Meeting Notes - May 28, 2024

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

Meeting Minutes

May 28, 2024

 

Announcements: None

 

Our President Victor called our meeting to order.

 

Our Sergeant at Arms Barb articulated the Club’s Mission and led the Flag Salute

 

Our VPE Nancy’s Education Minute:

https://www.toastmasters.org/myhome/welcome-to-yoodli

 

 

Our Toastmaster was Maria with the theme “National Hamburger Day”.

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Dustin

Word of the day was Sizzle.

Ah Counter – Sonal

Timer - Amy

General Evaluator – Nancy

 

Our Speakers and Evaluators were:

Speakers	Speech Titles	Evaluators
Georgina	“Surviving the Widow Maker”	Bill

 

Our Table Topics Master was Katie.

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were Robert, Dustin, Barb, Victor, Nitin, Deanna, Natalia, Dan, and HyungJoon Yoo

 

Our Humorist was None.

 

Members in Attendance were Barb, Nancy, Amy, Natalia, Dustin, Robert , Katie, Maria, Victor, Bill, Georgina, Nitin, Dan, Deanna, and Sonal

 

Guests in Attendance were HyungJoon Yoo.

 

Motion to Adjourn: Deanna      Second: Nancy

Meeting Notes-May 21, 2024

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Meeting Minutes

May 21, 2024

 

Announcements: None

 

Our President Victor called our meeting to order.

 

Our Sergeant at Arms Barb articulated the Club’s Mission and led the Flag Salute

 

Our VPE Nancy’s Education Minute: Educational Enrichment Speech

 

Our Toastmaster was Kelly with the theme “Speech-A-Thon”.

 

Our Gate Team (shorter team for today) was:

Grammarian – None

Word of the day was None.

Ah Counter – Natalia

Timer - Lynne

General Evaluator – Georgina

 

Our Speakers and Evaluators were:

Speakers	Speech Titles	Evaluators
Justin	“Dive In”	Maria
Nancy	“Serving Up Some Wow”	Sonal
Victor	“The Power of Mentorship: Unlocking Your Full Potential”	Amy

 

Our Table Topics Master was Katie.

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were Robert, Raul, Dustin, and Chelsea

 

Our Humorist was None.

 

Members in Attendance were Barb, Justin, Kelly, Nancy, Lynne, Amy, Natalia, Dustin, , Katie, Maria, Victor, Natalia, and Sonal

 

Guests in Attendance were Chelsea and Raul.

 

Motion to Adjourn: Katie      Second: Robert

Officers Meeting Minutes 05/14/2024

 Officers Meeting Reports:

Previous meeting minutes from 04/09/2024 approved.

 May 14, 2024

• Webmaster:
•  All is cool. Lynne received a spam email and, like a pro, put that person on the Black List.
• Vice President of Education (VPE):
• Current DPR was shared. When Nancy completes her next speech during our speech-a-thon and log it, it will bring us up to President's Distinguished.
• We are not doing a humorous speech contest. We will have our speech-a-thon instead. We need to find replacement officers.
• Treasurer:
• Payment for meeting room rental at Woodcrest Estates completed 5/1/24 (for May-Aug 2024).
• Concur payment of $50 received on 5/3/24 for D2 Pathways Incentive Award.
• New member dues payments are being processed as new members join.
• The PSNW bank account balance is $1269.08 as of 5/13/24.
• Vice President of Public Relations (VPPR):
• We have 387 followers on Facebook
• 221 Videos on YouTubeo    
• June 4th, Kelly will be the Toastmaster and hosting a Member Spotlight Event. Members are free to bring products they are selling, information sheets for their services, or charities they support.
• We won the best website at the conference. Whoo-hoo.

• Vice President of Membership (VPM):
• Of the nine members who had not paid by March 22nd, we had one renewal...Marcus Bircher!!
• Natalia Petrov has joined!!!  This brings our membership total to: 24!!!
• I will continue as VPM for the next six months.  Kelly will fill in for me during July and August. 
• President:
•  None

.Officers in Attendance were Victor, Kelly, Deanna, Lynne, Nancy, Barb, and Sonal

 

Meeting Notes-May 14, 2024

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Meeting Minutes

May 14, 2024

 

Announcements: We officially welcomed Natalia to our club with our Protégé/Mentor/Club Member’s Pledge and Lynne is her mentor.

