Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters
Meeting Minutes
October 27th, 2026
Something Wicked This Way Comes – Online Halloween Party
Bill Hinrichs, President, opened the meeting and welcomed members and guests.
Jeff Makita, Sergeant at Arms, led us through the Club Mission statement and Flag Salute.
Nancy Carpenter, VPE, gave the education minute:
Vanessa Van Edwards, communication expert, https://www.scienceofpeople.com/ and on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Vvanedwards, her TED Talk You are contagious | Vanessa Van Edwards | TEDxLondon - YouTube
Our Toastmaster was Kelly Fallucca, DTM, VPPR, with the theme “Something Wicked This Way Comes – Online Halloween Party”.
Gate team:
Our grammarian was Kerry Accola with the WORD of the Day “UNCANNY”
- strange or mysterious, difficult to explain, often in an unsettling way
Our Ah Counter was Raxit Jani
Our Timer was Jeff Makita, Sergeant at Arms
Our General Evaluator was TK Kasnick
Our first speaker was Haynes, with the speech “Built for Joy”. Our Evaluator for Theresa ‘s speech was Maria Shneerson
Our second speaker was Alex Konicke with the speech “Make The Call”.
Our Evaluator for Alex ’s speech was Bill Hinrichs, President
Our Table Topics Master was Katie Munoz
Table Topics participants – Ram, Sarah, Maria S, Raxit
The prize for the best costume went to TK Kasnick (initially a tie between TK and Kerry), and Kerry Accola was the winner of the raffle game.
Members in attendance were Alex, Bill, Deanna, Jamie, Jeff, Katie, Kelly, Kerry, Maria S., Nancy, Ram, Raxit, Theresa, TK
Guests: Sarah Guo
Motion to adjourn:Turtle, second: Katie
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