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the arms of thousands of Americans every day.
By May, everyone should be eligible to receive
the vaccine. By Independence Day, we are told,
we should even be able to host neighbors for
barbecue parties in our back yards. What will
our Toastmasters world look like then? Many
of us will return to meeting in person again.
I have heard of at least one Club in District 7
that already has, meeting in person for the first
time in several months. Maybe we’ll even open
up enough to run our 2022 spring conference
live—with options for those who want to attend
virtually, of course. Who knows? It may be time
for our 2022-2023 District Director to learn how
to speak French in preparation for that long-
awaited trip to Paris.
As PJ anticipated in his Voices! article a year
ago, we experienced some trying times. We’re
not through them entirely yet, though I know
many of us are past tired of being cooped up for
so long. It’s good, though, to see the light at the
end of the tunnel and know that it’s not another
train.
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