Meeting Minutes

September 28, 2021

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

 

Members in Attendance (in alphabetical order): Barb, Jessica, Kate, Kristin,Lynn C., Lynne D., Mara, Nancy, Robert, Warren

 

Guests in Attendance: Nguyet Ly and Nevin Kalaf

 

Our Sergeant at Arms, Lynne D, opened our meeting at 12:00 p.m.

 

Opening Comments by our President, Lynn C.

 

Our Toastmaster was Lynne D.

 

The meeting theme was: “A Summery Summary!”

 

The word of the day was “synopsis” or “vicariously”

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Kristin

Ah Counter – Kristin

Timer – Lynn C.

General Evaluator – Nancy

 

Speaker #1 was Warren, “Do You Hear Me Now?”  Understanding Your Communication Style, Visionary Communication, Level 2, Project 2.  5-7 minutes

 

Evaluator #1 was Kate.

 

Our Table Topics Master was Mara.  Table Topics speakers were Kate with her giant sunflower showing its seeds. Nyet talked about joining her Buddhist church and volunteering. Barb discussed her summer reading.  Jessica described an outing with her two children to enjoy frozen custard in Kirkland. Robert described a street festival in West Seattle.  Nancy talked about places to visit in her Texas town, especially the restaurant Coopers, reputed to have the best barbecue in Texas.

 

Meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara Katz, Secretary

 

Meeting Minutes - September 21, 2021

 Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

Meeting Minutes - September 21, 2021

 

Announcements:  Please WELCOME OUR NEWEST MEMBER JESSICA to our club! She is not new to Toastmaster but is new to our club. We are ecstatic to have you Jessica be part of our fun and supportive family!

 

Our zoom host 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 Lynn opened the meeting. Our VPE Nancy reviewed roles for the next meeting.  Lynn introduced the Toastmaster.

 

Our Toastmaster was Kate.  Our theme was "Autumn Equinox". 

Our GATE Team was:

Grammarian - Caryn

Word Of The Day - Equivocal  

(Robert, Jim, Kate, and Nancy used the Word Of The Day)

Ah Counter - Caryn

Timer - Robert

General Evaluator - Warren

 

Our 1st speaker today was Mara.  Her speech was entitled “Learn to Earn”. She is working on her Presentation Mastery Pathway, Level 2. (5-7 mins)

 

Our 2nd speaker today was Jim. His speech was entitled “Keep Your Mouth Shut”. He is working on his Humor Pathway, Level 3 (8-10 mins)

 

Our Evaluators were Kristin (evaluating Mara) and Lynne (evaluating Jim)

 

Our Table Topic Master was Jean

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were:

Jessica, Kate, and Nancy all shared stories trying to use both the word “Autumn Equinox” and “Equivocal” and start with “One day…”

 

Members in Attendance were Jim, Lynn, Lynne, Mara, Kate, Caryn, Nancy, Warren, Jessica, Jean, Kristin, Jinxin, and Robert

 

Guest(s) in Attendance: Nguyet (new), Nevin (returning guest), Arijit (returning guest)

 

Motion to Adjourn,

 

Covering for Secretary Barb, 

Lynn Connell

 

 

 

Meeting Minutes

September 14, 2021

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

 

Members in Attendance (in alphabetical order): Barb, Caryn, Hannah, Kate, Kristin, Jean, Jim, Kelly, Lynn C., Lynne D., Mara, Nancy, Robert, Warren

 

Guests in Attendance: Nevin Kalaf, Arijit Das, Jessica Smail

 

Our Sergeant at Arms, Lynne D, opened our meeting at 12:00 p.m.

 

Opening Comments by our President, Lynn C.

 

Our Toastmaster was Caryn

 

The meeting theme was: “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”

 

The word of the day was pinch-hit

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Lynne D.

Ah Counter – Jean

Timer – Barb

General Evaluator – Mara

 

Speaker #1 was Kristin with, “Demonstration of Bellevue Essentials Website”

Innovative Planning path, Level 3, Using Presentation Software Elective,  5-7 minutes

 

Speaker #2 was Nancy with “An Introduction to Introductions”

Better Speaker Series: Creating an Introduction,  5-7 minutes

 

Evaluator #1 was Warren.

Evaluator #2 was Jim

 

Our Table Topics Master was Lynn C.  Table Topics speakers were Lynne D and Jessica

 

Meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara Katz, Secretary

 

Meeting Minutes

September 7, 2021

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

 

Members in Attendance (in alphabetical order): Barb, Caryn, Hannah, Kristin, Jean, Jim, Kelly, Lynn C., Lynne D., Mara, Nancy, Warren

 

Guests in Attendance: Subha Nair, Jessica Smail

 

Our Sergeant at Arms, Lynne D, opened our meeting at 12:00 p.m.

