Meeting Minutes
South County Toastmasters (#1957)
Meeting Date: May 2, 2018
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: April Showers Bring May Flowers
Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building
Called to Order: 7:00 PM
Presiding Officer: Debbie Young, Vice President Education
Officer Reports:
- Vice President Education, Debbie Young – No corrections to the meeting minutes from last week. Approved as submitted
- Vice President Education, Debbie Young – Regarding Distinguished Club Award tracking, we have achieved 9 of the 10 required goals. We now qualify for the highest category of this award. We will achieve the 10th goal before the end of June
Committee Reports:
- None
Unfinished Business:
- Sean Sheehan moved to hold on the 5th meeting of May a speech marathon without a contest and without verbal evaluations. Sandy Dickson seconded. A discussion was held on the pros and cons. The motion was unanimously approved. Kate Schafroth offered the suggestion that we write longer evaluations since there will not be verbal evaluations that evening
New Business:
- None
Correspondence and Announcements:
- None
Meeting Roles:
| Toastmaster: | Kathy Denton |
| Greeter: | Jerry Paul |
| Invocator / CLE: | Mary K. Spencer |
| Grammarian: | Sean Sheehan – Word of the evening is Dichotomy – It was used 10 times tonight |
| Time Keeper: | Janet Bold |
| Vote Counter: | Bill Hurston |
| Ah Counter: | Steve Winheim – Crutch words were used 18 times tonight |
| Camera Operator: | Jack Bettag |
| Table Topics: | Sandy Roll – Rich Puskarich, Tom Boyland, Janet Bold, Bill Hurston, Howard Brandt, Mary K. Spencer, Jack Bettag, Tom Terrific |
| General Evaluator: | Kate Schafroth |
| Joke Master: | Howard Brandt |
Speakers and Evaluators:
| Speakers | Evaluators | |
| 1 | Susan McConnell | Stacy Duncan |
| 2 | Sandy Dickson | Brent Stewart |
| 3 | Anne Hartupee | Tom Terrific |
| 4 | Victor Mattison | Debbie Young |
Voting:
| Most Improved: | Anne Hartupee |
| Best Table Topics: | Rich Puskarich |
| Best Evaluator: | Brent Stewart |
| Best Speaker: | Victor Mattison |
Meeting Rating: 9.2
Schedule for Next Week’s Meeting – Not Read. Please review on TurboBase before next week
Meeting Adjourned: 9:00 pm
Members Present:
| Bettag, Jack | ☒ | |
| Bold, Janet | ☒ | |
| Boyland, Tom | ☒ | |
| Brandt, Howard | ☒ | |
| Broida, Jean | ☐ | |
| Bubash, James | ☐ | |
| Collier, Bill | ☐ | |
| Denton, Kathy | ☒ | |
| Dickson, Sandy | ☒ | |
| Duncan, Stacy | ☒ | |
| Fetter, John | ☐ | |
| Gawlak, Phil | ☐ | |
| Hartupee, Anne | ☒ | |
| Hendrickson, Carl | ☐ | |
| Hurston, Bill | ☒ | |
| Kaiser Jr, Max | ☐ | |
| King, Geoff | ☐ | |
| Kirby, Alan | ☐ | |
| Kiser, George | ☐ | |
| Kutell, Adam | ☐ | |
| Mattison, Victor | ☒ | |
| McConnell, Susan | ☒ | |
| Mestdagh, Laurie | ☐ | |
| Paul, Jerry | ☒ | |
| Pitkin, Sarah | ☐ | |
| Puskarich, Rich | ☒ | |
| Roll, Sandy | ☒ | |
| Salih, Jim | ☐ | |
| Schafroth, Kate | ☒ | |
| Sheehan, Sean | ☒ | |
| Shields, Dick | ☐ | |
| Sowers, Judy | ☐ | |
| Spencer, Mary K | ☒ | |
| Stewart, Brent | ☒ | |
| Terrific, Tom | ☒ | |
| VanWinkle, Robert | ☐ | |
| Winheim, Steve | ☒ | |
| Young, Debbie | ☒ | |
| Zafer, Adila | ☐ | |
Attendance: 21 / 39 members present – 53.85 % attendance
Visitors: None
Submitted by Sean Sheehan, Secretary
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