Wednesday, March 4, 2026

March 3, 2026 Meeting Minutes

 

Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

Meeting Minutes

                                                           March 3,2026

Announcements:

Nancy welcomed our guests, Jeff Makita, and Ralph DE Rueda

Our Toastmaster:   Deanna with the theme. "On This Day in History—March 3"

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

Our President Theresa opened our meeting

Our VPETheresa for Nancy provided our Ed minuteShe referenced an article “Tips for Helping with Anxiety” These tips were meant to help control nervousness during speeches

GATE Team

Grammarian was Theresa with “Resource. "

Ah Counter was Chirag

Timer: was Deanna

Our 1st Speaker was Alex  with the speech titleWhat You do After the Fire.” 

Our 2nd Speaker was Bill with the speech titleNew Members Don’t Grow on Trees.

 

Our Evaluator for Alex’s speech was Katie

Our Evaluator for Bill’s  speech was ( a round robin evaluation)

 

Our Table Topics Master was Ravi

 

Our Table Topic Speakers were Alex, Katie, Chirag and Jeff

Our Humorist .  no humorist

 

Members in Attendance were Bill, Deanna, Ravi, Katie, Ram, Theresa and Alex.

Guests in Attendance  Jeff Makita and Ralph DE Rueda

 

Motion to Adjourn: Deanna     Second: Bill

Sunday, March 1, 2026

February 24, 2026 Meeting Minutes


  Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters

                                                                           Meeting Minutes

                                                           February 24,2026
Announcements:
Nancy welcomed our guests: Crystal Dickerson, Jeff Makita, and Indu
Our Toastmaster:   Marcus with the theme. "Yards"
Our Sergeant at Arms was Nancy, filling in for Katie, called our meeting to order.
Our President Pro-Tem Nancy opened our meeting
Our VPENancy provided our Ed minuteShe referenced an article  “7 Things I wish all kids knew about confidence.” It listed such things as confidence is a muscle and needs to be exercised and it’s ok to make mistakes as that’s how we learn.
GATE Team
Grammarian was Kelly with “Meticulous "
Ah Counter was Deanna
Timer: was Bill
Our 1st Speaker was Ravi with the speech title “Stop Doing Work No One Credits You For.” 
Our 2nd Speaker was Maria S Giving her Ice Breaker with the speech title “From Observer to Participant.
 
Our Evaluator for Ravi’s speech was Maria C
Our Evaluator for Maria S’s speech was TK
Our Table Topics Master was Nancy
Our Table Topic Speakers were Amy, Alex, Crystal, Jeff and Maria and TK
Our Humorist was Nancy
Members in Attendance were Bill, Deanna, Ravi, Marcus TK, Kelly, Nancy, Maria C, Maria S, Alex,  and Amy
Guests in Attendance Crystal Dickerson, Jeff Makita and Indu
Motion to Adjourn: Kelly     Second: TK