Meeting Date: June 7, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: None
Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building
Called to Order: 7:00 PM
Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President
Officers’ Reports: None
Committee Reports:
- Susan McConnell shared that there is now a full slate of officers for the next term (July – December) and that we will vote on officers next week. The slate (below) is not limiting as anyone can be nominated so any interested parties who are not part of the nominated slate are welcome to run for any position. Please let Susan know if you’re interested or arrange to be nominated from the floor at next week’s meeting. The nominated slate is:
o President – Kathy Denton
o Vice President, Education – Victor Mattison
o Vice President, Membership – Tim Sullivan
o Vice President, Public Relations – Phil Gawlak
o Treasurer – Rich Puskarich
o Secretary – Sarah Pitkin
o Sergeant at Arms – Geoff King
o Officer at Large – Kate Schafroth
Unfinished Business:
- Minutes from last week’s meeting were reviewed and approved.
New Business:
- Tom Terrific moved that we hold a Table Topics and Humorous Speech contest on August 30, 2017 as it will be the 5th week of the month. The motion was approved and it was announced that Tim Sullivan and Stacy Duncan will chair the contest.
Announcements:
- The next TLI session will be June 24 from 8:00 – 12:00 at Webster University. It will include officer training, networking breakfast, breakout sessions and a raffle. Please see Adam for more details
- Jim Bubash shared that he and Dave Domian have been working on the July 9, 2017 club picnic and that each member is asked to bring a dish to share. The event will be held at Crestwood Park. He further reminded everyone about a separate fundraising event (Muscular Dystrophy) featuring an excellent Spanish guitarist. Information was passed out and he will share more about this as the date gets closer.
Meeting Roles:
| Toastmaster: | Jerry Paul |
| Greeter: | Jack Battag |
| Invocator / CLE: | Susan McConnell |
| Grammarian: | Mark Esswein “blatherskate” |
| Time Keeper: | Phil Gawlak |
| Vote Counter: | Kate Scafroth |
| Ah Counter: | Sera Jennings |
| Camera Operator: | Jim Bubasch |
| Table Topics: | Grace Cripps |
| General Evaluator: | Alan Kirby |
| Joke Master: | Cark Hendrickson |
Speakers and Evaluators:
| Speakers | Evaluators | |
| 1 | MaryK Spencer | Jim Schaper |
| 2 | Jim Salih | Dave Domian |
| 3 | Kyle Hatten | Susan McConnell |
| 4 | Rob Van Winkle | Tom Terriffic |
Voting:
| Most Improved: | Kyle Hatten |
| Best Table Topics: | Howard Brandt |
| Best Evaluator: | Tom Terrific |
| Best Speaker: | Kyle Hatten |
Meeting Rating: A
Meeting Adjourned: 9:02 PM
Members Present:
| Bettag, Jack | ☒ | ||
| Bone, Dean | ☐ | ||
| Brandt, Howard | ☒ | ||
| Brown, Gary | ☐ | ||
| Bubash, James | ☒ | ||
| Carrillo, Susan | ☐ | ||
| Clark, Eric | ☒ | ||
| Coco, Nicholas | ☐ | ||
| Collier, Bill | ☐ | ||
| Cripps, Grace | ☒ | ||
| Denton, Kathy | ☒ | ||
| Domian, Dave | ☐ | ||
| Duncan, Stacy | ☒ | ||
| Esswein, Mark | ☒ | ||
| Foster, Ginny | ☐ | ||
| Gawlak, Phil | ☒ | ||
| Gissel, Erin C | ☐ | ||
| Graves, James | ☐ | ||
| Haparimwi, Nancy | ☒ | ||
| Hatten, Kyle | ☒ | ||
| Hendrickson, Carl | ☒ | ||
| Jennings, Sera | ☒ | ||
| Kaiser Jr, Max | ☒ | ||
| King, Geoff | ☐ | ||
| Kirby, Alan | ☒ | ||
| Kiser, George | ☐ | ||
| Kutell, Adam | ☒ | ||
| Mattison, Victor | ☒ | ||
| McConnell, Susan | ☒ | ||
| Mestdagh, Laurie | ☐ | ||
| Palusci, Joumana | ☐ | ||
| Paul, Jerry | ☒ | ||
| Pitkin, Sarah | ☐ | ||
| Puskarich, Rich | ☐ | ||
| Salih, Jim | ☒ | ||
| Schafroth, Kate | ☒ | ||
| Schaper, Jim | ☒ | ||
| Shields, Dick | ☐ | ||
| Sowers, Judy | ☐ | ||
| Spencer, Mary Kay | ☒ | ||
| Stewart, Brent | ☐ | ||
| Sullivan, Tim | ☒ | ||
| Terrific, Tom | ☒ | ||
| VanWinkle, Robert | ☒ | ||
| Willard, Gina | ☐ | ||
| Winheim, Steve | ☐ | ||
| Young, Debbie | ☐ |
Attendance Figures:
| This week: | 57.8% |
| YTD average: | 52.3% |
| YTD highest weekly % (May 31, 2017) | 66.7% |
| YTD lowest weekly % (March 22, 2017) * | 36.7% |
* Excludes contest dates
Attendance Records for 2017:
Note, the spreadsheet (via link) below includes:
- Attendance Records from January 2017 – Present by person
- Longest Current Streaks per person
- YTD Attendance ranked by attendance
- 75% Attendance List (NEW)
- Weekly Award Winners (NEW)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UucqdLlj8NPcvPEgkKCs0i-500xysJA8Fv9ZFdYaVnc/edit?usp=sharing
Attendance Streaks for 2017 (top 5 streaks with 3 or more):
| Current Streak | Attendance: |
| 23 | Kutell, Adam |
| 23 | Mattison, Victor |
| 23 | McConnell, Susan |
| 10 | Brandt, Howard |
| 9 | Eric Clark |
| 8 | Schafroth, Kate |
| 7 | Denton, Kathy |
| 4 | Hendrickson, Carl |
| 3 | Haparimwi, Nancy |
| 3 | Cripps, Grace |
| 3 | Hatten, Kyle |
75% Attendance YTD:
| Member Name | Total YTD | YTD Attendance % |
| Kutell, Adam | 23 | 100.0% |
| Mattison, Victor | 23 | 100.0% |
| McConnell, Susan | 23 | 100.0% |
| Young, Debbie | 21 | 91.3% |
| Denton, Kathy | 21 | 91.3% |
| Brandt, Howard | 21 | 91.3% |
| Terrific, Tom | 20 | 87.0% |
| Schafroth, Kate | 20 | 87.0% |
| Gawlak, Phil | 19 | 82.6% |
Visitors:
- Kejt Rexhepi, repeat visitor (from Italy)
- Florencia Sepulveda, repeat visitor (from Chile)
- Joe Spencer, husband of MaryK Spencer
- Ryan Richardet, repeat visitor
Submitted by Victor Mattison, Secretary
