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This week’s summary was provided by Vince. 

Once again Sunrisers woke to attend a great early Saturday morning meeting. Off with a intrepid start was Brett, the Toastmaster. This was Brett’s first time assuming the Toastmaster role. Brett held meeting together and we look forward to see Brett take on roles like this in the future.

The word of the day, and the theme of the meeting, was “Sui Generis” (pronouced: Sue-ee Generous).

Our Grammarian of the day, Michelle, introduced the term, meaning “one-of-a-kind.” The term easily weaved within the duration of the meeting. Michelle picked another valuable term and hope it finds its way into personal conversations, workplace discussions, and speeches in the future.

Neva took on the Timer role. She followed through with precision during the meeting. Always speaking with a big smile, she presented three small speaking roles when called upon for various timing reports. She continues to expand her public speaking abilities one small speaking role at a time. She exemplifies her membership by speaking in some way at every meeting she attends.
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The theme Seattle Sunrise Toastmasters this week was Coming of Age, and our first-time Toastmaster Nicole S. did a fantastic job shepherding our meeting through. She also brought a great and inspiring story of the academic maturation of one of her teen clients, with whom she worked for a long time.

Our first speaker of the day was Vince H., who delivered his CC Project #4 speech, “Little Dream Homes, Big Green Energy,” in which he discussed the history of Seattle’s building industry as it evolved. Noting that while sustainability and green energy are new concepts, he said the original settlers in the Seattle area for the most part built small homes made from natural, local materials and were therefore better from an environmental perspective in many ways than many contemporary structures. Interesting ideas, Vince. Look forward to hearing more on this topic from you in the future.

Ken B. was up next, bringing another story from his life to fulfill his CC Project 4 speech, “Yin, Yang, and the Power of Women.” He related an incident that happened during a Filipino Kali matial arts class in which he was paired to spar with a woman. As a self-proclaimed traditional-minded man when it comes to the sexes, Ken was at first reluctant to spar with a woman because he had been raised not to hit females. However, once the fight started, he found himself outmatched by her agility and technique which left him exhausted and beaten (literally). An entertaining speech, Ken.
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