Meeting Minutes April 15, 2015

Meeting Minutes Form
Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957
Meeting Date: April 15, 2015
Called to order at: 7:00 p.m.
Location: MetLife Building
Presiding officer: Jim Bubash
Greeter: Jim Ruzicka
Invocator: Howard Brandt
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Officers’ Reports
Treasurer’s Report (Dick Shields): Checking Account balances: Current: $2,849, 6 mos ago: $2,203, 1 year ago: $1,920 Income/Expenses: Income YTD: $1,911 Expenses YTD: $1,297

New Procedure: On the third Wednesday of every month the treasurer will give a monthly report
Dean Bone: Turn in Competent Leader Award and that will allow us to earn the President’s Distinguished Award

Previous Meeting Minutes were approved
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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:

Adam Kutell: Division A Evaluation and International Speech Contest is on Saturday May 2, 2015 at 9:00am at the Tesson Ferry Branch of the St. Louis County Library
Looking for members to help with different positions minus judging. We have two members participating in the contest. Erin Gissel is in the evaluation portion of the contest and Shreya Gopal is in the speech portion of the contest.
If you would like more information please contact Adam Kutell.

Jim Salih: Tall Tale Contest is a Club Level Contest on April 29, 2015
Participants: Jim Bubash, Carl Hendrickson, Dean Bone, Adam Jackson, Tim Budd, and Susan McConnell
3 to 7 minute speech which may be applied as an official speech if it fits the guidelines of a speech in the book.
If you would like further information please contact Jim Salih.

Jim Bubash: Sponsoring a fundraiser for the MO USO on September 18, 2015.
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Toastmaster: Brain Ettling Theme: Money
Grammarian: Joe Brock Word: Tax, Taxing, Taxable
Time Keeper: Erin Gissel
Vote Counter: Kelly Brunie
Ah Counter: Jim Salih
Camera Op: Vamsi Jammalamadaka
Table Topics: Susan McConnell
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Speakers and Evaluators
Speaker 1: Adam Jackson
Evaluator 1: Judy Sowers
Speaker 2: Carol Lindwedel
Evaluator 2: Tim Budd
Speaker 3: Jim Bubash
Evaluator 3: Dick Shields
Speaker 4: —
Evaluator 4: —
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General Eval: George Kiser
Joke Master: Jerry Paul

VOTING
Most Improved: Adam Jackson
Best Table Topics: Jerry Paul
Best Evaluator: Dick Shields
Best Speaker: Jim Bubash
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Meeting Rating: – 8 Meeting adjourned at: 8:45

TM in attendance:
Dean Bone
Howard Brandt
Joe Brock
Kelly Brunie
Jim Bubash
Tim Budd
Brian Ettling
Erin Gissel
Adam Jackson
Vamsi Jammalamadaka
Erin Kipp
George Kiser
Adam Kutell
Carol Lindwedel
Susan McConnell
Jerry Paul
Jim Ruzicka
Jim Salih
Dick Shields
Judy Sowers

Guests: Patrick Hunter
(Total 21, Toastmasters 20 and Guests 1 )

Minutes submitted by: Erin Kipp