Public Speaking Northwest #9406

 

Meeting Minutes

November 30, 2021

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

 

Announcements 

Our Vice President of Education (VPE), Nancy, announced:

·      Kelly has completed Level 1 of the Presentation Mastery Path

·      Jinxin has completed Level 2 of the Presentation Mastery Path

 

Members in Attendance (in alphabetical order): Barb, Jessica, Jim, Jinxin, Kate, Kelly, Lynn C., Lynne D., Mara, Nancy, 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 Kate, who shared information about original movie inventors (Thomas Edison, Mayer, etc.) and how they invented movie practices, for example, special effects.

 

The meeting theme was: Let’s Go to the Movies!

 

The word of the day was “adaptation”

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Lynne D.

Ah Counter – Lynne D.

Timer – Jessica

General Evaluator – Robert

 

Our Speaker was Nguyet with her speech, “What’s For Dinner.” This was her Ice Breaker, 4-6 minutes.  In her speech, Nguyet talked about how dinners had become bonding experiences, celebrating family occasions and meeting new friends from many different countries.  She also talked about Thrive, the start-up company for which she is the User Experience Designer.

 

Our Evaluator was Warren who recognized Nguyet’s success with the two goals of the ice breaker, introducing herself to the club and learning how to organize a speech.  He complimented her on her use of humor, made a few gentle suggestions, and concluded by saying that she had accomplished a fantastic start to her career as a toastmaster.

 

Our Table Topics Master was Jinxin with questions about famous movies. 

Nancy talked about the Harry Potter movie and books.  Kelly explained her admiration of the actor Sean Connery.  Robert discussed his first experience seeing Gone with the Wind.  Jim said that the movie Home Alone was his favorite Christmas movie of all time. Jessica shared her enjoyment of the Godfather movies and Scarface.  Lynne D told us about the first horror movie she saw as a young child.  She also mentioned that Davy Crockett was in the movie, and at the time she believed that Davy Crockett was married to Betty Crocker.

Our General Evaluator was Robert who presented a very humorous evaluation.  In the beginning he commented on the Zoom names of a few toastmasters and appreciated the new tradition of clapping out loud for ice breaker speeches.

Meeting adjourned at 12:59 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara Katz, Secretary