Blowin' in the Wind, Icebreaker and Reaching Level 5 Summit

0:00​ Begin and Self-Introductions 14:27​ a word from our Area Director: Jonathan Jean-Francois 18:03​ Induction of new member: Paolo Barone 23:19​ Table Topics 43:13​ Speaker 1: Pam Schrimsher 48:57​ Speaker 2: Tom Quinn 58:31​ Evaluations 1:07:36​ Reports
Dear Members, Guests and Friends,

 

In honor of March, the windy month, I (Ana) inspired members to share their experiences with hot air.  The answer, my friends, is blowin’ in the wind, the answer is blowin’ in the wind…. (to the tune of Bob Dylan’s Blowin’ in the Wind)

 

• TM Jose has profusely surfed in bars on the wrong side of the road  in Tarifa (Cadiz) overlooking Morocco and the Strait of Gibraltar.  We’re all invited!!  He Won Best Table Topics Award.
• Newly-minted and inducted Early Bird TM Paolo wavered wildly between not drinking coco locos during a Sirocco and drinking Cinzano with the windows open during the Tramontana.
• TM Chris despises wind but loves to travel and relished experiencing Purga-like winds in Purgatory, Colorado. She’s looking forward to the real thing in the frozen tundras of Russia.
• DTM Mary Helen did not know that llamas actually spit on her beloved alpaca sweater and hence the pesky stain that made her throw it away.
• TM Aleta discarded Curvoisier but got propinquity to a hot cocoa while blown sideways by an Alpine Mistral wind….

 

Along came the speeches….

 

• TM Pam told us her life trajectory from Naples to Fort Lauderdale to Windermere via Okinawa and San Diego.  Along the way, she made frequent stops at bookstores before Amazonia PrimaDonna took over.  Discarded a husband, kept another.  For her first ever icebreaker she clutched the lectern and hid her Jell-o knees behind palazzo pants….
• TM Tom took us down his detested Level 5 with a compilation of past speeches and other EarlyBirds’ past speeches and reminded us  that there is light at the end of Pathways – and it’s another Path coming straight at you!  He Won Best Speaker Award.

 

As for evaluations…

 

• TM Jeff thoroughly enjoyed TM Pam’s witty analogies and suggested she extend her pauses and clutch that virtual lectern for more dramatic propinquity.
• TM Marie commended TM Tom for being our Guide on how to reach propinquity of that detested Level 5.  She Won Best Evaluator Award.

 

The Word of the Day was

 

Propinquity, noun

 

1. The state of being close to someone or something, proximity.
2. Close kinship

 

Ex. This dizzying recap is propinquity to causing a fainting spell in the author.

 

Recording of this meeting is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctds8hm5WjU

 

 

See you next week!

 

Ana I.

Recap Writer