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		THE MISSION OF TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL
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		(From Toastmasters International Speech Manual)
	Toastmasters International is the leading movement devoted to
making effective oral communication a worldwide reality.
	Through its member clubs, Toastmasters Interantional helps men
and women learn the arts of speaking, listening and thinking --- vital
skills that promote self-actualization, enhance leadership potential,
foster human understanding and contribute to the betterment of
mankind.
	There are about 180,000 members in 8,000 clubs worldwide.	

		DESCRIPTION OF A TYPICAL TOASTMASTERS MEETING 
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			(Different clubs varied slightly)

1)	President of the local Toastmasters International chapter opens the 
	meeting.
2)	The president will name a topic (e.g. your favorite car) and ask
	each person who attends the meeting to introduce him/herself and 
	to speak on that topic for 15 to 30 seconds.
3)	The president will introduce the Toastmaster of that particular 
	meeting.  Each week a different Toastmaster will serve as the 
	host of the meeting by introducing different speakers and 
	functionaries.
4)	The Toastmaster will introduce several person with various 
	functionaries as follow :
	a) Speakers --- Individuals who are going to give prepared speeches
	b) Evaluators --- People who make immediate feedback on the
			  prepared speeches
	c) Table Topic Master --- Host of the table topic function
				  (explain below)
	d) General Evaluator --- A person who gives comments on the meeting
				 as a whole at the end of the meeting
	e) Timer --- S/he times the length of each prepared speeches,
		     evaluations, and table topics
	f) Ah Counter --- An individual who keeps track of how many Ah's,
			  Mmm's, "You Know's", etc., each person made
			  while they are speaking
	g) Grammarian --- A person who writes down any grammatical error
			  each person made while they are speaking
5)	2 to 3 person each will give a prepared speech of about 5 to 7 minutes
	in length.  These speeches are prepared ahead of time by the
	speakers.  Some of the speeches are given from Toastmasters 
	Speech Manual, which are designed to help individuals in learning
	speech delivery techniques. 
6)	Table Topics --- A portion of the meeting when the Table Topics
	Master ask a question (e.g. what do you think of Cal Basketball?
	What do you think of Clinton's Health Plan? etc.) and audience
	volunteered by giving an impromptu speech of 1 to 2 minutes in
	length on that topic.
7)	Toastmaster will introduce the General Evaluator of the meeting.
8)	The General Evaluator will introduce each individual prepared
	speech evaluators, who will give a 2 to 3 minute evaluation
	on the strengths and weaknesses of the prepared speeches.
9)	The General Evaluator will give some overall comments on the
	meeting as a whole.
10)	Functionaries will be assigned for the next coming week.

The entire meeting last for about one hour.