Meeting Minutes June 12, 2013

Meeting Date and Time 12 June 2013, 7:00pm
Meeting Title / Theme: Favorites
Meeting Called to Order: 700PM
Word of the Evening: Vacation (n.) – scheduled period during which activity is suspended
Guests: Mary Sanders (visiting from Cave Springs TM Club), Suzanne Lee (New Area 4 Governor), Mike Mueller, Charles Ake, Ashley Hall

Start of Business Meeting: 705PM
Minutes of the last meeting: Approved, no changes
Officer Reports: N/A
Committee Reports: N/A
Old Business: N/A
New Business:
• Officer Elections – July to December, 2013. 1st motion – Adam Kutell, 2nd – Bill Collier
o President – Gina Willard
o VP Education – Erin Gissel
o VP Membership – Carrie Driscoll
o VP Public Relations – Carmen Wilkerson
o Secretary – Shreya Gopal
o Treasurer – Matt Ramshaw
o Sgt. At Arms – Jim Bubash
o Officer At Large – Carl Hendrickson
All Candidates Approved unanimously and without additional nominations
• (end of meeting additional New Business Item) Rob Osborn inducted tonight
o Rob Van Winkle will be Mentor to new member Robert Osborn

Correspondence and Announcements:
Item 1: Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI) Training
• TLI training will be held on 29 June at the Wells Fargo University (downtown)
Item 2: Treasurer absence from 29 June TLI training
• If someone can attend and pass knowledge on regarding being Treasurer please see Matt Ramshaw as he will be absent from this training (Will attend later)
Item 3: Father’s Day Picnic – Fenton Park
• Dave Domian has put together a Father’s Day Picnic at Fenton Park, Saturday June 15th beginning at 2PM, food starting at 4PM. The picnic will also be taking donations (cash) in support of the Multiple Sclerosis charity.
Business Meeting End: 723PM

Roles of the Evening:
Toastmaster: Traci Cahill
Table Topics Master: Jack Bettag
General Evaluator: Brent Stewart
Grammarian: Steve Bettag Report: 7 uses of word
Timer: Jeff Hall
Camera: Vamsi Jammalamadaka
Invocator/Pledge of Allegiance: Steve Winheim
Vote Counter: Matt Ramshaw
“AH” Counter: Vanessa Ostler Report: 20
Joke Master: Adam Kutell
Hot Seat: Max Kaiser, Jr.
Greeter: Rob Van Winkle

Table Topics Start: 723PM
Contestants: Howard Brandt, Diane Fawcett, Carol Lindwedel, Rob Van Winkle, Petrina Monti, Vamsi Jammalamadaka, Steve Winheim, Matt Ramshaw, Jerry Paul, and Jeff Hall
Table Topics End: 742PM

Speaking/Evaluation Portion Start: 752PM
Speaker 1: Gina Willard (7’30”) Evaluator 1: Patrick Hunter
Speaker 2: Kelly Bottini (10’) Evaluator 2: Diane Fawcett
Speaker 3: David Wilkins (8’) Evaluator 3: Judy Sowers
Speaker 4: Bill Collier (6‘) Evaluator 4: Carl Hendrickson
Speaking/Evaluation Portion End: 852PM

Best Speaker: David Wilkins
Best Evaluator: Carl Hendrickson
Best Table Topic Speaker: Rob Van Winkle
Most Improved: Patrick Hunter
Meeting Rating: 9.25 out of 10
Meeting Concluded: 905PM

In attendance: 27 members (*New member inducted tonight) and 5 guests
Bettag, Jack
Bettag, Steve
Bottini, Kelly
Brandt, Howard
Bubash, James
Cahill, Traci
Collier, Bill
Fawcett, Diane
Hall, Jeffrey
Hendrickson, Carl
Hunter, Patrick
Jammalamadaka, Vamsi
Kutell, Adam
Lindwedel, Carol
Monti, Petrina
*Osborn, Robert
Ostler, Vanessa
Paul, Jerry
Ramshaw, Matt
Sowers, Judy
Stewart, Brent
Van Winkle, Robert
Wilkerson, Carmen
Wilkins, David M
Willard, Gina
Wilson, Kevin
Winheim, Steve

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