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A Labor of Love
Afterburners Open House Meeting on August 30, 2016, was a grand success! In fact, we earned a Golden Gavel ribbon for the great number of members present, many special guests, no changes to the agenda, and we began and ended on time! PLUS......we had a special array of FOOD! Toastmasters meetings don't get any better than that!
To our delight, special guests Veronica Sites (left), District 25 Representative, and International Director David McCallister (center) pushed the greatness of our meeting off the charts! They are pictured above with President Setma Maddox (right). Additionally, Afterburners is the home club to three Area Directors — Area 11 Director, Holly Trinh; Area 13 Director, Aileen Hummel; and Area 24 Director, Kim Story — all present at our Open House.
To add to the excitement, our best speaker was Verlin Yoder (right) delivering his 2nd speech from the Competent Communication manual. Verlin cleverly relayed his SMART goals using the analogy of entering the "Hotten than Hell" bike race of 100 miles in Wichita Falls. He is pictured here with Best Evaluator Jim Hummel, and winner of Table Topics Antoinette Silas.
Our efforts paid off too as we garnered a couple of new members in the process! All told, we can agree that being a Toastmaster is truly a Labor of Love. You may view more photos here.
