And the meeting was full of data, the math geeks woke up and took over our Toastmaster Meeting early Saturday morning. Starting with Young as Toastmaster of the Day, he introduced the theme, the roles, with calm assurance and confidence. Wait, is this his first time? Oh most excellent toastmaster….
And then there was Scott with his prepared speech full of statistics on charts, graphs, (AND)… he inserted a personal story of Covid preparedness for his grandparents. Oh Really, Scott! How could you be that geeky and touching at the same time. How do you balance the reality of death, the casualty of Covid19 pandemic with the very personal conscious anxiety over family safety. “I remember thinking in late January”, said Scott, as he started tracking the statistics. Daily analysis of the trends, to the monthly counts, to the projections to 1 million. Dark numbers.
Scott tracked critical data and trends locally and world wide. This is how he cope and protected his own. Emailing his grandparents of his analysis and recommendations, Scott shared his personal journey of realization of the seriousness of the virus, to tracking to fight, and preparing for the worst. Throughout the power point presentation, Scott used his voice, which was neither dramatic nor light hearted, and the prepared graphs to effectively communicate the reality of Covid19.
And then the end to the meetup came so fast. The President adjourn the members at 9:03, and announced that there was a special committee meeting after the regular meeting to continue the work for officer nominations.
The next regular club meeting is in two weeks, May 9th. Per the Officer Memo to the Club in March, we will continue to meet in our online Zoom meetings, as guided by District 2 Toastmaster Leadership. Hopefully everyone is getting more familiar and comfortable with this platform, as we expect to continue with the online meetings thru May and perhaps beyond.
The club is following the District 2 leadership guidelines for Covid19 response, officer elections, dues, training, conferences, and many other related club alignments. For additional information for D2TM, please check out their website: https://d2.toastmastersdistricts.org.
