Jim served as Toastmaster for this special Open House meeting of T-Toasters of Vinings. In attendance were 19 members and 7 guests including Jordan, Keeley, Rob, Tangi, Tonia and Michael. Jim did a great job of telling our guests about some of the awesome benefits of membership in Toastmasters, and explained how things work and what makes our club unique. General Evaluator Andrea kept us on schedule through this all Table Topics meeting and introduced her evaluation team which included Josue as Timer, Mitzi as Ah-Counter and Mary-Catherine as Grammarian. Mary-Catherine chose the word “proclivity” as her Word of the Day. It means a tendency to chose or do something regularly. Marcus was the first of four Table Topics Masters. Under Marcus’s prompts, Gregg Hinthorn told us about his superhero alter-ego, Mr. Unright Man, Greg Palmer serenaded us with a Celine Dione hit from his favorite B-rated movie Titanic, Keeley explained why men leaving the toilet seat up needs to end, and Mitzi told us why she loved 70’s music, especially Joan Baez and Bob Dylan. Lori was the second Table Topics Master and started the group off with a story prompt entitled The Time Traveller, then challenged participants to continue authoring the tale while working in bonus elements she surprised each with. Suzanne, Scott, Ken, Justin and Keeley were all up to the task. Kristina was our third Table Topics Master. She called on Marcus to use one word to describe his childhood, which he called “dysfunctional”. Next, Hank told us that life confuses him, and that retirement is tougher than you might imagine. Lee talked about quick decisions and how they might change your life. Tiffini told us that family and helping people make her happy. Table Topics Master number four was Beverly. She kept the crowd laughing with her request that participants tell us about the outfit and mode of transportation that they chose for an interview with Bill Gates. As if showing up in a Batman costume and traveling via canoe weren’t stressful enough, prospective employees also needed to dodge the vicious dancing dog, dance the hula and play air guitar to be selected for this six-figure paying gig! Mitzi rode (and fell off of) a cross-eyed horse, but wowed Bill with her red high heels, Cynthia (or possibly Mary-Catherine) broke I-85 while riding a three-legged dog and sporting a cow costume, the real Mary-Catherine wore a tutu and threw a tricycle at the scary dog, and Marcus took on various Batman identities while wearing a shrunken plaid cape. He even managed to dodge the dog on his pogo stick, and worked in a hula, which this Secretary suspects lead to his victory. In addition to Marcus's win, Ken also won as a top Table Topics Speaker, while Andrea took the award for Best Evaluator. Cynthia finished off the official portion of our meeting with her farewell address and left to a standing ovation. She will be dearly missed by all of us, and we all wish her the best in Orlando. After the meeting ended, everyone enjoyed the amazing food brought by our members. Andrea did a fantastic job creating a festive atmosphere for the event, and everyone mingled, snacked and laughed a lot. Thank you to everyone who helped to created this fun-filled evening. Please remember that the District 44 Spring Conference is May 12 and 13. You can check here for more details: http://d44conference.org/ If you’re attending be sure to watch for workshops by two of members. Suzanne Sheeley-Walker’s presentation is on Friday at 3:00 and is entitled “Your Network=Your Net Worth”. Scott Lehmann will be presenting his Triple P Formula for Member Retention on Saturday at 8:00 am. Also be sure to cheer on Anne Taylor as she competes in the International Speech Contest.
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