Time well Spent

VPE Angi Anderson led this meeting as TMOD with the theme of "Time Well Spent" in her usual style of "setting the bar high"! The speeches below were enjoyed by 15 members (including our newly inducted member, Margaret Stevens) and one guest. We also voted into membership Masami Maeda, an MIIS student from Japan - but she was unable to attend this particular meeting. Welcome, Margaret and Masami!

Here is Angi's poem, which codified the theme of the day:

For everything there is a season:
A time to speak, a time to wait
A time to listen and evaluate
A time to ah and a time to ding
A time to practice impromptu speaking
A time to join, a time to adjourn
A time to return control of the lectern.


Best Speaker was Arnie Buss, while Carl Thormeyer was selected as Best Evaluator for his evaluation of Fred Sadler's advanced speech. Most Improved was Margaret Stevens, in her initial foray into Table Topics! Meanwhile, the Best Table Topics award was won by Brian Anderson, who explained how he would use an hour of time prior to evacuating from "Hurricane Angi" (!!!).

Fred's #1 speech in the advanced manual Speaking to Inform, "The Oh So Different World of Identical Twins"


Arnie's #10 speech in his second time through the Competent Communication Manual, "Tell Me Who You Are"


Upcoming Events:

Sat 22 Sept: Area A-1/A-2 Contest (afternoon-ish).
Sat 29 Sept: Smedley Saturday, La Mesa Community Center (afternoon).
Sat 13 Oct: Division A Contest - afternoon - Aptos Academy in Aptos.