President’s Message

I encourage you to not only

sign up for speeches but to

also work out of your

Competent Leadersh ip

Manual. Some of you may

have already fulfilled some of

the requirements and could

get credit. Please take a look

and contact Andrea Kishne or

myself to initial.

Many thanks to all of you for

making this club the best in

the Bryan/College Station

Area and one of the best I'm

sure in Texas. I look forward

to seeing what will develop in

the future and what we can

accomplish as a team. ,, ,,

What’s on

“All the great speakers

were bad speakers at

first”.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

District 56 - Club 1167978

Follow us on

http:professionalspeakers bcs.toastmastersclubs.org/

Meetings are held at Four Points by

Sheraton , South Texas Ave, College

Station . Every 1st and 3rd Tuesdays .

District 56 Spring Conference

Friday and Saturday, May

22nd and 23rd, 2015

Area L-40 Speech Contest

Saturday, April 18, 2015 9:30 AM to 12:00 Peace Lutheran Church

Club Open House

Saturday, May l 30, 2015 Four Points by Sheraton

International Toastmasters

Convention

August 12-15, 2015

at Las Vegas.

Jason Lorimer

First and foremost, let me say

that it is an honor to serve as

the Professional Speakers

BCS President. I have a great

group of Officers working with

me and an excellent Team

Coach, Tony Geishauser. We

have made some exciting

changes and look forward to

becoming a Distinguished

Club during the new fiscal

year.

Our new club banner is a

welcome addition and really

gives our group the profes-

sional image that you all de-

serve. Thanks to Tony for his

warm contribution and lead-

ership.

Andrea Kishne has worked

tirelessly as our Vice

President and her efforts

should also not go unrecog-

nized. Andrea, thank you for

all that you do for our team.

I am confident that we will

continue to grow as

individuals and as a club this

year. We have seen many

new faces lately and that is

sensational. Membership has

been a concern this past year

and it is good to see it take a

turn in the right direction.

Abdullah, I think you have

been instrumental in helping

us accomplish this. Excellent

work.

Message from the Area Governor As we get ready to begin the

2nd quarter of 2015, I want to

encourage you to utilize all the

tools you have available as a

member of the Professional

Speakers BCS Toastmasters

Club.

As Governor for Area L-40, my

priority is to provide support to

your club, the officers and you

as a member. With that in

mind, I would like to invite you

to continue striving for

personal growth in developing

your communication and

leadership skills, also to re-

mind you of what you can ex-

pect to obtain out of your

membership and active club

participation.

As a guide and reminder to all

of us in our efforts to create a

better Toastmasters Club

experience for every member

and our guests, I’ve taken the

liberty of underlining the key

words in the Toastmaster’s

Promise that have proven ef-

fective for all successful clubs.

I look forward to visiting with

you during my next visit to the

P r o f e ss i o n a l S p e a k e r s

BCS Club.

A Toastmaster’s Promise As a member of Toastmasters

International and my club, I

promise:

To attend club meetings

regularly

To prepare for all my

speech and leadership

projects to the best of my

ability, basing them on

projects in the Competent

Communication,

Advance Communication

or Competent Leadership

manuals.

To prepare for and fulfill

meeting assignments.

To provide fellow

members with helpful,

constructive evaluations.

To help the club maintain

the positive, friendly

environment necessary

for all members to learn

and grow.

To treat my fellow club

members and out guests

with respect and courtesy.

Al Flores, ACB, CL.

To bring guests to club

meetings so they can see

the benefits of the

T o a s t m a s t e r s c l u b

membership.

To adhere to the guide-

lines and rules for all

Toastmasters

educational and

recognition programs.

To maintain honest and

highly ethical standards

during the conduct of all

Toastmasters activities.

He later worked for Texas

Instruments as the Media

Relations and Advertising

Manager for the company’s

large defense systems group.

“What I like the most about

Toastmasters,” Tony says, “ is

to see the growing confidence

people get as they start giving

speeches out of their initial

manual of ten speeches.” He

adds, “Toastmasters is a won-

derful organization in which

everyone wants everyone else

to do well. There is a great

support system to help every-

one grow as speakers, lead-

ers and as people . ”

Concerning Toastmaster

courtesies and customs, he

says, “Following the Toast-

masters rules makes our

group look as professional as

they can be. A Toastmaster

who learns properly can go

anywhere in the world and be

confident that he or she will

fit in.”

Concerning leadership, Tony

says, “Someone once said

‘when you become a leader,

it’s no longer about you. It’s

about the team”. That’s what

all Toastmaster leaders learn.

To be a pro act like a pro.

Toastmasters follow rules of

order in their meetings to look

and act professional.

