Meeting Minutes
February 15, 2022
Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters
Announcements
Winner of the Speech Contest today will go on to compete in the Area Speech Contest in March.
Members in Attendance: Amy, Jessica, Jim, Jutta, Lynn C, Lynne D, Mara, Maria, Nancy, Nguyet, Robert
Guests in Attendance: Divya Arisetty
Our Sergeant at Arms, Lynne D, opened our meeting at 12:00 p.m.
Opening Comments by President Lynn C.
The meeting theme was: Speech Competition
Our Toastmaster and Speech Contest Master was Nancy.
Our Timer was Mara
Speaker #1 was Jim with his speech, “Engaging Your Aging,” 5-7 minutes. Jim mentioned that aging is a natural process, a new horizon, so to speak. We should embrace it as a time to learn new skills; for example, he mentioned a 100-year-old blogger.
Table Topics Master was Kate
Kate’s theme for table topics was Acceptance Speeches.
Robert accepted the hair and beard award.
Jutta had won the award for a prize winning vegetable, an eggplant
Amy won the Air Guitar Competition”, for her secret song on YouTube video training.
Lynn C’s award was for skipping thin, flat stones over water
Maria won the “National Rock, Paper, Scissors Award,” after practicing (and winning) with her kids.
Nguyet won the “Pancake Flipping Race,” practicing until excellent.
Divya’s award was for Birdsong Imitation; her favorite birds are those that sing arias
Lynnne D won in the Tuna Toss Festival with her 37-meter record. She had gone to the Pike Place Market to practice “Tuna Sings Better than Salmon.”
The meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted based on notes from Robert Katz,
Barbara Katz, Secretary
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