Meeting Date: June 14, 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: None
Unfinished Business:
- Minutes from last week’s meeting were reviewed and approved.
New Business:
- The nominated slate of officers was voted on an unanimously approved.
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
- Two members were appointed to Area Director positions. Congratulations to:
o Geoff King, Area 4
o Victor Mattison, Area 19
- Sean Sheehan was presented for membership and, upon a unanimous vote, was admitted as a member. George Kiser was asked to serve as his mentor. Congratulations, Sean.
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
Meeting Roles:
| Toastmaster: | Sarah Pitkin |
| Greeter: | Mary K Spencer |
| Invocator / CLE: | Phil Gawlak |
| Grammarian: | Geoff King |
| Time Keeper: | Jim Schaper |
| Vote Counter: | Dave Domian |
| Ah Counter: | Victor Mattison and Kate Schafroth (really her) |
| Camera Operator: | Brent Stewart |
| Table Topics: | Jerry Paul |
| General Evaluator: | George Kiser |
| Joke Master: | Mary K Spencer |
Speakers and Evaluators:
| Speakers | Evaluators | |
| 1 | Eric Clark | Jim Salih |
| 2 | Debbie Young | Ginny Foster |
| 3 | Kate Schafroth | Grace Cripps |
| 4 | Susan McConnell | Adam Kutell |
Voting:
| Most Improved: | Eric Clark |
| Best Table Topics: | Victor Mattison |
| Best Evaluator: | Adam Kutell |
| Best Speaker: | Susan McConnell |
Meeting Rating: 9.0
Meeting Adjourned: 9:05 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: | 44.4% |
| YTD average: | 52.0% |
| 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: |
| 24 | Kutell, Adam |
| 24 | Mattison, Victor |
| 24 | McConnell, Susan |
| 10 | Eric Clark |
| 9 | Schafroth, Kate |
| 4 | Hatten, Kyle |
| 4 | Cripps, Grace |
| 3 | Gawlak, Phil |
| 3 | Spencer, Mary Kay |
75% Attendance YTD:
| Member Name | Total YTD | YTD Attendance % |
| Kutell, Adam | 24 | 100.0% |
| Mattison, Victor | 24 | 100.0% |
| McConnell, Susan | 24 | 100.0% |
| Young, Debbie | 21 | 87.5% |
| Brandt, Howard | 21 | 87.5% |
| Schafroth, Kate | 21 | 87.5% |
| Denton, Kathy | 21 | 87.5% |
| Terrific, Tom | 20 | 83.3% |
| Gawlak, Phil | 20 | 83.3% |
| Foster, Ginny | 18 | 75.0% |
Visitors:
- Sean Sheehan, repeat visitor, became a member during the meeting
- Joe Spencer, husband of MaryK Spencer
Submitted by Victor Mattison, Secretary
