03/31/2026 Club Meeting Minutes

Attendance:

	Alex		Jacque		Niki L.
x	Alicia	x	John	x	Nikki M.
x	Art	x	Justine	x	Rayven G.
x	Angela	x	Lana		Sehee
	Art	x	Larry
	Audrey	x	Lien		Inactive
x	Ben	x	Mariah		Michael M.
x	Cami		Matthew		Andrew
x	David	x	Michael B.		Diana
x	Don	x	Mike B.		Eddie
x	Elise	x	Michelle T		Pietro
x	Emi		Mona		Rahul

Guests:

Hidaya		1st Visit or	x	Return Visitor
		1st Visit or		Return Visitor

Meeting Theme: The Hats We Wear

Word of the Day: Persona

Functionaries:

• Presiding Officer: Mariah H.

• Toastmaster: Larry G.

• Timer: Nikki M.

• Grammarian: Mariah H.

• Ah-Counter: Rayven G.

• General Evaluator: Michael B.

• Topicmaster: Alicia K.

• WordMaster: Ben H.

• JokeMaster: Art S.

• WisdomMaster: Angela C.

Speeches:

• Speaker #1: Mike B.

  Speech Title: Amazing Race: Who Would You Choose?

  Path: Engaging Humor Level #: 2 Project Name: Know Your Humor Summary: Mike gave us a humorous story about he and his wife and their different experiences on the same trip to Costa Rica. He discussed how having a glass half empty and a glass half full approach shapes our experiences. Choose to see life as an adventure including the things that don't go your way and everything is brighter. Evaluator: Emi B.
  

• Speaker #2: Angela C.

  Speech Title: Assembly

  Path: n/a Level #: n/a Project Name: n/a Summary: Angela describes her first meeting as president of her trade association. She made a huge change by having the group say the pledge of allegiance at the beginning of the meeting. She discussed how the right to assemble is not something that we had before went to war during the American Revolution.She also went over other historical facts that back up her stance on the importance of the pledge of allegiance. Evaluator:  Justine R.
  

• Speaker #3: Cami J.

  Speech Title: Lost and Found

  Path: Connect with Storytelling Level #: 3 Project Name: Connecting with Storytelling Summary: Cami shared a humorous story from her past. When one of her kids decided to walk over a neighbors house and introduce herself leaving Cami distraught about where she had gone. It ended up being a fortunate occasion as Cami met a very good friend for the time of their stay in Ventura. Evaluator: Michele T.

Table Topics Participants:

• David H.

• Don R.

• Elise R.

• John C.

• Lien

• Hidaya (guest)

• Lana I.

Awards:

• Speech of the Day: Cami J.

• Best Table Topics Speaker: Hidaya

• Most Effective Evaluator: Emi B.

• Spark Plug Award: Larry G.

Club Business & Announcements:

• Celebrating Matthew M. took 2nd in the division contest.

• Open house coming up

• April 17th Friday evening 6:00-8:00 board game night. Must RSVP because we have to pay for the room.

• Pulled drawing for $75 gift card. Michel B. is the winner!

• Election season! Recruiting for President, VP Membership, and a Secretary. The first Tuesday of May is when elections will be held.

Minutes taken by: Justine R.