Meeting Date and Time 8 May 2013, 7:00pm
Meeting Title / Theme: Playing Hooky
Meeting Called to Order: 701PM
Word of the Evening: Vacuous
Guests: Maximillianah Zales (sp?), Carol Lindwedel (Joined tonight!)
Start of Business Meeting: 705PM
Minutes of the last meeting: Approved; no changes
Officer Reports: None
Committee Reports: None
Old Business: Adam Kutell will be buying 10 new disks
New Business:
• Application for membership – Carol Lindwedel 1st motion – Matt Ramshaw; 2nd motion by Howard Brandt; unanimously voted in.
• Request Adam Kutell check Maximillianah Zales status as an active member of Toastmasters (moved here from California and believes she is a current member; may want to transfer as a new SCTM member)
Correspondence and Announcements:
Item 1: Free Photography/Camera Classes this week
• Kathy Denton mentioned that Creve Coeur Camera has free classes this Friday and Saturday (10 and 11 May)
Item 2: July to December 2013 Officer Opportunities
• Steve Bettag is seeking candidates to fulfill roles as club officers for the coming 6 month term
Item 3: District 8 Contest May 17 and 18
• The District 8 TM Conference and Contest will be held at the Renaissance Hotel, St. Louis Airport, on 17 and 18 May; Shreya Gopal will be a Speech contestant in the evening of the 18th
Business Meeting End: 715PM
Roles of the Evening:
Toastmaster: Carrie Driscoll
Table Topics Master: Shreya Gopal
General Evaluator: Steve Bettag
Grammarian: Diane Fawcett Report: 9 uses of word; agreeance (in agreement with), near absence (positive use of word)
Timer: Rob Van Winkle
Camera: Howard Brandt
Invocator/Pledge of Allegiance: Carrie Driscoll
Vote Counter: Judy Sowers
“AH” Counter: Steve Flick Report: 4 (Business), 3 (Table Topics), a few (Speeches), and 12 (Eval.)
Joke Master: Alita Quires
Hot Seat: Rob Van Winkle
Greeter: Sudi Gopinath
Table Topics Start: 726PM
Contestants: Brent Stewart, Matt Ramshaw, Steve Winheim, Carol Lindwedel, Sudi Gopinath, Vanessa Ostler, Patrick Hunter, Steve Flick, and Diane Fawcett
Table Topics End: 740PM
Speaking/Evaluation Portion Start: 752PM
Speaker 1: James Bubash (10’) Evaluator 1: Kip Guthrey
Speaker 2: Susan Carillo (7’) Evaluator 2: Carl Hendrickson
Speaker 3: Richard Hiers (10’) Evaluator 3: Kathy Denton
Speaker 4: David Wilkins (8‘) Evaluator 4: Petrina Monti
Speaking/Evaluation Portion End: 850PM
Best Speaker: David Wilkins
Best Evaluator: Carl Hendrickson
Best Table Topic Speaker: Brent Stewart
Most Improved: Susan Carillo
Meeting Rating: 9.5 out of 10
Meeting Concluded: 900PM
In attendance: 24 members (*1 inducted tonight), 1 guest
Bettag, Steve
Brandt, Howard
Bubash, James
Carillo, Susan
Denton, Kathy
Driscoll, Carrie
Fawcett, Diane
Flick, Steve
Gopal, Shreya
Gopinath, Sudi
Guthrey, Kip
Hendrickson, Carl
Hiers, Richard
Hunter, Patrick
*Lindwedel, Carol
Monti, Petrina
Ostler, Vanessa
Quires, Alita
Ramshaw, Matt
Sowers, Judy
Stewart, Brent
Van Winkle, Rob
Wilkins, David
Winheim, Steve
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