Hi All,

What FANTASTIC meeting. We had 14 present, including our two guests. One of the guests was Donna Satchell, who was later voted in as our NEWEST MEMBER.

Keith Schroder opened the meeting and Pat Schmalzried welcomed us.
Steve Cohn was our Toastmaster tonight. He reminded us that today was the first day of school in the area. We were treated to informative and fun quotes about school throughout the evening. What a masterful Toastmaster he was.

Our speakers presented the following:
Paul Johnson went from being slouched over in the ER from appendix pain, to discussing how to achieve your goals without trauma, and back again. He wowed us with adept humor and words of wisdom, such as “Connect the personal goals of the employees with the plans of the company.”

Keith Schroder had us riveted with his speech about Camp Sunshine. We learned that our problems are small and joy is to be had at all times. And, we all want a bracelet. (You’ll have to ask Keith about it, if you weren’t there.).

Donna Satchell gave a tremendous audition speech about moving past obstacles on the way to your goals. There ain’t no mountain high enough. Ain’t no valley low enough. Ain’t no river wide enough to keep us from getting to our dreams. She even had the music to back it up. How exciting it all was.

The food was overflowing tonight, with home baked cookies, Mexican dip, cheese, . . .

Our evaluations were instructive and insightful.

We had so much fun we ended 15 minutes late.

Next week’s meeting will be at the Sandy Springs library.

We have a web site. Check it out: www.toastmastersatlanta.com

The biannual dues are now coming due. Please bring a check made out to Speakers Roundtable for $45 to the meeting or mail one to me.

Till next week.
Best Regards,
Deborah Hill,
Secretary