Meeting Minutes - November 29, 2022

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

Meeting Minutes

November 29, 2022

Announcements: 

1. Our December in-person meeting will be held at Woodcrest Estates Clubhouse

11808 NE 172nd St, Bothell, WA 98011

Our Toastmaster was Mara with the theme, Giving Tuesday 

Our Sergeant at Arms Barb called our meeting to order.

Our President Mara opened our meeting.

Our Education Minute Setting the stage from Toastmasters Magazine: Build a Great Speech. https://toastmasterscdn.azureedge.net/medias/files/department-documents/magazine/magazine-pdfs/2021-magazine-pdfs/magazine-november-2021-s.pdf

Our Gate Team was: 

Grammarian – Barb

Word of the day was Inspiration

Ah Counter – Lynne 

Timer - Marcus

General Evaluator – Jim

Our speakers were Kelly with “Simply Social Sugar” and Dan with “Road Trip IX”.

Our Evaluators were Maria and Anna, respectively.

Our Table Topics Master was Robert with the theme of First Times.

Our Table Topic Speakers were Julie talking about her first time using a computer, Nitin spoke about his first time barefoot in the grass, and Victor talking about his first time using an ATM.

Members in Attendance were …Lynne, Julie, Dan, Jim, Kelly, Mara, Barb, Maria, Art, Robert, Leya, KATE, Anna, Lakita, Nitin, Marcus, Amy, and Jean.

Guest in Attendance Victor

Motion to Adjourn:  Jim Second: Robert

Created by Nancy Carpenter on behalf of Secretary Lynn Connell

Officers' Meeting Minutes - November 8, 2022

Officer Meeting Minutes

11/08/22

1. We need to have our officer election by mid-December. Mara will check with Lynn to see if she wants to come back as secretary. The rest of the officers want to keep their roles.

2. Holiday Schedule: 

1. No Meeting on December 27th. Our last meeting of 2022 is Dec 20 and the first of 2023 is Jan 3.

2. Dec 20th will be a winter or solstice-themed meeting

3. Jan 24 White Elephant Party

4. Dec 6 no holiday party…but maybe we can bring cookies to share

3. Location: Lynn and Mara checked out a clubhouse in a very nice mobile home community in Bothell. Board meeting tonight at 7 pm.  There is parking. It is an attractive building and room. However, it is a residential neighborhood and there were concerns that it may not show us as professionals. In addition, the person who will host us has not joined yet and our ability to use the room is dependent upon her participation. If we are approved to use the clubhouse, we can hold our Dec 6th meeting there as a trial. 

4. 2023 is our 20th anniversary. We use that all year in our PR graphics. Let’s have a party in spring.  

5. Kelly is very clear about TI branding.

6. Learning Minutes feedback: 

1. A screen share would be more visible.

2. Timing. Use longer LM’s when we have lots of time and shorter LM topics when little and refer to a link on packed meetings with guests. 

3. Should learning minutes also be recorded so members can refer to them later?

7. Nancy will update the Meeting Roles document to address evaluating the evaluators. (Done)

Nguyet – Treasurer Report

The current balance is $1,676.71

For October, we received:
- Two membership renewals from Jinxin Hu and Anna Vuu (+$114)
- 1 membership payment from Marcus Bircher(+$79)

In details:
- We received $193 from members
- PayPay charges $5.30 for all 3 transactions
- Total of $187.7 deposited

VP PR Report | November 2022

YouTube

• I am excited that our new members are allowing me to publish their speeches. I also love that Julie Hutton did a true "Toastmasters Testimonial." I would love to get more of these from our members and make those videos into their own playlist on our channel. Would any of you like to start the train rolling?

• Our Channel Stats. 16 Subscribers. 49 videos uploaded. 64 views "Welcome" video. 39 views Jean's Founder video.

Comments

• Anu Jokinen, PR for District 2 reached out to me. She loves what we have been publishing and offered me the Voice of the Week this week. In addition, I will be designing the marketing materials for the District 2 Conference in May. Voice of the Week https://www.linkedin.com/posts/district-2-toastmasters_d2tm-whereleadersaremade-communicationskills-activity-6995389418563919872-pqfU/

• Member Interest. Mark Perez never responded to outreach. I would mark him dormant.

Questions

• Holiday meetings.

• I will be in Park City for the in-person meeting in December. I proposed to Mara our Holiday Zoom meeting be on December 13th for people who may be traveling the week of the 20th. I can take Toastmaster or Table Topics for the Zoom Holiday Meeting.

• New Location. Once you have a location please forward and I will promote it.

