Meeting Minutes
South County Toastmasters (#1957)
Meeting Date: June 27, 2018
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: No theme
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:
- None
Unfinished Business:
- Rob Van Winkle, President – Election of officers – Jim Salih, Chairperson of the Nominating Committee, moved to dispense with a secret ballot for all unopposed candidates. Carl Hendrickson seconded. The motion was unanimously approved. The candidates nominated for the upcoming term by the Nominating Committee are: Brent Stewart for President; Carl Hendrickson seconded the nomination; there are no other nominations for this office; Brent Stewart was unanimously elected. Debbie Young for Vice President Education; Max Kaiser seconded the nomination; there are no other nominations for this office; Debbie Young was unanimously elected. Sarah Pitkin for Vice President Membership; Geoff King seconded the nomination; there are no other nominations for this office; Sarah Pitkin was unanimously elected. Susan McConnell for Vice President of Public Relations; Geoff King seconded the nomination; there are no other nominations for this office; Susan McConnell was unanimously elected. Bill Hurston for Treasurer; Geoff King seconded the nomination; there are no other nominations for this office; Bill Hurston was unanimously elected. Sandy Roll for Secretary; Geoff King seconded the nomination; there are no other nominations for this office; Sandy Roll was unanimously elected. JD Perper for Sergeant at Arms; Geoff King seconded the nomination; there are no other nominations for this office; JD Perper was unanimously elected. Rob Van Winkle for Officer at Large; Max Kaiser seconded the nomination; there are no other nominations for this office. Rob Van Winkle was unanimously elected
- Rob Van Winkle, President – Congratulations to all who were elected as officers for the next term. He is working with our club’s newly elected Area Director, Jim Bubash, to schedule induction of these new club officers. The induction ceremony will be July 11. Please come to witness this fun and exciting event
New Business:
- Kathy Denton – Made a motion to not have a meeting next week, July 4th. Howard Brandt seconded. The motion was unanimously approved. The club will not meet on July 4th
Correspondence and Announcements:
- None
Meeting Roles:
| Toastmaster: | Jerry Paul |
| Greeter: | Howard Brandt |
| Invocator / CLE: | Kathy Denton |
| Grammarian: | George Kiser – Word of the evening is Hullabaloo. It was used 13 times tonight |
| Time Keeper: | Bill Hurston |
| Vote Counter: | Rich Puskarich |
| Ah Counter: | Bill Hurston – Crutch words were used 7 times tonight |
| Camera Operator: | Rob Van Winkle |
| Table Topics: | Steve Winheim – Kathy Denton, Rich Puskarich, Bill Hurston, George Kiser, Rob Van Winkle, Howard Brandt, Carl Hendrickson, Sean Sheehan |
| General Evaluator: | Jerry Paul |
| Joke Master: | Debbie Young |
Speakers and Evaluators:
| Speakers | Evaluators | |
| 1 | Victor Mattison | John Fetter |
| 2 | Bill Collier | Anne Hartupee |
| 3 | Max Kaiser | Sean Sheehan |
| 4 | Jim Salih | Carl Hendrickson |
Voting:
| Most Improved: | Anne Hartupee |
| Best Table Topics: | Carl Hendrickson |
| Best Evaluator: | Sean Sheehan |
| Best Speaker: | Bill Collier |
Meeting Rating: 9.0
Schedule for Next Week’s Meeting – Not read
Meeting Adjourned: 9:00 pm
Members Present:
| Baldwin, Melissa | ☐ | |
| 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 | ☒ | |
| Perper, JD | ☐ | |
| 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: 18 / 41 total members present – 43.9 % attendance. Based on the club’s rule regarding the definition of “active” membership, there are 34 active members. For quorum purposes, there were 18/34 active members present – 52.9 %. There was a quorum of active members at the meeting
Visitors: Reagan Mattison
Submitted by Sean Sheehan, Secretary
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