Meeting Date: March 26, 2014
Called to order at: 7:00 pm
Location: MetLife Building
Presiding officer: Matt Ramshaw
Greeter: Brian Ettling
Invocator: Judy Sowers
Meeting minutes, March 19, accepted as “read”
Officers’ Reports:
Congratulations to Alan Kirby and Erin Gissel for winning first place in the Speech/Evaluation Contest on March 22. The next contest for Alan and Erin will be on April 19, (correction) beginning at 1:30 pm, at the Thornhill County Library (12863 Willowyck Dr., St. Louis, MO, 63146; 314-994-3300)
Committee Reports: None
Old Business: None
New Business:
Jerry Paul, VPE, announced that there will be (5) meetings in April. Tom Terrific confirmed for us that, as a club, we had agreed in the past that the 5th meeting in any given month will be a speech marathon. Jerry Paul is looking for input and volunteers for the speech marathon on April 30th.
Gina Willard, immediate past president, announced that we are looking for volunteers to fill officer roles for the next term (knock, knock…consider this a great opportunity fellow Toastmasters).
Correspondence & Announcements:
Jerry Paul, VPE, reiterated how important it is that each of us notifies him, prior to monthly scheduling of meetings, all of the meetings we will be unable to attend or participate. Please also notify Jerry if there are specific roles you wish to be scheduled for to attain a goal(s).
Toastmaster: Alan Kirby Theme: Weather
Grammarian: Jack Bettag Word: Gaudy
Time Keeper: Steve Bettag
Vote Counter: Susan Carrillo
Ah Counter: Jerry Paul
Camera Op:
Table Topics: Steve Winheim
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Speaker 1: Howard Brandt Evaluator 1: Shreya Gopal
Speaker 2: Kelly Brunie Evaluator 2: Liz DeCamp
Speaker 3: Carol Lindwedel Evaluator 3: Gina Willard
Speaker 4: Alita Quires Evaluator 4: Susan McConnell
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General Evaluator: Kelly Bottini
Joke Master: Tom Terrific
Most Improved: Kelly Brunie
Best Table Topics: Robb Osborne II & Ginny Foster
Best Evaluator: Shreya Gopal & Gina Willard
Best Speaker: Howard Brandt
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Meeting Rating: 9.8 Meeting adjourned at 9:00 pm
Minutes submitted by Kelly Bottini
Guests: Greg Turner; Seth Lindsey; Beverly McKee
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Bettag, Jack
Bettag, Steve
Bone, Dean
Bottini, Kelly
Brandt, Howard
Brunie, Kelly
Carrillo, Susan
Carter, Jack
DeCamp, Liz
Ettling, Brian
Foster, Ginny
Gopal, Shreya
Hall, Jeffrey
Kirby, Alan
Lindwedel, Carol A.
McConnell, Susan
Osborn II, Robert L.W.
Paul, Jerry
Quires, Alita
Ramshaw, Matt
Sowers, Judy
Terrific, Tom
Willard, Gina
Winheim, Steve
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