4/14/2026 Club Meeting Minutes

Attendance:

x	Alicia	x	Jacque	x	Nikki M.
	Angela	x	John	x	Rayven
x	Art	x	Justine
x	Ben	x	Larry
x	Cami	x	Lien
	David	x	Mariah
x	Don	x	Matthew
x	Elise	x	Michael B.
x	Emi	x	Mike B.		Inactive
x	Hidayah	x	Michelle		Michael M.

Guests:

Hannah	x	1st Visit or		Return Visitor
Aisha	x	1st Visit or		Return Visitor
Teron		1st Visit or	x	Return Visitor
Steven	x	1st Visit or		Return Visitor
Amelia	x	1st Visit or		Return Visitor
Charlotte	x	1st Visit or		Return Visitor
Crystal	x	1st Visit or		Return Visitor

Meeting Theme: Spring On In

Word of the Day: Burgeon

Functionaries:

• Presiding Officer: Mariah. H

• Toastmaster: Art S.

• Timer: Matthew M.

• Grammarian: Mike B.

• Ah-Counter: Alicia K.

• General Evaluator: Michelle T.

• Topicmaster: Emi B.

• WordMaster: Justine R.

• JokeMaster: Nikki M.

• WisdomMaster: Lien T.

Speeches:

• Speaker #1: Elise R.

  Speech Title: When Your Intention is Clear the Mechanism will Appear

  Path: n/a Level #: 1 Project Name: Effective Coaching Summary: Elise shared an experience she had while dreaming in 2017. She wanted to find out how to turn it into reality. After Elise shared the backstory behind her dream, she inspired us with her journey about how she put on a charity walk in honor of her veterinarians untimely death. Evaluator: Don R.
  

• Speaker #2: Gest Speaker Hannah L.

  Speech Title: My Anthropology Journey Summary: Hannah's speech was about why she chose Anthropology as her major while. She shared her background and what makes her feel inspired to journey into the world of Anthropology. Evaluator:  Cami J.
  

• Speaker #3: Mariah H.

  Speech Title: How Skinny Feels

  Path: Visionary Communication Level #: 3 Project Name: Summary: Mariah shared her journey with food and how small words that you hear at a young age can impact you for the rest of your life. She shared what it takes to reprogram your mind and the possibilities that open up when you do.

  Evaluator: Ben H.

Table Topics Participants:

• Rayven G.

• Michael B.

• Jacque B.

• John C.

• Hidayah

• Steven (guest)

• Crystal (guest)

• Justine

• Aisha

• Larry

• Chris

Awards:

• Speech of the Day: Mariah H.

• Best Table Topics Speaker: Jacque B.

• Most Effective Evaluator: Ben H.

• Spark Plug Award: Jacque B.

Club Business & Announcements:

• District conference in two weeks as is district speech contest.

• Officer elections are the first week of May (May 5th).

• Social event is on this Friday the 17th.

Minutes taken by: Justine R.

Adjourned: 8:29pm