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Our 6 Year Anniversary Celebration! |
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Written by JD Austin
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Six years ago on May 13th, 2003 Rio Copa Toastmasters officially
chartered and became a part of Toastmasters International. Since the
average life span of a Toastmasters club is five years and we'll have
offically beaten that milestone we're having a celebration during our
normal meeting!
Of the 20 charter members two original members
remain active in our club. Steven Martindale and Mike Trier both
achieved their Advanced Communicator Bronze awards during this last
year and have each served in various club leadership roles over the
years.
We have invited former members, Toastmasters District Leaders that helped charter
our club, and other district officers that helped shape our club to help us celebrate Rio Copa's history to date and
the achievements of our members.
The picture above shows the Officer Induction in July 2004 which was the third officer election. From left to right: Barbara Traines (immed past President), Glenda Humes (President), Nick Orlando (VP Education) , Beth McNally (VP Public Relations), Sandia Hayes (Secretary), Tita Taylor (Treasurer),and JD Austin (Sergeant at Arms).
Rose Beeson was the G4 Area Governor and performed the officer induction Ceremony. Rose went on to become the Gila Division Governor and is the current incoming Lt. Governor of Marketing for District 3 Toastmasters.
Rose is last on the right below.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 June 2009 )
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Dave Endres achieves Competent Communicator Award! |
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Written by JD Austin
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 Dave Endres
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Dave Endres is a sales manager for Superlite Block (an Old Castle Company
) and has been a member of Rio Copa Toastmasters since March 2008. On
April 22, 2009 he completed the tenth project in his Toastmasters Basic
Communication manual and was awarded the Competent Communicator Award
from Toastmasters International.
In February Dave competed in the Toastmasters R4 Area International Speech contest and took second place. The winner of that contest (Michael Desiderio) went on to win the Rio Division contest and the District 3 International Speech Contest .
Dave is currently the club Treasurer and Vice President Public Relations.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 07 May 2009 )
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Ken Mueller achieves 1/2 CC Ribbon- JD Austin 2nd ACS |
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Written by JD Austin
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Ken Mueller (right) is a salesman for Superlite Block (an Old Castle company
) has been an active member of Rio Copa Toastmasters since March 2008
and is the current Vice President of Membership in our club. In March
2009 he achieved his 1/2 Competent Communicator Ribbon! Currently he
is only a few speeches away from achieving his Competent Communicator
award from Toastmasters International!
JD Austin
(left) has been a member of Rio Copa Toastmasters sincd 2004 and has
achieved his second Advanced Communicator Silver Award. JD is a
Database Administrator at Maricopa County Community College District
and also owns a technology services and telephony business (Twin Geckos). JD plans to achieve his second Distinguished Toastmaster award within the next 18 months.
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JD Austin (right), Ken Mueller (left)
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 07 May 2009 )
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Rio Copa does well in R4 Area Contest! |
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Written by JD Austin
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The R4 Area Table Topics and International Speech
Contest was on Saturday February 28th at the Univerisity of Phoenix
near 32nd St. and I10.
The first contest was the Table Topics contest. Each
contestant was asked the same question and judged on specific
criteria. The winner of the contest was a veteran contestant Michael
Desiderio. Rio Copa's Steven Martindale took 2nd place! Steven
previously competed in the R4 Area Tall Tales contest and WON! This is
his first time competing in Table Topics.
Steven Martindale is picutred above with the R4 Area Governor Conney Weiss.
The second contest was the R4 International Speech Contest. The winner
of the contest was veteran contestant Paul Prunoforte. Rio Copa's Dave
Endres took 2nd place! This is Dave's first contest; he did well!
Dave Endres is pictured above with R4 Area Governor Connie Weiss.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 04 May 2009 )
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Rio Copa Toastmasters International Speech Contest Results |
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Written by JD Austin
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Jeff Stafford won 1st Place in Rio Copa's International Speech contest on February 4th, 2009.
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Jeff Stafford (left) and Patrick Fitzgerald (right)
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Dave Endres took 2nd place.
Since Jeff has a conflicting event on February 28th, Dave Endres will represent Rio Copa at the R4 Area Contest.
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Patrick Fitzgerald (right), Dave Endres (left)
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| Steven Martindale took 3rd place. |
Patrick Fitzgerald (right), Steven Martindale (left)
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 02 May 2009 )
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