Thursday, May 05, 2005

"A Mother's Day Out"

Meeting Officials:
Call to Order/Evaluator/Educational Moment - Renee Zimmerman, CL (President)
Quote of the Day - Gwen Whipple
Toastmaster - Sheila George
Timer - Jim Raley
Grammarian - Jack Buce, DTM
Ah Counter - Charlie Peters
Speaker - Caroline Edwards
Table Topics Master - Kimberly Hunt
General Evaluator/Listener Quiz - Krista Jones

Attendees: Elinor Schott

Quote of the Day:
"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers." - Anonymous

"Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret love outlives them all." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

Word of the Day:

Maternal: adjl 1. Pertaining to or having qualities of a mother 2. Related through a mother

Caroline gave a wonderful and lively speech titled "Cinco De Mayo", speech 1 from the Speaking to Inform Manual. It included handouts on travel in Mexico.

Here are the resources she mentioned:
AIM - Americans in Mexico
Lonely Planet
Moon Travel
www.mexonline.com/cinco.htm