Optimistic! ! ! Theme with Post of Upcoming Speaker from India
Karen Alexander was Toastmaster with the "Optimistic" theme. Every Toastmaster goes into a meeting hopeful there will be some truths revealed, some humor shared, some interaction made. Well, this meeting all these elements overflowing, and more. As Joke Master, Don Glovan shared a number of jokes. Stan Coss presented the word buoy and buoyant and buoyancy and got seven members to incorporate the optimistic word. Ray Daley was the first speaker and used the title, "What is Education, Anyway?" In the introduction from Karen, it was explained that Ray's daughter, Caitlin, was to have a big graduation ceremony from Florida State University on this very day, an event cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic. The speech contained the thoughts Ray had told his daughter before she'd gone off to college four years prior, with three boxes of success he hoped she'd check off: 1) getting a good education not marked by grades but interaction with classma