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Regina Litman
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 Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 5:44 am Post subject: Re: Question |
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And by the way, while we're on the subject of drinks, as one who has
never liked hot beverages, not having coffee, tea, or similar drinks
available, even (especially!), at a breakfast meeting would not trouble
me in the least. I love chocolate milk but please don't ever serve me
cocoa or hot chocolate, even on the coldest day of the year!
When I was Area Governor and Division Governor and sometimes responsible
for setting up contests and other events (yes, I know, the Governor is
not supposed to run the contests, but it usually does fall into this
person's hands in this district), it usually did not occur to me to
supply coffee, which so many other people seem to consider a necessity
of life, even more so than alcoholic beverages. When it did occur to me,
I pretty much had to come up with a "that's tough" answer, unless
someone else was willing to bring the coffee and the equipment used for
serving.
For some reason, people just have to have coffee in the morning, and I
can never understand why. (This said in all seriousness.)
Regina Litman wrote:
| Quote: | My club's just-become-ex-meeting place (yes, there was a reason for
those questions I posted yesterday) is a restaurant with a liquor
license. Some members ordered drinks and paid for them separately. I
don't know if it was a shortage of such drink orders that caused them to
give us the boot after eight years of meeting there.
As a non-drinker myself, I would never consider the availability of
alcoholic beverages to be a necessity.
Joy wrote:
The thread about meeting places raises an interesting (to me)
question. Two Toastmasters located outside the United States
indicated that it is customary to have alcoholic beverages available
at meetings. I have never encountered this at a Toastmasters club in
the United States. My experience in this country has been that some
clubs offer no refreshments, some provide snacks and soft drinks,
juice, water, coffee and/or tea, and some meet at restaurants. Some
of the restaurants have beer or wine available, and I have
occasionally seen a Toastmaster order such a beverage with their meal.
However, I have never been to a Toastmasters meeting in the United
States where it was taken for granted that alcohol would be available.
Among the clubs I visited in Australia, the availability of alcoholic
beverages seemed to hinge on the meeting place. Many of the
Toastmasters clubs seem to meet at club houses where alcohol is
available, but others don't. I've seen posts here from members in
South Africa and the UK indicating that there is an expectation for
alcoholic beverages to be available.
I'd be interested to know if there are any clubs in the U.S. where
this is customary, and whether it is customary at most clubs in other
countries.
This is strictly a matter of curiosity. I have no agenda.
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