President

Bea Briggs, CTM

Vice President Education

Norm Townsend, ATM

Vice President Membership

Joan Johnson, CTM

Vice President Public

Relations

Pat Washington, CTM

Treasurer

Frank Jonasson, ATM

Secretary

Linda Dotson, CTM

Sargeant-at-Arms

Connie Bahner, CTM

Kris Wise, ATM

A publication of the Azteca Toastmasters Club

Jim Brown, CTM, Editor

Karl does it again! Wins Eastern Division First Runner-Up in International Speech Contest!

Congratulations to Karl Christensen on winning First runner- up in the International Speech Contest at the Lemon Grove Community Center. The event was well attended by Azteca members Patti O'Mara, Norm Townsend and guest Doug Somerset, Caryn Christensen (Karl's lovely wife) Bea Briggs, Connie Bahner, Maile Nakamura, Rhoda Riddell, Joan Johnson, Betsy Macias and Jim and Florence Brown. Karl gave his "Learning to Dream" speech to what looked like over 100 people and did an outstanding job, as usual. Congratulations also go to Bea Briggs, who was a contestant in the Evaluation contest. Bea did not win, but she must have come pretty close, because she did her usual great job. Kudos also go to Betsy for volunteering to be a "Showcase Speaker" for the Evaluation contest. Betsy looked very good in front of the crowd as she gave her speech "A walk in my shoes." All of these people got out of their "comfort zone" to speak in front of a large crowd, and were able to grow as speakers because of it. Super job, people!

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What's the DEC?
The DEC is the District Executive Council, comprised of our Division leaders, Area governors, Club Presidents and Club Vice Presidents for Education

Why is the DEC important to Azteca?
The program provides club leaders with an opportunity to meet other club leaders, share experiences, learn from inspirational speakers, and bring new ideas back to our club.

District 5 has lots of enthusiasm!
I represented Azteca Toastmasters at the April 25th DEC meeting, and it was fun to be in the enthusiastic atmosphere created by our District 5 leaders. Here are some highlights of the meeting I would like to share with you.

The most memorable speech for me was given by a club president whose club leads in new members. She summarized a Toastmaster Club's key assets as "Program, People, and Pizzazz."

Azteca (and any other club in District 5) can have it's own WEB page! A fellow Toastmaster in our district has created a WEB page model that he has
offered to share with us. What a great way for people to become acquainted with our club!

Are you thinking about who you can sponsor as a new member between April 15th and June 20th? If you bring in at least one new member, not only will you receive prizes from the Azteca Membership Contest, also for every "one new, dual, or reinstated member," you'll also receive one free movie ticket to AMC or Edwards from Division 5!

So, continue to share Toastmasters with others who may benefit, sponsor new members - and - enjoy a free night at the movies!

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