Area 71

On Friday November 6, 2009 London Speak Easy toastmasters club had a very unusual meeting. This club that normally meets at 7:15 am every Tuesday morning decided to get together for an evening meeting. It wasn’t just any old meeting either.

This meeting was a celebration of 20 years of success as a club. Everything in the meeting emphasized the success this club has achieved over the years by presenting a time line of speakers taking the audience through from modern day with the presentation of an Ice breaker speech to the action spark that ignited the original decision to form a club with four wonderful speakers who were there during those times and in many cases still are members today.

Nice food and supportive speeches were present in the room. What I enjoyed the most was the genuine joy that was shared by all club members as they celebrated this wonderful milestone in club history.

This post comes from Division S event organizer and Area 74 Governor Fraser Parry.

Division S Competitions will be held in Room B206 in the Main Campus Building of Lambton College, Friday, October 23rd.

Participants and contestants can ignore the signage regarding parking. That evening they can park in any lot irrespective of its designation. There will no fee for parking that evening.

A cost-recovery stipend of seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) will be collected at the door. Snacks and beverages will be supplied at no additional cost.

Volunteers, judges and contestants should be in the room by 6:30 p.m. for briefing. The competition will start at 7:00 p.m. sharp!

The Contest Chairperson is Barb Paul. She is diligently seeking volunteers. If your members are already attending and would be willing to help out, please contact Barb Paul directly at bpaul5@cogeco.ca

DRIVING INSTRUCTIONS:

Exit from Highway 402 at Exit 6 (Highway 40 Southbound.)

Landmark – While travelling south on Highway 40 you will see the UWO Research Park under construction on your left and Lambton College will be visible on your right.

Turn right at the first Stop light (Wellington Street). Travel west approximately 200 metres.

The main entrance into the College will be on your right.
As you access the entrance into the College grounds turn left at the first fork.

Park in the lot of your choosing and as close as you wish to be to the main entrance to the school. However, please respect the handicapped sections for those entitled to its use.

Directions to the room will be well marked from inside the main entrance.

Special reminder:

Originally, the membership was advised that this event would be held in the north campus building. The venue has been changed from the original notification.

The contests will take place in Room B206 in the Main Campus building.

I believe that our Area 71 contests were a smashing success!

29 people attended the contests. We had four competitors in each contest. Tons of donated food and drinks were available as well.

Table Topics Contest:

Chairperson was Mark Phipps from London Western chairing his first Area Contest
Chief Judge was Janet Henry from London Western

Competitors included:

Blake Fleischacker from Campus Communicators
Dale Constable from Dynamically Speaking
Jim Foster from London Western
Sandra Billson from Clinton Communicators

Blake Fleischacker was the first place winner. Jim Foster came in second. Both will be representing Area 71 at the Division S contest this Friday in Sarnia.

Humorous Speech Contest:

Chairperson was Colby Ohlhausen from Campus Communicators chairing her first Area Contest.
Chief Judge was Megan Popovic from Campus Communicators

Competitors included:

Dale Constable from Dynamically Speaking
Jimmy Chien from Campus Communicators
Rick Storie from London Western
Sandra Billson from Clinton Communicators

Rick Storie was the first place winner. Jimmy Chien came in second. Both will be representing Area 71 at the Division S contest this Friday in Sarnia.

Overall

Dignitaries included District 86 Public Relations Officer Karen Reese, Division S Governor Rick Moore, Area 74 Governor Fraser Parry and Area 73 Governor Danny Morrison. Numerous past district, division and area officers were also in attendance. We also had the 1978 – 1979 District 60 Toastmaster of the Year, two time World Championship of Public Speaking participant, Doug McCarthy visiting the contests.

The Clinton newspaper covered both contests. Hopefully the story they write will be positive and syndicated to Blythe, Exeter, Goderich and Seaforth providing the current club membership campaign with a strong assist in attracting future members.

Thank-you to all who assisted at the contest. Your help was greatly appreciated!

Please congratulate all of the participants, the contest winners, the chief judges and the extremely effective contest chairpersons the next time you see them!

~Jamie N
Governor, Area 71

The area contests are coming up fast. They will be held on Saturday October 17th in Clinton, Ontario at 100 Don Street. Admission is FREE!

Further details can be found here.

We are hoping to attract Toastmasters from all Area 71 clubs plus non-Toastmaster visitors from the Clinton area.

In order to have a good set of contests we need your help as well.

We need

• The names of your club competitors. For those clubs who did not have contests you are allowed to appoint a competitor for each contest. If the appointee is unaware of what contests are like they are welcome to contact me and I will walk through what a contest entails in advance.

• A judge from each club in the area. This makes sure that all clubs are represented

• People to be our counters and timers.

Please send the names of the competitors and role volunteers to jnoble@area71.org. I need this information immediately in order to verify contestant eligibility with Toastmasters International.

Mark P from London Western is chairing the Table Topics contest. His chief judge will be Janet H from London Western

Colby O from Campus Communicators is chairing the Humorous Speech contest. Megan P from Campus Communicators will be the Chief Judge

I am looking forward to seeing you all at a very enjoyable Area 71 contest.

~Jamie N
Governor, Area 71