Meeting Minutes
South County Toastmasters (#1957)
Meeting Date: January 24, 2018
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: Defining Moments or Events
Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building
Called to Order: 7:00 PM
Presiding Officer: Debbie Young, Vice President Education
Officers’ Reports:
Vice President Education – No corrections to meeting minutes from last week. Unanimously approved.
Officer Reports:
- Vice President Education – Nontraditional meeting to be held on 1/31/18 – 2 people to discuss Pathways program – no prepared speeches that night
Committee Reports:
- None
Unfinished Business:
- Kate Schafroth – international and evaluation contest to be held on 2/28/18. Looking for volunteers. Speeches 5-7 minutes. Jim Salih – South County Toastmasters winner could end up in the competition at international convention
- Jim Salih – Speechcrafters – Designed for newer members or nonmembers – 6 week course starting on 2/7/18. Can be a kick start to membership in the Toastmasters program. $30.00 for Speechcrafters program that will be applied to membership dues if you join after completion. Meetings will be held 6:00 – 6:45 on Wednesdays here in the Metropolitan Life building
- Mary K. Spencer moved to hold an open house on 2/21/18. Geoff King seconded. This will be a normal meeting with an effort more so than usual to invite guests; possibly there will be refreshments. Jim Bubash would like to market this event in newspapers. He requests designating a theme when presenting the event to the media; Motion to hold the open house was unanimously approved; Sarah Pitkin and Mary K. Spencer will be the event committee; Geoff King recommends we invite Toastmasters from other clubs also; Kathy Denton suggested we involve guests in the Speechcrafters program, so Jim Salih will speak to them about it. Jean Broida reminded us that Toastmasters International offers to reimburse up to $40.00 if event is held by 2/28/18
New Business:
- Jim Bubash – would like to post information on Meetup website to outline what South County Toastmasters is. He displayed a script that could be posted on Meetup and moved to post the displayed script there. Carl Hendrickson and Geoff King seconded. Unanimously approved
- Adila Zafer has applied for membership. Jim Salih moved to admit her and Jean Broida seconded. She was approved for admittance unanimously. Sarah Pitkin will be her mentor
Correspondence and Announcements:
- None
Meeting Roles:
| Toastmaster: | Nancy Haparimwi |
| Greeter: | Howard Brandt |
| Invocator / CLE: | Susan Carillo |
| Grammarian: | Judy Sowers – Word for the evening is Impact – used 10 times tonight |
| Time Keeper: | Jack Bettag |
| Vote Counter: | Kate Schafroth |
| Ah Counter: | Jerry Paul – 20 crutch words were used tonight |
| Camera Operator: | Jim Salih |
| Table Topics: | Rich Puskarich – Debbie Young, Victor Mattison, Jim Bubash, Sean Sheehan, Adila Zafer, Jim Salih |
| General Evaluator: | Stacie Duncan |
| Joke Master: | George Kiser |
Speakers and Evaluators:
| Speakers | Evaluators | |
| 1 | Carl Hendrickson | Kathy Denton |
| 2 | Geoff King | Jean Broida |
| 3 | Mark Esswein | Mary K. Spencer |
| 4 |
Voting:
| Most Improved: | Mark Esswein |
| Best Table Topics: | Victor Mattison |
| Best Evaluator: | Jean Broida |
| Best Speaker: | Geoff King |
Meeting Rating: 8.5
Schedule for Next Week’s Meeting – Training for Pathways
Meeting Adjourned: 8:48 PM
Members Present:
| Bettag, Jack | ☒ |
| Bone, Dean | ☐ |
| Brandt, Howard | ☒ |
| Broida, Jean | ☒ |
| 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 | ☒ |
| Zafer, Adila | ☒ |
Attendance: 22 / 39 members present – 56.41 % attendance
Visitors: Adila Zafer, Steve Horst, Janet Bold, Mary Shields Skaggs
Submitted by Sean Sheehan, Secretary
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Sean,This one worked!Thanks,Kathy D