Meeting Date and Time 17 April 2013, 7:00pm
Meeting Title / Theme: Final Frontiers
Meeting Called to Order: 700PM
Word of the Evening: Connection, To Connect, or Disconnect
Guests: Jessica Neumeier, Miranda Kutell, Fran and Leroy Ettling, Janice Dorn (Relative of B. Ettling), 2 came in late, and Carol Lindwedel, and Donna Seidel (and her daughter)
Start of Business Meeting: 705PM
Minutes of the last meeting: April 10 – approved (no changes); April 3 – approved (no changes)
Officer Reports: None
Committee Reports: None
Old Business: None
New Business: None
Correspondence and Announcements:
Item 1: Division Contest
• David Wilkins and Shreya Gopal will be competing as winners of the Area 4 contest at the Division A contest on Saturday, April 20th; contest begins at 10A at the Tesson Ferry Branch of the St. Louis County Library. Carmen Wilkerson will be a ballot counter at this event; if anyone else would like to assist at the contest please contact Area Governor Bob Heaton.
Item 2: District 8 Contest
• The District 8 Contest will be held on 17 and 18 May at the Renaissance St. Louis-Airport.
Item 3: Bob Chunn Family Thank You
• A note of thanks was received from the family of former SCTM member and officer Bob Chunn. Also noted were Howard Brandt and Max Kaiser, Jr. as instrumental to Bob’s membership in SCTM. Thank you Howard and Max!
Item 4: Competent Leader Award
• Shreya Gopal earned and was recognized for accomplishing the Competent Leader (CL) Award. Congratulations Shreya!
Item 5: Effective Evaluations Instruction Opportunity
• Erin Gissel and Adam Kutell will be giving an “Art of Effective Evaluations” at Tesson Ferry Branch (near the corner of Tesson Ferry Road and Lindbergh Blvd.) of the St. Louis County Library, on Saturday, May 11th at 2PM. The instruction will be free and guests are welcome. If you wish to attend, please contact either Erin or Adam.
Business Meeting End: 720PM
Roles of the Evening:
Toastmaster: Adam Kutell
Table Topics Master: Jim Ruzicka
General Evaluator: Kip Guthrey
Grammarian: Laurie Mestdagh Report: 8 uses of word
Timer: Traci Cahill
Camera: Alan Kirby
Invocator/Pledge of Allegiance: Shreya Gopal
Vote Counter: Bill Collier
“AH” Counter: Jerry Paul Report: 18 total – Business (4), TableT (4), Speeches (5), and Eval. (5)
Joke Master: Erin Gissel and Miranda Kutell
Hot Seat:
Greeter: Steve Flick
Table Topics Start: 720PM
Contestants: Alan Kirby, Petrina Monti, Patrick Hunter, Steve Winheim, Carmen Wilkerson, Steve Flick, Traci Cahill, Bill Collier, Laurie Mestdagh, and Jerry Paul
Table Topics End: 740PM
Speaking/Evaluation Portion Start: 755PM
Speaker 1: Steve Bettag (7’) Evaluator 1: Matt Ramshaw
Speaker 2: Rob Van Winkle (6’) Evaluator 2: Steve Winheim
Speaker 3: David Wilkins (8’) Evaluator 3: Jack Bettag
Speaker 4: Brian Ettling (9‘) Evaluator 4: Carl Hendrickson
Speaking/Evaluation Portion End: 855PM
Best Speaker: David Wilkins
Best Evaluator: Carl Hendrickson
Best Table Topic Speaker: Patrick Hunter
Most Improved: Patrick Hunter
Meeting Rating: 9.5 out of 10
Meeting Concluded: 900PM
In attendance:
Bettag, Jack
Bettag, Steve
Cahill, Traci
Collier, Bill
Ettling, Brian
Flick, Steve
Gissel, Erin
Gopal, Shreya
Guthrey, Kip
Hendrickson, Carl
Hunter, Patrick
Kirby, Alan
Kutell, Adam
Mestdagh, Laurie
Monti, Petrina
Paul, Jerry
Ramshaw, Matt
Ruzicka, Jim
Van Winkle, Robert
Wilkerson, Carmen
Wilkins, David M.
Winheim, Steve
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