Meeting Minutes
October 5, 2021
Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters
Announcements
WELCOME to our new members, Nguyet Ly and Neven Kalaf
CONGRATULATIONS to Mara who has completed Level 3 of Presentation Mastery.
KUDOS to Nancy for the very nice presentation of Mara’s Level 3 award.
Members in Attendance (in alphabetical order): Barb, Caryn, Jessica, Kate, Kelly, Kristin, Lynn C., Lynne D., Mara, Nancy, Warren
Guests in Attendance: Nguyet Ly and Nevin Kalaf
Our Sergeant at Arms, Lynne D, opened our meeting at 12:00 p.m.
Opening Comments by our President, Lynn C.
Our Toastmaster was Barb.
The meeting theme was: Dragons
The word of the day was “slay”
Our Gate Team was:
Grammarian – Jessica
Ah Counter – Jessica
Timer – Kate
General Evaluator – Lynn C.
Speaker #1 was Mara with her speech, “Turning Paper into Real Money – Legally.” This was her ice-breaker speech for Presentation Mastery path. 5-7 minutes
In her speech, Mara talked about her book series, Little Books of Big Business
Evaluator #1 was Warren with a very complimentary evaluation, recognizing that Mara’s speech was impromptu.
Our Table Topics Master was Kristen with lots of dragon-related questions.
Kelly told of her Elvira costume that won 3rd place in a contest.
Jessica talked about her favorite fairy tale, Rapunzel, that was updated and re-imagined by Disney in their movie “Tangled.”
Nguyet related a story about her past when she was cooking soup but forgot the water and started a fire in the kitchen.
Nevin described trips to Thailand with his family.
Caryn talked about Shrek, the movie about a dragon and ogres
Nancy said that she treasured freedom more than anything.
Kate talked about how the Covid-19 pandemic has changed and enhanced the teamwork in her agency.
Lynne was asked about her good luck charm, and she responded by talking about the things that make her feel blessed.
General Evaluator was Lynn C who recognized the toastmaster for contacting Kristin before the meeting so that Kristin would have lots of TT questions ready. Lynn also recognized Warren and Kristin.
Meeting adjourned at 12:55 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Katz, Secretary
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