Meeting Date and Time 30 January 2013, 7:00pm
Meeting Title / Theme: Speech-A-Thon / Perseverance
Meeting Called to Order: 700PM
Word of the Evening: N/A
Guests: Christine Zimmerman, Brian Joseph-Neil
Start of Business Meeting: 703PM
Minutes of the last meeting: Approved with no changes
Officer Reports: None
Committee Reports: None
Old Business: None
New Business:
Matt Ramshaw 1st motion, Sudi Gopinath 2nd the motion as Carmen Wilkerson was voted in as a new member.
Kip Guthrie spoke to a church downtown as a motivational speaker. Look for it on You Tube
Correspondence and Announcements:Dist 8 TM College Liaison/ Judging and Evaluation Chair MAX KAISER (SCTM Member) wants to thank SCTMs ROB VanWINKLE, ERIN GISSEL, TOM TERRIFIC, and the eight other TMs from District 8 whoserved as Judges last weekend for the WEBSTER UNIVERSITY “GORLOK GALA” SPEECH TOURNAMENT at Webster University’s main campus in Webster Groves, MO. The Forensics Faculty Dean , Tournament Chair
and Student Chair send their grateful thanks for our participation. There will be a finals round in early March–
MAX will advise further on specific dates and judging participant registration.
Officers Ad: A local newspaper, “The Call”, had a picture of the new officers
Metrics: Rob Van Winkle provided a sum of days, months and years of experience of our 53 members:
Business Meeting End: 710PM
Roles of the Evening:
Toastmaster: David Wilkins
Table Topics Master: N/A
General Evaluator: N/A
Grammarian: N/A Report: No Report
Timer: Stephanie Payne
Camera: Dave Domian
Invocator/Pledge of Allegiance: Kip Guthrie (sub for Sean Page)
Vote Counter: Carrie Driscoll
“AH” Counter: Report: No Report
Joke Master: Alita Quires
Hot Seat: Michael DePung – absent
Greeter: Alita Quires
Part A Speaking/Evaluation Portion Start: 718PM
Speaker 1: Laurie Mestdagh 17’ Evaluator 1: Rob Van Winkle
Speaker 2: Don Clair 6’ Evaluator 2: Petrina Monti
Speaker 3: Shreya Gopal 8’30” Evaluator 3: Jack Bettag
Speaker 4: Adam Kutell 8’ Evaluator 4: Gina Willard
Part A Speaking/Evaluation Portion End: 802PM
Part B Speaking/Evaluation Portion Start: 812PM
Speaker 5: Brian Ettling 12’ Evaluator 5: Kip Guthrie
Speaker 6: Tom Terrific 8’ Evaluator 6: Matt Ramshaw
Speaker 7: Carl Hendrickson 20’ Evaluator 7: Erin Gissel
Speaker 8: Sudi Gopinath 8’ Evaluator 8: Kevin Reichardt
Part B Speaking/Evaluation Portion End: 909PM
Best Speaker – Part A: Shreya Gopal
Best Speaker – Part B: Tom Terrific
Best Evaluator: N/A Tonight
Best Table Topic Speaker: N/A Tonight
Most Improved: Laurie Mestdagh
Meeting Concluded: 918PM
In attendance:
Yes Bettag, Jack Kreitner, Kathy
Bettag, Steve Yes Kutell, Adam
Bottini, Kelly Marian, Michael
Yes Brandt, Howard McAliney, Dee
Yes Cahill, Traci Yes Mestdagh, Laurie
Calloway, Adam Yes Monti, Petrina
Carillo, Susan Page, Sean
Yes Clair, Don Yes Paul, Jerry
Collier, Bill Yes Payne, Stephanie
Denton, Kathy Phillips, Adam
DePung, Michael Yes Quires, Alita
Yes Domian, Dave Yes Ramshaw, Matt
Yes Driscoll, Carrie Yes Reichardt, Kevin
Yes Ettling, Brian Ruzicka, Jim
Fawcett, Diane Sapienza, Barbara
Yes Flick, Steve Shields, Dick
Yes Gissel, Erin Sowers, Judy
Yes Gopal, Shreya Stewart, Brent
Yes Gopinath, Sudi Tatum, Violet
Yes Guthrey, Kip Yes Terrific, Tom
Hall, Jeffrey Yes Ullrich, Rich
Yes Hendrickson, Carl Yes Van Winkle, Robert
Yes Hiers, Richard Yes Wilkins, David M
Kaiser Jr., Max Yes Willard, Gina
Kirby, Alan Wilson, Kevin
Kiser, George Winheim, Steve
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