Elusive? Not any longer! It is ours!
Gilded? Perhaps a stretch, but yes, it is special.
Gavel? Did it once start its life as a croquet mallet? One may never know. It is now a gavel, and as such, will be used at our meetings until another District Club comes to capture it.
What does the future hold? Ah, well, now that is a good question. A question for table topics, I would say, so I will refrain from giving my answer today.
Here’s our story, and we are sticking to it:
At 5:35 a.m. on Thursday morning, December 17th, 2009, a red mini-van with five Marsh Winders left the Marsh and headed for Hutchinson. The 7 a.m. meeting was all set up and ready to go at 6:50 when we arrived after stopping for coffee and candy canes in town. It had been a smooth trip, thankfully, with no scarcity of great conversations. No surprise, on that, however: we ARE Toastmasters, after all!
The Hutchinson II meeting was very enjoyable. We met the president, web master, and all of the other members. We were welcomed with congenial conviviality. Aside from the Marsh Winds President spilling her water glass, and nearly knocking down the club’s stand of ribbons, it was a smoothly executed and fun meeting. All in attendance enjoyed a liberal splashing of humor. The joke of the day got the room warmed up nicely, and even the evaluations were spritzed with jokes. A long list of procedures that vary from our club’s could be made, but one detail that we all liked was having more than one award given for quality efforts. A best table topics award and best speech award were given. Our club’s participation in table topics and warm-ups was terrific, but alas, did not merit any awards. Certainly, had there been an award for clumsiness, we would have had that one! They also gave a bone-award to a member who misnamed another member. Argh! This would never happen at Marsh Winds! Our VP of PR, Lisa, did her best to create a positive relationship as we stole away this coveted gavel, by offering the gifts of super-sized candy-canes to the other club. Memorable! Hope it helped ease their loss! Also, we said The Marsh Winds Jingle Number One in unison before we departed.
It was a struggle, but at the end of the meeting, the five Marsh Winders successfully grabbed that E.G.G. from five of the Hutchinson II members. Yes! We came, we spoke we conquered!
As we drove out of town, we stopped for a photo-op with the van riding into the sunrise, towards home, and a safe arrival to our own 9:15 meeting. We left with fond memories, skills learned, and many ideas to consider borrowing from our fellow District 6 club. And we left with the E.G.G.!
Until we meet again: please drive safely, buckle-up, and laugh as much as possible.
Dawn Anderson
President, Marsh Winds Toastmasters Club #7179
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