Happy New Year!
Veteran Toastmaster Betty McCallister was the "fill-in" TM for this first meeting of the year with a fully lined up, printed out agenda with only the Toastmaster position to be decided. Don Glovan gave the joke for the day. Karen Alexander gave a sampling of an International Speech, the variety that is to be part of the February 7th speech contest. She gave an inspiring speech on "Attitude is Everything." She gave examples of how a smile can make a great difference. Her attitude check included a number of great ideas transferable to Toastmasters, such as thinking only "I got to do it" versus "I get to do it." Stan Coss was Karen's evaluator. Table Topics Master Wendy Whitaker gave various prompts that included reflections on the past year The Eyes and Ears Team consisted of the following: Word Master (Resolution), Caitlin Owens; Grammarian, Molly Garnett; Timer, Hoyt Griffith; Ah Counter, Carole Kitchen, who gave the start