SOUTH COUNTY TOASTMASTERS CLUB #1957
MEETING MINUTES
MEETING DATE: 23 Sep 2013 MEETING TIME: 7 pm
VENUE: MetLife Building CALLED TO ORDER: 7 pm
PRESIDING OFFICER: Gina Willard MEETING THEME: None
MINUTES OF LAST MEETING: emailed out and corrected as recommended. Accepted as sent out.
EXECUTIVE SECTION
OFFICERS REPORT: Matt Ramshaw mentioned that dues are due for the Oct to March term.
COMMITTEE REPORT: None.
OLD BUSINESS: Subscribe to our blog, we are up to 73.
NEW BUSINESS:
Approval for expenses: Carrie Driscoll regarding some papers, visitor data sheets, member packets, etc. 65.20 $, second by Adam and Rob. The manuals have been revised to reflect the new evaluation times as well as the CLE. Aye s has it. The expenses were approved.
Membership application from Mark Hayden. His application for membership was accepted into the SCTM way! The treasurer has received the check. Motion was made to accept him into the club, Second by Rob Van Winkle. Aye has it. He will be assigned a mentor pending discussion on whether or not he needs one and inducted next week.
CORRESPONDENCE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: Howard Brandt made an announcement that Dick Shields is the guy who got us this building and worked with MetLife at one time. He told Shields about the issue with MetLife moving to NC and that there is a chance we may lose our meeting venue. Mr. Shields discussed it with the building officials and he confirmed that everyone in this building was being moved to NC. Also, that the clayton office will be moved into this building and the personnel mentioned that they have no intention of closing this place. So SCTM still has a home! Yaay!
BUSINESS MEETING END TIME: 7:16 pm
MEETING ROLES FOR THE EVENING
MEETING ROLE NAME COMMENTS / REPORTS
GREETER Diane Fawcett ———————————-
INVOCATOR Howard Brandt ———————————-
TOASTMASTER Brent Stewart ———————————-
GRAMMARIAN Rob Van Winkle Bluster – #12
TIME KEEPER Kevin Reichardt ———————————–
VOTE COUNTER Alita Quires ———————————–
TABLE TOPICS Steve Flick ———————————–
“AH” COUNTER Jeff Hall Umm – 19+10+16
CAMERA OPERATOR Steve Winheim ———————————–
GENERAL EVALUATOR Bill Collier ———————————–
JOKE MASTER Adam Kutell ———————————–
TABLE TOPICS SECTION
TABLE TOPICS SPEAKERS
James Bubash Rob Van Winkle Adam Kutell Shreya Gopal
Traci Cahill Jeffery Hall Steven Winheim
TABLE TOPICS START TIME: 7:25 pm END TIME: 7:40 pm
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END OF BREAK
PREPARED SPEECHES SECTION
SPEAKER NAME SPEECH TITLE MANUAL PROJECT # TIME
Robert Osborn The coolest car ever on TV! CC 3 6 mins
Vamsi J. The Ghost and The Village Idiot CC 3 12 mins
Shreya Gopal The Torturous Toastmaster Entertainng 3 7 ½ mins
Matt Ramshaw Look mom I finally found a girlfriend! 7 mins
PREPARED SPEECHES START TIME: 7:50 pm END TIME: 8:30 pm
EVALUATION SECTION
EVALUATORS TIME
Sean Page Qualified
Patrick Hunter Qualified
Carrie Driscoll Qualified
Diane Fawcett Qualified
EVALUATION SECTION START TIME: 8:31 pm END TIME: 8:48 pm
GENERAL EVALUATORS COMMENTS / MEETING RATING: 9.8 out of 10
AWARDS
BEST SPEAKER Vamsi J.
BEST EVALUATOR Diane Fawcett
BEST TABLE TOPICS Rob and Adam
MOST IMPROVED Robert Osborn
MEETING ATTENDANCE
Steve Winheim Gina Willard Matt Ramshaw Carrie Driscoll Steve Flick
Patrick Hunter Bill Collier Shreya Gopal Rob Van Winkle Sean Page
Brent Stewart Diane Fawcett Traci Cahill Jerry Paul Jeffery Hall
Adam Kutell Howard Brandt James Bubash Vamsi J. Kevin Reichardt
Alita Quires Robert Osborn
GUESTS:
Mark Hayden, Matt Kudrow, Ashley S.
MEETING CONCLUDED AND ADJOURNED: 9 pm