Hi Toastmaster Team- I won't be able to make it to this coming Thursday's meeting. I have family visiting. I hope you guys and ladies have a wonderful meeting. Sincerely, Mai On Sep 6, 2014 5:08 PM, <dirk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Greetings All! > > Thursday's meeting was *FANTASTIC!* Amelia Autrey with prowess and > trivia smoothly guided us through the night. She helped us appropriately > live in our country by telling us that Rhode Island is the smallest and > yet the largest in the nation. Yup, in size Rhode Island is the smallest > state and it's full name is "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" is > the largest. This is but one example of the sorts of important information > that she afforded us during her meeting. > > Welcome Shonnie Cline as our newest returning member, voted in as a > member on Thursday. For those who do not know Shonnie, "OMG: SHE has > returned!" Whoopie! > > Deb Obermiller gave her Ice Breaker speech, telling us about her > upbringing. Much time spent in the out of doors indeed. > > Phil Poplawski told us about Twinkie genocide in his presentation: "All > Purpose Flour". > > Kathy Barrett showed us how to gracefully accept an award. She actually > logged 80,000 foot steps in a single day... wow, did she need massaging of > her little tootsies. > > Finally Beth Chacon presented "Saving Your Own Skin". Very important > information for us in Colorado. > > Our Table Topics session was outstanding, presented by our Master of > Elaboration -- Luke Vesely. We had challenging questions such as "How > was your day?" and "How are things goin?" For example, we learned from Kathy > Barrett that she is excited about her sofa. Yeah, you really should have > seen this one. > > Our General Evaluator was Lori High who did an excellent analysis of the > meeting. Pattie Apple, Shonnie Cline, Ray Pezolt, Dirk Kittredge, Mai > Vang all provided feedback to the participants this night. None of them > *hornswoggled* us, we truly got the full-monte. > > When all the dust had settled Phil Poplawski won as best speaker, Pattie > Apple claimed best Table Topics speaker, and the better evaluator was Ray > Pezolt on this occasion. > > Amelia, super meeting my dear. By the way, did you make up that the > Model-T Ford was painted black because it was the fastest paint to dry??? > > Until next week, I bid you adieu... > > Dirk Kittredge, Club Secretary > > Like us on Facebook please... > *it will help the club.*www.facebook.com/frontrangetoastmasters > > > > >