Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957
Meeting Date: _12/3/2014______
Called to order at: ___7pm______ Location: _MetLife____________
Presiding officer: ___Steve Winheim_________
Greeter____Tim Budd_________________________
Invocator/CLE Jerry Paul ___________________
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Officers’ Reports
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Committee Reports:
Brent Stewart reminded people of the clubs Christmas Party on Dec. 17th at the Fox Chase Apartments.
Details are on our website.
https://southcountytoastmasters.wordpress.com/2014/12/04/christmas-party-2014/
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Unfinished Business:
Tom Terrific presented the list of proposed officers for the January 2015 positions.
President: Jim Bubash
VP of Education: Dean Bone
VP of Membership: Carol Lindwedel
VP of Public Relations: Vamsi Jammalamadaka
Secretary: Lauren Ritter
Treasurer: Dick Shields
Sergeant At Arms: Matt Ramshaw
Officer At Large: Dave Domian
It was also mentioned that all offices are still open for nomination if any Toastmasters are interested in the job.
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New Business:
Early Bird Officer Training
Date: Saturday, December 13, 2014
Time: 10.00 am – 12.00 pm
Location: St.Louis County Library Headquarters – Auditorium
Address: 1640 S Lindbergh Blvd, St. Louis, MO-63131, United States (map)
Email if you are attending: lget@dist8tm.org
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Correspondence & Announcements:
Brent Stewart mentioned that he still has cans of nuts to sell for the Kiwanis.
Carl Hendrickson gave an outside speech on Monday, November November 17, to an AARP group at Crestview Senior Living.
The title was “Road to Independence” and he spoke for 20 minutes and then had a few minutes for questions and answers. This presentation is one in the club speakers’ bureau.
Max Kaiser
WED., Nov. 26 Crestwood–Sunset Hills Joint Thanksgiving Rotary/Kiwanis Meeting
at VIKING Hotel
Speech Title, “MAKING GOOD, POSITIVE HISTORY IN ST LOUIS–
Past, Present and Future” (15 minutes—historical speech).
SUN ., Nov. 23 150th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION,
Our Lady of the Holy Cross Catholic Church
St. Louis (Baden), MO
“A Century and a Half of Faith, Liturgy, and Presence in Baden–
OUR LADY of the HOLY CROSS CHURCH (pastored by the late
Msgr. Martin B. Hellriegel, P.A. 1890-1981)
(15 minutes–“after dinner” commemorative speech)
Jim Bubash also gave a speech about the St. Louis Ferris wheel at the Rotary club.
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Toastmaster: Jim Bubash__ Theme Holiday Gifts
Grammarian: _Caleb Harley___Word: Merry_____
Time Keeper:_Susan Carillo________________
Vote Counter:Brent Stewart_________________
Ah Counter: _Cathy Money__________________
Camera Op: __Alan Kirby_______________
Table Topics: Carol Lindwedel__________
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Speakers and Evaluators
Speaker 1_Brian Ettling_________________
Evaluator 1:_Vamsi Jammalamadaka_________
Speaker 2:__Jim Salih___________________
Evaluator 2: Jack Bettag________________
Speaker 3:__Steve Bettag________________
Evaluator 3: George Kiser_______________
Speaker 4:______________________________
Evaluator 4:____________________________
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General Eval: Susan McConnell___________
Joke Master: _Howard Brandt____________
VOTING
Most Improved: Caleb Harley____
Best Table Topics: Susan McConnell_____
Best Evaluator: _Jack Bettag____
Best Speaker__JIm Salih______________
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Meeting Rating 8.5___ Meeting adjourned at_9pm________
Minutes submitted by __Tom Terrific______
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Others in Attendance: _Rob VanWinkle, Max Kiser, Ginny Foster__
Guests:__None