3/3/2026 Club Meeting Minutes

Called to Order: 7:00

Attendance:

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

Guests:

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

Meeting Theme: Illeism

Word of the Day: Literally

Functionaries:

• Presiding Officer: Mariah H.

• Toastmaster: Art S.

• Timer: Mariah H.

• Grammarian: Michelle T.

• Ah-Counter: Mona E.

• General Evaluator: Michael B.

• Topicmaster: Alicia K.

• WordMaster: Emi B.

• JokeMaster: Sehee K.

• WisdomMaster: Alicia K.

Speeches:

• Speaker #1: Rayven G.

  Speech Title: The Day My Sister and I chose Peace...Eventually

  Path: Presentation Mastery Level #: 2 Project Name: n/a Summary: Rayven shared a story about how her and sister became close after a run in with with boxing gloves and a wrestling match. She also shared how this event brought them closer together because they came out of it knowing they had each other's backs. Evaluator: Nikki M.
  

• Speaker #2: Larry G.

  Speech Title: More Than Words

  Path: Intro to Vocal Variety and Body Language Level #: 1 Project Name: n/a Summary: Larry shared how important non verbal communication is in our interactions, 93% is non verbal. He also discussed how words matter, and how tone shapes them. He also provided examples of how the same gestures mean different thing in different countries. Evaluator: Lien T.
  

• Speaker #3: Lana Ilyina

  Speech Title: The People Who Don't Follow the Script

  Path: 1 Level #: n/a Project Name: n/a Summary: Lana discussed people who don't follow the life scripts they were given. There was something more important to them than following the script and they decided to challenge the system. Lana challenged us to look at what scripts are running our life. Is this something we want to allow into our lives going forward? Evaluator: Matthew M.

Table Topics Participants:

• John C.

• Michelle T.

• Lana I.

• David H.

• Justine R.

• Cami J.

• Sehee K.

• Mona E.

• Nikki M.

Awards:

• Speech of the Day: Larry G.

• Best Table Topics Speaker: Cami J.

• Most Effective Evaluator: Matthew M.

• Spark Plug Award: Alicia K.

Club Business & Announcements:

• Remember to take only about 30 seconds to give

• April 14th Open house

• Sheep-a-thon on March 24th

• Division speech contest is March 28th.

• Reviewed schedule for next week.

• Talked about incentive for March. There are 4 ways to get yourself a $75 GC. See flyer for details.

Minutes taken by: Justine R.

Adjourned: 8:30pm