Joint Anniversary of Success & Kumamoto Toastmasters Clubs

In less than two months, Success Toastmasters Club of District 67 and Kumamoto Toastmasters Club of District 76 will have their joint anniversary in Tao-yuan, Taiwan on the 11th of October. This is probably the fist time in Toastmasters history that two clubs across two districts (two countries) joining hands together to celebrate their happy moments together.

In toastmasters, everything is possible in terms of brining people together to hone the communication and leadership skills. In additions to regular meetings of our own club(s), we often invite other clubs to have joint meetings, attend district conventions to observe outstanding toastmasters excel on stage. We grow in a friendly and supportive environment to become better people.

In the middle of May this year, I accompanied President Gina Lin and EVP Emily Yu of Success Toastmasters Club to visit Kumamoto Toastmasters Club in Kyushu after D76 Spring Convention in Hiroshima. Within less than two hours, we came up with an unprecedented plan to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Success and 20th anniversary of Kumamoto together in Taiwan. It's going to be a big project, and I'm going to be part of it. Am I thrilled?

When I walked into Peace Toastmasters Club yesterday afternoon, the 16th, I received a big welcome from fellow members. It must have been a year or so since I last attended the club meeting. Every member was excited about the coming Joint Anniversary, and I was able to finalize the joint anniversary and party agenda with the support and encouragement from Japanese speaking Toastmasters clubs in Taipei.

More than a dozen toastmasters from D76 have signed up for the Joint Anniversary. Six of them are from Nagoya Toastmasters Club, the sister club of Success. We all look forward to achieving a new milestone to make a happy and memorable Toastmasters gathering for ourselves to cherish and for others to emulate.

In the next two months, there will be a lot of correspondence between toastmasters in Taiwan and in Japan. Aren't we grateful to Toastmasters International that we have the chance to build the bridge between two friendly neighbors countries in the Pacific? Hopefully one day, an International Speech Contest in Japanese will be endorsed by the Headquarters. That would be awesome, wouldn't it?