Meeting Minutes - May 4, 2021

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

Meeting Minutes - May 4, 2021

 

Announcements:  No announcement.  Happy May Everyone!

 

Our Sergeant at Arms, Lynne, promptly opened the meeting on time with our mission statement, flag salute, and reminded members and guests that the speech and evaluation part of our meeting are recorded. 

 

Our President Barb opened the meeting and introduced the Toastmaster. In Nancy's absence, Lynne reviewed roles for the next meeting.

 

Our Toastmaster was Mara.  Our theme was "Bring Your Pet To Toastmasters Day". Mara introduced her cat and throughout the meeting had members introduced their pets.

 

Our GATE Team was:

Grammarian - Giri filled in for Hannah

Word of the day - Rapport

Ah Counter - Midori

Timer - Kristin

General Evaluator - Lynn C.

 

Our first speaker was Giri.  His speech was entitled, "Ultimate Mirroring: The Greatest Key to Persuasion". He is working on his Inspire Your Audience Pathway; Level 3, Motivational Strategies (8-10 mins)

 

Our second speaker was JinXin.  Her speech was entitled, "The Door".   She is working on her Presentation Mastery Pathway; Level 2, Introduction to Toastmasters Mentoring (5-7 mins)

 

Our Evaluators were Barb (evaluating Giri) and Warren (evaluating JinXin)

 

Our Table Topic Master was Jean.  

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were:

Glenn, Lynne, and Barb all shared stories about their pet.

 

Members in Attendance were Giri, Jim, Lynne, Jean, Warren, Glenn, Barb, Midori, Kristin, Robert, Mara, Lynn, Kate, and JinXin

 

Guest(s) in Attendance: Julie (former member and coming back) YAY!!! :)

 

Motion to Adjourn,

 

Secretary, 

Lynn Connell