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.