Meeting Date: Feb. 10, 2010
Meeting Called to Order At: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Room 107-C, MetLife Service Center
Presiding Officer: Alan Kirby, President
Toastmaster: Don Clair
Timekeeper: Jack Bettag/Howard Brandt
Camera: Erin Gissel
“Ah” Counter: Rob VanWinkle
Table Topics: Laura Zemann
Vote Counter: Kevin Wilson
Jokemaster: Petrina Monti
Grammarian: Mark Roling (word – “elicit”)
Invocator: George Kiser
General Evaluator: Mike Dobrich
Minutes of 2/3/2010 meeting were accepted as submitted.
Officers’ Reports
Education: Kevin Reichardt brought up Competent Leadership manual; challenged members to earn CL (for club, personal goals). Kevin presented “Full Circle” award to Bill Collier.
Membership: none
Public Relations: none
Treasurer: none
Committee Reports: none
Old Business: none
New Business: none
Correspondence / Announcements
• SCTM International Speech and Evaluation Contest, Feb. 17 (next meeting); please consider entering either contest. Must be a member in good standing and must have given at least six (6) speeches/presentations to be eligible.
• Don Clair’s Valentine campaign (for military personnel in Iraq) is a success. He has nearly 900 cards/letters/emails to send. Don thanked everyone who contributed.
Guests
• Drew Smith
• Anna “Awesome”
• Kathy Hughes
• Mark Schrepfer
• Chris Brown
• Nicole
• Katie (Nicole’s mother)
Attendance
• Archambault, Joe
• Bettag, Jack
• Brandt, Howard
• Clair, Don
• Collier, Bill
• Denton, Kathy
• Dickemper, Sue
• Dobrich, Mike
• Fawcett, Diane
• Flick, Steve
• Gissel, Erin
• Hendrickson, Carl
• Hiers, Richard
• Kirby, Alan
• Kiser, George
• Kutell, Adam
• Mafort, Amby
• Marion, Mike
• Monti, Petrina
• Reichardt, Kevin
• Roling, Mark
• Terrific, Tom
• Van Winkle, Rob
• Wilson, Kevin
• Zemann, Laura
Total in Attendance: 25 members, 7 guests
Speakers / Evaluators
• Carl Hendrickson (evaluator, Steve Flick)
• Tom “Terrific” (evaluator, Richard Hiers)
• Bill Collier (evaluator, Kathy Denton)
Awards
• Most Improved – Richard Hiers
• Best Table Topics – Amby Mafort
• Best Evaluator – Kathy Denton
• Best Speaker – Tom “Terrific”
General Evaluator’s rating: 9.3
Meeting adjourned at: 8:49 p.m.
Minutes submitted by: Steve Flick, Secretary
