Public Speaking Northwest #9406

 

Meeting Minutes

October 12, 2021

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

 

Announcements 

 

Today, our new member induction ceremony was performed by Nancy for Nguyet Ly and Nevin Kalaf

 

Look forward to a Zoom (holiday) dress up meeting on October 26, 2021.

 

Members in Attendance (in alphabetical order): Jessica, Jinxin, Kate, Kelly, Lynn C., Lynne D., Nancy, Nevin, Nguyet, Robert, Warren

 

Guests in Attendance: None

 

Our Sergeant at Arms, Lynne D, opened our meeting at 12:00 p.m.

 

Opening Comments by our President, Lynn C.

 

Our Toastmaster was Lynne D.

 

The meeting theme was: Stormy Weather

 

The word of the day was “whirlwind”

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Nevin

Ah Counter – Nguyet

Timer – Jessica

General Evaluator – Warren

 

Speaker #1 was Kate with her speech, “The Amazing Pacific Octopus.” This was her Presentation Mastery path, Level 4 Elective, with Q&A Session.  15-20 minutes

Her speech, which took 18:02 minutes, Kate enthralled us with information and insights of the Pacific Octopus.

 

Evaluator #1 was Nancy with a very cogent evaluation, recognizing Kate’s warmth of presentation and suggesting how to combine the presentation and Kate into the same rectangle.

 

Our Table Topics Master was Lynn C. with lots of stormy questions. 

Robert told of his 1^st and last rented sailboat experience on Long Island Sound.

Kelly talked her wish to meet favorite celebrity, RuPaul, for fashion tips.

Jinxin let us know that her favorite extreme weather was Snow.

Nevin outlined his favorite activities inside his home, while a snow storm was outside.

Nguyet talked about her fortunate missed cruise to the Caribbean, which encountered a storm and was stranded for two weeks.

 

General Evaluator was Warren who commented on agenda preparation, overlooked General Evaluator introduction, and complemented the toastmaster on her most memorable Seattle Area storms. He also cited excellent Table Topic speakers, the Evaluator, Nancy, and Gate Team reporters. 

 

Meeting adjourned at 12:58 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Robert Katz, On behalf of

Barbara Katz, Secretary