th to take back the Traveling Gavel which they’ve had for some time. The Picatinny Club is a lunchtime club that meets for about an hour and fifteen minutes. Frank Gatto was the Grammarian and Ah/Um counter. Gail was an evaluator and Karl was the Table Topics Master. There were 2 speakers for the meeting. The traveling gavel is now in possession of the Old Bridge Toastmasters. | Frank Gatto |
February 9th 2016 | Picatinny Club Karen Jordan Irene Chan Terri Spinella | We attended the Parsippany Toastmasters Club meeting on February 9 and really enjoyed it. We all participated in the meeting. Karen Jordan gave a speech, Irene Chan answered a Table Topics question and was the ER/AH counter and Terri Spinella was the General Evaluator. A great time was had by all and we learned a few new ideas on timing the speeches. Thank you, Parsippany! | Karen Jordan (973) 724-1404 (973) 724-6572 |
December 10th 2015 | Parsippany Toastmasters Club Francene French Ravi Perera Bala Samuga | Parsippany Toastmasters had a very good time, being part of Carpe Diem Toastmasters meeting. All three Speeches were well delivered. Table topic was appropriate for the end of the year. The meeting was organized and the room was full. | Uday Bhoopalam (631) 921-2447 |
September 8th 2015 | Northern Stars Advanced Susan Chrusciel Susan Brooks Eric DeVincenzo | Successful joint meeting with Dialogue Party! Susan Chrusciel served as a speaker, Su Brooks was general evaluator, Eric DeVincenzo was a speech evaluator and Sherri Rase participated in Table topics! | Pamela Winter (908) 559-3475 |
May 14th 2015 | First of Sussex Toastmasters Carol Moore Bob Panzer Phil Sweet | Carol Moore, VP of Education (570) 828-7479 | |
April 1st 2015 | Open Door Club Irene Card, DTM Arnold Card, DTM Karen Lambert, CC | Picatinny Arsenal had a great meeting and we had a wonderful, fun time capturing the gavel. | Irene Card, president (973) 838-6153 (973) 943-7188 |
December 11th 2014 | Picatinny Club Wanda Dunn Irene Chan Carla Holusha | Wanda gave a very good speech entitled Keep Breathing; it was well received by all. Carla was timer and Irene was a speech evaluator. The president and Toastmaster of the day, Uday, kept the meeting lively and shared Christmas treats with all. | Karen F. Jordan |
October 1st 2014 | Oracle NJ Speaks Michael Meiner Bert Kaminski John Reilly | The Oracle NJ Speaks Club visited with the Speakers Corner Toastmasters in Bridgewater. Michael gave one of the speeches, Bert was the Table Topics Master and John was the General Evaluator. 5 additional members of the Oracle NJ Speaks came as guests and Natalie Leykin and Clayton Randall participate in the Table Topics. | John Reilly (908) 547-6221 (908) 930-6619 |
May 8th 2014 | Hillsborough Toastmasters Club Pam Winter Anna Cunningham Gary Tully | We had a great time at this very organized and fun filled meeting. Gary T | Gary Tully |
April 16th 2014 | Midtown Toastmasters Club Narayanan Doraswamy Siva Ramachandran Pamela Winter | Erika Karp (908) 337-6946 | |
March 8th 2014 | Northern Stars Advanced Brian R. Cort Brian Lin Angelica Hardrick | Fairleigh Early Birds is a wonderful club and their March 8 2014 meeting was superb! The theme was 'Fear' but three fearless members of Northern Stars, accompanied by Jorge Aguilar of Cosmopolitan ventured forth and captured the gavel today! What a great club, and what a great meeting Fairleigh Early Birds had! Visit them on Saturday mornings in Rutherford, and visit Northern Stars on odd Wednesday evenings in Basking Ridge! | Brian Cort (908) 582-0530 (973) 309-6536 |
January 9th 2014 | Fairleigh Early Birds Toastmasters Club Ayman Elbatanony Tyrone Johnson Rita Reisman | Tyrone Johnson (201) 779-2778 (732) 325-8967 | |
December 4th 2013 | Speak and Lead Toastmasters Club Javier Antela, Edward Goldblatt Phyllis Goldblatt, Tyrone Johnson Julie Lee, Ashley Wilson | On December 4th, six members of Speak & Lead Toastmasters visited Brunswick Advanced Club to capture the gavel. All six Speak & Lead members took meeting roles including Ah Counter, Evaluators, Listener, and Table Topics Speakers. It was great fun! | Rita Reisman |
