Birthdays!

Tonya Holloway was masterful in conducting today's meeting. Her theme was Birthdays - and she focused on the special significance of today's date April 24, it being her beloved mother's birthday. She channeled the meeting in such a way that it honored her Mom. Seventeen members and five guests were present.


Arnie Buss gave opening remarks:


Margaret Stevens let Table Topics and treated us with an excerpt from We Are by Sweet Honey in the Rock. Kate Daniels Kurz was voted best Table Topics speaker for relating the lyrics to her experiences with having her child:


To hear Sweet Honey in the Rock perform We Are click here.

Jim Burlison gave his Icebreaker speech entitled Parachute Jump, and was voted Most Improved Speaker:


Jim was evaluated by David Perez, who was selected Best Evaluator:


Emilie Staryak was voted Best Speaker for her #7 speech Children's Cognitive Development:


Emilie was evaluated by veteran Art Testani:


During the business section of the meeting, we passed a new standing rule requiring that the timer's yellow light stay on for the full required time, regardless of actual time elapsed at that point. The rationale was to not penalize a speaker when there was a timer error or malfunction. This and other standing rules are listed on our club website.