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 >