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 ...

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 tr...

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….. Barn...

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...

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 wer...

Tonight’s meeting was fun. Toastmaster Richard led timely meeting (we actually finished 15 minutes "early", but without being rushed) Michelle talked about how to accept an award – since she is our newest Distinguished Toastmaster. Steve (Ste...

Toastmaster Dale led a rousing meeting. Opener Richard talked about how far we’ve come with Modern Marvels – and where we might go….. Cindy talked about not letting HOPE die…..She doesn’t mean hope in the sense of “wishful thinking”...

Club President James is on vacation, and (past and) assigned Acting President Melissa is stuck in traffic, and so Acting President (and Division Governor) Michelle called the meeting to order. We have 3 guests, two of whom are current toastmasters. ...

Hello friends, Your substitute secretary reporting for duty! Attached you will find two sets of minutes. My apologies for the delay in sending the minutes from 6/16; the end of TM's year corresponds with my end of work's year, and I found myself ...

An excellent meeting! Toastmaster Julie had some great comments on the theme of “Summer Blockbuster”. Opener Michelle tied the blockbuster to a less well known, but absolutely outstanding movie – IMAX’s “Hubble” (it's at the Pacific Scie...

We had quite a few MIAs in the meeting room tonight, but we still had a great time. Hope to see more people next week. John G returned to the speaking arena with a view of Intellectual Ventures, a local company that is either the worst thing ever or...

Melissa called the meeting to order at 5:36. We needed to elect next year’s officers. Nominating Committee Chair Michelle read the slate. There were no nominations from the floor, and so all Officer nominees were elected by a directed ballot. The ...

Melissa returned from her illness only to let us know that Yao was sick and would be replaced by Steve as Toastmaster. Being sick seemed to be a sub-theme of the night as Michelle provided the opener letting us know that what she wished for was good he...

James served as our acting president for the very ill Melissa who couldn’t be with us. Something was definitely in the air with several members home sick or sick in the room. Patrick served as acting secretary for Richard who was also MIA. The meet...

Melissa got us off to rousing start by inducting a New Member! Erin has joined Notable Northgaters. John, as the Opener, and returning from a long absence, had several thoughts on what he'd define as a dream job. Primarily, it's what you'd be doing if...

Pre-Meeting Advice from Ray (to our guest Denise, after Fred encouraged/pressured/browbeat her to participate in Table Topics): “The best way to deal with Fred is to ignore him.” Hastily recruited Toastmaster Ray took charge of the meeting and int...