Public Speaking Northwest #9406

 

Meeting Minutes

December 21, 2021

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

 

Announcements 

·      Our next meeting will be Tuesday, January 4, 2022.

·      Our Area Director, David Koch, announced that it is time to prepare for our speech contest in February. We will need to choose a contest chair and set a date.

·      He also reminded officers to get trained.

 

Members in Attendance (in alphabetical order): Barb, Kelly, Lynn C., Lynne D, Mara, Nancy, Nevin, Robert

 

Guests in Attendance: David Koch, Area Director

 

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

 

Opening Comments by our President, Lynn C.

 

The meeting theme was: Winter Solstice Party

 

The word of the day was “scintillating,” an adjective that means sparkling, like the snow under a full moon. It also means brilliantly and excitingly clever or skillful.

 

Our Toastmaster was Mara who talked about the Solstice Party that her family used to have at their old house and which they are re-instituting again this year at their new house.

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Barb

Ah Counter – Barb

Timer – Nevin

General Evaluator – Nancy

 

Our Speaker #1 was Robert with his speech, “It’s Time,” 6-8 minutes, Engaging Humor Path, Level 2, Connect with an audience. Robert mused on time and its many aspects.  He used many quotes and introduced each quote with the sound of a clock ticking. His speech was philosophical, humorous, and poetic with many interesting and unusual turns of phrase.

 

Our Speaker #2 was Lynn C with her speech, “What Language Do You Speak,” 5-7 minutes, Presentation Mastery Path, Level 1, Evaluation and Feedback. This was her revised speech on this topic, incorporating the feedback that she had received the last time that she delivered the speech.

 

Our Evaluator #1 was David who praised Robert’s constant use of interesting language and humor.  He commented on Robert’s “professorial” voice and suggested more vocal variety. David said that he was entertained throughout the speech.

Our Evaluator #2 was Lynne D. who praised Lynn C’s re-write of the speech, with her excellent slides, good pace, comfortable demeanor and organization. She also commented on Lynn’s explanation of the credentials of the man that wrote the book that Lynn had based her speech on.

 

Our Table Topics Master was Kelly who picked an unusual and uplifting theme for her questions.  She asked us to “pay it forward with kindness” by commenting on one person that we admired in the club.

 

Nancy picked Robert, saying that she adored his brain, his humor, his kindness and his ability to weave things together.

 

Nevin picked Kelly, commenting about what a good speaker she is and how much she brings to our meetings.

 

Barb picked Lynne D, acknowledging her long service to the club as our sergeant at arms, Lynne’s kindness, and Barb’s belief that she could share anything with Lynne.

 

Mara picked Lynn C, recognizing Lynn’s contributions as our president, her heart of gold, and how much Lynn gives to our meetings.

 

Our General Evaluator, Nancy, had high praise for the meeting and appreciated our Area Director David for stepping into the role of Evaluator.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara Katz, Secretary