5/19/2025 Club Meeting Minutes

Attendance:

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

Guests:

Vincente (guest of Elise)

x

1st Visit or

Return Visitor

Toastmaster Moment: Michael B. used his confidence and Toastmasters skills to nail a job interview and become employed again!

New Members Inducted: Hidayah (with mentor Don) and Crystal (with mentor Alicia)

Meeting Theme: In the Eye of the Beholder

Word of the Day: Voracious (adjective): Wanting or devouring great quantities of food; having a very eager approach to an activity. After hiking all day with barely any snacks, he had a voracious appetite and ate three plates of pasta.

Functionaries:

• Presiding Officer: Mariah

• Toastmaster: Michael B.

• Timer: Hidayah

• Grammarian: Don

• Ah-Counter: Alicia

• General Evaluator: Emi

• Topicmaster: Jacque

• WordMaster: David

• JokeMaster: Larry

• WisdomMaster: Don

Speeches:

• Speaker #1: Elise

  Speech Title: When Your Intention is Clear, the Mechanism Will Appear

  Path: Effective Coaching Level #: 1 Project Name: Evaluation & Feedback (2nd Speech) Summary: Inspired by her veterinarian and a dream she had, Elise embarked on a project to plan a charity walk to benefit animal rescue facilities, ultimately raising over $3000 and having over 200 participants. Evaluator: Michael M.
  

• Speaker #2: Mike B.

  Speech Title: My Summertime Job

  Path: Engaging Humor Level #: 3 Project Name: Connect with Storytelling Summary: Mike shared his experience selling Bibles and other books in the middle of the Bible belt during the summers of his college years and how it became pretty lucrative for him. Evaluator:  Ben

Table Topics Participants:

• David says aliens are very messy.

• Crystal had to share a fish with a LOT of people.

• Guest Vicente acquired a shack filled with treasures.

• Hidayah's mother seems like someone everyone in the club would like to meet.

• Don enjoys gleaning wisdom from a group of ladies he meets with weekly.

• Michael B. thinks preschool children are all just little monsters.

• Mariah is in the process of changing from a pessimist to an optimist.

• Michael M. says rare trees are something to be hunted.

• Alicia says children's drawings are the epitome of art.

Awards:

• Speech of the Day: Elise

• Best Table Topics Speaker: David

• Most Effective Evaluator: Ben

• Spark Plug Award: Larry

Club Business & Announcements:

• Next week's agenda - there are several openings that need to be filled. Emi will be taking Jacque's evaluator role.

• May's social event will be Volleyball on Saturday, May 30th, 7-8:45 pm, Freestone Recreation Center, $4.50 per person. Come and join us for a fun social time!

• The secretary position is open! Please speak to Justine for more details on the role or any one of the officers to volunteer.

Minutes taken by: Emi