End of an Era

Burien Breakfast is no longer meeting at this time. For other Toastmaster meetings in this area go to the Toastmasters International Find a Club Site. For local events and contact information go to Toastmasters District 2 site.

Clear Direction

Darlene was our Toastmaster.

When defining words Keith doesn't obfuscate, which is a good thing since "obfuscate" was the word of the day. It means to cloud. confuse or bewilder.

Our incoming President, Dan Flick, was our topic-master. He wanted to know as a club, who are we and what are we trying to do. He also asked for suggestions on how to grow and wanted to know about a club marketing plan. He wanted answers that gave clear direction not answers that obfuscated the listeners.

The always clean shaven Keith gave the club a looking into the long history of shaving, from the caveman to today's resurgence of shaving with a straight razor.

Mike gave us a humorous look into the customer service policy of Safeway. He told stories of escorting customer around the store and letting them sample goodies.

For a list of who is doing what at our next meeting on June 23rd go to Schedules and Roles.

New Officers and a Splendid Meeting

Our toastmaster Keith had his plate full at our last meeting. Aside from being Toastmaster he also gave a speech and acted as the food and joke provider.

The day's theme was Memorial Day. Jean brought the word of the day which was two words, resplendent and splendid.

In Keith's speech he explained the importance of community and the place that organized labors plays in it. Dan's speech asked the question, "Does air have weight?" He told us that because it does, altitude affects the boiling point.

During our topic session Jean had us talking about our experiences being an officer either in or out of Toastmasters.

We had a new member join our club - Welcome Clayton!

NEW OFFICERS 2011-12

President........................................... Dan Flick
Vice President of Education............ Bang Parkinson/ Jean Schmidt
Vice President of Membership....... Clayton Brunt
Vice President of Public Relations...Darlene Burrill
Secretary /Treasurer ..................... Mike DeLeon
Sgt. at Arms...................................... Keith Weir

Congratulations to all of you who chose to serve!

Spring Conference - Here We Come!

Our Toastmaster Jean gave a big plug for the District 2 conference, pointing our all the great benefits, such as educational opportunities, hearing the division contest winners, and meeting and making new friends.

Keith took his speaking to a higher level, literally. In his speech, "The ladder of Life" he talked about advancing professionally in the building trades industry.

Theresa, our club's quintessential story teller spoke about her time managing a furniture store and the problems she encountered when she wasn't able to get and employee to take care of his duties when she was away from the store. The outcome was a lost promotion and a lesson learned!

Jean then switched to Table Topics. She had us talking about conferences we have attended and what we've gained.

For next weeks Roles see the Schedules and Roles page.

Spring Forward!

With great enthusiasm Theresa Frasch acted as our Toastmaster. With more sunshine, more birds singing in the morning and more color in our gardens Theresa chose Spring Forward as the meeting's theme. The theme was carried out by, our Topic Master, Mike DeLeon as he had the members talking about their favorite spring events such as their favorite spring sport, walk, festival, etc.

Doing speech number three from the manual, Keith Weir talked about how green jobs will save the economy. He covered such topics as solar power, wind power technologies to new construction and the retrofitting of old buildings.

Our word of the day was "defenestration" the act of throwing something out of a window. It comes from the Latin "de" meaning out and "fenestra" meaning window. In a sentence, "These new energy saving windows make it harder to defenestrate."

Keith got two evaluations for his speech, one from Darlene Burrill, and as a special treat, one from Theresa, as she practiced for the Division D Evaluation Contest conming up on April 15th.

To see what is happening on our next meeting, Thursday, April 14th, go to Schedules and Roles.