The notables welcome their newest member, Bob. We’re glad you decided to join!

Toastmaster Julie got us off to a rousing start. The theme of “Oktoberfest” was just too rich a vein to avoid. Opener Dale had a laundry list of statistics about the real Oktoberfest in Munich. Our only speaker this evening was James, speaking humorously about a performance review he had gotten. He included a bit [...]

Notable Northgaters is the home club of the District 2 Toastmasters Lieutenant Governor of Education and Training.

This was an outstanding meeting! Michelle ran the meeting with a firm, but fun filled demeanor. Joe F told us why he’s absolutely committed to living in Seattle – and he had a laundry list of reasons why it’s one of the best places on Earth to live. He made a very convincing case. I’ll [...]

Toastmaster Dale had us going this evening – he played a recording of a 1940’s song “Cream of the Crop” – 40’s Swing Music. John told us about the Great Lakes – Huron, Superior, Michigan, Erie, Ontario. They have 21% of the fresh water in the world (!!!). These lakes are huge – they are [...]

Toastmaster Will has just returned from a week at the beach, and so was having a bit of a transition into the theme of “Saving Money”. Vacations somehow are not the best time to work on frugality. Denise gave her Ice Breaker. She talked about a difficult time that she had had as a young [...]

We had a fun meeting – Toastmaster Barney led with his dry sense of humor. The term “corny” had Barney going when he first arrived here in the US….. Mary talked about the “shadow” that we all have. It’s the part of ourselves that we try to contain or deny – things like girls who [...]

Toastmaster (and Immediate Past President) Melissa had us on a fun meeting with the theme “Dog House” Opener Bill had a funny story about building a dog house for his dog “Moonshine”. After he built it, Moonshine refused to use it….. Barney did one of the speeches from the Interpersonal Communications manual, using Steve as [...]

Interesting meeting. James as both Presiding Officer and Toastmaster kept things moving. Michelle opened with a discussion of the concept of “Cosmos”, the science of everything. Joe spoke about the Pike Place Market Foundation, and the community that it serves. There are 4 components of the Foundation: Medical Clinic, Day Care, Food Bank, and Senior [...]

This was a fun, if sparsely attended meeting. Barney opened with a hilarious diatribe on pirating. Scott, as our Toastmaster, illustrated the concept of Pirating – he passed our bags of “Pirate’s Booty” (baked rice and corn puffs) (and they were good….). We even had the requisite “talk like a pirate” section. We also had [...]