Meeting Minutes
South County Toastmasters (#1957)
Meeting Date: May 9, 2018
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: By Failing to Prepare You are Preparing to Fail
Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building
Called to Order: 7:01 PM
Presiding Officer: Rob Van Winkle, President
Officer Reports:
- President – Rob Van Winkle – No corrections to the meeting minutes from last week. Approved as submitted
- Debbie Young, Vice President Education – Competent Communicator Award given to Brent Stewart. This is the 5th or 6th such award he has achieved. He will switch to Pathways now
- Jim Bubash, Vice President Public Relations – He put together a manual of duties and responsibilities of this office. It is intended to be passed on from one office holder to the next. The thought is to have something like this for all officer rolls
Committee Reports:
- None
Unfinished Business:
- None
New Business:
- Sean Sheehan – recognized Sandy Roll’s efforts to repair the club banner
Correspondence and Announcements:
- Jim Bubash – The club has a tradition to honor past presidents. He will honor Adam Kutell tonight. Jim presented Adam with a book about setting up an in home work space; a topic that interests Adam
- Jim Bubash – Dave Domian will not organize the summer club picnic. It is usually held in July. Will we have a picnic this year and who is interested in organizing it? The picnic has always been a great time to meet spouses and family members.
- Rob Van Winkle – The District 8 Conference will be held next Friday and Saturday, May 18th and 19th. Rob and Debbie will attend the business meeting to cast the club’s vote. The conference will be held at the Riverport Holiday Inn, 3400 Rider Trail S, Earth City, Mo. 63045. Register on the Toastmasters website if you are interested in attending. There will be an improv speaking workshop if anyone is interested in that training
- Debbie Young – 6 speakers have signed up for the speech marathon to be held at the May 30th meeting. More speaker slots are available. Let Debbie know if you are interested in speaking during this meeting
Meeting Roles:
| Toastmaster: | Debbie Young |
| Greeter: | Mary K. Spencer |
| Invocator / CLE: | Rob Van Winkle |
| Grammarian: | Geoff King – Word of the evening is Plethora. It was used 13 times tonight |
| Time Keeper: | Brent Stewart |
| Vote Counter: | Sandy Roll |
| Ah Counter: | John Fetter – Crutch words were used 8 times tonight |
| Camera Operator: | Tom Terrific |
| Table Topics: | Adila Zafer – Mary K. Spencer, Tom Terrific, Janet Bold, Jim Salih, Sarah Pitkin, Jerry Paul, Rob Van Winkle, Sean Sheehan, Howard Brandt, Victor Mattison |
| General Evaluator: | George Kiser |
| Joke Master: | Victor Mattison |
Speakers and Evaluators:
| Speakers | Evaluators | |
| 1 | Sarah Pitkin | Jerry Paul |
| 2 | Kate Schafroth | Phil Gawlak |
| 3 | Bill Hurston | Carl Hendrickson |
| 4 | Sandy Dickson | Adam Kutell |
Voting:
| Most Improved: | Phil Gawlak |
| Best Table Topics: | Janet Bold |
| Best Evaluator: | Carl Hendrickson |
| Best Speaker: | Bill Hurston |
Meeting Rating: 9.9
Schedule for Next Week’s Meeting – Not read. Please review on line
Meeting Adjourned: 8:55 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: 26 / 39 members present – 66.67 % attendance
Visitors: Carol McKown
Submitted by Sean Sheehan, Secretary
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