Meeting Date – March 31, 2010
Meeting Called to Order at 7:02 p.m.
Meeting Location – Room 107-C, MetLife Service Center
SPEECH MARATHON
Presiding Officer – Alan Kirby, President
Toastmaster – Barb Sapienza
Invocator – Jack Bettag
Timekeeper – Mike Marian
Vote Counter – Steve Hamm
Camera – Tom Terrific
Greeter – Paul Ferguson
Jokemaster – Bill Collier
No Grammarian, Table Topics Master, General Evaluator, or “Ah” Counter (due to Speech Marathon)
OFFICERS’ REPORTS
• VP-Membership – Those interested in mentoring, let Erin Gissel know. She will be keeping a list of mentors for tracking purposes. Also, a Tall Tales Contest (for SCTM only) is being planned; all jobs (contest master, judges, etc.) are open. Please contact Erin if you are interested.
• Treasurer – Still need dues payment from several members; get your payment to Adam Kutell as soon as possible. (TI required club’s dues by March 31.)
• VP-Education – no report
• VP-Public Relations – no report
COMMITTEE REPORTS
• None
OLD BUSINESS
• None
NEW BUSINESS
• Adam Kutell, Treasurer, paid club dues with his personal credit card; asked to be repaid $675 by club. Jack Bettag moved to reimburse Adam; Steve Flick seconded. Motion carried, club will reimburse Adam.
CORRESPONDENCE / ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Bill Collier pointed out that club members used to use this part of the meeting to announce that they had made a speech/presentation to another organization; Bill asked members to announce all such events at club meetings.
• Barb Sapienza, this evening’s Toastmaster, was thanked by Tom Terrific for making an agenda for tonight’s meeting and printing copies. Her agenda made it easier to keep track of the meeting.
• Don Clair came for the meeting but left early – received word that grandchild #11 had been born.
SPEAKERS / EVALUATORS
1. Nilsa Scott / Joe Archambault
2. Rob Van Winkle / Petrina Monti
3. Gina Willard / Kevin Reichardt
4. Steve Flick / Jack Bettag
5. Tom Terrific / ?
6. George Kiser / Adam Kutell
AWARDS
• Best Speaker, 1st – George Kiser
• Best Speaker, 2nd – Nilsa Scott
• Most Improved – Steve Flick
ATTENDANCE
MEMBERS:
• Archambault, Joseph
• Beck, Karl
• Bettag, Jack
• Brandt, Howard
• Clair, Donald
• Collier, Bill
• Denton, Kathy
• Ferguson, Paul
• Flick, Steve
• Gissel, Erin
• Hamm, Steve
• Kirby, Alan
• Kiser, George
• Kutell, Adam
• Marian, Mike
• Monti, Petrina
• Reichardt, Kevin
• Sapienza, Barb
• Scott, Nilsa
• Terrific, Tom
• Ullrich, Rich
• VanWinkle, Robert
• Willard, Gina
• Wilson, Kevin
• Zemann, Laura
GUESTS
• Dane Muckler
• Casey Reed
• Dave Gissel
Total attendance was 28 (25 members, 3 guests).
GE Rating – n/a
Meeting Adjourned at 8:53 p.m.
Minutes Submitted by Steve Flick, club Secretary
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