September 30th 2013 | Richmond County Toastmasters Club Mike Lenza Ann Lautner John Weibel | This was an enjoyable meeting with a full agenda of seven very interesting speeches. | Fran Okeson (718) 984-1339 |
July 10th 2013 | New Heights Toastmasters Carmin Duarte Oomadai Rampersaud Darnelle L Richardson | Members from New Heights Toastmasters spent a lovely afternoon with fellow Toastmasters at New Jersey City University (NJCU) Toastmasters Club. We were honored to occupy the meeting room filled with energetic speakers -- "World Class Toastmasters" -- who represented the student body, faculty and staff. The meeting was run professionally and held within the time specified. Thanks, NJCU Toastmasters, for allowing us to capture the Traveling Gavel - Fantastic! | Carmin Duarte (201) 920-2585 (201) 463-6914 |
February 13th 2013 | Hunterdon Speak Easy Club Christopher Martinson Michael Rutkowski Eva Lesniak | Hunterdon Speak Easy would like to thank the Old Bridge Toastmasters for their very warm welcome and gracious hospitality. | Christopher Martinson president-728513@toastmastersclubs.o |
November 29th 2012 | Old Bridge Toastmasters Ravi Anand Jonathan Klausner Sergio Livingston | Special Shout Out and recognition to Ravi for allowing us to carpool in his ride and make the 50 mile journey to visit Open Door Toastmasters (Denville, NJ). | Sergio Livingston/ Mary Williams (612) 685-4887 (732) 259-4468 |
October 4th 2012 | Open Door Club Arnold J. Card Irene Card Glen Derner | We received a very warm welcome from Hackettstown Toastmasters. they had a great meeting! As always. Arnold was an evaluator, Glen a timer and Irene gave a speech. Capturing the gavel was a lot of fun. | Arnold J. Card (973) 838-6153 |
September 5th 2012 | Warren County Toastmasters Dennis Quirk Emmelina Stanescu Christine Bodon-Daly | What a wonderful meeting, greeted by Judy Valencia and Rob Peterson. They had three prepared speeches which were very diverse in topic. A meeting room with every chair filled + extra, and wall-to-wall chocolate! Also surrounded by warm smiles and words of encouragement. We all felt very welcome, had a few laughs and alot of fun! | Dennis Quirk (908) 979-1237 (201) 787-5365 |
October 6th 2011 | Park Avenue Karen Seeman Jeannie Zolotor Martin Klepach | President Tina described that it was the 1 year anniversary for Toasting on the Farm. They had a delicious cake to commemorate the occasion. The travelling gavel was prominently displayed. Theresa Yarosh was Toastmaster. She controlled the meeting and made sure the meeting ran smoothly. There were two speakers: one concentrating on CC#6 "Today is Your Special Day".. Superbly she described all of the many special personal and historical things have happened on this day and throughout history. It was an enjoyable and happy presentation. | Karen Seeman (201) 247-0556 (201) 541-1799 |
March 2nd 2011 | TM of Westfield Club Bob McCabe Anne Baker Robin Patric, Victor Prasad | Robin Patric (908) 823-9001 | |
January 24th 2011 | Northern Stars Advanced Brian Cort Keri Oleniach Bill Hood | Four Members of Northern Stars attended the 1/24 Hunterdon Speak Easy meeting, including Pam Winter who is a member of both clubs. It was a night for guests to shine - in addition to Northern Stars there were at least SIX other guests at the meeting! The meeting was smoothly run and lots of fun, and the guests were all enthusiastic about a return visit. | Brian Cort (973) 543-4607 (973) 309-6536 |
January 24th 2011 | Northern Stars Advanced Brian Cort Keri Oleniach Bill Hood | Four Members of Northern Stars attended the 1/24 Hunterdon Speak Easy meeting, including Pam Winter who is a member of both clubs. It was a night for guests to shine - in addition to Northern Stars there were at least SIX other guests at the meeting! The meeting was smoothly run and lots of fun, and the guests were all enthusiastic about a return visit. | Brian Cort (973) 543-4607 (973) 309-6536 |
