The Toastmaster Cafe in Globe, Arizona — closed for years when this picture was taken, and since torn down. There are a number of pictures of the sign available in Google Images.
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All posts for the month June, 2013
note: the following was the first post from the blog I started as K52 Area Governor last year. It was originally published 3 September 2012 – Ed
Welcome to Area K52!
A few weeks ago, I was checking out the list of Area and Division Governors on the District 55 website. I swear, all I wanted to do was find out which Area my friend Erica had been appointed to be Governor of.
While reading through the list of Austin-area clubs in Divisions J, K, and L, I noticed that Area K52 didn’t have a Governor listed.
I thought about it overnight, and emailed the District Governor the next day. After a few back-and-forth emails, I applied and was appointed the new Area Governor for Area K52 on July 31st – a month later than most of my colleagues.
And you may say to yourself, “My God – what have I done?”
The always-entertaining Amy S. kicking off a meeting of the Capital City Toastmasters at lunchtime today. “Beauty and the Beast” was the subject of her speech, as well as the meeting theme.
I visited the club with Mick N. and Heather C. from the Austin Public Speakers – their club is in my current area (District 55, Area K52) and has just moved their meeting location from the east side of town to the same building as the Capital City club.
Two surprises from today’s meeting:
- With 35 members the Capital City Toastmasters are one of the larger clubs in town, but there were only 8 or 9 members in attendance today.I had hoped to convince some of their members to join the Austin Public Speakers as dual members, but it doesn’t seem like getting on the schedule to speak is that much of a problem for the Capital City members right now. Maybe they just have the Toastmasters Summertime Blues.
- Heather C. works on the 6th floor of the building where the clubs meet. She’s a lot more relaxed and entertaining as a Table Topics speaker when her journey to the meeting involves a five-floor elevator trip instead of a 20-minute drive through lunchtime traffic.
Yesterday, I found out I’m going to be the Area Governor for Area K54, Division K, District 55 of Toastmasters International.
Last year, I started my year as an Area Governor (Area K52, same division and district) with a WordPress blog. I didn’t keep it up – if I keep this one up through the year, that’s the kind of “different result” the title refers to.