SPEAKERS WANTED!
1.LONG TERM SOLUTION - Speakers subcommittee. I am asking for three volunteers from the club who will be our speakers subcommittee, responsible for the job of arranging and scheduling speakers. Please let me know if you are willing to step up. This will be a commitment through the end of the year. Of course the subcommittee can continue to get input from members, but the responsibility will be clear instead of falling to nobody, or falling by default to people in the club who aren’t actually responsible for it and are doing plenty of other things . The subcommittee will be part of our club administration committee. The subcommittee can call upon various resources including lists of speakers that the neighboring clubs have used. I’ll hope to get three volunteers. If that does not work, we can think about assigning the job to three people who aren’t Dave or Jim.
2. SHORT TERM SOLUTION: learn from our members. To fill the gaps in our calendar that exist now, I’m calling on members to give a 15-20 minute presentation on something of interest they can share with the club. It does not have to be fancy or have.handouts or a PowerPoint unless you want it to. For example, I can think of a few right now, such as Ten Tips to take better pictures, what do judges really look for in a dance competition, sailor’s guide on how to tell weather from looking at the sky, tips to communicate with a person who has dementia, life lessons from a librarian, what is bee keeping all about, starting a pollinator garden, secrets to traveling like a pro, what life lessons I learned from starting businesses, what you can learn from a former politician about creating consensus. Those are just off the top of my head. To get this rolling, please send me an email with your topics and three good dates (remember, third Fridays are club assembly so don’t pick those) and we will fill in slots. Prize for anyone who is willing to get this kicked off by speaking this Friday!
Carol Wessels