Public Speaking Northwest Toastmasters
Meeting Minutes
October 20th, 2026
Bill Hinrichs, President, opened the meeting and welcomed members and guests.
Announcements:
- Join us for the club competition on November 10th
- Wear your Halloween costume for the next meeting, October 27th!
Jeff Makita, Sergeant at Arms, led us through the Club Mission statement and Flag Salute.
Nancy Carpenter, VPE, gave the education minute:
February Toastmasters Magazine article: Speaking on the Spot. https://www.toastmasters.org/magazine/magazine-issues/2025/feb/speaking-on-the-spot
Our Toastmaster was Katie Munoz, with the theme “How Do we Know?”.
Gate team:
Our grammarian was Kelly Fallucca, DTM, VPPR, with the WORD of the Day “PANACHE”
Our Ah Counter was Jeff Makita, Sergeant at Arms
Our Timer was Dhwani Maheshwari
Our General Evaluator was Nancy Carpenter, VPE
Our first speaker was Maria Cubacha, with the speech “Be the Better Bob”. Project: Service and Leadership from the Leadership Excellence Series
Our Evaluator for Maria’s speech was Kerry Accola
Our second speaker was TK Kasnick with the speech “Picking Wallpaper!”, Speech Contest Practice.
Our Evaluator for TK’s speech was Alex Konicke
Our Table Topics Master was Maria Shneerson, Secretary
Table Topics participants – Jeff, Jessica, Dhwani, Raxit
Members in attendance were Alex, Bill, Deanna, Dhwani, Jeff, Jesica, Kerry, Katie, Kelly, Maria C., Maria S., Nancy, Raxit, TK
Guests: Jamie Ambrose
Motion to adjourn:Kelly, second: Alex
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