Meeting Date and Time 27 February 2013, 7:00pm
Meeting Title / Theme: Leap Year
Meeting Called to Order: 700PM
Word of the Evening: Pragmatic
Guests: None – two (2) guests voted in – see New Business Section
Start of Business Meeting: 703PM
Minutes of the last meeting: Approved, no changes
Officer Reports: Treasurer
Committee Reports: Steve Flick, Contest Chair is passing around a sign-up sheet for speaking, evaluation, and content roles. If you wish to participate or assist in the contest please speak to or email Steve Flick
Old Business: None
New Business: Matt Ramshaw, VP Membership presented two (2) applications for membership. James Bubash (1 March) and Patrick Hunter (1 March) both voted in unanimously.
Correspondence and Announcements:
Item 1: Advanced Communicator-Silver Awarded
• Adam Kutell was awarded the Advanced Communicator Silver award
Item 2: Screen Location
• Matt Ramshaw has the screen in his car, if any speakers need it please let him know
Business Meeting End: 718PM
Roles of the Evening:
Toastmaster: Jim Ruzicka
Table Topics Master: Dave Domian
General Evaluator: Laurie Mestdagh
Grammarian: Petrina Monti Report: 9 uses of word; Speakers: watch use of the word “so”
Timer: Rob Van Winkle
Camera: Tom Terrific
Invocator/Pledge of Allegiance: Don Clair
Vote Counter: Jeff Hall
“AH” Counter: Carmen Wilkerson Report: 3
Joke Master: Carrie Driscoll
Hot Seat: Howard Brandt (also Speaker #3)
Greeter: Matt Ramshaw
Table Topics Start: 727PM
Contestants: Steve Flick, Steve Bettag, Matt Ramshaw, Jeff Hall, Carrie Driscoll, Don Clair
Table Topics End: 743PM
Speaking/Evaluation Portion Start: 753PM
Speaker 1: Jack Bettag (8’) Evaluator 1: David Wilkins
Speaker 2: Adam Kutell (4’) Evaluator 2: Shreya Gopal
Speaker 3: Howard Brandt (7’) Evaluator 3: Dee McAliney
Speaking/Evaluation Portion End: 834PM
Best Speaker: Howard Brandt
Best Evaluator: Dee McAliney
Best Table Topic Speaker: Don Clair
Most Improved: Carrie Driscoll
Meeting Rating: 9.8 out of 10
Meeting Concluded: 842PM
In attendance: 23 members (2 inducted tonight):
Bettag, Jack
Bettag, Steve
Bottini, Kelly
Brandt, Howard
*Bubash, James
Clair, Don
Domian, Dave
Driscoll, Carrie
Flick, Steve
Gopal, Shreya
Hall, Jeffrey
Hendrickson, Carl
*Hunter, Patrick
Kutell, Adam
McAliney, Dee
Mestdagh, Laurie
Ramshaw, Matt
Ruzicka, Jim
Terrific, Tom
Van Winkle, Robert
Wilkerson, Carmen
Wilkins, David M
Willard, Gina
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