April 22,2025 Meeting Minutes

  April 22, 2025, Minutes 

 

Announcements:  

Lynne announced that our club will be receiving several awards at the district 2 Conference 

“Pathways to Brilliance” on May 17, including an award for Best Website (thanks Kelly) and 

Best Area Director, Katie, among other awards, which Kelly e-mailed us about. Lynne conducted the Protégé/ Mentor pledge for Adriana.  Nancy will be Adriana’s mentor. Theresa did a nice job on her speech at the Eden Club in Newcastle, per Kelly. 

Our Toastmaster was Robert with the theme “Life Hacks” 

Our Sergeant at Arms Katie called our meeting to order. 

Our President Lynne opened our meeting. 

VPE Next    Nancy Meeting Roles and Education Minute: Nancy advised that there are 271 podcasts available on the TI website, covering a variety of topics. 

Grammarian:  Kelly with the word of the day “Revamp” 

Ah Counter – Katie  

Timer –Justin 

General Evaluator – Barb 

 

Our 1st Speaker was Bill with “Just Like Me” 

Our 2nd Speaker was Oksana with “Your LinkedIn with AI: Land your Dream Opportunities Faster.” 

Evaluating Bill's speech was Warren 

Evaluating Oksana’s speech was Nancy  

In the interest of time, our toastmaster chose to skip table Topics  

Members in Attendance were Maria, Bill, Warren, Natalia, Katie, Lynne, Nancy, Kelly, Nadine, Theresa, Adriana, Barb and Robert, Justin, Nitin 

Guests in Attendance: Oksana, Saemi, Amanda 

Motion to adjourn: Nancy 2nd Katie  

April 15,2025 Minutes

 April 15, 2025, Minutes 

 

Announcements:  

Lynne announced that the upcoming District 2 Conference is May 17 at the Lynwood Convention Center and tickets are available. Many PSNW members are attending, and we will have our own table. We were reminded that Theresa would be speaking 4/21 at 6:30 at the Eden club in Newcastle. 

Our Toastmaster was Nancy with the theme “Take a Wild Guess Day” 

Our Sergeant at Arms Katie, called our meeting to order. 

Our President Lynne opened our meeting. 

VPE Next    Nancy Meeting Roles and Education Minute: Nancy shared a fact that our Toastmasters Intl. website has a video library under resources. 

GATE team 

Grammarian:  Natalia with the word of the day “Weather” 

Ah Counter – Georgina 

Timer –Kerry 

General Evaluator – Warren 

 

Our 1st Speaker was Kelly with “Toxic at the Top” 

Our 2nd Speaker was Marcus with “The Most Underrated Leadership Quality of all Time” 

Evaluating Kelly’s speech was Katie 

Evaluating Marcus’s speech was Bill 

Our Table Topics Master was Theresa 

Our Table Topic Speakers were Bo, Maria, Justin, Adriana, Georgina 

 

Members in Attendance were Maria, Bill, Warren, Natalia, Katie, Lynne, Nancy, Kelly, Marcus, Theresa, Adriana, Georgina, Kerry, Barb and Robert 

Guests in Attendance: Bo Villacis 

Motion to adjourn: Nancy 2nd Robert