• December Member Spotlight

• Any recommendations? Perhaps a new member? I recommend Dan or Meera for jumping all in.

• Anniversary Celebration. Mara mentioned launching a campaign and celebrating all next year.

• Anniversary logo. I can create something to add to all our posts.

• Consider picking a date to promote an in-person and Zoom celebration.

Nancy

Webmaster: All is good. Kelly is an artist. I love the pop of color and beautiful graphics at the top.

 

VPE: 

1. We are in the "Distinguished: portion of the DPR goals. See below and attached. 

2. Still encouraging Anna to choose a mentor so she can be inducted. 

3. What do you think of the Learning Minutes? Your feedback is welcome.

4. Club Calendar is below and attached. 

5. I am so happy that Caryn Axelrad is meeting with us next week to fill out the big report form rather than handing it off to us. Next week after the regular meeting.

Nancy moved to adjourn

Barb seconded

Created by Nancy Carpenter on behalf of Secretary Lynn Connell.

Meeting Minutes - November 08, 2022

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

Meeting Minutes

November 8, 2022

Announcements: 

Please participate in a Banner Raid on Dan’s Toastmasters club in Canada. See his 11/8 email.

Our Toastmaster Lynne was with the theme Kindness. 

Our Sergeant at Arms Barb called our meeting to order.

Our President Mara opened our meeting and welcomed our guest, Lakita.

VPE Learning Minute: Get Ready for Small Talk

https://www.toastmasters.org/magazine/magazine-issues/2022/nov/small-talk?fbclid=IwAR2UJ3JEKg9fciwGqgogZH8E5ofAdp78UO3qp8IXy9oxkoUhKGFn3tGtcRw 

1. Ask Open-ended questions specific to that person

2. Break the Ice

3. Body Language & Active Listening

4. Consider Cultural Differences

5. Avoid Awkward Topics

6. Construct a Conversation Resume

7. Practice in Toastmasters

Our Gate Team was: 

Grammarian – Amy

Word of the day was Benevolent

Ah Counter – Anna

Timer - Maria

General Evaluator – Leya

Our Speaker was Mara with Kindness and Gratitude. 

Our Evaluator was Warren. 

Our Table Topics Master was Marcus with Favorite Traditions.

Our Table Topic Speakers were Robert, Art, Barb, Nitin, Lakita, Warren, Jim and Nancy

Our Humorist was Leya 

Members in Attendance were Barb, Mara, Nancy, Lynne, Amy, Anna, Maria, Leya, Marcus, Jim, Jean, Nitin, Robert and Art. 

Guests in Attendance Lakita.

Motion to Adjourn: Jim    Second: Robert

Created by Nancy Carpenter on behalf of Secretary Lynn Connell

Meeting Minutes - November 22, 2022

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

Meeting Minutes

11/22/2022

Our Sergent at Arms and zoom host Barb, promptly opened the meeting on time with our mission statement, flag salute, and reminded members and guests that the speech and evaluation part of our meeting are recorded. 

 

Our President Mara opened the meeting. Our VPE Nancy reviewed roles for the next meeting, provide us with the Learning Minute, and introduced the Toastmaster.

 

Our Learning Minute from Nancy: 

7 Tips for a Polished Public Appearance

1. Preparation: Include Plan B

2. You’re Onstage Even When You’re Not

3. Punctuality is King: Arrive early & stick to your time

4. Greetings and Introductions: Discuss ahead of time

5. Your Appearance: Match the occasion and your style

6. Authentic Body Language: Occupy lots of space

7. End with a Bang! Make it powerful.

 

Our Toastmaster was Maria. Our theme was "Holiday Foods". 

Our GATE Team was:

Grammarian - Anna

Word of the day - Scrumptious

Mara, Lynne, Maria, and Nancy used the Word of The Day

Ah Counter - Mara

Timer - Lynne

General Evaluator - Amy

 

Our Speaker today was Kelly. Her speech is entitled “VisuaLIZA”. She is working on her Presentation Mastery Pathway, Level 4, Managing a Difficult Audience (10-15 mins)

 

 Our Evaluators were Marcus (evaluating Kelly)

 

Our Table Topic Master was Leya

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were:

Nitin, Anna, and Marjoie all shared stories relating to our theme of the day.

 

Members in Attendance were Lynne, Lynn, Mara, Nancy, Julie, Kelly, Barb, Maria, Dan, Leya, Amy, Anna, Nitin, Marcus, Robert, and Art

 

Guest(s) in Attendance was Marjoie (first time) and Victor Nevarex (first time)

 

Motion to Adjourn: Nancy  Second: Robert

 

Secretary, 

Lynn Connell