Minute Meetings - May 25, 2021

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

Meeting Minutes - May 25, 2021

 

Announcements:  No announcement. Next Tuesday at 11 AM is our Officer’s Meeting. Barb, highly encourage all the Officers to make that meeting being it’s June and election month.

 

Our Sergeant at Arms, Lynne, 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 Barb opened the meeting and introduced the Toastmaster. In Nancy's absence, Lynne reviewed roles for the next meeting.

 

Our Toastmaster was Mara.  Our theme was "Summer Reading". 

 

Our GATE Team was:

Grammarian - Kate

Word of the day - Voracious 

Ah Counter - Kate

Timer - Lynn C.

General Evaluator - Lynne D.

 

Our only speaker today was Jean.  Her speech was entitled, "Missal Exploded in the Convent". She is working on her Presentation Mastery; Level 2 Effective Body Language (5-7 mins)

 

Our Evaluator was Barb (evaluating Jean).

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were:

Julie, Robert, Kristin, Hannah, Kate, Midori, Lynn C., Lynne D., and Barb all shared stories related to books.

 

Members in Attendance were Jim, Lynne, Jean, Barb, Midori, Kristin, Robert, Mara, Lynn, Hannah, and Kate

 

Guest(s) in Attendance: Julie (former member and coming back) 

 

Motion to Adjourn,

 

Secretary, 

Lynn Connell

Meeting Minutes - May 18, 2021

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

Meeting Minutes - May 18, 2021

 

Announcements: No announcements. Barb shared how impressed she was by the winning speaker at this year's District 2 Toastmasters' Speech Contest.

 

Our Sergeant at Arms, Lynne, 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 Barb opened the meeting and introduced the Toastmaster. In Nancy's absence, Lynne reviewed roles for the next meeting.

 

Our Toastmaster was Kate.  Our theme was "How Does Your Garden Grow". Kate shared interesting facts and tidbits about plants and gardening.

 

Our GATE Team was:

Grammarian - Kristin

Word of the day - perennial

Ah Counter - Jim

Timer - Midori

General Evaluator - Jean

 

Our first speaker was Hannah. Her speech was entitled, "Edible Plants!". She is working on the Presentation Mastery Pathway; Level 1. Speaking time: 5-7 minutes

 

Our second speaker, Nancy, was unable to attend due to internet connection issues.

 

Our Evaluators were Robert (evaluating Hannah) and Barb (evaluating Nancy)

 

Our Table Topic Master was Mara.  

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were:

Lynne, Barb, Hannah, Kristin, Jim, Midori, Julie, Robert, Jean, and Kate. Speakers shared about their gardens, here and in Japan, lawns, love of lilacs, lack of green thumbs, and roses.

 

Our Evaluator was Robert (evaluating Hannah's speech).

 

Members in Attendance were Jim, Lynne, Jean, Barb, Midori, Kristin, Hannah, Robert, Mara, and Kate

 

Guest(s) in Attendance: Julie

 

Motion to Adjourn, Jim

 

Submitted on behalf of our Secretary, Lynn Connell, by Lynne Dauenhauer.

 

 

Meeting Minutes - May 11, 2021

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

Meeting Minutes - May 11, 2021

 

Announcements:  No announcement.  Let us take on the challenge and start inviting friends and families to our meeting!

 

Our Sergeant at Arms, Lynne, 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 Barb opened the meeting and introduced the Toastmaster and the VPE Nancy to review roles for the next meeting.

 

Our Toastmaster was Robert.  Our theme was "Books!". 

 

Our GATE Team was:

Grammarian - Lynne

Word of the day - Absorb 

Ah Counter - Lynne

Timer - Mara

General Evaluator - Jim

 

Our first speaker was Kristin.  Her speech was entitled, "How The City of Bellevue Helps Its Employees". She is working on her Innovative Planning Pathway; Level 2 Evaluation & Feedback (5-7 mins)

 

Our second speaker was Barb.  Her speech was entitled, "Happy Birthday, Public Speaking Northwest".   She is working on her Presentation Mastery Pathway; Managing A Difficult Audience (12-15 mins)

 

Our Evaluators were Jean (evaluating Kristin) and Kate (evaluating Barb)

 

Our Table Topic Master was Nancy.  

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were:

Hannah, Lynn, and Kamah all shared stories related to books.

 

Members in Attendance were Jim, Lynne, Jean, Barb, Midori, Kristin, Robert, Mara, Lynn, Hannah, Nancy, Kamah, and Kate

 

Guest(s) in Attendance: Julie (former member and coming back), Sammy (Kamah’s dad)

 

Motion to Adjourn,

 

Secretary, 

Lynn Connell

Meeting Minutes - May 4, 2021

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

Meeting Minutes - May 4, 2021

 

Announcements:  No announcement.  Happy May Everyone!

 

Our Sergeant at Arms, Lynne, 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 Barb opened the meeting and introduced the Toastmaster. In Nancy's absence, Lynne reviewed roles for the next meeting.

 

Our Toastmaster was Mara.  Our theme was "Bring Your Pet To Toastmasters Day". Mara introduced her cat and throughout the meeting had members introduced their pets.

 

Our GATE Team was:

Grammarian - Giri filled in for Hannah

Word of the day - Rapport

Ah Counter - Midori

Timer - Kristin

General Evaluator - Lynn C.

 

Our first speaker was Giri.  His speech was entitled, "Ultimate Mirroring: The Greatest Key to Persuasion". He is working on his Inspire Your Audience Pathway; Level 3, Motivational Strategies (8-10 mins)

 

Our second speaker was JinXin.  Her speech was entitled, "The Door".   She is working on her Presentation Mastery Pathway; Level 2, Introduction to Toastmasters Mentoring (5-7 mins)

 

Our Evaluators were Barb (evaluating Giri) and Warren (evaluating JinXin)

 

Our Table Topic Master was Jean.  

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were:

Glenn, Lynne, and Barb all shared stories about their pet.

 

Members in Attendance were Giri, Jim, Lynne, Jean, Warren, Glenn, Barb, Midori, Kristin, Robert, Mara, Lynn, Kate, and JinXin

 

Guest(s) in Attendance: Julie (former member and coming back) YAY!!! :)

 

Motion to Adjourn,

 

Secretary, 

Lynn Connell