Treats but no tricks!

Attendance - 10 (1 Guests, 1 Distinguished and 8 Regulars)
Meeting Duration – 12pm-12:55pm
Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Halloween tends to bring out the kid in everyone. Perfectly sane grown ups show up in the workplace in costume, candy magically appears on desks (to my chagrin) and the holiday season officially begins.

This week’s meeting was a treat for those in attendance. Our Word of the Day was in fact Halloween and our Table Topics Master Jay Fisgus continued the spooky trend. Members and guests were asked to speak about the favorite costume or memory of the holiday growing up.

After invocation and the pledge, today’s Toastmaster Joe Simpson, began the program with a plea to let kids be kids and enjoy the candy holiday. Afterwards he presented a gift bag of treats to everyone in attendance.

Gene Hargreaves (Vice President of Membership) told a tale of Halloween mischief and the ensuing trouble of homemade fireworks; our guest Jiceri White talked about the holiday growing up in Mississippi; Falan Guan (Club President) talked about her son’s costume; Joe Simpson (Vice President of Public Relations) described his successful attempt to win a community center costume content as a kid; returning member Marilyn Lucea reflected on a bumble bee costume; and our winner was Bertha Bruner’s (Vice President of Education) recollection of her daughter’s costume, a forgotten driver’s license and a checkpoint stop on Halloween. Very funny and cute!

Our featured speech was presented by new member Paul Burke. His second speech (Organize Your Speech) was about why we shouldn’t vote in the upcoming election. Witty and humorous as is his trademark style, Paul will continue to develop into one of our club’s best assets. Members provide some of the most useful and constructive tips on how to improve your delivery via the roundtable format. This in addition to the CTM official project evaluations are excellent learning tools for budding communicators.

Note: Mark your calendars as the club is planning a holiday party. We’re eager to have the entire Toastmasters at Metro family in attendance to relax, mingle and enjoy the holiday spirit. Look for more information in upcoming articles or around the office.