Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957
Meeting Date: December 11, 2013
Called to order at: 7:00 PM. Location: MetLife Building
Presiding officer: Gina Willard Minutes of last meeting (December 4) were sent out and accepted as sent.
Greeter: Liz DeCamp
Invocator: Howard Brandt
CL Evaluator: Dave Domian
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Officers’ Reports:
None
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Committee Reports:
None
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Old Business:
None
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New Business:
None
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Correspondence & Announcements:
None
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Toastmaster: James Bubash Theme: Share the Holiday Joy
Grammarian: Adam Kutell Word: Pertinacious – 5 Correct Uses; 2 Incorrect uses
Time Keeper: George Kiser
Vote Counter: Traci Cahill
Ah Counter: Jerry Paul – 9 Crutch Words Noted
Camera Op: Brent Stewart
Table Topics: Kelly Bottini
Table Topics Participants: Patrick Hunter (1:02), Traci Cahill (1:25), Diane Fawcett (1:42), Jerry Paul (0.50), Matt Ramshaw (1.25), Adam Kutell (1:17), Judy Sowers (1:44), David Domian (1:22), and Liz DeCamp (1:20)
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Speakers and Evaluators
Speaker 1: Tom Terrific, CC Manual Project #7, Research Your Topic, “Speech Writing 101,” 10 Minutes (14.4)
Evaluator 1: Ginny Foster (2:29)
Speaker 2: Alita Quires, Non-Manual Speech, “Reflections,” 7 Minutes (5:40)
Evaluator 2: Erin Gissel (3:09)
Speaker 3: Gina Willard, The Success Club Series, “Moments of Truth,” 15 Minutes (19)
Evaluator 3: Alan Kirby (3:25)
Speaker 4: Carl Hendrickson, Advanced Manual, Humorously Speaking, “The Miracle of Joy,” 7 Minutes (7:13)
Evaluator 4: Steve Flick (3:14)
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General Eval: Charles Ake
Joke Master: Judy Sowers
VOTING
Most Improved: Alita Quires
Best Table Topics: Diane Fawcett
Best Evaluator: Alan Kirby
Best Speaker: Carl Hendrickson
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Meeting Rating : 9.5 Meeting adjourned at 9:06 PM
Closing Remarks: Matt Ramshaw reminded members that next week (December 18) is the Christmas Party.
President Gina Willard said that the next meeting will be January 8, 2014, at which time the recently elected officers will be installed.
Minutes submitted by Carl Hendrickson, Officer-at-Large and Acting Secretary
Guests: None
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Attendance:
Ake, Charles L.
Bottini, Kelly
Brandt, Howard
Bubash, James
Cahill, Traci
DeCamp, Liz
Domian, Dave
Fawcett, Diane
Flick, Steve
Foster, Ginny
Gissel, Erin C.
Hendrickson, Carl
Hunter, Patrick
Kirby, Alan
Kiser, George
Kutell, Adam
Osborn II, Robert
Paul, Jerry
Quires, Alita
Ramshaw, Matt
Sowers, Judy
Stewart, Brent
Terrific, Tom
Willard, Gina
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