Quaroutine – A sequence of actions regularly followed
during a period of temporary isolation
Eagles,
Last night 13 enthusiastic Eagles combined the routine of
having a Toastmaster meeting with the temporary state of isolation!
Sandra Centorino, our Virtual Sergeant at Arms opened up
the Zoom link at 6:45 as our members filed in on their computers. The meeting
started at 7:04 as a few technologically challenged stragglers “entered the
room”.
Sandra introduced our President, Christine Austin, who
then introduced Toastmaster, Sandra Centorino!
Kat Calhoun, Speaker #1, gave a speech from the Strategic
Relationships path. Kat stood before a red curtain background dressed in
stunning garb appropriate for the occasion. She accepted the Ray of Sunshine
Award. She accepted her award gracefully….and gratefully. During her speech,
she told us to stop and smell the flowers. Apt advice for Eagle’s first Ray of
Sunshine recipient!
Speaker #2, Christine Austin, spoke from the
Motivational Strategies path on the topic of mentoring. Christine engaged the
audience by asking them if they’ve ever had or wanted a mentor. As a self-proclaimed
“Go with the Flow Person”, Christine shared how a mentor encouraged her to
improve her public speaking confidence by joining Toastmasters in 2018.
While our evaluators were completing their evaluation forms,
Sandra Centorino served up Table Topics to everybody in the club. Sandra’s
topics included some hard hitting topics such as “water, toilet paper, or
chocolate”, “new quaroutines”, and “what do you like about virtual”.
Diana and Ross Grippen tag-teamed their Table
Topic, and Danette Fitzgerald regaled us with the exciting moments of
her day during these unusual times (dropping off trash in the dumpster and
picking up her mail). Danette – if you are getting the same kind of mail Sandra
and I get, I hope you are going to the mailbox first so you can promptly deposit
it in the dumpster! Thank you to Chan, Markus, Maryanne, and Omar for
participating in Table Topics as well!
Thank you to our dignitaries for serving in functional roles
not mentioned above….Tony Centorino as General Evaluator and Ah Counter,
Ian Brooks and Markus Shumacher as Speech Evaluators, Deep
Tawari as Timer (armed with his green paper plate).
A couple of announcements:
Pathways Seminar – Our Pathways Seminar will take place
virtually on March 30th at 7:00 PM. The agenda and meeting
links can be found on our Eagle Toastmaster site. I will send you at least one more
reminder between now and then.
Dues – Our Dues Due Date has been extended to April
30th. If you received a personal email from our Treasurer, Maryanne,
it is not because she’s asking you to send money to Nigeria so you can get rich
quick……Maryanne offers several ways to pay your dues. You can pay old school
(by check, like I did) or you can pay online via Venmo. Please work out the arrangements
with Maryanne.
Our next meeting will be on the first Monday of April (April
6th). This will be a Virtual Meeting. An agenda to sign up will
be available over the weekend……Please sign up for a role!
Be safe and healthy!
Tony Centorino
Eagle Toastmasters Secretary
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