Homer versus Helen or Why Women Win the Day
Stan Coss was Toastmaster and chose Women’s History Month as the theme. We learned much about “Homer Blanchard,” the first woman in Toastmasters who later became International President. Curiously, it was the men in her club who were her advocates and helped her join under the Homer alias when women were not allowed. We learned more interesting facts about women in leadership positions and other situations during Table Topics. Ron Climer was grammarian, and word master. The word of the day he chose was “bonafide”. It means authentic, genuine. Ah-counter was Melinda Lowrance and Timer was Jackie Branscum. Sally Jones told a very funny joke to get us in the right mind frame. Then Nathan did his Icebreaker. Nathan was funny, articulate and very well organized in his presentation. His title said it all in “Band Nerds, Political Mishaps, and Escaping the Corporate World”. We gave him several standing ovations. Speaker #2 was Rei Fuller, our Division Director and two time D...