So much has changed since the last blog post. We’ve moved again, this time we hope to stay in this location for a while or until we out grow the space. You can find us in San Marcos near restaurant row at Commerce West Bank. Here’s a map. Hope to see you next week for the best hour of the week. Please note we’ll be dark the last 2 weeks of December. Happy Holidays!
Starting, Wednesday, August 31, we will be at 300 Rancheros Drive. Suite number to be determined next week, but likely will be on the 3rd floor. The new location is the building just across the street from our current location, and is between Home Town Buffet and ABC Vet. See you there!!!!
We had a GREAT meeting on Wednesday. Cheri (pronounced like the fruit cherry) was back as our Toastmaster of the week — after much too long of an absence. Welcome back Cheri! Her theme was “Back to School” was inspired by her recent school shopping expedition with her grandson. As you would expect, our DTM did a fabulous job!
Cherie (pronounced like the wine sherry) gave her 2nd speech: “Ascent to the Top Safely” She enlightened us with ways to climb Half Dome and other great peaks with tips on safety and comfort. She let us know how dangerous mountain climbing can be for the ill-prepared.
Brian Sullivan also gave his 2nd speech: “Stress Fractures–Don’t the the Fracture Stress You Out.” He talked about discovering that his injury sustained during a 10 mile run was a stress fracture and how to cope with having one and letting it heal.
How great it is that we have so many very ACTIVE members in our club — who climb, run, etc. No wonder we have so much energy to spare!
Jaime, as grammmarian, chose CURRICULUM as the word of the day.
Lela led table topics and each participant was to end with a quote they drew from a bag.
Tom ended his with “Anyone who thinks the art of conversation is dead ought to tell a child to go to bed”. ~Robert Gallagher
Jaime’s ended with a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: “You send your child to the schoolmaster, but ’tis the schoolboys who educate him.”
Mark talked about 3rd grade and “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” ~John Dewey
Cheri ended up with one of my favorites: “If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers”. ~Edgar W. Howe
Evaluators included Lubina (her first time evaluating — great job!), and Mark (who noted that Brian made great strides over his last speech). Tom Savell stepped in to be our general evaluator.
This week’s award winners included Cherie for speaker, Lubina for evaluator, and Mark for Table Topics. Congratulations to all three for jobs well done.
If you need more back-to-school quotes to get you through the next couple of weeks, I’ve attached some for you!
With only 4 days left, make sure you are prepared for a great meeting next week. It will be Cherie’s first time as Toastmaster. Her theme will be FEAR! She’ll be getting the agenda and details out to you shortly. Lubina will be giving a farewell speech since she is moving to Northern California after this meeting. Jaime will also be giving us a reprisal of an earlier great speech. It will be another great meeting….be sure to be there early and catch all the energy our meeting has to provide.
September 1 is our “BAG” meeting or….Bring A Guest meeting…think of you you can invite who could benefit from Toastmasters! Let’s fill the house. Our theme that day will be “Speaking Southern.”
September 7 is our humorous speech and evaluation contest. Be prepared to laugh!!!!
September 17 (a Saturday) is the area contest in Vista.
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Club # 9552 Area 23 District 5
Awards: Presidents Distinguished Club 2003-2008 Distinguished Club 2002-2003 Select Distinguished Club 2001-2002