Meeting Minutes
South County Toastmasters (#1957)
Meeting Date: August 16, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”The Changing of Seasons”
Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building
Called to Order: 7:00 PM
Presiding Officer: Kathy Denton, President
Officers’ Reports: NONE
Committee Reports: NONE
Unfinished Business:
- Tim Sullivan is still in need of help for the humorous contest on the 30th – needs sergeant at arms, timer and vote counter
- There are also still room for table topics contestants
- Jim Salih reminded everyone about Youth Leaderships starting November 15
- 4282 Telegraph road – same shopping center as Andre’s
- For 12-17 year olds concentrated toastmasters program that goes 8 weeks
- Last ten spots are open to toastmasters and their families, but after Friday we will open it to the public
New Business: NONE
Announcements:
- Kathy Denton reminded everyone of the speaker’s bureau which gives you an opportunity to speak outside of the club
- If interested submit a brief bio of yourself and a short description of a speech or two you’d like to give – we’ll then post it on the website for the public to see and potentially request speakers
- Tim Sullivan achieved his Competent Communicator Award – Congrats Tim!
Meeting Roles:
| Toastmaster: | Dave Domian |
| Greeter: | Judy Sowers |
| Invocator / CLE: | Mary K Spencer |
| Grammarian: | Sean Sheehan – “Equinox” (used 11 times) |
| Time Keeper: | Eric Clark |
| Vote Counter: | Susan McConnell |
| Ah Counter: | Jerry Paul (10 crutch words used) |
| Camera Operator: | Steve Winheim |
| Table Topics: | Tom Terrific |
| General Evaluator: | Rob Van Winkle |
| Joke Master: | Jim Salih |
Speakers and Evaluators:
| Speakers | Evaluators | |
| 1 | Sarah Pitkin | Joumana Palusci |
| 2 | Susan Carillo | Tim Sullivan |
| 3 | Geoff King | Carl Hendrickson |
| 4 | Jim Bubash | Adam Kutell |
Voting:
| Most Improved: | Sarah Pitkin |
| Best Table Topics: | Brent Stewart |
| Best Evaluator: | Tim Sullivan |
| Best Speaker: | Sarah Pitkin |
Meeting Rating: 9.1
Meeting Adjourned: 9:03 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 | ☒ |
| 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 | ☐ |
| Sheehan, Sean | ☒ |
| Schaper, Jim | ☐ |
| Shields, Dick | ☐ |
| Sowers, Judy | ☒ |
| Spencer, Mary K | ☒ |
| Stewart, Brent | ☒ |
| Sullivan, Tim | ☒ |
| Terrific, Tom | ☒ |
| VanWinkle, Robert | ☒ |
| Willard, Gina | ☐ |
| Winheim, Steve | ☒ |
| Young, Debbie | ☒ |
Attendance: 25 / 47 members present – 53.19% attendance
Visitors:
- Tracy Martin – friend of Joumana
- Brandon Hamberg – looking to improve speaking for work
Submitted by Sarah Pitkin, Secretary
southcountytoastmasters.org 
See U this WED for speaking role as noted in program. MAX KAISER
On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 2:02 PM, South County Toastmasters wrote:
> sdpitkin posted: “Meeting Minutes South County Toastmasters (#1957) > Meeting Date: August 16, 2017 Meeting Type/Theme: > Regular Meeting – Theme: ”The Changing of Seasons” Meeting Location: > Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: ” >