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2007 TOCA Annual Meeting
Toca Breakfast At GIS
Savannah Survey Comments
Member News
Calendar of Events
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By Ed Hiscock
Maybe it’s because Savannah is one of the most hospitable cities I’ve ever visited, or maybe it’s because my wife and I spent a couple extra days there after the recent TOCA meeting, but the event has been on my mind lately.
One of the reasons I’ve been thinking about it is the honor of being elected TOCA president, and in particular following Bill Klutho in that role. Bill deserves our thanks for years of volunteer service to the association, and we’re looking forward to his year on the board as past president. His two presidential years, characterized by an amiable personal style and a determination to do what’s right for a growing organization, offers the model I hope to emulate. One thing’s for certain, though – I’ll never match his iTunes collection.
Additionally, Savannah gave all the meeting attendees a glimpse of how TOCA has evolved over the years and of the direction in which we hope it will grow.
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By Den Gardner, Executive Director
Folk singer, recording artist and Savannah native Arlon Bennett wrote about his home town many years ago, but could just as well have been writing about TOCA when he said:
“There’s a jewel spared the fire shining through the willow trees, where to ever see that look in your eyes is to find the love that’s long awaited me…and I’ll see you in Savannah!” Brings a tear to your eye, doesn’t it? TOCA: a jewel spared the fire (but not the gnats).
TOCA’s theme for this year, Gates, Ghosts & Gardens: Catch the Spirit of Savannah, aptly described the mood of the meeting. From garden tours to reliving history at Old Fort Jackson, to memories of Johnny Mercer (another Savannah native) and the notoriety of Mercer House and the best-selling book and movie, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, the spirit of Savannah hung over its members like the fog on the Savannah River (often described by tourists as Moon River, from the popular song written by Mercer) just outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
All in all, more than 80 members and attendees found the 18th annual meeting one to remember. As Mercer so delightfully told us, this meeting was certainly, "Too Marvelous for Words."
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