2/17/2026 Club Meeting Minutes

Attendance:

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

Guests:

Brian	x	1st Visit or		Return Visitor
Sean		1st Visit or	x	Return Visitor
Yesenia		1st Visit or	x	Return Visitor

Called to Order: 7:00

Toastmaster's Moment: Art S., Jacque B.

Meeting Theme: Little Favorites

Word of the Day: Nebulous: Vague, unclear or hazy

Functionaries:

• Presiding Officer: Mariah H.

• Toastmaster: Audrey S.

• Timer: Rayven G.

• Grammarian: Emi B.

• Ah-Counter: Michael B.

• General Evaluator: Jacque B.

• Topicmaster: Rayven G.

• WordMaster: Mikki M.

• JokeMaster: David H.

• WisdomMaster: Nikki M.

Speeches:

• Speaker #1: Matthew M.

  Speech Title: Burn the Boats

  Path: Dynamic Leadership Level Level #: 3 Project Name: Connect with Storytelling Summary: Matthew shared his experience running the Mesa marathon. He shared how running changes from feeling amazing to feeling very hard and how to get back on track once you're down. Recommit and hold yourself accountable. Evaluator: Lien T.
  

• Speaker #2: Lana I.

  Speech Title: The Dark side of You Should Teach This"

  Path: TBD Level #: 1 Project Name: TBD Summary: Lana shared how some people are natural fit for teachers and how most actually aren't. She also discussed that just because you're good at something doesn't mean you should have to teach others. Sometimes you're just made to prove thing to and for yourself and that's okay. Be true to yourself. Evaluator:  Cami J.
  

• Speaker #3: Sehee K.

  Speech Title: More Than Translation

  Path: Presentation Mastery Level #: 2 Project Name: Effective Body Language Summary: Sehee shared more of her story about moving to the states in her late 20's and her struggles with learning the english language. She also covered different examples of how her home language and the english language still causes confusion in her daily life. Evaluator: Ben H.

Table Topics Participants:

• John C.

• Justine R.

• Mike B.

• Brian

• Mariah H.

• Nikki M.

• David H.

• Michael B.

Awards:

• Speech of the Day: Matthew M.

• Best Table Topics Speaker: Brian (guest)

• Most Effective Evaluator: Ben H.

• Spark Plug Award: Brian (guest)

Club Business & Announcements:

• Open house Feb 24th (next week) in the olympics theme. It;s a potluch so bring your fav. dish to share starting at 6:30.

• March 28th division contest come to support Matthew as he speaks!

Adjourned: 8:30

Minutes taken by: Justine R.