Meeting Minutes - October 18, 2022

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

Meeting Minutes

October 18, 2022

Announcements: 

1. Be sure to have a Halloween background and/or costume for next week

2. Maria completed level 2 of Dynamic Leadership

3. Marcus has joined us!

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Our Toastmaster was Warren with the theme. NW Regional Trivia 

Our Sergeant at Arms Barb called our meeting to order.

Our President Pro Tem Nancy opened our meeting.

Our Gate Team was: 

Grammarian – Leya

Word of the day was Evince

Ah Counter – Barb 

Timer - Nguyet

General Evaluator – Dan

Our Speaker was Nitin with Festival where he explained what happens and they myth behind the festival of Diwali.

Our Evaluator was Robert 

Our Table Topics Master was Meera with topics matching our NW theme

Our Table Topic Speakers were Leya, Anna, Marcus, Nguyet, Lynne, Maria, Nitin, and Barb.

Members in Attendance were Barb, Nancy, Warren, Leya, Nguyet, Dan, Nitin, Meera, Robert, Julie, Maria, Marcus, Lynne, and Amy 

Guest in Attendance Anna

Motion to Adjourn: Dan    Second: Robert

Submitted by Nancy Carpenter on behalf of Secretary Lynn Connell.

Officers' Meeting Minutes - October 11, 2022

Officers’ Meeting Minutes - October 11, 2022

Attendees: Barb, Nguyet, Lynn, Nancy, and Kelly

Officer Reports with Discussion:

• Approved last month’s officers’ meeting minutes.

 

Officer Reports:

• President: Mara

• VP Education (VPE): Nancy

• VP Membership (VPM): Lynne

• VP Public Relations (VPPR): Kelly

• Secretary: Lynn C

• Treasurer: Nguyet

• Sergeant at Arms (SAA): Barb

DPR, VPE Written Report: Nancy

Mara is out of town this week. We will still have an officers’ meeting after our regular meeting.  

My Reports:

Webmaster: Still waiting for Mark Perez to opt-in

VPE: DPR is below...but does not reflect our new members. If my calculations are correct, we should have another point with our 3 new members. 

Attached is our club calendar. October is our Halloween Party meeting and November is when we discuss our next club officer election...I know! Didn't we just have those?

I need to send an email to mentors, letting them know that the new paths are different than the ones they went through. TI reconfigured the first 2 levels. 

VPPR Written Report: Kelly

VP PR Report | October 2022

• Slow time for me. I had house guests and then a cold. Thankfully, I am now back to full capacity.

• I need to upload the latest speeches to YouTube this week.

• Jean’s Founder Video. I extended the date if anyone wants to send me a short video or quote about Jean.

• Website

• Moved our document to the top of the page.

• Added a reminder for our next in-person meeting with a map and link to Google directions.

Questions/Comments

• Officer Elections. If no one else wants the VPPR role, I am happy to extend the appointment for another term.

• Jim. Can someone please do a second reach out to Jim? He did not respond to my email regarding Jean’s video; I think he would like to participate. Lynne D.?

• Halloween Meeting. Ideas for your consideration.

• We could all dress in the same theme as officers. One idea is that we could tie it to the Learning Minute. One person could dress as inspiration, one as fear, one as courage, etc., and we could each give a quick tip if there is time.

• Treats. Mara, as Toastmaster, if you would like to weave in treats, I am happy to contribute small things like a gift card to Starbucks for a coffee.

• Comment. My Mentee, Leya is giving her Ice Breaker Speech this month! Way to go.

• Thank you, Nancy. The Pathways Link you sent is much easier to navigate.

 

VP Membership Written Report: Lynne

We have two new members!!  Leya Hsu and Art Krull joined effective October 1st.

Potential members:  During September and October we received several inquiries about our club.  All received info about the club, the meeting link, and the weekly agenda. 

The three potential members below were sent the zoom link and today's agenda.  

• Marcus has attended one online meeting (9/27) and our in-person meeting last week (10/4).  

• Raven T. attended on 9/20.  She has our information.  

• Fatima requested the info on 9/20.  I sent her the agenda and link, but she did not come to the meeting.

Secretary Written Report: Lynn

• We are approved to use the Thorndike Room at McMenamins on 10/4 and 11/1. 

Treasurer Written Report: Nguyet

• We've received the $70 D2 Dollar for our Super 7 Awards

The available balance is $1,640.47

SAA Written Report: Barb

None

 

In Meeting:

Mara

• Absent

 

Kelly

• Would Lynne contact Jim? 

• Lynne will give him a call. Get a quote from him for Jean.

Nancy

• Nancy is changing her pathways. She’s dropping Engaging Humor.

Nguyet

• Nothing in addition to Written Report

Lynne

Lynne will reach out to Kristin, Nevin, Tobulis, Roster, and JinXin. Kelly will reach out to Mark Perez. 

Lynne has sent Marcus the agendas

What do we do to generate more business?

• Kelly said Mara said to keep a lid on it when we reach 20-25  - Will talk to Mara to see if we still want to do that.

• Nancy and Barb don’t think there should be a limit but Mara needs to be in that discussion.

• We’ll see where we’re at next month

Lynn

• Nothing in addition to Written Report

• Nancy complimented how detailed the meeting minute are.

 

Barb

• Made minor changes to the name badges for the In-Person meeting - thinking of adding levels

• Nancy brought up that Meera needs to be muted. Barb can mute those not muted during the speech portion.

New Business

Halloween Party - Kelly will wait for Mara to talk about and plan this.

 

Motion to adjourn,

Secretary,

Lynn Connell

Meeting Minutes - September 27, 2022

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

Meeting Minutes

9/27/2022

Announcements: 

Big Welcome to Leya for being our newest member!

We will have our October 4th In-Person meeting at:

McMenamins Anderson School in the Thorndike Room

18607 Bothell Way NE

Bothell, WA 98011

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: 

Speech Opening Techniques

1. State the importance of your topic.

2. Make a startling statement.

3. Arouse suspense or curiosity.

4. Tell a story

5. Ask a rhetorical question

6. Begin with a quotation

7. Use humor

8. Audience participation

9. A demonstration

 

Our Toastmaster (and rapper) was Dan Our theme was "The Power of Music". 

Our GATE Team was:

Grammarian - Robert

Word of the day - Tempo

Dan, Jean, Leya, Jim, Warren, Barb, and Robert used the Word of The Day

Ah Counter - Jean

Timer - Warren

General Evaluator - Nancy

 

Our Speaker today was Mara. Her speech is entitled “Financial Literacy for the Next Generation”. She is working on her Presentation Mastery Pathway, Level 5, Prepare to Speak Professionally (8-10 mins)

 

 Our Evaluators were Barb (evaluating Mara)

 

Our Table Topic Master was Meera

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were:

Warren, Nitin, Nancy, Marcus, Leya, and Jim all shared stories relating to our theme of the day.

 

Members in Attendance were Lynne, Lynn, Jean, Julie, Warren, Mara, Nancy, Jim, Dan, Meera, Barb, Robert, Nitin, and Leya

 

Guest(s) in Attendance were Arthur Krull (Lynne’s friend and returned twice) and Marcus (a new visitor but not new to Toastmasters)

 

Motion to Adjourn: Julie  Second: a few voices seconded but don’t recall who :)

 

Secretary, 

Lynn Connell