North Hills Toastmasters Club Year in Review

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1 North Hills Toastmasters Club Year in Review

2 Past President s Message: Missy Krause, CC Last year as incoming President I shared the quote, bloom where you are planted. This is something that s meant a lot of different things over the years. As I look back on this year in our club, I see how our members continually do just that. We faced a couple challenges this year, and each time, club members faced the challenge head on. You shared thoughtful insights, developed innovative solutions, and embraced changes throughout this year. But I think what makes our club sensational is how our members are always there for each other and for the benefit of the club. Each of you, fellow officers and members, has helped our club this year. I d especially like to recognize each of our outgoing officers. Kristy, we knew you would be an awesome VP of Education with your excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. We learned that you are amazingly dedicated, continuing to serve as VPE even when your work schedule made it impossible for you to attend most of the meetings in the second half of the year. You helped us achieve our educational goals, and led your meeting manager team beautifully from afar. Dan, as VP of membership, you were always ready to greet our guests and welcome them to the club. You kept me informed of who might be visiting our club each meeting so I could prepare to welcome them. You helped them find a member to sit with for the meeting and made them feel comfortable in an unfamiliar environment. Al, as VP of PR, you kept us entertained, you brought the message of Toastmasters to the community, and you made sure that our Facebook page reflected the highlights of our meetings. Thank you especially for the beautiful display of balloon art tonight. Linda, as Secretary, you kept the minutes and proceedings of our club accurately and promptly. You went above and beyond to help me remember various tasks and activities throughout the year, give me advice when I needed it, and kept things running smoothly. Peter, as Treasurer, you made sure we got our dues in, and paid our bills on time. Karl, as Sergeant at Arms, you were always at the meeting early, getting us set up. You gave us a well organized and professional looking meeting space. You helped our speakers deliver their speeches by arranging the stage area as they requested it, and helped me figure out the technology in that meeting room. Chad, as our immediate past President, you left huge shoes to fill. I m forever thankful for your guidance, for the Google docs to keep everything running smoothly, and for finding us a great group of new officers for the coming year.to our new officers, and each of our club members, I m looking forward to the upcoming Toastmasters year. May we continue to bloom!

3 Past Year s Officers: Club Officers (front row): Missy K. (President); Kristy L. (VP, Education); Dan H.(VP, Membership); Al H.(VP, PR); Linda Y.(Secretary), not pictured; Peter H. (Treasurer); Karl M. (SAA) Last term, our club grew by 10 new members: Susan Meyer Kim Stencel Nadem Bueid Sean Menz Jared Synan Madainia Tavernier Christine Richards Stephen Hnat Laura Carlson James Millen

4 AUGUST 4 MEETING RECAP With a theme of Olympics, the members gave a herculean effort to all the roles. The three speakers: Susan B. (Icebreaker, My Better Half); Al H. in colonial dress (yes, the 13 colonies era) for Land of Opportunity from Storytelling Adv Manual, and Bev W. with Hydrophobia (Rabies) from Speaking to Inform Adv. Manual. Evaluations were gold-medal winning, with Kristy L. taking the Gold! John D. outdid himself with Table Topics and Karl M. won that award. Business included inducting new member, Susan B. Also voting to suspend club voting from October through December Time would be used to write comments to speakers and evaluators.

5 AUGUST 26 MEETING RECAP (a written poem - by B Wise) I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree And if you think this one will be better, your brain has gotten wet and wetter. Our dues keep going up and up: Peter is going to need a tin cup. Tonight he was here to lead the show Having just escaped from Hawaii 5-0. Summer vacay was the theme for the night. Guess so! Did we reach a quorum? Not quite! John Docherty spoke about his favorite game And a memorable trip to the Hall of Fame. Kristy instructed us all about teams; We found out if we re reds, blues, yellows or greens. Rick told a story of Shirley, his wife, His guardian angel still touching his life. Deirdre our guest! What a member she d be! All she needs, Mom, is a wee fake ID. JoAnn, Rich and Missy weighed in on the speeches Then Jennifer sent us all off to the beaches. Our G.E., C.B., did the meeting review. Awards were presented to Bri, Jo and YOU. Chad, thank you so much for being our timer, And now aren t we lucky! we end with a rhymer! But next there s a scouting trip, so come with me As we check out the scene at Burgatory.

6 September 1 st HUMOROUS CONTEST North Hills Toastmasters hosted its annual Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contests on September 1. Contest Chair Al H. did a fantastic job, and the speakers were outstanding. Many thanks to all members who performed supporting roles, too. It takes a village...to host a contest! Winners that move on to the Area 12 contests on September 17 include: Humorous Speech: Betsy C., Karl M. Table Topics: Beverly W., Chad H. Club meeting business included approval of club budget, as well as a dues increase to $59 twice per year due to increase handed down from TI.

7 SEPTEMBER 15 MEETING RECAP This meeting, with theme of Hobbies, was great fun. Rick earned his CC AND ALB award for the second time! Three speakers at three levels: Karl M. talked about Roberto Clemente; Kristy L. gave a module from the Leadership Excellence series, Service and Leadership; and Al H. gave a speech from Adv Humor manual. Best speaker: Al H. Evaluators provided excellent feedback, with Chad H as best evaluator. Table Topics master Nick H. presented thoughtful questions about hobbies with volunteers giving some unique insights about hobbies. Two guests, Greg E. and LaMar W. tied for best TT speaker Next meeting is September 29 and it is a Backwards Meeting (we'll begin with adjournment and work forward). You will not want to miss the hilarity!!! Keep an eye out for instructions.