October 13th 2010 | Hunterdon Speak Easy Club Cyndi Wilson Mary Ott Karen Leff | Mary Ott (908) 255-2411 (908) 255-2411 | |
June 1st 2010 | Northern Stars Advanced Brian Lin Tom Somers Paul Scharf | Steven Lord (862) 432-8065 | |
May 22nd 2010 | Jim Friend Toastmasters Jim Samuel Tom Friend Connie Yu | Jim Samuel (908) 316-3957 | |
April 27th 2010 | Storytelling Club Alex Nazario Nick DeMonte John Stribling | Alex Nazario (973) 581-1933 (973) 452-4921 | |
January 26th 2010 | Murray Hill Speakers Club Andrew Smith, Esq. Amanda Salvarani David LaBruno | After holding the gavel for less than 6 days, Cosmopolitan Toastmasters was raided by three members of their sibling club, Murray Hill Speakers at Alcatel-Lucent in Murray Hill, NJ. Amanda Salvarani gave an excellent evaluation of Speaker #1, and MHSC President Andrew Smith addressed the meeting with a message of friendship and camaraderie. The fourth member of MHSC at the meeting was Brian Cort, who is also a member of Cosmopolitan, so he was both raider and raidee. Brian gave Evaluation #2. | Andrew Smith, DTM, President |
January 20th 2010 | Cosmopolitan Toastmasters Club Brian Cort & Jorge Aguilar Tom & Olga Hance Roopa Rudrapatna | FIVE Members of Cosmopolitan Toastmasters, plus one Junior member Andre Hance, Age 8, raided the Northern Stars meeting on Wednesday January 20 and made off with the Gavel, despite menacing words from Steve Lord, Northern Stars' President and noted authority on Alien Abduction. The Toastmaster was Brian Cort, who being a member of both Cosmopolitan and Northern Stars, was in the unusual position of being both Raider and Raidee. Jorge Aguilar gave the invocation, Olga Hance served as Timer, Tom Hance as Grammarian, and Roopa Rudrapatna gave the Joke of the Day, Word of the Day, and served as evaluator #2B - Content. | Sophia Tsai, President (908) 582-5235 (973) 714-8235 |
December 15th 2009 | Northern Stars Advanced Steve Lord Paul Scharf Fran Mann & Brian Cort | Four members of Northern Stars attended a superbly run meeting of NYLIM Toastmasters and successfully made off with the Traveling Gavel on Tuesday, December 15. Fran Mann and Steve Lord both served as speech evaluators, Paul Scharf served as timer, and Brian Cort gave a speech on the virtues of membership in an Advanced Club such as Northern Stars (which meets the 1st, 3rd (and 5th) Wednesday of every month at UPS, 435 South Street in Morristown (note - no meeting 12/16 due to officer training at Verizon, and the 12/30 meeting will be at George & Martha's Restaurant on Morris Avenue in Morristown) | Steve Lord |
July 14th 2009 | Warren County Toastmasters Bill Watras Jim Birnbaum Steve Lord | The District 83 Traveling Gavel may be 6 inches longer than it was just the other day. At the conclusion of the NYLIM Toastmasters meeting on July 14th a kerfuffle broke out and the Meandering Mallet was subjected to a tug-o-war. Stalwart NYLIM members refused to yield and marauding Hackettstown Toastmasters became physical. Tempers had flared earlier when Hackettstown VP-E Jim Birnbaum, serving as Topicmaster of the NYLIM meeting, called NYLIM President Don Osmanski a milksop for going 59 seconds on a Table Topic. Later, Hackettstown President Bill Watras, serving as Ah-Counter, cited NYLIM member John Peterson for 137 ahs and the benches cleared. Caught in the middle of the Great Gavel Grab was Lois Steward, Immediate past President of the Hackettstown club AND current VP-Education of the NYLIM club. In the melee Steward was "hammered" senseless and trampled to death underfoot. NYLIM Toastmasters is accepting applications for VP-Education. | Jim Birnbaum (973) 691-3844 (908) 850-5616 |
Hillsborough Toastmasters Club Bikash Bista | Bikash Bista |