Meeting Notes-January 30, 2024

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Meeting Minutes

January 30, 2024

 

Announcements: None

 Our President Victor called our meeting to order.

 Our Sergeant at Arms Barb articulated the Club’s Mission and led the Flag Salute

 Our VPE Nancy’s Education Minute:

Develop a Blueprint for Speechwriting
https://www.toastmasters.org/magazine/magazine-issues/2023/apr/toolbox

Your job is to grab the audience’s attention and focus it on your topic.

What is my message? If you can’t reduce it to one sentence, you don’t understand it well enough to communicate it simply.

 Our Toastmaster was Lynne with the theme “New Year Inspirations!”.

 Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Sonal

Word of the day was Impetus

Ah Counter – Barb

Timer - Kerry

General Evaluator – Victor

 Our Speakers were Kelly with Speech Title: “Reimagine Leadership”

and Marcus with Speech Title: “Heirlooms”

Our Speech Evaluators were Mara evaluating Kelly’s speech and

Maria evaluating Marcus' Speech.

 

Our Table Topics Master was Lakita

 Our Table Topic Speakers were Deanna, Katie, Dustin, and Robert

 

Our Humorist was Dustin.

 

Members in Attendance were Lynne, Sonal, Nancy, Barb, Kelly, Maria, Victor, Mara, Dustin, Robert, Deanna, Kerry, Lakita, and Marcus

 Guests in Attendance was Katie

 Motion to Adjourn: Dustin     Second: Robert

Meeting Notes-01/23/2024

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Meeting Minutes

January 23, 2024

 

Announcements:

We officially welcomed Dustin to our club with our Protégé/Mentor/Club Member’s Pledge and Mara is her mentor.

 

Our President Victor called our meeting to order.

 

Our Sergeant at Arms Pro Tem Nancy articulated the Club’s Mission and led the Flag Salute

 

Our VPE Education Minute:

Authenticity: Let Yourself Shine article in Toastmasters Magazine

https://www.toastmasters.org/magazine/magazine-issues/2024/jan/cultivating-authenticity

 

Prepare:
Know Yourself: Be Yourself
Know Your Audience: They need to feel that they have something in common with you
Know Your Materials:  Rehearse. Memorize vital details and statistics

Be sure to:
Match gestures and tone to your content.
Be Vulnerable, but don’t overshare.
Don’t speak from a script.

 

Our Toastmaster was Victor with the theme “Inspiration Through the Ages”.

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Amy

Word of the day was Catalyst

Ah Counter – Dustin

Timer - Maria

General Evaluator – Marcus

 

Our Speaker was Georgina with a Speech Title: ““Not Fair! I Only Have Two Names!””

 

Our Speech Evaluator Sonal

 

Our Table Topics Master was Lynne

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were Justin, Maria, Georgina, Kelly, Brian, Bill, Kerry, Dustin, Mara, Marcus, Amy, and Lakita

 

Our Humorist was Bill.

 

Members in Attendance were Lynne, Sonal, Justin, Maria, Georgina, Victor, Kelly, Nancy, Brian, Bill, Kerry, Dustin, Mara, Marcus, Amy, and Lakita

 

Guests in Attendance were Brian

 

Motion to Adjourn: Bill    Second: Nancy

Meeting Notes-January 16, 2024

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Meeting Minutes

January 16, 2024

 

Announcements:

1.    We officially welcomed Kerry to our club with our Protégé/Mentor/Club Member’s Pledge and Lynne is her mentor.

 

2.    Inspirational Speech Competition (February 13^th)

Ø  All members are welcome to compete. We can take as many as 6 or 7 speakers.

Ø  Speeches are to be 5 to 7 minutes long to qualify.

Ø  Feedback comments will be given in the Zoom chat.

Ø  We will vote and a prize will be given to the winner.

Ø  Members who have completed 2 levels in Pathways are eligible to move on to the International Speech Competition starting with the Area contest.

 

Our President Victor called our meeting to order.

 

Our Sergeant at Arms Barb articulated the Club’s Mission and led the Flag Salute

 

Our Education Minute: None

 

Our Toastmaster was Marcus with the theme “Building things, like forts”.

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Sophia

Word of the day was Foundation.

Ah Counter – Kerry

Timer - Georgina

General Evaluator – Sonal

 

Our Speakers were Amy with Speech Title: “The Art of Positive Negotiation: Learning from Cat Communication”

and Nancy with Speech Title: “The Magic of the Inspirational Speech”.

 

Our Speech Evaluators were Kelly evaluating Amy’s speech and

Victor evaluating Nancy’s Speech.

 

Our Table Topics Master was Bill

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were Kerry, Nancy, Dustin, Lynne, and Katie

 

Our Humorist was None.

