2009 milestones

A dozen Peace Speakers members gave a total of 20 speeches at club meetings during 2009 - easily more than in any other year except for our first year (2005). Leading by example were Vice President for Education Eric Darnell and Secretary Joelle Anderson, with three speeches apiece.

Here’s the complete list:

- Joelle Anderson: 3 speeches
- Eric Darnell: 3 speeches
- Deborah Hoff: 2 speeches
- Kim Kaberle: 2 speeches
- Patricia Longfellow: 2 speeches
- Becki Moody: 2 speeches
- Eva Stimson: 2 speeches
- Perry Chang: 1 speech
- Susan Engpoole: 1 speech
- Valerie Mansfield: 1 speech
- Ada Middleton: 1 speech
- Vince Patton: 1 speech

Closest to completing the Toastmasters basic public speaking manual, Competent Communication, as of December 31, 2009, was President Eva Stimson (with just one project to go).

Here’s the complete list of members working on Competent Communication speeches and how far they’d gotten at year’s end (each had completed the project listed):

- Eva Stimson: Project #9
- Eric Darnell: Project #5
- Becki Moody: Project #5
- Betsy Blocker: Project #4
- Joelle Anderson: Project #3
- Ada Middleton: Project #3
- Deborah Hoff: Project #2
- Patricia Longfellow: Project #2
- Susan Engpoole: Project #1
- Kim Kaberle: Project #1
- Valerie Mansfield: Project #1
- Vince Patton: Project #1

January has already gotten off to a good start, with new members, more speeches, and lots of officer training. Let’s keep up the good work!

-- Perry