Meeting Date and Time 15 May 2013, 7:00 p.m.
Meeting Title / Theme: Clint Eastwood
Meeting Called to Order: 7:04 p.m.
Word of the Evening: Gest
Guests: Robert Ozborn, Jack Williams and Area 4 Governor Bob Heaton
Start of Business Meeting: 7:04 p.m.
Governor’s Report: Governor Heaton spoke about the Distinguished Club Program criteria and how SCTM had done. The club had completes all ten of the ten requirements, in several areas surpassing the minimum requirement. SCTM made the Area Governor “look very good” and he congratulated the officers and the membership on again being a Distinguished Club. Educational Vice President Adam Kutell has the record on the club’s achievements to earn this high honor.
Minutes of the last meeting: Approved; no changes
Officer Reports: Educational Vice President Adam Kutell reported that he offered an “effective evaluation” workshop this past weekend. He noted that the club does not provide formal effective evaluation training. He has several suggestions which will be brought before the membership in future meetings. These suggestions include expanding the maximum of evaluation time from 2-1/2 minutes to 3-1/2 minutes (the contest length) and rearranging the structure so that table topics is at the end of the program. It would be helpful if the General Evaluator provided advance notice to Evaluators regarding whom they will be evaluating so that Evaluator and Speaker can discuss the objectives of the speech and the Speaker’s speech goals in advance. Also, time should be made available at the end of or after the meeting for the Evaluator to discuss in depth with the Speaker how she/he had performed.
Committee Reports: None
Old Business: District 8 conference this weekend. Club member Shreya Gopal is in the International Speech Contest on Saturday.
New Business: None
Correspondence and Announcements: Educational Vice President Adam Kutell announced that Erin Gissel will be the pattern speaker for the District 8 Evaluation Contest on Friday.
Business Meeting End: 7:20 p.m.
Roles of the Evening:
Toastmaster: Alan Kirby
Table Topics Master: Diane Fawcett
General Evaluator: Kathy Denton
Grammarian: Kevin Reichardt (reported only two usage of word)
Timer: Carmen Wilkerson
Camera: None
Invocator/Pledge of Allegiance: Vamsi Jammalamadaka
Vote Counter: Matt Ramshaw
“AH” Counter: Adam Kutell (reported 5 during business meeting, 16 during table topics, 4 during speeches, and 7 during evaluations)
Joke Master: Howard Brandt
Hot Seat: None
Greeter: Sean Page
Table Topics Start: 7:26 p.m.
Contestants: Petrina Monti, Kevin Reichardt, Adam Kutell, Jerry Paul, Carrie Driscoll and Alan Kirby
Table Topics End: 7:40 p.m.
Speaking/Evaluation Portion Start: 7:50 p.m.
Speaker 1: Patrick Hunter (6.5’) Evaluator 1: James Bubash
Speaker 2: Brent Stewart (7.0’) Evaluator 2: Jim Ruzicka
Speaker 3: Dave Domian (7.5′) Evaluator 3: Sudi Gopinath
Speaker 4: Erin Gissel (7.0‘) Evaluator 4: Steve Flick
Speaking/Evaluation Portion Ended: 8:52 p.m.
Best Speaker: Dave Domian
Best Evaluator: Sudi Gopinath
Best Table Topic Speaker: Jerry Paul
Most Improved: Patrick Hunter
Meeting Rating: 9.1 out of 10
Meeting Concluded: 9:00 p.m.
In attendance: 24 members and 3 guests
Brandt, Howard
Bubash, James
Denton, Kathy
Domian, Dave
Driscoll, Carrie
Fawcett, Diane
Flick, Steve
Gissel, Erin
Gopinath, Sudi
Hendrickson, Carl
Hunter, Patrick
Jammalamadka, Vamsi
Kirby, Alan
Kutell, Adam
Monti, Petrina
Ostler, Vanessa
Page, Sean
Paul, Jerry
Ramshaw, Matt
Reichardt, Kevin
Ruzicka, Jim
Stewart, Brent
Wilkerson, Carmen
Winheim, Steve
Respectfully Submitted,
Carl Hendrickson
Acting Secretary
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