A couple of District 19 clubs were honored with a special guest this summer. Dean Sheetz, a member of Dubai Men’s College Toastmasters and Dubai Advanced Toastmasters clubs in Dubai, visited both the Grinnell Toastmasters and Crossroads Storytellers.
Dean, a teacher and a native of Montezuma, Iowa, was recently elected Governor of Area 66 in Dubai. He’s part of District 20, which has about 700 clubs (compared to about 92 in District 19) and also covers the countries of Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Kuwait.
At Storytellers, he gave a manual speech titled, “Life on Dubai Time.” Dean said, “I really enjoyed the District 19 meetings I attended and the chance to see how different Toastmasters clubs around the world achieve the same goals in different ways. The quality of the speaking, evaluating and other activities reinforces for me the great benefits any Toastmaster can receive.”