2/3/2025 Club Meeting Minutes

Attendance:

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

Guests:

Sean		1st Visit or	x	Return Visitor
Jesica	x	1st Visit or		Return Visitor
Jaylyn	x	1st Visit or		Return Visitor
Alika	x	1st Visit or		Return Visitor
Gabriel	x	1st Visit or		Return Visitor
Jordan	x	1st Visit or		Return Visitor
Angelika	x	1st Visit or		Return Visitor
Yesenia	x	1st Visit or		Return Visitor

Meeting Theme: The Sound of Music

Word of the Day: Luminous: softly glowing; bright; radiating light - literally or figuratively

Functionaries:

• Presiding Officer: Mariah

• Toastmaster: Mariah

• Timer: David

• Grammarian: Lana

• Ah-Counter: Mike B.

• General Evaluator: Lien

• Topicmaster: Elise

• WordMaster: Cami

• JokeMaster: Emi

• WisdomMaster: Lana

Speeches:

• Speaker #1: Jacque

  Speech Title: Jack & Jill, the Continuing Saga

  Path: Engaging Humor Level #: 3 Project Name: Connect with Storytelling Summary: Practicing her tall tales contest speech, Jacque shared the story of Jack (AKA "Jeff") and Jill and their dog, Bounty Hunter, as they faced a wild nutria. Evaluator: Matthew
  

• Speaker #2: Mona

  Speech Title: What's Your Style

  Path: Presentation Mastery Level #: 3 Project Name: Persuasive Speaking Summary: Mona discussed the four "Attachment styles": avoidant, anxious, disorganized, and secure, and described each style. Mona self-identified as the anxious style. Evaluator:  Don
  

• Speaker #3: Art

  Speech Title: Intrinsic

  Path: Persuasive Influence Level #: 3 Project Name: Summary: Practicing his International Speech Contest speech, Art shared about being the personification of duct tape; useful and helpful and then set aside until the next time it is needed, and how he's learned to find self-satisfaction intrinsically. Evaluator: Michael B.

Table Topics Participants:

• Angela

• Larry

• Ben

• Pietro

• Jordan, guest

• Gabriel, guest

Awards:

• Speech of the Day: Art

• Best Table Topics Speaker: Guest Jordan

• Most Effective Evaluator: Michael B.

• Spark Plug Award: Lana

Club Business & Announcements:

• Next week's agenda

• Area contest is this Saturday - come cheer on our members who are competing

• February social event will be on 2/14 (exact location and time TBD) to cheer on our club members running in the Mesa Marathon

Minutes taken by: Emi B.