Meeting Minutes, August 24, 2021

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

Members in Attendance (in alphabetical order): Barb, Kate, Kelly, Lynn, Mara, Nancy, Robert, Warren

Guests in Attendance: N/A

Our President Lynn opened our meeting at 12:00 p.m.

Our Toastmaster was Nancy.

The meeting theme was: Month of August

The word of the day was August, defined as impressive

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Kate

Ah Counter – Kate

Timer – Lynn

General Evaluator – Mara

Our Speaker was Kelly with her ice breaker, “The Jolly Blonde Giant,” Presentation Mastery path, Level 1, Project 1, 4-6 minutes

Kelly’s Evaluator was Warren.

Our Table Topics Master was Nancy, who gave each person a topic related to a different “day of” in the month of August.  Speakers and topics were:

Kate – weather

Robert – strange music

Barb – most happy about

Mara – national parks

Lynn – her legacy

Warren – dessert

Kelly – romance

Our Humorists were Nancy and Robert

Motion for Adjournment:  Nancy   Second: Robert

Meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara Katz, Secretary

Officer Meeting Minutes

PUBLIC SPEAKING NORTHWEST

August 17, 2021

 

Meeting started approximately 1:05 p.m.

 

Members in Attendance: Jim, Barb, Nancy, Mara, Lynn C., Jinxin

 

Minutes from the July meeting were approved.

 

Report from VPE Nancy: 

·      One more officer needs to be trained in order to get our DCP point.

·      Most officers have signed the officer pledge.  Remaining officers are asked to sign and send to Jinxin.

 

Report from VPPR Mara:

·      Mara continues to post frequently on FaceBook

·      Mara suggested that we view Nancy’s video on our FaceBook page and said that Kelly may help with training in the future with similar videos.

·      Mara suggested a Storytelling meeting in a park in the Fall.  We discussed whether it would be better to have the meeting during our normal Tuesday time, or have it on a weekend.  No decision was reached.

·      Mara is working with Kate (VPM) to continue attracting new members so that we have at least 20 on June 30, 2022.

·      Mara is continuing to search for new locations for our on-site meetings

·      Officers confirmed that it is OK to look for space in churches.

 

Report from VPM Kate:

·      Kate is receiving many inquiries about our club.  After discussion, we agreed that copies of all responses to inquiries should be sent to VPM, VPPR, and President.  Ordinarily, Kate will be the first responder.

·      Kate reminded us that we will lose some members when we return to in-person-only meetings.

 

Report from Treasurer Jinxin:

·      Jinxin showed the Treasurer’s list of transactions from January 1 to June 30, 2021.  As of June 30, we had $1,083.59 in the bank.

·      We discussed reducing club dues, given our healthy balance. Nancy moved and Barb seconded that we leave things as they are for now.  Voting was unanimous in favor. (There is still uncertainty about where we will meet in person and costs associated with that.)

·      Regarding new members, Jim reported that we will no longer use the invoice option in PayPal.  There followed a short discussion about using QuickBooks but we decided not to use that program. New members should mail a check to Jinxin or use PayPal.

·      There was a mysterious payment of $30 into our account in July.  Jim and Jinxin will continue to explore the source.

·      TI says that club records should be retained by the Secretary; however, the Treasurer in our club has been doing it.  We decided to not make any changes at this time.  As Nancy so eloquently put it, we decided “not to poke the bear.”

 

Nancy moved and Mara seconded that the meeting be adjourned.

The meeting adjourned at 1:55 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara Katz, Secretary

 

Meeting Minutes

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

August 17, 2021

 

 

Members in Attendance (in alphabetical order): Barb, Caryn, Hannah, Jean, Jim, Kelly, Lynn, Mara, Nancy, Robert, Warren

 

Guests in Attendance: N/A

 

Our President Lynn opened our meeting at 12:00 p.m.

 

Our Toastmaster was Mara.

 

The meeting theme was: All About Pears

 

The word of the day was Profusion

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Kelly

Ah Counter – Nancy

Timer – Robert

General Evaluator – Lynn

 

Our Speaker #1 was Warren with “13 Miles of Insanity,”

Visionary Communication path, Level 1, Project 3, 5-7 minutes

 

Warren’s Evaluator was Caryn.

 

Our Table Topics Master was Jean. She instructed us to start every TT speech with the phrase “One day,” For the first three topics, Jean gave each speaker four adjectives to include in their TT speech.  This was very helpful and made for lively TT speeches.

 

Table Topics Speakers:  Hannah, Barb, Jim, Kelly, Robert, Lynn, Nancy

 

Our Humorist was: n/a

 

Motion for Adjournment:  Hannah   Second: Jim

 

Meeting adjourned at 12:55.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara Katz, Secretary

 

Meeting Minutes

August 3, 2021

 

Announcements:  We have a new member: Kelly Falluca

 

Members in Attendance (in alphabetical order): Barb, Jean, Jim, Kelly, Kristin, Mara, Nancy, Robert, Warren

 

Guests in Attendance: N/A

 

Our President pro temp, Nancy, opened our meeting.

 

Our Toastmaster was Barb.

 

The meeting theme was: This Day in History

 

The word of the day was Accomplishment

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – n/a

Ah Counter – n/a

Timer – Robert

General Evaluator – Kristin

 

Our Speaker #1 was Warren with “Houston, We’ve Got a Problem,”

Visionary Communication path, Level 1, Project 3, 5-7 minutes

 

Our Speaker #2 was “Your Body Speaks,” Presentation Mastery path, Effective Body Language, 5-7 minutes

 

Warren’s Evaluator was Jean

Nancy’s  Evaluator was Jim

 

Our Table Topics Master was Mara, with questions on our experiences in Kindergarten

 

Table Topics Speakers:  Kelly, Jim, Kristin, Jean, Robert

 

Our Humorist was: n/a

  

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara Katz, Secretary