 

Our President Victor called our meeting to order.

 

Our Sergeant at Arms Barb articulated the Club’s Mission and led the Flag Salute

 

Our VPE Nancy’s Education Minute:

https://www.d4tm.org/toastmasters-pathways/paths-and-projects

 

Our Toastmaster was Sonal with the theme “Mother’s Day”.

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Katie

Word of the day was Maternal.

Ah Counter – Kelly

Timer - Amy

General Evaluator – Nancy

 

Our Speakers and Evaluators were:

Speakers	Speech Titles	Evaluators
Maria	“Vegetables”	Dustin

 

Our Table Topics Master was Deanna.

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were Barb, Justin, Kelly, Nancy, Victor, Lynne, Natalia, Kerry, and Katie

 

Our Humorist was None.

 

Members in Attendance were Barb, Justin, Kelly, Nancy, Lynne, Amy, Natalia, Dustin, Kerry, Deanna, Katie, and Sonal

 

Guests in Attendance were None.

 

Motion to Adjourn: Sonal      Second: Dustin

Meeting Notes-May 07, 2024

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Meeting Minutes

May 07, 2024

 

Announcements: None

 

Our President Pro Tem Mara called our meeting to order.

 

Our Sergeant at Arms Pro Tem Robert articulated the Club’s Mission and led the Flag Salute

 

Education Minute by Robert: Reviewed in-person meeting protocols.

 

Our Toastmaster was Robert with the theme “New Information”.

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Bill

Word of the day was Scramble.

Ah Counter – Georgina

Timer - Lynne

General Evaluator – Sonal

 

Our Speakers and Evaluators were:

Speakers	Speech Titles	Evaluators
Mara	“The Power of $100	Lakita
Sophia	“Our Mind is like Artificial Intelligence (AI)”	Katie

 

Our Table Topics Master was Lakita

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were Raul, Dustin, and Sonal.

 

Our Humorist was Robert.

 

Members in Attendance were Katie, Sophia, Mara, Bill, Robert, Dustin, Georgina, Kerry, Lynn, Lakita, and Sonal

 

Guests in Attendance were Lori, Natalia, and Raul

 

Motion to Adjourn: Sonal      Second: Katie

Meeting Notes-April 30, 2024

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Meeting Minutes

April 30, 2024

 

Announcements:

Public Speaking Northwest won Club Website of the Year Award for 2024 from District 2.

Kelly will be presenting at the D2 conference. Bill, Katie, and Natalia will also be attending.

 

Our Toastmaster was Bill with the theme, Spring Cleaning.

 

Our Sergeant at Arms Barb called our meeting to order.

 

Our President Victor opened our meeting.

 

Education Minute: https://www.toastmasters.org/magazine/magazine-issues/2024/apr/successful-networking

1.    Have a goal.

2.    Do Your Research – Create Table Topics Questions.

3.    Connect there and schedule 1 on 1 time for later.

4.    Develop Your Pitch.

5.    Be Authentic.

Use Speaker View during prepared speeches.

 

Our Gate Team was:

Grammarian – Lynne

Word of the day was Conundrum.

Ah Counter – Dustin

Timer - Maria

General Evaluator – Amy

 

Our Speakers were Nancy with Use Your Umbrella and Nitin with The First Offer Letter.

 

Our Evaluators were Kelly and Katie.

 

Our Table Topics Master was Victor with Spring Cleaning

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were Sophia, Natalia, Justin, Lynne, and Barb

 

Members in Attendance were Bill, Barb, Victor, Nancy, Dustin, Maria, Amy, Nitin, Kelly, Katie, Justin, Lynne, Natalia, Sophia, Amy, Dustin  

Guests in Attendance: None

 

Motion to Adjourn: Bill   Second: Kelly