September 29, 2026
Nancy Carpenter, VP Education, was President Pro Tem today. She opened the meeting and welcomed members and guests.
Announcements:
- Congratulations to Kelly Fallucca, DTM, VPPR, for completing the Engagement Humor Pathway!
- Next week is an in-person meeting at Brightwater Center!
- Membership dues s are due this Wed, 9/30/26.
- Speech competition November 10th
Jeff Makita, Sergeant at Arms, led us through the Club Mission statement and Flag Salute.
Nancy shared the following article for the education minute: The Ins and Outs of Dynamic Speaking – Vocal Foundation is the Cake & Vocal Variety is the Icing.
https://www.toastmasters.org/magazine/magazine-issues/2023/nov/dynamic-speaking
Our Toastmaster was Maria Cubacha, with the theme “Turning Over a New Leaf”.
Gate team:
Our grammarian was Jeff Makita, Sergeant at Arms, with the WORD of the Day “pivot”
Our Ah Counter was Kelly Fallucca, DTM, VPPR
Our Timer was Katie Munoz
General Evaluator: Chirag Patni
Our first speaker was Raxit Jani, with the speech “The Deep End: Trading Comfort for Growth” from the Persuasive Influence, Writing a Speech with Purpose
Our Evaluator for Raxit’s speech was Maria Shneerson, Secretary.
Our second speaker was Dhwani Maheshwari with the speech “Personal statement” from the Presentation Mastery, Ice Breaker (4-6 minutes)
Our Evaluator for Dhwani's speech was Deanna Schroeder, Treasurer.
Our Table Topics Master was Nancy Carpenter, VP Education
Table Topics participants – Theresa, Jeff, Sarah, Sherri
Members in attendance were Chirag, Deanna, Dhwani, Jeff, Katie, Kelly, Maria C, Maria S, Nancy. Raxit, Theresa
Guests: Sherri Liston, Sarah Guo
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