August 12, 2025 Office'rs Meeting

 

August Meeting Minutes

August 12, 2025, Officer’s Meeting Minutes 

             

Attendees: Deanna S, Katie M, Nancy C, Bill H Theresa H,Kelly F 

1. Opening 

          1. Welcome  

          2.  Approval of May 2025 minutes (unanimous) 

 

II. Officer Reports see page 2  

III.  Old Business   Since we still need to have a proxy for the August 22 Toastmasters International meeting the officer's discussed possibilities. It was felt that at our club level, we didn’t feel qualified enough to choose officers for International. It was moved and 2nd that we designate the District 2 Director, Anu Jokinen as our proxy. Theresa will do this by 8/15/202. 

IV. New Business 

Club Speaking Competition Speech A Thon.   Last year, since we didn’t have a club level competition, it was suggested that we kick start PSNW club competition.  Rather than calling it a competition we will call it a Speech A Thon, to make it less intimidating. We will try and drive participation in a fun and less threatening way.  The “winning” Speech A Thon competitor from our club, will move on to the Area Competition.  The Area Competition will be held during the month of February 2026. Since speeches are in person, we will hold our Speech A Thon Dec 2,2025 at our in-person meeting.  Hopefully, being between the big holidays, we can promote and drive participation.  The speech subjects are broad and can be a pathways level or not.  The main theme, however, is to do an inspirational speech 

Officer’s Reports   VP Education/ Webmaster: Nancy 
Webmaster: Nothing new VPE: We got our first point on the new DPR. We are on our way.D2 reported to TI that 4 of us have been trained.  This Could be a lag in reporting. Our folks are being very good about logging speeches. 
 
 
VP Membership: Maria 
 
New Members 0 
 
Inquiries 3 
 
Mtg Visitors 2 
 
Member removals 0 
 
VP Public Relations: Kelly 
 
Things are moving along well with PR. Officer Training I trained VPPR group. yesterday for the district and completed the survey. So, it counts toward my officer training. The session was recorded, and I will post it to our You Tube Channel. 
 
• Officer Training: I trained VPPR yesterday for the district and completed 
 
the survey, so it counts toward my officer training. The session was 
 
recorded, and I will post it to our YouTube channel. 
 
• Future Learning Minute Suggestion: Warren recently participated in a 
 
panel project at his other club, Willow Voices, where I was a panelist. I 
 
encourage our members to visit the TLI site and use the “Find a Club” 
 
feature to locate other clubs in their area. Consider offering to give a guest 
 
speech—it’s an excellent way to level up your speaking skills by receiving 
 
feedback from different evaluators and audiences. 
 
• Social Media Update: 
 
o Facebook: 397 likes • 426 followers 
 
o YouTube: 47 subscribers • 378 videos 
 
Treasurer: Deanna 
 
1. I will send out renewal notices for Oct ‘25 – March ‘26 Toastmasters term in 
 
early Sept. 2. The PSNW bank account balance is $1190.93 on 8/12/25. 
 
Secretary/Scribe: Bill 
 
I have nothing new to report from the scribe department. 
 
Sergeant at Arms: Katie 
 
Nothing to report from the realm of Sgt at Arms except that all is well 
 
President: Theresa 
 
We still need a volunteer to represent our club at the annual business meeting 
 
on August 22. Please let me know if you are interested. 
 
Thank you for all of your support as I take on this new position. 

 

 V. Announcements 

VI. Adjourn Katie made a motion to adjourn, Deanna seconded.