Public Speaking Northwest
Officers Meeting Minutes
October 8, 2024
Attendees: Deanna S., Dustin U., Katie M.,
Kelly F., Nancy C., Lynne D., and Sonal S.,
Action Items:
1. Approved
September Officer Meeting Minutes.
2. Kelly
will spend more time looking for less expensive waterproof outdoor sign for our
Brightwater location.
3. Expenses
for the Halloween meeting approved.
4. We
will use Word or Phrase of the day as per Lynne’s and Lakita’s suggestion.
Ongoing/Old Business
Next Election: Lynne asked officers to think
about if they will continue in their position for the next election cycle
starting in January. This gives us time to prepare if we need to fill a
position. Sonal will not be able to continue as a secretary.
Officer Reports
VP Education/Webmaster: Nancy
Webmaster: When
you launch the admin console, please do not delete the messages for the
webmaster.
VPE: We
have 3 points and 2 more are within grasp.
Oct 9th starts the Pathways outage until the end of the
month. I have downloaded the instructions for each of the projects/speeches in
Level 1, as well as the evaluation forms, for our new members who may want to
speak while Basecamp is down. Everyone else needs to do it for themselves for
the upper levels.
VP Membership: Dustin
New Members:
Theresa Haynes was a
guest in August and became a member in September!
We currently have 25 members. Marcus
B. and Sophia A. did not renew. Katey H. and Hyungjoon Y. have not yet
renewed (fingers crossed they will since they are new members.)
Hyungjoon “Matthew” Yoo was
a guest in June originally, and completed his application and became a new
member in August. He never opted in to the website and has been dark
since he joined and hasn’t renewed in September.
TI Inquiries: We
had 3 TI inquiries in September
Krystal Craig inquired
on 9/4 and was invited to next meeting. Has been invited
to meetings throughout the month. Did not attend.
Mary Ann Olson inquired
on 9/16 and was invited to next meeting. Attended 9/17
Stephanie Bean inquired
on 9/19 and was invited to next meeting. Attended 9/24
PSNW Inquiries: We
had 3 inquiries through our club website in August.
Mary Corothers inquired
on 9/5 and was invited to the next meeting.
Dennisse Bray Inquired
on 9/15 and was invited to the next meeting.
Lisa Fausneaucht Inquired
on 9/23 and was invited to the next meeting.
Other Inquiries:
None that I am aware of.
VP Public
Relations: Kelly. September was fantastic. The
meetings are going very well at the Brightwater Center.
·
Waterproof Sign. Since the cost is much more
than I thought, we need to vote if we want to spend the money on a waterproof
sandwich board style sign. With the discount, my last quote was $119, but I
will need to re-quote to see if the discount is still valid.
·
Halloween Meeting. Since we did not give prizes
away at the online September awards party, shall we do something fun for the
Halloween Zoom meeting?
·
Thank you again Deanna for all the work you did
on the renewals and Nancy for the HARD work of tracking Pathways in the
preparation of the shutdown.
As always, it is
a pleasure to serve with all of you!
Treasurer: Deanna
· Processing
of membership renewal fees has been completed (10/1/24-3/31/25).
· 25
members renewed for Oct’24-March’25. The renewals are showing on TI website and
also the list is updated on “Treasurer function” list on PSNW website
· Upcoming
expense – outdoor sign(s) for in person meetings, Brightwater room payment
(currently paid thru November).
· The
PSNW bank account balance is $1250.95 of 10/7/24. There is one outstanding
check (#114 for 72.00).
Secretary: Sonal
Nothing new. Takes and send weekly meeting and monthly
officers meeting minutes.
Sergeant at Arms: Katie
All is well. Full steam ahead.
President: Lynne
All is going well!!
· Our
second in person meeting at the Brightwater Center was a success!!
Celina, our Brightwater contact, was again very helpful in the set up and take
down of the room; she is a positive part of our being there. We've been
encouraging her to come and check out our meetings...and she may just do
that!!
· I
loudly echo Kelly’s thanks to Deanna for her work on the renewals and Nancy for
her work in preparation for the Pathways shutdown. And thank you all, for
serving as officers, I appreciate you and enjoy working with you!!
·
As we get closer to December, we need to know
what officer positions will need to be filled for the term beginning in
January. Please be thinking about if you will continue in your present
position. Katie will continue as our SAA, and I plan on continuing
as President.
Announcements
District 2 Awards and Speech Night, November 2nd. Today is the deadline to take advantage of
the free registration for the event. We
are getting an award, so we get in free!!