The leader is the person in

the front and center of the

meeting room who is address-

ing his/her fellow Toastmas-

ters. He/she will call up the

next speaker who then turns

into the leader until he/she is

relieved by the next speaker.

The leader never leaves his or

her post to transfer leader-

ship to the next speaker. The

next speaker walks to the

center front, shakes hands

with the leader and takes his/

her place.

There is almost always

applauding of encouragement

whenever the next leader/

speaker is called to take over

the meeting. Whenever the

new leader takes charge, he

or she acknowledges the

person who called him/her to

the leadership by saying,

“Mr./Madam Toastmaster.”

Then others in the audience

are also recognized, by saying

“My fellow Toastmasters and

welcome guests.”

Club Coach Profile:

Tony Geishauser

Message from the Club Coach

Tony Geishauser, from

Portland, Maine and the oldest

of seven siblings has been a

member of Toastmasters for

ten years. He is closing in on

Toastmasters highest award—

Distinguished Toastmaster

(DTM). Tony is a retired Army

major and Master Army Avia-

tor. He was a combat heli-

copter pilot in Vietnam and an

instructor pilot at the Army’s

advanced helicopter training

center at Fort Rucker, Alabama

during his 20-year tour of ac-

tive duty. He was also a public

information officer in Europe

and at Fort Hood in his last as-

signment.

Members at Professional

Speakers BCS love to

c o n n e c t . T h e y t o o k

advantage of the “Talk Up

Toastmasters” membership

program. The club officers

made efforts, added two rein-

stated members and three

new members to the club

during the period of February

1st to March 31st.

Thanks to the club coach

Tony Geishauser and the club

officers for the constant

efforts and encouragement in

making this feat feasible.

Toastmasters International

has membership building

programs for the clubs.

“Smedley Award” from

August 1 to September 30.

Award named in honor of

Ralph Smedley, founder of

Toastmasters International.

“Talk Up Toastmasters”

award from February 1 to

March 31. “Beat the Clock”

award from May 1 to June

20. The clubs are awarded

when 5 new, dual or reinstat-

ed members are added dur-

ing the above mentioned

program dates.

“Talk Up Toastmasters” The following members were

added during the program

dates to make our club eligi-

ble for Talk Up Toastmasters

award. From left to right,

Jerrie Comstock, Olayiwola O.

Olutola, Swades Chaudhuri,

Geun-Hyung Kim and Thomas

Mathew. Jerrie and Olayiwola

were added as reinstated

members while the others are

new to the club. The club will

receive a Talk Up Toastmas-

ters ribbon to display on the

club’s banner.

Club ‘Starts’ to ‘Stats’ DISTINGUISHED

The Professional speakers

BCS Toastmasters club was

chartered in the year 2008

with 21 members. The

members included two

Distinguished Toastmasters

(DTM) and three advanced

communicators (ACS).

The club has been consistent

in being active over the last

seven years even though we

do not have one founding

member with us in the club

today.

Among the various accom-

plishments, the club has

received “Beat the clock”

award during the period 2008

-2009. “Talk up Toastmas-

ters” award during the period

2011 to 2012.

In the period 2008 – 2009

the club achieved the

Select Distinguished Club

status - the club met the

membership prerequisite

and achieved seven or eight

of the 10 goals.

The club now has 19

members on the club roster

with over 8 members added

since August 2014.

The toastmasters calendar

runs from September

through August. The club has

three more months out to

achieve more and more

milestones. The club has

been moving in the right

direction.

The club has already achieved the

Distinguished status for this

toastmaster calendar year. The

following is the list of the present

club officers.

Club President James J. Lorimer

Club VP Education Andrea S. Kishné, CC, CL

Club VP Member-ship

Brenda Grays

Club VP PR Abdullah Ab-dul Kader, CC

Club Secretary Bruce G. Millman

Club Treasurer Lauren Michelle Briggs

Club Coach - Tony Geishauser

Editor’s note The Distinguished

league

En route to Select Distinguished status.

“In winter, I plot and plan.

In spring I move”.—Henry

Rollins

Members at our club have

made strong plans and

acted on it.

Congratulations to you in

making the club a

Distinguished club. Now,

lets start moving towards

making it a Select

Distinguished club. It is

still on the same road, few

miles ahead. We have a

great team, support

system and absolute po-

tential. Let’s not let the

talent lie latent. Let’s

make history.

Compiling this newsletter

was a wonderful learning

opportunity. Hope you

enjoyed it.

Abdullah Abdul Kader

Welcome addition to the club.

Courtesy of Club Coach - Tony Geishauser,

who sponsored the banner for our club.