A Visitor from Mars?!!
I see that Graduates & Professionals Toastmasters Club are promoting an event titled
"South African Toastmaster visiting GAP". See details.
Is that it? Now, if she were from Mars, that may be worth announcing to the world, but she was last spotted in Central and an appearance in Wan Chai is really not all that earth-shattering!
Having visitors from overseas - or for that matter, other clubs - is surely a healthy practice and something to be encouraged always.
But...
Why promote this as some special event? It makes the idea of having visitors almost freaky and something extremely out of the ordinary. So, you have a GE who is not your member? OK, good! No need to send out a press release.
One with inaccuracies, too. In fact, I know the lady in question and she's visited our club several times. She is not South African!! She is Indian and lived in Hong Kong for many years - she is like many of our members: a global Toastmaster. From Earth, that is!
"South African Toastmaster visiting GAP". See details.
Is that it? Now, if she were from Mars, that may be worth announcing to the world, but she was last spotted in Central and an appearance in Wan Chai is really not all that earth-shattering!
Having visitors from overseas - or for that matter, other clubs - is surely a healthy practice and something to be encouraged always.
But...
Why promote this as some special event? It makes the idea of having visitors almost freaky and something extremely out of the ordinary. So, you have a GE who is not your member? OK, good! No need to send out a press release.
One with inaccuracies, too. In fact, I know the lady in question and she's visited our club several times. She is not South African!! She is Indian and lived in Hong Kong for many years - she is like many of our members: a global Toastmaster. From Earth, that is!
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