Our glorious leader, Diana Lowe, recently expounded on the virtues of The Toastmasters Promise. To ensure that we, as members of Toastmasters, are aware of our solemn commitment to the club and to its members is the fine and noble sentiment of our club president. In short we all, each of us, have a commitment to each other and this understanding is of crucial importance to the essence of Toastmasters. Without it, the whole system would simply collapse.

Of course, one might cynically rebut that all members...