3/17/2025 Club Meeting Minutes

Attendance:

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

Guests:

n/a		1st Visit or		Return Visitor
		1st Visit or		Return Visitor

Meeting Theme: St Patrick's Day Toasts

Word of the Day: Sublime

Toastmaster's moment: Justine R., Jacque B., Mike B.

Functionaries:

• Presiding Officer: Emi B.

• Toastmaster: Don R.

• Timer: David H.

• Grammarian: Lana I.

• Ah-Counter: Justine R.

• General Evaluator: Elise R.

• Topicmaster: Mike B.

• WordMaster: Lana I.

• JokeMaster: Elise R.

• WisdomMaster: Mike B.

Speeches:

• Speaker #1: Art S.

  Speech Title: You Can Breathe in Without Breathing Out.

  Path: Presentaion Mastery Level #: 3 Project Name: Practicing writing and delivering a speech that that inspires others. Summary: Equated breathing to being perfect and always having the answers. Alignment vs constant flight or flight. in alignment, you can open the door. in misalignment, you beat your head against the door instead. Evaluator: Mike B.
  

• Speaker #2: Michael B.

  Speech Title: The Functionalries of Maverick

  Path: Managing a diffficult audience. Level #: 4 Project Name: To practice the skills needed to address audience challenges. Summary: Michael covered all of the functionary roles in the and with audience disruptions. He described best practices for each and explained the reasoning behind the best practices. Evaluator:  Emi B.

  
  

Table Topics Participants:

• Lana I.

• Jacque B.

• Elise R.

• Emi B.

Awards:

• Speech of the Day: Art S.

• Best Table Topics Speaker: Elise R.

• Most Effective Evaluator: Mike B.

• Spark Plug Award: All in attendance for filling in roles last minute.

Club Business & Announcements:

• Went over dues and due date ( March 30th).

• Contest will start at 1:00 Embassy Suites. Matthew will be speaking so go to support!

• Next week is our Speech-a-thon and speakers will be confirmed later this week.

Adjourned at: 8:30

Minutes taken by: Justine R.