Meeting Minutes - April 20, 2021

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

Meeting Minutes - April 20, 2021

 

Announcements: President, Barb, encouraged members to think about taking on an officer's position. Open positions are:

President, VP of Education and Secretary. Elections will be held in June. All positions are for 6 month terms.

Kate is returning as VP of Membership, Mara will continue as VP of Public Relations, Jinxin is in training to take over the Treasurer's position from Jim. Lynne will continue as Sergeant of Arms and Zoom host.

If you are interested in learning more about a position, reach out to the current officers who can fill you in on what their position requires. Also, there is a document in the Member Downloads section of the website, www.publicspeakingnorthwest.com, that outlines the duties of each officer.

 

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 Jean.  Our theme was "Sunshine". Jean taught us a helpful technique to improve our outlook, especially when we are facing difficult situations.

 

Our GATE Team was:

Grammarian - Kristin

Word of the day - Brightness

Ah Counter - Hannah

Timer - Midori who filled in for Lynn

General Evaluator - Mara

 

Our first speaker was Warren.  His speech was entitled, "Who Am I"  He is beginning a new Path, Visionary Communication, and gave his Ice Breaker today.  His speaking time was 4-6 minutes.

 

Our second speaker was Glenn.  His speech was entitled, "Alberto Giacometti".  This is speech #3 from the Presentation  Mastery path.  Glenn's speaking time was 5-7 minutes

 

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

 

Our Table Topic Master was Jim.  

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were:

Kameh, Kristin, Hannah and Barb who all shared experiences they have had with Sunshine!!

 

Members in Attendance were Giri, Jim, Lynne, Jean, Warren, Glenn, Barb, Midori, Kristin, Kameh, Robert, Mara, Hannah

Note: If you were at the meeting and your name is not included, please let me know!!

 

Guest(s) in Attendance: There were no guests today.

 

Motion to Adjourn,

 

 

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