Public Speaking Northwest #9406

 

Meeting Minutes

February 8, 2022

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

 

Announcements 

VPE Nancy inducted Amy into the club, being mentored by Mara.

 

Members in Attendance: Amy, Barb, Jessica, Jutta, Kristin, Kate, Lynn C, Lynne D, Mara, Maria, Nancy, Nguyet, Robert

 

Guest in Attendance: None

 

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

 

Opening Comments by President Lynn C.

 

The meeting theme was:  Food for Thought!!

 

The word of the day was “Nourish”

 

Our Toastmaster was Lynne D.  Throughout the meeting, Lynne entertained us with the historic origins of many common foods, cottage cheese, ketchup, pizza and many others. She also explained how the term “toastmaster” came about.

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian –Nancy        

Ah Counter – Amy

Timer – Robert

General Evaluator – Mara

 

Speaker #1 was Maria with her speech, “Home is Where Your Honey Is” 4-6 minutes, Dynamic Leadership Pathway, Level 1, Ice Breaker.  Maria introduced herself by describing the bee-keeping project that her family had taken on during the pandemic, with lots of information, humor, and pictures.

 

Evaluator #1 was Kate.  Kate asked us to un-mute our microphones and give Maria a round of applause for her ice breaker. Kate said that Maria had met her objectives of getting started and keeping the audience engaged.  She praised the organization and humor in Maria’s speech, as well as how well Maria had wrapped her family experience into the topic. Kate complimented Maria’s warm speaking style and fascinating information.

 

Table Topics Master was Lynn C

As she had done before, Lynn asked the table topics speakers to apply for certain jobs, this time as the Food Director of Spicy Carnival Food.

 

Ngyuet  said that she would develop tamale sauce, increasing in hotness to a level ten, then challenge people to eat the spiciest level they could.

Kristin was supposed to have won a tomato paste award. She talked about the spicy tomatoes from the Southern Hemisphere, and discussed the health benefits of eating spicy food.

Jessica, explained how she had developed her chocolate pizza: a crust of cookie dough, topped with frosting, and then covered with chocolate from a chocolate fountain.

Barb talked about putting pureed peas or fruit in water balloons

Jutta suggested eating spicy French fries and spicy butter

Kate said that she would cure a lion of his fear of the sight and smell of red meat using gradual immersion therapy.

Amy suggested adding salt to cotton candy to make it more tasty.

Nancy invented a huge roller coaster with many twists and some dark tunnels that she would name the Bernice Bomber in honor of her mother who loved roller coasters.

 

General Evaluator was Mara.  She complimented Lynne D for the lovely theme and agenda. Mara complimented Amy for her role as the Ah-Counter for the first time. Mara called Lynn C “the ringmaster of carnival interviewing.”

 

The meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara Katz, Secretary