Meeting Minutes - November 1, 2022 - In-Person

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

Meeting Minutes - November 1, 2022

IN-PERSON Meeting @ Thorndike Room - McMenamins Anderson School

 

Announcements: We officially welcomed Marcus to our club with our Protege/Mentor/Club Members’ Pledge and Jim being his mentor. YAY!!!

Our next In-Person location is still TBD. It will, however, not be at McMenamins. We will keep everyone posted.

 

Our 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 Pro Tem Lynn opened the meeting and provided the announcement. The roles for the next meeting sign-up sheet were passed around. Lynn introduced the Toastmaster.

 

Our Toastmaster was Julie.  Our theme was "Success Through Toastmasters". 

Our GATE Team was:

Grammarian - Jim

Word of the day - Opine  

Julie, Kelly, Lynne, Lynn, Jean, and Warren used the Word of The Day

Ah Counter - Jim

Timer - Lynne

General Evaluator - Warren

 

Our speaker today was Marcus.  His speech is entitled “Huh, I Could Probably Do That”. He is working on his Innovation Planning Path, Level 1 (5-7 mins)

 

Our Evaluator was Barb. (evaluating Marcus).

 

Our Table Topic Master was Kelly.

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were:

Jean, La Keyta, Lynn, Warren, George, and Jim all shared stories relating to our theme of the day.

 

Members in Attendance were Jim, Marcus, Lynne, Lynn, Warren, Kelly, Jean, Julie, and Barb.

 

Guest(s) in Attendance: La Keyta (new), George (new), Jane (returning- Kelly’s guest), and Susan (new, Julie’s guest)

 

Motion to Adjourn. Kelly (motioned), Julie (seconded)

 

Secretary, 

Lynn Connell

 

 

Meeting Minutes - November 15, 2022

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

Meeting Minutes

November 15, 2022

Announcements: 

1. Our December in-person meeting will be held at the Woodward Clubhouse in Bothell

2. Today Anna became our newest member. Her mentor is Nancy.

Our Toastmaster was Dan with the theme, Oh, Canada 

Our Sergeant at Arms Barb called our meeting to order.

Our President Pro Tem Nancy opened our meeting.

Our Learning Minute called our attention to Public Speaking Tips on the TI website

https://www.toastmasters.org/resources/public-speaking-tips 

Our Gate Team was: 

Grammarian – Lynne

Word of the day was Stunning

Ah Counter – Amy 

Timer - Warren

General Evaluator – Marcus

Our speakers were Anna with her Ice Breaker, entitled “A Glimpse of My Life” and Maria with “Next Level Presenting”.

Our Evaluators were Nguyet and Kelly, respectively.

Our Table Topics Master was Jean using Canadian sayings as topics.

Our Table Topic Speakers were Lynne, Amy, Caryn, Nguyet, and Julie. 

Members in Attendance were 

Guest in Attendance Caryn Axelrad, Division E Director

Motion to Adjourn:  Robert  Second: Dan

Created by Nancy Carpenter on behalf of Secretary Lynn Connell.

Meeting Minutes - October 11, 2022

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

Meeting Minutes

10/11/2022

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 Pro Tem Nancy 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: 

    Went over the TI Mission

Our Toastmaster was Lynn. Our theme was "Coming Out of Your Comfort Zone". 

Our GATE Team was:

Grammarian - Meera

Word of the day - Comfort

Lynne, Lynn, Julie, Maria, Jean, Robert, Barb, Dan, Leya, Jim, and Meera used the Word of The Day

Ah Counter - Leya

Timer - Lynne

General Evaluator - Warren

 

Our Speaker today was Maria. Her speech is entitled “Outside of the Box”. She is working on her Dynamic Leadership Pathway, Level 2, Project #3 Introduction to Toastmaster Mentoring (5-7 mins)

 

 Our Evaluators were Dan (evaluating Maria)

 

Our Table Topic Master was Julie

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were:

Kelly, Marcus, Art, Jim, Barb, Jean, Robert, Leya, and Meera all shared stories relating to our theme of the day.

 

Members in Attendance were Lynne, Lynn, Nancy, Julie, Kelly, Leya, Warren, Dan, Maria, Meera, Jean, Barb, Jim, Art, and Robert

 

Guest(s) in Attendance was Marcus (3X returning visitor)

 

Motion to Adjourn: Jim  Second: Julie

 

Secretary, 

Lynn Connell

 

Meeting Minutes - October 4, 2022 - In-Person

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

Meeting Minutes - October 4, 2022

IN-PERSON Meeting @ Thorndike Room - McMenamins Anderson School

 

Announcements: Our next In-Person meeting will be at McMenamins in the Thorndike Room again.

 

Our 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 and provided the announcement. The roles for the next meeting sign-up sheet were passed around. Mara introduced the Toastmaster.

 

Our Toastmaster was Lynne.  Our theme was "Celebrate National Caramel Day!!!". 

Our GATE Team was:

Grammarian - Julie

Word of the day - Repertoire  

Lynne, Warren, Jean, Jim,  and Julie used the Word of The Day

Ah Counter - Art

Timer - Warren

General Evaluator - Jean

 

Our speaker today was Amy.  Her speech is entitled “Fine Fizzy Friends”. She is working on her Dynamic Leadership Path, Level 1; Evaluation and Feedback (5-7 mins)

 

Our Evaluator was Jim. (evaluating Amy).

 

Our Table Topic Master was Mara.

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were:

Barb, Jean, Marcus, Art, Lynn, Lynne, Julie, Jim, and Warren all shared stories relating to our theme of the day.

 

Members in Attendance were Lynne, Mara, Lynn, Warren, Jim, Barb, Jean, Lynn, Amy, and Art.

 

Guest(s) in Attendance: None

 

Motion to Adjourn

 

Secretary, 

Lynn Connell

Meeting Minutes - October 25, 2022

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

Meeting Minutes

10/25/2022

Announcements: 

Big Welcome to Leya for being our newest member!

Our next meeting - November 1st 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: 

https://www.toastmasters.org/magazine/magazine-issues/2022/feb/my-point-is

 Emphasize Your Point

Here’s the thing

To be clear

My point is

Rest assured

If you take away one idea

Here is what I recommend/propose/suggest

Here’s why it matters (especially after sharing data)

Here’s what I can say

Our Toastmaster was Mara. Our theme was "Happy Halloween!". 

Our GATE Team was:

Grammarian - Marcus

Word of the day - Attended

Mara, Jim, Julie,and Kelly used the Word of The Day

Ah Counter - Maria

Timer - Dan

General Evaluator - Meera

 

Our 1st Speaker today was Leya. Her speech is entitled “Three Surprising Things People Don’t Know About Me”. She is working on her Humor Pathway, Level 1, ICE BREAKER (4-6 mins)

 

Our 2nd Speaker today was Warren. His speech is entitled “Seven Steps To Change People’s Thinking”. He is working on his Visionary Communication Pathway, Level 4, Project #1; Communicating Change (7-10 mins)

 

 Our Evaluators were Jim (evaluating Leya) and Kelly (evaluating Warren)

 

Our Table Topic Master was Nguyet

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were:

Kelly and Robert all shared stories relating to our theme of the day.

 

Members in Attendance were Warren, Lynn, Julie, Leya, Kelly, Dan, Barb, Meera, Jim, Nancy, Maria, Nguyet, Marcus, Robert, and Jean

 

Guest(s) in Attendance were Jane (Kelly’s friend), Ann Vuu (returning guest), and Alex (new guest - from Dan’s Toastmasters group in Canada)

 

Motion to Adjourn: Jim  Second: Nancy

 

Secretary, 

Lynn Connell