
Cypress Communicators Toastmasters Club 6245 Word of the day: gumption • \‘guhm(p)-shuhn\ • noun: fortitude and determination. Example: Barney lacked the gumption to stand up for his beliefs.
THE SIX O’CLOCK MUSE
Time:6:30PM Wednesday, December 2nd
Location:Focus Diagnostics

Cypress Communicators Toastmasters Club 6245 Norm and other participants in the Founder's District Speech Evaluation Contest in Fullerton, California, November 14, 2009. Unfortunately, Norm went over the time limit and was disqualified. Better luck next time!

Cypress Communicators Toastmasters Club 6245 Word of the day: skosh • \SKOHSH\ • noun: a small amount: bit, smidgen. Example: The barista sprinkled a skosh of fresh ginger onto the milky surface of the latte.
MICKEY MOUSE BIRTHDAY PARTY
Time:6:30PM Wednesday, November 18th
Location:Focus Diagnostics

Cypress Communicators Toastmasters Club 6245 Word of the day: frenemy • \FREH-nuh-mee\ • noun: an enemy disguised as a friend. Example: Ashley and I are frenemies; sometimes I just can't stand her.
ARMISTICE DAY
Time:6:30PM Wednesday, November 11th
Location:Focus Diagnostics

Cypress Communicators Toastmasters Club 6245 Word of the day: cyberpunk • \SY-ber-punk\ • noun: science fiction dealing with future urban societies dominated by computer technology. Example: Cyberpunk—with its androids and cyborgs, and human-electronic networks—almost turns reading into a computer game.
I AM NOT A NUMBER
Time:6:30PM Wednesday, November 4th
Location:Focus Diagnostics

Cypress Communicators Toastmasters Club 6245 Word of the day: dag nabbit • interjection: a thing to say when frustrated or mad. Example: Dag nabbit, I dropped my pencil.
NATIONAL CHOCOLATE DAY
Time:6:30PM Wednesday, October 28th
Location:Focus Diagnostics

Cypress Communicators Toastmasters Club 6245 Word of the day: schlep • \shlep\ • verb: to carry clumsily or with difficulty; lug. Example: Can you schlep this bag of potatoes upstairs?
BABBLING DAY
Time:6:30PM Wednesday, October 21st
Location:Focus Diagnostics

Cypress Communicators Toastmasters Club 6245 Word of the day: pundit • \pun’-dit\ • noun: a person who has or professes to have great learning; actual or self-professed authority. Example: Quite apart from being extremely knowledgeable, he’s by far the most entertaining pundit on TV.
NATIONAL DESSERT DAY
Time:6:30PM Wednesday, October 14th
Location:Focus Diagnostics

Cypress Communicators Toastmasters Club 6245
Angie - 1st place Humorous Speech;
Norm - 1st place Speech Evaluation

Cypress Communicators Toastmasters Club 6245 Word of the day: stilted • \stil’-tid\ • adjective: stiffly or artificially formal; stiff. Example: Lauren knew no other way to express her genuine feelings than the stilted language of The Family Herald.
IN RAINBOWS
Time:6:30PM Wednesday, October 7th
Location:Focus Diagnostics

Cypress Communicators Toastmasters Club 6245 Club members from the 5 Toastmasters clubs in Cypress got together to vie for the Humorous Speech and Speech Evaluation contests. Robert won the Humorous contest and Norm won the Evaluation contest.

Cypress Communicators Toastmasters Club 6245 Congratulations to Robert for winning first place in the Area E-4 Humorous Speech Contest and Norm for winning the Speech Evaluation Contest! Next week the winners of all the area contests will compete at the Division E contest.
RECENT ACTIVITY

Cypress Communicators Toastmasters Club 6245 discussed October 7 – In Rainbows on the Cypress Communicators Toastmasters Club 6245 discussion board.

Cypress Communicators Toastmasters Club 6245 discussed September 30 – Michael Moore: A Serious Man on the Cypress Communicators Toastmasters Club 6245 discussion board.

Cypress Communicators Toastmasters Club 6245 wrote on Area E-4 Contest's Wall.























