Meeting Minutes
South County Toastmasters (#1957)
Meeting Date: May 16, 2018
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: No theme. It was a themeless meeting
Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building
Called to Order: 7:00 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
Committee Reports:
- Sarah Pitkin, Officer Nominating Committee – Nominations for next term’s officers will be made. She will send an email about this process to the members tonight. The Officer at Large will also support the Sargeant at Arms’ weekly tasks in addition to the customary role. If you want to run for an office, please talk to the committee members: Sara, Rob, Brent, or Adam
Unfinished Business:
- None
New Business:
- Jim Bubash – The club has a tradition of having a summer picnic. Dave has organized this event in the past. We are looking for an organizer this year as he cannot do it
- Jim Bubash– He is the Logistics Chair for the upcoming District 8 conference. He has been asked to provide a camera, projector, screen, and tripod at the conference. He would like to borrow these items from the club. Max Kaiser moved that the club consent to this request. The motion was seconded by Rich Puskarich. It was unanimously approved
- Max Kaiser – Mary Kirwin, past South County Toastmasters member, died last week at age 84. She was a District 8 Governor and possibly held all district offices at one time or another. She was a member for about 35 years. Please remember her in your prayers
Correspondence and Announcements:
- Sean Sheehan – All speaker roles for the speech marathon on May 30th are filled. Kathy Denton asked if any other rolls are still available? Sean will try to find this answer and email to the group
- Max Kaiser – The District 8 Conference is this weekend. There will be the Evaluation Contest and International Speech Contest
- George Kiser – He will play music with a band this Friday at 6 pm at Big Daddy’s in Edwardsville, Illinois. The address is 132 N. Main Street, Edwardsville, Illinois 62025
Meeting Roles:
| Toastmaster: | Max Kaiser |
| Greeter: | Howard Brandt |
| Invocator / CLE: | Kathy Denton |
| Grammarian: | Jack Bettag – Word of the evening is bodacious. It was used 15 times tonight |
| Time Keeper: | Jon Fetter |
| Vote Counter: | Anne Hartupee |
| Ah Counter: | Janet Bold – Crutch words were used 10 times tonight |
| Camera Operator: | Bill Hurston |
| Table Topics: | Brent Stewart – Kathy Denton, Jim Bubash, Rich Puskarich, Bill Collier, Sandy Dickson, Carl Hendrickson, Bill Hurston, Howard Brandt |
| General Evaluator: | Sarah Pitkin |
| Joke Master: | Bill Collier |
Speakers and Evaluators:
| Speakers | Evaluators | |
| 1 | Stacy Duncan | Mary K. Spencer |
| 2 | Steve Winheim | Carl Hendrickson |
| 3 | George Kiser | Rob Van Winkle |
| 4 |
Voting:
| Most Improved: | Stacy Duncan |
| Best Table Topics: | Bill Collier |
| Best Evaluator: | Rob Van Winkle |
| Best Speaker: | Stacy Duncan |
Meeting Rating: 9.0
Schedule for Next Week’s Meeting – Bill Collier read the schedule for next week’s meeting
Meeting Adjourned: 8:40 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: 23 / 39 members present – 58.97 % attendance
Visitors: Mohrah Al-Amri, Enas AlHudaithi, and Matt Kiser
Submitted by Sean Sheehan, Secretary
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