Meeting Minutes
South County Toastmasters (#1957)
Meeting Date: June 28, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting
Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building
Called to Order: 7:00 PM
Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President
Officers’ Reports: None
Committee Reports:
- Brent Stewart updated the club on the good standing of our checking account which as $2,424.45 as of May 31.
- Phil Gawlak reminded everyone about the picnic happening on July 9 at 2:30 – 5:30 located at the Crestwood Park. RSVP to Dave Domian with the number of guests you plan to bring along with the dish you are bringing
- Dave Domain encourages the club to bring what you want to the club and not to worry about what others are bringing.
Unfinished Business: None
New Business:
- New officers were installed by James Childress – Standing Division A Director
- Officers for July – December 2017:
| President: | Kathy Denton |
| VP of Education: | Vic Mattison |
| VP of Membership: | Tim Sullivan |
| VP of Public Relations: | Phil Gawlak |
| Treasurer: | Rich Puskarich |
| Secretary: | Sarah Pitkin |
| Sergeant at Arms | Geoff King |
| Officer at Large | Kate Schafroth |
Announcements:
- Brent Stewart announced that Joumana P. has accepted a new position which requires increased travel so will not be able to make a lot of meetings, but is looking forward to coming back and joining us when she can and time allows.
Introduction of the Toastmaster – Tom Terrific (7:21)
Meeting Roles:
| Toastmaster: | Tom Terrific |
| Greeter: | Grace Cripps |
| Invocator / CLE: | Carl Hendrickson |
| Grammarian: | Kate Schafroth (Fiddle-dee-dee, used 7 times) |
| Time Keeper: | Eric Clark |
| Vote Counter: | Mark Esswein |
| Ah Counter: | James Graves (8 times counted) |
| Camera Operator: | Nancy Haparimwi |
| Table Topics: | Dave Domian |
| Gen Evaluator: | Jerry Paul |
| Joke Master: | Jack Bettag |
Speakers and Evaluators:
| Speakers | Evaluators | |
| 1 | Ginny Foster | Kathy Denton |
| 2 | Geoff King | Jim Salih |
| 3 | Alan Kirby | Brent Stewart |
| 4 | Tim Sullivan | Adam Kutell |
Voting:
| Most Improved: | Tim Sullivan |
| Best Table Topics: | Steve Winheim |
| Best Evaluator: | Jim Salih |
| Best Speaker: | Tim Sullivan |
Meeting Rating: None given
Meeting Adjourned: 8:58 PM
Members Present:
| Bettag, Jack | ☒ |
| Bettag, Steve | ☐ |
| Bone, Dean | ☐ |
| Brandt, Howard | ☒ |
| Brown, Gary | ☐ |
| Bubash, James | ☐ |
| Budd, Tim | ☐ |
| Carrillo, Susan | ☐ |
| Coco, Nicholas | ☐ |
| Collier, Bill | ☐ |
| 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 | ☐ |
| Nelson, Mark | ☐ |
| Osborn II, Robert | ☐ |
| Palusci, Joumana | ☐ |
| Paul, Jerry | ☒ |
| Pellerito, Pati | ☐ |
| Pitkin, Sarah | ☒ |
| Puskarich, Rich | ☐ |
| Salih, Jim | ☒ |
| Schafroth, Kate | ☒ |
| Schaper, Jim | ☐ |
| Sheehan, Sean | ☒ |
| Shields, Dick | ☐ |
| Sowers, Judy | ☐ |
| Spencer, Mary K | ☒ |
| Stewart, Brent | ☒ |
| Sullivan, Tim | ☒ |
| Terrific, Tom | ☒ |
| VanWinkle, Robert | ☒ |
| Willard, Gina | ☐ |
| Winheim, Steve | ☒ |
| Young, Debbie | ☒ |
Attendance: 26 of 51 members – 50.98%
Visitors:
- James Childress – to install new officers
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