Public Speaking
Northwest Minutes December 8, 2020
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Mission
Statement & Flag Salute: Lynne opened the meeting by reading our Mission
Statement and leading us in our flag salute.
Our President Pro tem:
Nancy, our Vice-President of
Education replaced our President, Barb, who was ill.
Announcements: Officers, check our District Newsletter Starburst for
our next officer training.
Our Meeting
Toastmaster: Lynn C. ran
the meeting as Toastmaster for the first time. She was laughing, smiling, and
enthusiastic. What a charmer! Her theme was Holiday Traditions.
Grammarian and Word of
the Day – Jean chose
‘Tradition.’ Everyone who had a chance to speak used it.
Ah Counter – To help us avoid filler words like ums,
ahs, & ands, Jean was to keep track of who used them and how many
times.
Timer – Jinxin showed the timing
cards to help our speakers stay within their limits. She kept an excellent
record right down to the second each speaker spoke.
General Evaluator
– Giri listened intently to
the whole meeting so he could deliver kudos and suggestions.
Our 1st Speaker – Kate entitled her talk, “The Beautiful
Salish Sea.” ‘Salish” is the name of the first native people who lived in the
Pacific Northwest. Orcas and salmon are famous here. We learned many species
are in danger of extinction due to storm water run-off, overfishing, and marine
traffic to name a few. Kate gave many solutions including eliminating dangerous
garden chemicals, cleaning up the beaches after yourself, and checking out
salishconservation.com for more information.
Our 2nd
Speaker – Nancy took the
speaker’s spot shortly before the meeting and came up with a talk entitled, “My
Earliest Memory.” At 3 years and 3 months Nancy remembered being cold in the
barn with her dad and going home but couldn’t open the door because she
couldn’t push down hard enough to open the latch. Her dad had to stop his work
and kindly opened the door for her. Her other two memories dealt with her baby
sister. We all laughed.
Our 1st Evaluator – Warren praised Kate for
her pleasant voice, her conversational manner, and her beautiful slide show. He
regretted that Zoom prevented us from seeing her face during her slide show.
Our 2nd
Evaluator – Jim praised Nancy
as a great storyteller whose words were so vivid that they brought him right into
her story. His comment on her third story about turning her baby sister into a
cake brought laughs to everyone. He suggest her title be something like “Coming
of Age.”
Our Table Topics Master – Lucelly asked us to talk about
our favorite traditions.
Warren, whose wife’s heritage is
Swedish, celebrates St. Lucia Day on December 13th. That’s the date Warren
and his wife, Roberta, start baking.
Jutta said in India they wear traditional clothes and
enjoy a village food festival.
Lynne’s least favorite tradition from Norway was the
preparation, smell in her house, and holiday parties with the traditional
Lutefisk. She avoided eating it as much as possible.
Jean’s mother played Christmas carols as the family
gathered around the piano to sing.
Lucelly loved the upbeat music from Puerto Rico. She
would go from door to door singing and people would open their doors to sing
with her.
General Evaluator – Giri said he didn’t just dislike the meeting, “I loved
it,” he shouted. He praised Lynn for her
success at running the meeting. This was Lynn’s first time as Toastmaster. He felt
the meeting was very enjoyable.
Our Members in
Attendance – Lynne, Jim, Lucelly, Nancy, Warren, Jinxin, Kate, Midori, Giri,
Lynn, Mara, Jutta, Robert, Jean.
Our Guest in Attendance
– Kameh, from Iran, said she
would come back. Kate will email her our information about joining.
Motion to Adjourn – Kate
Second – Giri
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Your Secretary,
Jean Tracy, DTM
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