Dear Members, Guests and Friends,
Ably led by TM Chris and the Master of Visual Effects, TM Jim G., we laser-focused on roasting and toasting DTM Kip, the heart and soul of Early Birds, and whose blood type is admittedly 0+Toastmasters, universal mentor.
We were delighted to see many former members and lasting friends, a.k.a. Kip's Fan Club, even if some were sleepwalking at 4 am their time.
We discovered that....
* Jerry did Kip's first evaluation... and they remained friends all these years!
* Kirsti is a DTM only because of Kip
* Astrid sends Kip besitos, besitos, besitos
* Christine is in the Pole Dancing Olympic Team, all because of Kip
* Charu survived VP of Ed role only thanks to Kip
* Shirley discovered that Kip is really a closet hippy.
* Aleta held on as a remote member for 2 decades because Wizard Kip foresaw that Zoom was coming.
* Mildred had to get married and move to Orlando just to avoid being lifetime group treasurer.
* Jim D. has inherited the title. Just a fact of life.
* Marie lives in an intergalactic universe of love
* Val thinks Wizard Kip is truly Sean Connery in disguise
* BeckyJo still cannot believe she belongs to a club that meets at 7 am, all thanks to Kip
* Jose is thinking pondering considering contemplating doing Pathways, all because of Kip
* A whole bunch of people in this group are still married only because of Kip's Marriage Encounters of the Third Kind.
* Other marriages broke up anyway but optimistically remarried shortly thereafter to apply the teachings of the seminar and get their money's worth.
* Mary Helen eats magic brownies and goes to Kip's birthday parties one month in advance.
* Chris has the best collection of EarlyBird pictures on Planet Earth.
* Jim G.'s boss, whose name shall remain anonymous, brought him to EarlyBirds.
* Miki found out that Kip likes to eat Japanese chocolate wearing a mask.
* Carmine's heartfelt note to Kip won the Brevity Award.
* I, Ana, am still under Kip's incantation as I write this recap.
If I missed you, please see the recording. I suffer from intermittent CRS (can't remember squat).
We discovered that the word Kipper means BIG FISH. There are no coincidences.
The Word of the Day was
CHIPPER, adj.
Cheerful and lively
Example: EarlyBird has the power to make us chipper in the wee hours of the morning. Wanna feel chipper on a Thursday morning, California people? You know where we are....
Let's just think for a moment how many DTMs (Distinguished Toastmasters), how many Competent Communicators and Competent Leaders (in the olden days of manuals) and how many Level V in one or more of the 11 Paths in Pathways have come through under the tutelage of Kip. It's truly remarkable.
Thanks, everyone, for making this tribute possible, and thank you, Kip, for being in our lives. We love you!!
Here's a link to the meeting recording:
See you (or some of you) next week,
Ana I.
Chipper Recapper
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