The District 3 Fall Conference is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, November 17-18, 1989, at the Sheraton Resort in Prescott, Arizona.

Educational sessions scheduled are: "Pro-crastination" by Virginia Granger, ATM; "A Humorous Workshop" by
Cynthia Scanlon; and "How to give to your audience", by Ralph Joslin, DTM. Guest speaker for lunch will be the Communication and Leadership Award recipient, Idelia B. Riggs, Colorado's first oscar for Teacher of the Year Award. Highlighting the conference will be the Table Topics contest finals and the Humorous Speech contest finals.
It is going to be fun!

Leadership symposium coming
by Karen Gronli, District Training

Committed to helping District 3 club officers succeed, 36 training facilitators participated in a dozen fall training sessions.
Club officer participa-tion was up a whopping 12% thanks to the strong promotion given by our Area and Division Governors.
In January when we in-stitute the "New" LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM, it is our goal to make this symposium valuable to all officers; whether they are novices or masters. Great things are happening so watch for future an-nouncements and call me at 954-8783 if you want more information.

Yogi Berra once said "It isn't over till it's over." We have all laughed at this and other Yogiisms. It is one of those sayings that is so obvious as to be ridiculous. But, is it? I don't think so.
At first glance, it tells us to continue to strive and do our best until the last out or the last seconds tick away. In sports, we all know or have read about teams or individuals that have come from behind what seemed like insurmountable leads to win a game. In sports, the meaning is dear.

If this was all there was to it, we could dismiss it as a bromide. However, I believe that this admonition applies to everything we do. How many times have you said: "It's too late to prepare that speech;" "I couldn't win that speech contest anyway;" "The club is too far gone to save;" "I wouldn't make a differ-ence as a club or District officer;" "A Speechcraft or Youth Leadership won't help me or my club." In essence, you have said it's over before you even tried. Unlike sports, where the end of a contest is well de-fined, in your everyday tasks, you determine when it's over. It is up to you to decide when to quit, when to say it's over." As long as you keep striving and plug-ging away it isn't over. You may not win every battle or always come out on top. But, how will you know, if you don't try? You just might surprise yourself.

Whether it is in sports, Toastmasters, your job, or any task you start, Yogi was right. "It isn't over till it's over." You make the decision. As long as you give yourself a chance, you are giving yourself the opportunity to succeed.