Friday's meeting was another excellent one, ably chaired by Linda Larson. In keeping with October being National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Linda chose violence against women as the theme of the meeting. This of course is a serious issue, and one that affects nearly everyone, men as well as women, as Linda pointed out. Thanks to Linda for raising our awareness of this painful and important contemporary problem.
It was another well-attended meeting, with 21 members and 9 guests! We welcomed and inducted our newest member, Elizabeth Mitchell, who promptly showed her skills by winning best Table Topics speaker.
We were treated to two more outstanding prepared speeches. Robin Walker re-gave his Icebreaker speech to introduce himself to our club (he had originally given it to his former club in Washington D.C.). Lars Olberg gave a #4 speech about the challenges of finding appropriate words, and walked away with both Best Speaker as well as Most Improved Speaker. Fantastic job everyone!
We had a special guest, Joanne Garden from TGIF Toastmasters, who graciously agreed to be "Ah Counter" for the meeting, and she gave a virtual clinic on ho to perform that function. Her ringing of the bell was particularly effective in being not overly loud, nor too timid. She gave a great explanation of why learning to remove these verbal "fillers" from our language is so important. Thanks so much Joanne!
As you can see by the following post, Fumie Nakamura, a former member, sent an update on her activities and some pictures of the Sudan where she is working for the United Nations. We miss her of course, and are thrilled that she is carrying out such important work.
-Arnie
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