We did it again . . . Great but Late!
Hello from the Secretary,
It was a fun and informative evening filled with sagacity. However, as secretary I have to take some editorial license here. We were sadly over verbose. We’re again falling into the pattern of giving ourselves excuses for running over, and making everyone stay over. We heard quotes like, “I know I’m already overtime, but I’m going to read this page and a half out loud anyway.” And, “I know I’m late, but this is too good to pass up, so I’m going to continue on.” Every speaker was a minimum of 4 minutes over their mark. Sorry folks. They were wonderful words and stories, but part of giving a great speech is being able to stick to your alloted time. It’s not only professional but considerate of the audience to not take up more time than they’ve given you.
OK, enough (or more than) said.
We had 13 present - 10 members and 3 guests (two of whom were Poodts)
Mike Himmelstein acted as SAA, and Claudia Brogan stood in for our President.
Paul Johnson was our Toastmaster tonight. His theme was “famous last words” and we were given quotes throughout the night and were asked to give credit to the author. We weren’t very good at this game, but we enjoyed it immensely.
Our speakers presented the following:
Paul Poodt graced us with another wonderful ice breaker. Visions of the Netherlands and Catholic churches still dance in my head. Great storytelling!
Claudia Brogan inspired us and instructed us in how to give people a positive example of how to grow. No longer will we chide others. We will tell them how to improve. For example, don’t just count “ahs”, tell people what to do instead of saying them.
Bill Kovach took us back to Buffalo NY and made our mouths water with his tales of food of his youth.
(you can find the fabulous “Beef on Wick” sandwiches at Galla’s two locations:
Main location – 4849 Peachtree Road – Chamblee, GA 30341 – 770-500-3184
Satellite (take-out only) location – 2986 Johnson Ferry Road [at Shallowford] - Atlanta, GA 30062 – 770-642-0777 )
We ate cookies and candy.
We were happy but tired, and our Toastmaster was great but a little frazzled trying to keep our meeting on time.
We were so full of awe we ended 10 minutes late.
See you next week at the church.
Peace,
Deborah