Politics

Twenty-three members and two spouses enjoyed the 12 September meeting.
"Politics" was the theme of the day, ably orchestrated by experienced TMoD Art Testani. The theme was expressed in the following:

Emilie Staryak's Opening Remarks:



Table Topics Master Joyce Laker was "on message" with her TT questions.

Joe Tacker's winning Table Topics speech:


An icebreaker is always a Toastmasters highlight and Sammie Pringle welcomed us into his life with a delightful talk for which he won Most Improved.

Sammie Pringle's Icebreaker speech How I Met My Wife:


Long time Toastmaster Christina Hicks gave her first speech at our club for which she won Best Speaker.

Christina Hicks' #9 speech Parasite Paranoia:


We were also treated to an historical treatise channeled by a Roman with a Texas accent.

Chance Litton's #7 speech The Romans:



General Evaluator, Wanda Pan Christiansen awarded Best Evaluator to Arnie Buss for his thoughtful review of Christina Hicks' speech.

We bid a warm farewell to Max Akhterov who will be returning to UCSC as a full time student.

Max - we hope you will stay active in Toastmasters wherever you are and can come visit us when your schedule allows!