Public Speaking Northwest #9406

 

Meeting Minutes

March 15, 2022

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

 

Announcements 

1.    We will have an Open House meeting on March 29.  This is an IMPORTANT MEETING. BRING GUESTS.

2.    First in-person meeting on April 5.

3.    Dues are due by March 31. See email from Jinxin.

4.    We have a new member: Divya!

 

For our Area Contest on March 11, Jim wrote a new speech in two days.  He didn’t win, but he gave an excellent speech.

 

Members in Attendance: Amy, Barb, Divya ,Jean, Jim, Kate, Kelly, Kristin, Lynne D, Maria, Nancy, Robert

 

Guests in Attendance: Meera

 

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

 

Opening Comments by president pro temp, Nancy.

 

The meeting theme was:  “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”

 

The word of the day was “Galore,” meaning “in abundance.”

 

Our Toastmaster was Kelly. She produced a colorful agenda and celebrated St. Patrick’s day with us. She also held a raffle and people who wore green had two chances to win.  The winner was Kristin.  Kelly said that she would send the prize by email to Kristin.

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian –Amy

Ah Counter – Amy

Timer – Lynne D

General Evaluator – Maria

 

Speaker #1 was Nancy, with her speech “Wrapping It Up,” 6-8 minutes.  She told us that she had finished two Paths, and focused on the second Path, the Better Speaker Series.  Nancy described all the elements in the series, Controlling Fear, Selecting a Topic, Organizing the Speech, Creating an Introduction, Using Body Language, Charisma, Know Your Audience, Preparation, and Practice Ideas, Not Words.

 

Speaker # 2 was Barb, with her speech, “Wives in History,” 6-8 minutes. Because today is the Ides of March, Barb told us a lot about Julius Caesar by making it a story and focusing on his wives to a certain extent.  She changed the names and challenged the audience to guess who the main figure was (Julius Caesar).

 

Evaluator #1 was Kate, who praised Nancy’s speech, the organization, and the amount of information included.  Kate congratulated Nancy on her “speeches galore,” and how well the speech fit in with her role as VPE. Kate said that Nancy’s eye contact was great.

 

Evaluator #2 was Kristin, who gave Barb high marks for delivery and the story format. She appreciated the introduction and the hand gestures. The speech kept everyone interested and the audience felt included. She said that the title misled her somewhat, because she expected to hear about many wives, not just the wives of one person.  She suggested more focus on the wives, not just the famous man.

 

Table Topics

Jim lead table topics, with a series of questions related to the color green.

 

Meera talked about how the color green means peace in her country.

Amy talked about the green traffic light being on the bottom.

Robert said that Grumpy was the greenest dwarf in the story of Snow White and the 7 Dwarves.

 

General Evaluator was Maria.  She gave a thorough evaluation of the meeting, commenting on all of the roles.  She noted that this was the first time that Kelly had been Toastmaster, and she had done an excellent job.  Maria had a few suggestions: 1) People could schedule their roles in advance, so that we don’t have to spend so much time in the meeting doing that. 2) Maria suggested that Jim give more information with his questions, so that speakers would understand the questions a little better.

 

The meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara Katz, Secretary