 

Members in Attendance were Lynne, Sophia, Nancy, Kerry, Georgina, Bill, Victor, Barb, Robert, Kelly, Marcus, Amy, Dustin, and Sonal  

 

Guests in Attendance was Katie

 

Motion to Adjourn: Kelly    Second: Robert

 

Officer Meeting Minutes 01/09/2024

 Officer Meeting Report:

 January 9, 2024

• Vice President of Education (VPE):
• She informed us that we are at the Distinguished level. We will receive more points with educational achievements, more members, and when we receive our officer training.
• Our club’s calendar and goals were shared.
• Discussed about February 13^th Inspirational Speech Day instead of the White Elephant Party. Additional information will be sent.
• Treasurer:

o     Payment for Woodcrest Estates meeting room (January – April 2024) made. Check #105 - $140.00. The current room rent rate is $35/meeting.

o    Member Kelly Fallucca reimbursed for Maono Microphone and Sensyne Tripod – gifted to members. Check #106 - $56.28

o    New member payments have been being received via PayPal or check by PSNW & then the TI portion paid online via PSNW bank account debit card. All going well – no hitches. There is a service fee paid to PayPal for each transaction received.

o    She will follow up with the establishment of a Concur account which is required to use the Incentive dollars our Club has earned. I received and filled out the application last December (came via District 2). I have not received confirmation of the Concur account as of Jan 2024. I tried following up with a different contact email to District 2 today.

o    The PSNW bank account balance is $1360.15 as of 1/9/24.

• Vice President of Public Relations (VPPR):
• VPPR has been diligently working on uploading speeches and evaluations to our YouTube channel with the 2024 PR Theme: Sparkle and Shine.
•  2024 officer photos were uploaded.
• Updated ‘About us’ PDF on the website
• The 2024 Welcome Message Video of the President was uploaded.
• VPPR proposed to order the Toastmaster pins from TI and give them to a new member after their first Ice Breaker Speech. This proposal was approved by all the members.
• Proposed change in meeting opening format. Start the meeting with the President welcoming guests and all members approve this format.
• Vice President of Membership (VPM):
• Currently, our club boasts 27 paid members.
• Proposed to send a Thank you note to the Woodcrest Estates Board expressing our appreciation for using their meeting room.
• President:
•  Thank you letter to Woodcrest Estates Board

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 Officers in Attendance were Nancy, Kelly, Deanna, Lynn, Sonal, and Victor.

Meeting Notes-January 9, 2024

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Meeting Minutes

January 9, 2024

 

Announcements: We officially welcomed Georgiana to our club with our Protégé/Mentor/Club Member’s Pledge and Kelly is her mentor.

 

Our Toastmaster was Bill with the theme “Travel”.  

 

Our Sergeant at Arms Barb called our meeting to order.

 

Our President Victor opened our meeting.

 

Our Education Minute: https://www.everthestudent.com/rewrite-reality

Rewrite Your Reality: Set the Stage for Success
1. Sit down with a piece of paper and a pen. To fully engage your brain, this must be written by hand.
2. Think about the event for which you want success.
3. Write out every step of the event as you wish it would be, but write it as though it has already happened.  Include positive emotions and interactions.
4. Then read it.

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Sophia

Word of the day was Relaxation.

Ah Counter – Georgiana

Timer - Marcus

General Evaluator – Victor

 

Our Speaker was Mara with Speech Title: “5 Years Later”.

 

Our Speech Evaluator was Kelly

 

Our Table Topics Master was Lynne

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were Sonal, Sophia, Brian, Justin, Dustin, Georgiana, Lakita, and Robert.

 

Our Humorist was Robert.

 

Members in Attendance were Lynne, Sonal, Sophia, Deanna, Bill, Barb, Robert, Lakita, Kelly, Mara, Nancy, Victor, Georgiana, Justin, Marcus, and Nitin  

 

Guests in Attendance were Dustin, and Brian

Motion to Adjourn: Kelly    Second: Mara

 

Meeting Notes - January 2, 2024

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Meeting Minutes

January 2, 2024

 

Announcements: None

 

 

 

Our Toastmaster was Mara with the theme “Make A Fresh Start”.  

 

Our Sergeant at Arms Barb called our meeting to order.

 

Our President Pro Tem Mara opened our meeting.

 

Our Education Minute: None

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Lynne

Word of the day was Revitalize.

Ah Counter – Lynne

Timer - Lakita

General Evaluator – Bill

 

Our Speakers were Sophia with Speech Title: “Did I Marry a Camera Thief”

and Kelly with Speech Title: “Don’t Break the Ice..CRUSH it”.

 

Our Speech Evaluators were Deanna evaluating Sophia’s speech and

Barb evaluating Kelly’s Speech.

 

Our Table Topics Master was Kelly

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were Dustin, Bill, Kerry, Sonal, and Nadine

 

Our Humorist was None.

 

Members in Attendance were Lynne, Sonal, Sophia, Deanna, Bill, Barb, Robert, Lakita, Kelly, Mara, and Sonal  

 

Guests in Attendance were Dustin, Kerry, Nadine

 

Motion to Adjourn: Deanna    Second: Bill