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The Traveling Gavel starts its journey at the home club of the District Governor. From there, it’s up to you and your fellow Toastmasters to help it wend its way throughout the District.
The Traveling Gavel currently resides with Murray Hill Speakers Toastmasters Club #3260, Murray Hill, NJ, captured on January 26, 2010
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.
MHSC meets on the First, Third, and Fifth Wednesdays of every month at 600-700 Mountain Avenue, New Providence NJ 07974. It's an awesome club! Come see us! To capture the Gavel from this club contact
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Click to view meeting and contact information for this club. The Objectives
- Encourage joint Toastmaster Club meetings
- Share talents and knowledge of communication and leadership
- Extend the fellowship of Toastmasters
The Process
- Three (or more) Toastmaster members, from the same club, visit the target Club that currently holds the Traveling Gavel. Please call ahead to announce your intent to visit and offer to help with the program.
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- The visiting Toastmasters must participate in the target club’s meeting in some way.
- The visiting Toastmasters ‘Capture’ the Traveling Gavel at the end of the meeting. They take the captured Traveling Gavel for display at their home club’s next meeting.
- As soon as the Traveling Gavel is captured, the visiting Toastmasters must announce the Gavel’s new place of residence on this website. Click this link to complete the Record of Capture
- The Traveling Gavel will be displayed at each subsequent club meeting, or until it is captured by visiting Toastmasters from another club.
- Clubs may capture the Gavel multiple times, but must allow two or more other clubs to capture the Gavel between its own captures.
The Reward
Every club that captures the Traveling Gavel will receive a $10 Gift Certificate good for purchases from the Toastmasters International catalog.
| Clubs Capturing the Traveling Gavel |
| Date |
Club Number & Name |
Visiting Members |
| January 26, 2010 |
3260 Murray Hill Speakers Toastmasters Club, Murray Hill, NJ |
Andrew Smith, Esq., Amanda Salvarani, David LaBruno |
| January 20, 2010 |
2655 Cosmopolitans Toastmasters Club, Murray Hill, NJ |
Brian Cort & Jorge Aguilar, Tom & Olga Hance, Roopa Rudrapatna |
| December 15, 2009 |
1358967 Northern Stars, Morristown, NJ |
Steve Lord, Paul Scharf, Fran Mann & Brian Cort |
| August 27, 2009 |
1042947 NYLIM Toastmasters, Parsippany, NJ |
Lois Steward, Christine Hinson, Penny Nelson |
| July 30, 2009 |
966830 CARPE DIEM, Lake Hiawatha, NJ |
Uday Bhoopalam, Hualing Zhong, Raju Nath |
| July 14, 2009 |
1140672 Hackettstown Toastmasters, Hackettstown, NJ |
Bill Watras, Jim Birnbaum, Steve Lord |
| June 10, 2009 |
1042947 NYLIM Toastmasters, Parsippany, NJ |
Christine Hinson, Lenox Ng, Art Altman |
Captured the Traveling Gavel?
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