 

Opening Comments by our President, Lynn C.

 

Our Toastmaster was Lynn C.

 

The meeting theme was: Storytelling

 

The word of the day was Embellish

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Mara

Ah Counter – Mara

Timer – Barb

General Evaluator – Jean

 

Our Speaker was Kelly with, “Ditch the Pitch – Personal Branding through Storytelling”

Presentation Mastery path, Level 1, Project 2, Evaluation and Feedback, 8-10 minutes

 

Kelly’s Evaluator was Jim.

 

Our Table Topics Master was Warren.  Table Topics speakers were Nancy, Jean, Kristin, Lynne D., Jessica

 

Meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara Katz, Secretary

 

Officer Meeting Minutes

PUBLIC SPEAKING NORTHWEST

September 7, 2021

 

Meeting started approximately 1:00 p.m.

 

Members in Attendance: Jim, Barb, Nancy, Mara, Lynn C., Jinxin, Lynne D.

 

Minutes from the July meeting were approved.

 

Report from VPE Nancy: 

·      6 officers have been trained

·      Nancy reported several articles about hybrid meetings, including one in the most recent Toastmasters Magazine.

 

Report from VPM Kate:

·      Kate is still receiving inquiries about our club. 

·      Kate had several suggestions that sounded good from her training –

·       “a) Sending physical cards (via "snail-mail") of congrats and encouragement to members who reach milestones such as icebreaker

·       b) (This was not from the training, but the suggestion of sending cards reminded me of it) Here are two websites that I've been using for school: https://www.groupgreeting.com/; https://www.kudoboard.com/

·       c) Inviting past members to come back and judge a speech competition, or help as a mentor. Tap into their "expertise" as a way to engage them.

·       d) Inviting past members to summer/holiday parties”

·      We currently have 21 members, but expect that 4 of them will not renew, including Midori and Kameh.

·      We discussed several members that have not come to meetings lately (Giri, Hannah, Kristin, for example).  Their mentors will reach out to them.

·      Beginning next week, Kate will have more time to follow-up and “nudge” meeting non-attendees.

 

Report from Treasurer Jinxin:

·      Jinxin reported that we have a healthy balance in our checking account.

·      Five members have paid their dues so far.  Jinxin will send out another reminder to members.

·      Jinxin needs Barb to provide a letter to PayPal, explaining that she is now the Treasurer instead of Jim.

 

Report from VPPR Mara:

·      Mara suggested that we have an in-person event in the fall.  Various people expressed concern about increasing COVID infection rates.  We decided to have a special Storytelling (Zoom) event in October. 

·      Mara continues to look for new spaces for us to meet in-person. She said that finding a meeting space with the technical infrastructure to do hybrid meetings would be difficult.

 

Report from SSA Lynne:

·      Lynne expressed appreciation for Mara who substituted for Lynne while she was boating.

·      Lynne reported that IOS is hinting at some reluctance about letting us use our meeting space there.  The company is growing very quickly and all of our former contacts have left the company.  We discussed maybe using a different conference room in the building.  Lynne agreed to reach out to IOS again to clarify and explore options.

·      We still have heavy boxes of supplies stored at IOS. Jim and Mara offered to help Lynne with removing the boxes.

·      We discussed concerns about the technical capabilities of the IOS conference room with regard to hybrid meetings.

·      Lynne mentioned concerns about the technical difficulties with hybrid meetings and suggested that we need a “techie” member to help resolve them.

·      Lynne and Mara agreed to meet off-line to discuss issues regarding in-person meetings such as COVID safety concerns, technical issues about hybrid meetings, etc.

 

 

The meeting adjourned at 11:45 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara Katz, Secretary

 

Meeting Minutes

August 31, 2021

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

 

Book recommended by Kelly: Set Your Voice Free, by Roger Love

 

Members in Attendance (in alphabetical order): Barb, Jean, Jim, Kelly, Lynn, Mara, Nancy, Robert, Warren

 

Guests in Attendance: N/A

 

Our Sergeant at Arms, Mara, opened our meeting at 12:00 p.m.

 

Opening Comments by our President, Lynn.

 

Our Toastmaster was Mara.

 

The meeting theme was: Let’s Get Organized

 

The word of the day was Lollygag

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Kelly

Ah Counter – Kelly

Timer – Lynn

General Evaluator – Robert

 

Our Speaker was Warren with, “Five Rules of Winning Leadership”

Visionary Communication path, Level 1, Project 1 Understanding Your Management Style, 5-7 minutes

 

Warren’s Evaluator was Barb.

 

Our Table Topics Master was Nancy.  Table Topics speakers were Jean, Mara, Jim, Kelly, Lynn, Robert, Warren, Barb

 

Motion for Adjournment:  Jim   Second: Robert

 

Meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara Katz, Secretary