Public Speaking Northwest
Officers Meeting
Oct 14, 2025
I. Opening
- Welcome
- Approve September 2025 Meeting Minutes, unanimously approved
II. Officer Reports See page 2
III. Ongoing/Old Business
Survey Results---Maria reviewed the survey sent to members. She got 20 survey responses. 14 of the 20 were not in favor of going to hybrid meetings. Nancy will explain the details of this graph at our next meeting in her education minute. The main takeaway is that the majority of club members prefer our present format with 1 in person and 3 zoom meetings per month.
Maria related more survey results including that members would like to see the following topics discussed: Body language communications, Micro-expressions communication, Club contests, Effective evaluations, Zoom usage—slides & images, Debate without argument, Podcast Interviewing.
Other Findings About PUBLIC SPEAKING NORTHWEST from the survey;
IV. New Business
Kelly proposed that during our Halloween meeting (10/28) we encourage participation via fun contests. She proposed that we have 2 prizes: one for best costume and one prize for a game, which she will create, (such as guess how many candy corns are in this jar?) Deanna shared that we had the money to offer $20 in value for each prize, most likely gift cards, probably Amazon. A motion was made, 2nd We voted unanimously to proceed.
Officer Reports
VP Education/ Webmaster: Nancy
Webmaster: All is running well with FreeToastHost. Kelly is doing an amazing job.
VPE:
1. TI plans to make changes to Pathways sometime in October. These will incorporate various things from our manual system. Meeting roles will be emphasized. Also, club leadership speeches will be added to levels 4, 5, & 6.
2. According to the DPR (attached and appended), we have 3 goals met. It reflects that all of us have been trained.
3. Club Calendar:
October | End of Oct | Halloween Party |
November | Officer's Meeting | Discuss Officer Election |
December | Mid-December | Club Officer Election |
End of December | Club Officer List Deadline | |
No Meeting | Between Christmas & New Year |
VP Membership: Maria
Happy 9 years with PSNW to Nancy
New Members | 0 |
Inquiries | 2 |
Mtg Visitors | 5 |
Member removals | 3 |
Officially removed in September was Mara, Adriana, Georgina who indicated they were not renewing.
October will include Nadine, do we know about Nitin and Sonal? They are the only 2 who have not renewed.
VP Public Relations: Kelly
All is well in VPPR land.
- We had a wonderful SPEAK-A-THON. Deanna took first place while TK and Marcus tied for second. Deanna has first right of refusal to move on to the International Speech Contest or D2 Humorous Contest. Brava, Deanna!
- Halloween Party: I would like to bring forward a motion to give away a few online prizes for the Halloween party. If Deanna would please propose a fair amount based on club funds, that would be great.
- Social Media:
- YouTube - 48 subscribers•406 videos
- Facebook – 478 Followers
Treasurer: Deanna
1. TI name badges (magnet style) have been ordered. I will distribute them when they arrive
2. Justin Humke renewed on 10/10/25.
3. Reminder: new member joining fee is now $25 (instead of $22)
4. The PSNW bank account balance is $1318.37 on 10/13/25.
Secretary/Scribe: Bill
I have nothing new to report from the scribe department.
Sergeant at Arms: Katie
All is well.
President: Theresa
All is well. Great job, team!
Announcements:
Theresa reiterated a point made earlier that officer elections were coming up, and we should think about candidates. We will discuss this further at our November meeting. Katie mentioned that she would stay in her present position for the foreseeable future as long as we continued our present meeting format. This being only 1 in person meeting per month. Officer candidate list is due at the end of December.
Motion to Adjourn; Kelly 2nd Bill
