Hello Fellow Speakers,
We had a full evening of delightful speeches tonight, and your secretary was late and missed 2 of them. However, that being said I’ll tell you what I know. We had 11 members and 2 guests. We used the room adjoining the parlor and loved it.
Our SAA Keith Schroder welcomed us and helped us pledge our allegiance to the flag.
Paul Johnson was our acting President and welcomed members and guests, then introduced Merrilee Morris, our Toastmaster. Merrilee kept us entertained with “Guess What?” facts – fascinating tidbits about many things including snowflakes.
GE: Donna Satchell
GR: Kelly Vandever
Timer: We had two tonight (!) Jon Swartz and Iris Grimm
Camera Person: Paul Johnson
Our speakers:
Dr. Rui Li gave a persuasive speech on “China, a Threatening Lion to the United States.”
Keith Schroder gave a delightful speech on Mother Goose, fairy tales and networking.
We had two impromptu speeches, as well.
Bill Hosken spoke on “I’ll Never Visit a GA Ghost Town Again!”
Jon Swartz entertained us with “The Doomsday Rock (Asteroid) Is Out There! What’s the Plan?”
We had lots of cookies during our 8 minute break.
Dues are still due for some of you. You will receive calls this week to see if you’re still interested in joining.
BTW, it is our policy that you can become an inactive member if you need to take a break. However, Toastmasters International requires that you continue to pay dues to maintain your Toastmasters membership. Therefore, we’ll still need your $51 from inactive members. Right now we only have 15 dues paying members.
We started on time and ended on time.
See you next week.
My Best,
Deborah Hill
Secretary