Planning for the Unexpected Meeting Recap

Thursday's theme was "Planning for the Unexpected." As our Toastmaster and an attorney,
I couldn't go with "Expecting the Unexpected" because that makes no logical sense. If you expect it, it's no longer unexpected.

Attendees were treated to some unexpected twists:

* The room was set up facing East instead of West (thanks for playing Jean).
* The agenda alternated left to right and right to left with photos of the members.
* There was a last minute substitution of speakers and Shaun spoke on Planning for the Unexpected.
* Shaun wore a hoodie instead of his trademark blue sport coat

Larry Everett was our Table Topics master and our guests agreed to give a go at the questions, we were treated to an even better chance to learn about them.

We had three wonderful guests. One Toastmaster who was visiting, another Toastmaster in transition, and someone brand new to Toastmasters.

Vivian gave her first effort at ah counter and Kimberly her first time as grammarian. Thanks to Vivian and Kimberly for jumping into the Toastmasters experience! Stacey staffed the ever-popular timer position.

Thanks to Sandy and Betty for their warm and inspiring contributions to the evaluation portion of the meeting.

Larry shared several announcement as officer of the day.

* We are having a while elephant sale on Feb 4th to assure an appropriate reserve in our checking account.
* The TELI - Toastmaster Education and Leadership Institute will be held on Feb. 20th.
* We are looking for chairs and participants for the speech contest to be held in March.
* Congrats and appreciation to Lisa Jenks for the beautiful and motivating newsletter that was distributed at the meeting.
* Want to be a chief judge for a contest? Judges training is coming.

Shaun reported it may not be wise to pick a theme of "Planning for the Unexpected." He forgot his wallet that morning and also arrived to find only three chairs in the meeting room...