8 CONGRATULATIONS TO BETSY!! Betsey won area speech contest and Michael Stanley wins table topics both from Area 12.

9 OCTOBER 6TH MEETING RECAP North Hills Toastmasters celebrated the 10 tenets of the Toastmaster Promise at the meeting on October 6. Kristy L. was the Toastmaster, Missy K. (Impromptu Speech) and Linda Y. (Evaluate to Motivate) presented speech modules, and Betsy C. practiced her Division B contest speech one last time before the contest on Saturday, October 8. Word of the day was paragon, and it was well-used! Our Wicked Diva, Beverly W. was the topic master, and she gave some wicked questions all couched with one of the promises we make when we join. Great fun had by all!

10 12/17/16: Holiday Re-Gift Exchange - Diamond Edition It would not be the final meeting of December at North Hills without the Re-Gift Exchange, planned and led by Danta Claus, Dan H. Thank you, Dan, for the fun and hilarity of the meeting and the Andes Mint Candies. Jared S. was inducted into the club as the newest member. Welcome, Jared! Although we had only two speakers, Al H. and Betsy C. outdid themselves with humor and laughter by all. Al and Betsy gave speeches from Entertaining Speaker adv. manual. The gift selection was one of the best ever, and you ll have to find out who ended up with the snake wine cork! No meeting for December 29 (this was voted on during a prior meeting). Happy New Year from North Hills Toastmasters Club 2472!

11 FEBRUARY 2ND INTERNATIONAL SPEECH CONTEST North Hills Toastmasters hosted its annual International Speech and Evaluation Contests on February 2nd. Contest Chair Linda Y. did a fantastic job, and the speakers were outstanding. Many thanks to all members who performed supporting roles, too. Thanks to Karl M. who was the model speaker for the evaluation contest. Prior to the contest, we unanimously voted in Madainia T. Speech Contest: Chad H., Richard P. Evaluation Contest: Chad H., Missy K. Please come to Berkeley Hills Lutheran Church 12:30-2:30pm that day to cheer them on. There are plenty of volunteer opportunities for this contest, please contact Marg M-W. if interested. Winners that move on to the Area 12 contests on February 18th include:

12 FEBRUARY 16 MEETING RECAP For this meeting our theme was "Tall Tales" and brought out some fun! vote, we decided to reinstate voting for best table topics only at this time. Madainia T. was officially voted into our club. Congratulations, Madainia! Three speakers at three levels: Chuan-Bao talked about Turning 50; Betsy gave a module from the Speaking to Inform Manual; and Marg M-W gave a speech from Entertaining Speaking manual. Evaluators provided excellent feedback, with Dan H as best General evaluator. Table Topics master Al presented thoughtful questions about tall tales. There was a special session at the end of the meeting to decide if we should continue our voting for best speaker. Through input from the club, and secret

13 MARCH 3 MEETING RECAP Our meeting theme was "Celebrations" and was an enjoyable one too! Christine and Stephen were officially voted into our club. Congratulations, to both! We had 2 speakers this evening: Al Hastings talked about an incident at a convention; Linda gave a wonderful talk from the Successful Club Series Manual about Toastmaster Educational Program, including Pathways. Evaluators JoAnn and Rick provided excellent feedback, with Karl as General Evaluator Table Topics master Betsy presented FUN questions about reasons to Celebrate. Our first time voting for Toastmaster of the Night was awarded to Christine - Congratulations!

14 MARCH 30th MEETING RECAP Our meeting theme was "April Fool s Day!" and was a funny one too! Laura was officially voted into our club. Stephen was formally inducted. Congratulations, to both! We had 3 speakers this evening: Madainia and Christine presented their ice breakers; Carolyn gave a funny talk about milking goats from the Entertaining Manual. Evaluators Missy, Linda, and Karl provided excellent feedback, with Betsy as General Evaluator. Table Topics master Bev presented table topics with a handout on unique ways on how to answer a question! Winning the voting for Table Topics was awarded to Rich - Congratulations!

15 April 6th MEETING RECAP Our meeting theme was "Spring" and was one that sprouted many fun moments! Dan filled in as presiding President and did a fantastic job. Laura was formally inducted. Congratulations, Laura! We had 3 speakers this evening: Madainia gave her second speech about the U.S. Virgin Islands. Al presented a book for the Interpretive Reading Manual, and Marg gave another funny story about a trip for Canada Day. Evaluators Rick, John, and CB provided excellent feedback, with Bev as General Evaluator Table Topics master JoAnn presented her first table topics with very thoughtful topics about Spring. Winning the voting for Table Topics was awarded to Dan - Congratulations!

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17 APRIL 19 Breaking News! President's Distinguished! Congratulations to everyone who worked hard for this club award!

18 JUNE 1ST MEETING RECAP Our meeting theme was "Congratulations Graduates" and quite an interactive and entertaining one too! Jim was officially voted into our club. Congratulations to Jim! We had 2 speakers this evening: Christine presented a thoughtful and inspiring speech on Curiosity and the Pursuit of Happiness; Missy gave the results of our annual Moments of Truth. Evaluators Marg and Rick provided wonderful feedback, with Dan as General Evaluator Table Topics master Chad did not disapoint with an entertaining graduate Table Topics theme complete with music! Winning the voting for Table Topics was awarded to Jared - Congratulations! Dan, our VPM informed us we had 10 new members this year. John and Christine were awarded for completing all roles ("Chad's Challange"). Rich gave a humorous Hunor/Thought related to our theme, and Nadem informed us the Word-of-the-Day was used 14 times tonight! wow!

19 June 1 st Continued

20 END OF YEAR BANQUET Congratulations to everyone in our club for the hardwork and dedication everyone put in this year. May next year be another great year! New Club Officers (front row): Chuan-Bao W. (President); Chad H. (VP, Education); (VP, Membership) and (VP, PR), not pictured; Rick L.(Secretary); Dan H. (Treasurer); Kim S. (SAA)