Toastmasters Going Greener

Fellow Toastmasters,

Our club is trying to go a little greener and save some money. Here's how you can help.

Instead of paying to have ballots printed (you know, those little slips of paper we use to vote for Best Speaker, Best Evaluator, and Best Table Topics Speaker), we have decided to reuse paper that would have been thrown away or recycled as our ballots.

All you have to do is take a piece of paper you would have normally recycled and cut it into strips. An 8.5 x 11 piece of paper makes a dozen ballots if you cut it in half the long way and then into fairly equal strips.

Don't worry if there is something printed on one side, we'll just use the blank side. Potential sources of this paper are:

• any drafts or mistakes from your office or home (assuming no confidential information is on them)
• handouts you may receive at a seminar that you no longer need
• our own meeting programs

I'm sure you can come up with other sources if you give it a little thought.

By doing this, you will help the club save money and become a little greener.

What suggestions do you have? Comment below.

John Schneyer
VPE