Meeting Minutes July 5, 2017

Meeting Date:                       July 5, 2017

Meeting Type/Theme:         Regular Meeting – Theme: Celebration

Meeting Location:                Metropolitan Life Building

Called to Order:                   7:00 PM

Presiding Officer:                Kathy Denton, President

Officers’ Reports:                NONE

Committee Reports:

  • Dave Domian reminded the club of the picnic on Sunday, July 9. Please let him know if you are planning to attend

Unfinished Business:        NONE

New Business:

  • Alan Kirby announced he will send out emails for time you can fly with him – since he’s promised so many people
  • Adam Kutell – asked the club if they are having problems receiving meeting minutes – send out a link possibly

Announcements:

  • Kathy Denton asked for a vote on having the TM for the next meeting read the next meeting’s roles
    • Amendment to have the GE read those roles if the TM is not present – moved
    • Motion for the TM to read off roles passed
  • Tom Terrific announced we have 10 new manuals at no cost – A big thank you to Rich Puskarich for the binders and Dave Domian for the printing
  • At the end of the meeting, Jim Salih brought up starting a youth meeting again based on Craig Stewart’s attendance
  • At the end of the meeting, Kathy reminded fellow toastmasters about Annual Business Meeting in Vancouver – email Kathy if you are planning on trying to attend

Meeting Roles:

Toastmaster: Susan Carillo
Greeter: Jack Bettag
Invocator / CLE: Nancy Haparimwi
Grammarian: Sean Sheehan (“assimilate” – used 8 times)
Time Keeper: Tim Sullivan
Vote Counter: Alan Kirby
Ah Counter: Carl Hendrickson (36 crutch words used)
Camera Operator: Eric Clark
Table Topics: Stacy Duncan
General Evaluator: Adam Kutell
Joke Master: Mary K Spencer

Speakers and Evaluators:

  Speakers Evaluators
1 Mark Esswein Tom Terrific
2 Sarah Pitkin Jerry Paul
3 Brent Stewart Nick Coco
4 Dave Domian Geoff King

Voting:

Most Improved: Mark Esswein
Best Table Topics: Jack Bettag
Best Evaluator: Geoff King
Best Speaker: Brent Stewart

Meeting Rating:                                     8.9

Meeting adjourned:                            8:58 p.m.

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:  28 of 51 members – 54.9%

Visitors:

  • Craig Stewart – Brent’s son
  • Bev Stewart – Brent’s wife
  • John Keath – Brent’s friend

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