FRTM - Re: The gloves came off...

  • From: Daniel Crawford <crawfodj@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: frtm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:55:55 -0600

Dirk,

Way to go! Count me in. Do we have a subject our teams will be debating?

Thanks.
Daniel

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 1:23 PM, <dirk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Friends,
>
> OUR CLUB HAS BEEN CHALLENGED TO A DEBATE!  Yes, the Simply Speaking Club
> formally and infront of a number of other Toastmasters in an open forum in
> Cheyenne Wyoming this weekend, challenged our club to a debate.
>
> This is no minor challenge my friends!  Simply Speaking is very similar to
> FRTM in that they have 35+ members and have a very active membership.  They
> too have some substantial speakers to do battle.
>
> The timeframe for the debate is just before Labor Day, on Thursday night in
> our digs.  They too meet Thursday nights, so they will likely have their
> club simply meet at Thornton City Hall.
>
> (This is so exciting!!!)
>
> The next move is to have our club members volunteer to be in the FRTM
> speaker's pool.  We will then have the club vote for the two speakers and
> alternate from the pool.  There will be other roles to be filled as well,
> including the Facilitator, Chief Judge, refreshments committee, judges, Sgt
> at Arms, P/R, etc.  As appropriate, these duties will be coordinated and
> split with Simply Speaking's group.
>
> We should plan to discuss this at Thursday's meeting as we need to start
> coordinating with SS ASAP.
>
> Yeee Hawww!  Let the best club win!
>
> Dirk
>

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