Monthly Archives: September 2017

The Cream Always Rises To The Top” Meeting of September 16, 2017

According to Toastmaster Dilip G. , this expression is derived from a French expression “ La creme de la creme” meaning the elite of society. “ Only the French and nobody else would be a “ Dela Creme”, he added

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“ Early Retirement” Meeting of September 23, 2017.

Lara was the Toastmaster on this first fall meeting. The word of the day was “ Mercurial”, meaning volatile. Paula L. and Justin K. were the Grammarian and Timer respectively. Speaker #1 , Tom B. presenting Project #5 from the

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“Leadership v/s Management.” Meeting of September 9, 2017.

Toastmaster Zhou B. introduced the meeting with thoughtful reflections about leadership: to build a ship, a leader does not ask his/her team to fetch wood, rather he/she will evoke the appeal of the ocean. With those inspiring words, Zhou introduced

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” Capture the moment.”  Meeting of August 19. 2017

Yanyan Z., Toastmaster of the day reflected of instances where a moment is caught in art, books, stand up comedy or even in front of an Toastmaster audience. Kiki N. and Bill S. officiated as Grammarian and Timer respectively. The

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