Meeting Date and Time 13 February 2013, 7:00pm
Meeting Title / Theme: Luv/Love
Meeting Called to Order: 700PM
Word of the Evening: Luv (Verb) – adore, treasure, cherish, prize, enjoy, relish, savor, appreciate
Guests: Patrick Hunter (goes by Hunter)
Start of Business Meeting: 703PM
Minutes of the last meeting: Sean Page was absent on 2/6/13 – minutes approved with this change
Officer Reports: None
Committee Reports: None
Old Business: None
New Business: None
Correspondence and Announcements:
Item 1: Climate Change Classes
• Brian Ettling spoke to the Sierra Club in Alton, IL on Monday (2/11)
• Brian also stated he will be teaching a class at St. Louis Community College on Climate on 2/23 (Sat)
• And, ….Brian will also be speaking at the Ethical Society of St. Louis on 3/7
Item 2: PC/Overhead/Projector Use
• Sudi Gopinath has the PC, Overhead Projector, and Screen tonight for any speaker in need
Item 3: Speech to National Association of Retired Federal Employees
• Carl Hendrickson reported that he spoke yesterday afternoon (2/12) on behalf of the Speakers’ Bureau to approximately 40 members of the local chapter of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees on “practical politics” and provided them with an overview of the political system through the spectra of political activity. He spoke for ½ an hour and then had a ten minute Question and Answer session.
Business Meeting End: 713PM
Roles of the Evening:
Toastmaster: George Kiser (late arrival; substituted by Steve Winheim)
Table Topics Master: Gina Willard
General Evaluator: Steve Winheim
Grammarian: Judy Sowers Report: 1st half – 28/ 2nd half – 14 uses of word
Timer: Tom Terrific
Camera: Alita Quires
Invocator/Pledge of Allegiance: Steve Bettag
Vote Counter: Steve Flick
“AH” Counter: Richard Hiers Report: Business – 5, Table Topics – 12, Speaking – 0, Evaluation – 2
Joke Master: Jim Ruzicka
Hot Seat:
Greeter: Jack Bettag
Table Topics Start: 713P
Contestants: Jeff Hall, Sean Page, Rob Van Winkle, David Wilkins, Brian Ettling, Petrina Monti, Carmen Wilkerson, Steve Flick, Howard Brandt, Richard Hiers, and Steve Bettag
Table Topics End: 733P
Speaking/Evaluation Portion Start: 745PM
Speaker 1: Shreya Gopal (8’) Evaluator 1: Carl Hendrickson
Speaker 2: Carrie Driscoll (7’30”) Evaluator 2: Matt Ramshaw
Speaker 3: Kip Guthrey (10’) Evaluator 3: Traci Cahill
Speaker 4: Sudi Gopinath (9’) Evaluator 4: Kathy Denton
Speaking/Evaluation Portion End: 843PM
Best Speaker: Sudi Gopinath
Best Evaluator: Kathy Denton
Best Table Topic Speaker: Rob Van Winkle
Most Improved: Carrie Driscoll
Meeting Rating: 4 out of 5 Toasters
Meeting Concluded: 852PM
Attendance: 29 Members, 1 Guest
Bettag, Jack
Bettag, Steve
Bottini, Kelly
Brandt, Howard
Cahill, Traci
Denton, Kathy
Driscoll, Carrie
Ettling, Brian
Flick, Steve
Hall, Jeffrey
Hendrickson, Carl
Hiers, Richard
Gopal, Shreya
Gopinath, Sudi
Guthrey, Kip
Kiser, George
Monti, Petrina
Page, Sean
Paul, Jerry
Quires, Alita
Ramshaw, Matt
Ruzicka, Jim
Sowers, Judy
Terrific, Tom
Van Winkle, Robert
Wilkerson, Carmen
Wilkins, David M
Willard, Gina
Winheim, Steve
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