Speakeasy News

 

SPEAKEASY NEWS

Online Newsletter of Toastmasters Club 1789

 

OK, so we had to trudge upstairs again last week, but I have been assured (?) that our regular room will be available to us this week.  But, well, we will cope, no matter what happens.  Nothing can stand in the way of a Speakeasy meeting.  So there!

 

The AG is coming!  The AG is coming!  AG stands for area governor, and our Area 93 governor, Nancy Knoth, will pay an official visit on January 19.  Hey, that's next week.  Nancy will sit down with President Gene and EdVP Jessica to prepare a report to the district office on how and what we as a club are doing and what we expect to accomplish in the next few months.  These visits take place twice a year, and we can expect a few announcements from Nancy, if only as reminders and invitations.

 

Nancy will also be seeking likely candidates to replace her on July 1.  I've been an AG and it's very easy (the way I did it).  Consider it.

 

If I may have your undivided attention, I will announce a few particulars of the upcoming International Speech Contest.  Our club contests will be on March 9, and the Area 93 contests will be on Thursday, March 24, at the Stilts Building (not its real name) on the corner of Excelsior Blvd. and Louisiana Ave., just west of Methodist Hospital.

 

The subsidiary contest this time will be an Evaluation Contest.  Here's how it works:  All contestants hear what is called a "target" speech.  All contestants except the first contestant are escorted from the room.  This is so that no contestant hears another contestant before his or her turn comes.  Back they come, one at a time, escorted by the contest sergeant-at-arms.  I say that because our elected sergeant-at-arms may wish to enter the contest, in which case someone else would have to serve in that capacity.  Clear?  Good.

 

The schedule is attached, because I remembered to attach it before I started writing this.  Good thinking, no?  If you have any changes to it that we can use to our advantage, please get them to me by 1:00 Wednesday p.m.  We've been a bit short on speeches lately, so see if you can add another to your busy schedule.  We'll always have at least one, but more is better.  See you at the meeting.

 

Gordon Andersen

Editor, Speakeasy News