Meeting Minutes August 17, 2011

Meeting Date: 8/17/2011    Called to order at: 7:00 p.m.    Location: Met Life Building
Presiding officer: Kathy Denton     Toastmaster:  George Kiser
Time Keeper: Laurie Mestdagh    Camera Op: Beth Draganic
Ah Counter:  Adam Kutell          Table Topics: Jack Bettag
Vote Counter: Violet Tatum        Joke Master: Brent Stewart
Grammarian: Petrina Monti          Word of the evening:  Attitude
General Eval: Mike Marian
Invocator: Joanne Korba

Added – Greeter – Violet Tatum

Officers’ Reports:
Brent Stewart distributed the Treasurer’s budget for the coming six months.

Committee Reports:
None

Old Business:
None

New Business:
Application for new membership was received from Stephanie Payne.  The new membership was voted on and passed.

Correspondence & Announcements:
Area contest coming up on September 17, 2011.  This will be a Humorous Speech and Table Topics contest to be held at the Twin Rivers Worship Center between 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
Contest judge training is 8/27.
Additional Officer Training is at Twin Rivers on 8/20
View the speech contest via TV at Barnes and Noble on Watson Road on 8/20.

Guests: Ron Patrick, Gunjal Garg, Mike Ruhland, John Amelong, Gerry Puglisi

Speakers and Evaluators

Speaker 1:Tom Krauska          Evaluator 1: Kevin Wilson
Speaker 2:Don Clair            Evaluator 2: Steve Flick
Speaker 3:Jerry Paul        Evaluator 3: Carl Hendrickson
Speaker 4:Bill McNabb        Evaluator 4: Steve Winheim

Most Improved:     Bill Mcnabb
Best Table Topics: Bill Collier
Best Evaluator: Carl Hendrickson
Best Speaker: Don Clair

The General Evaluator rated the meeting a 9.5    Meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.

Minutes submitted by Jack Bettag on behalf of Steve Bettag, Secretary.

Attendance
25 members:

Bettag, Jack
Clair, Donald
Collier, Bill
Denton, Kathy
Draganic, Beth
Flick, Steve
Hendrickson, Carl
Kiser, George
Korba, Joanne
Kutell, Adam
Marian, Michael
McNabb, Bill
Mestdagh, Laurie
Monti, Petrina
Paul, Jerry
Payne, Stephanie
Sowers, Judy
Stewart, Brent
Tatum, Violet
Terrific, Tom
VanWinkle, Rob
Waithaka, Andrew
Willard, Gina
Wilson, Kevin
Winheim, Steve

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