North Hills Toastmasters – Club 2472 2016-2017 Year in Review
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North Hills Toastmasters – Club 2472
2016-2017 Year in Review
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!
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
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 2016. Time
would be used to write comments to
speakers and evaluators.
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.
September 1st 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
2016-17 budget, as well
as a dues increase to $59
twice per year due to
increase handed down
from TI.
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.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BETSY!!
Betsey won area speech contest and Michael Stanley
wins table topics both from Area 12.
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!
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!
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.
Winners that move on to
the Area 12 contests on
February 18th include:
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.
FEBRUARY 16 MEETING RECAP
For this meeting our theme was "Tall
Tales" and brought out some fun!
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
vote, we decided to reinstate voting for
best table topics only at this time.
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!
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!
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!
April 6 continued
APRIL 19
Breaking News!
President's Distinguished! Congratulations to everyone who worked
hard for this club award!
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!
June 1st Continued
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)
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