I'm not a real community kind of guy. I'm a strong introvert and I tend to be alone more. Or just with close family and friends.
However, I have been in Toastmasters for seven years. I've held several offices in the organization and I have achieved the highest educational award: Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM). I'm sort of trying to drift away from Toastmasters. I've pretty much lost interest in it after so long. Plus it would be nice to have my Monday evenings free again.
I also was on the board of the local economic development council for six years. And for four of those years I was the secretary of the organization. I enjoyed that a lot as I knew what was happening in the local economy before most other people did. Often the companies coming would be secretive about it and not want their name out in the public. Code words would be used such as "Project Springboard." One time the Executive Director said, "AstaReal is coming to our area and that's no longer a secret" and we all said "Yay!" Then at the next meeting he said "Don't tell anyone that AstaReal is coming to our area, it's still a secret." And we all said, "Oops." Of course, it's not a secret now as they are here in town.
But I haven't been on that board for a few years now. I did some freelance writing for the organization but they stopped having me do that.
So I guess I've been more involved in the community than I originally thought.
Tomorrow I'll probably start writing about University of Washington football since their first game is Saturday. Go Dawgs!
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