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The Traveling Gavel
Have fun, meet new people, share the Toastmaster’s experience.

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

The Traveling Gavel currently resides with CARPE DIEM #966830, Lake Hiawatha, NJ, captured on January 19, 2012

Carpe Diem members where part of a great meeting. Ron Greenfield completed his CC at this meeting

To capture the Gavel from this club contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , (631) 921-2447 or (973) 983-0109

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

  1. 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. Click to view meeting and contact information for this club.
  2. The visiting Toastmasters must participate in the target club’s meeting in some way.
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. The Traveling Gavel will be displayed at each subsequent club meeting, or until it is captured by visiting Toastmasters from another club.
  6. 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 19, 2012 966830 CARPE DIEM, Lake Hiawatha, NJ Ron Greenfield, Bin Zhao, Eric Moss
January 10, 2012 1449592 Toasting On The Farm, Madison, NJ Timothy Grubb, Bart Willems, Tricia Murphy
December 5, 2011 1042947 The Toastmasters You Keep, Parsippany, NJ Frank Ranu, Don Osmanski, Justin Johnson
October 6, 2011 1446661 Park Avenue, Rugherford, NJ Karen Seeman, Jeannie Zolotor, Martin Klepach
September 27, 2011 1449592 Toasting On The Farm, Madison, NJ Timothy Grubb, Tricia Murphy, Tina Boetius
July 14, 2011 1042947 The Toastmasters You Keep, Parsippany, NJ Christine Hinson, Lois Steward, Nella Merritt
March 24, 2011 966830 CARPE DIEM, Lake Hiawatha, NJ Uday Bhoopalam, Raju Nath, Ron Greefield, Bin Zhao
March 2, 2011 3187 TM of Westfield Club, Westfield, NJ Bob McCabe, Anne Baker, Robin Patric, Victor Prasad
January 24, 2011 1358967 Northern Stars, Morristown, NJ Brian Cort, Keri Oleniach, Bill Hood
October 13, 2010 728513 The Hunterdon Speak Easy Club, Flemington, NJ Cyndi Wilson, Mary Ott, Karen Leff
June 16, 2010 9619 Speakers Corner Toastmasters Club, Bridgewater, NJ Chris Martinson, Bob Pactwa, Mark Schell
June 1, 2010 1358967 Northern Stars, Morristown, NJ Brian Lin, Tom Somers, Paul Scharf
May 22, 2010 739438 Jim Friend Toastmasters, Metuchen, NJ Jim Samuel, Tom Friend, Connie Yu
April 27, 2010 8143 Storytelling Club, Roseland, NJ Alex Nazario, Nick DeMonte, John Stribling
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 The Toastmasters You Keep, 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 The Toastmasters You Keep, Parsippany, NJ Christine Hinson, Lenox Ng, Art Altman

Captured the Traveling Gavel?

Click this link to complete the Record of Capture