Meeting Minutes
South County Toastmasters (#1957)
Meeting Date: 8-1-18
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: Dog Days of Summer
Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building
Called to Order: 7:00 PM
Presiding Officer: Brent, President
Officer Reports:
- President – Brent Stewart – No corrections to the meeting minutes from last week. Approved as submitted.
- President – Brent Stewart – Sarah Pitkin reminded everyone guests and alumni are the focus of the Aug 29th . Snacks can be brought in and everyone should be prepared to mingle.
Committee Reports:
- None
Unfinished Business:
- None
New Business:
- None
Correspondence and Announcements:
- Jim Salih reported a Youth Leadership course will start in Sept. Mary Kay Spencer is leading and JD Perper will assist. Also, looking for a leader for Speech Crafters. Jim Salih is willing to mentor an individual. Melissa Baldwin volunteered to lead the group.
- Brent reminded the Club there is Make-Up Officer Training on Saturday, August 11th in Arnold. The officers who missed the previous training sessions should attend.
Meeting Roles:
| Toastmaster: | Rob Van Winkle |
| Greeter: | Steve Winheim |
| Invocator / CLE: | Melissa Baldwin |
| Grammarian: | Howard Brandt |
| Time Keeper: | Debbie Young |
| Vote Counter: | Brent Stewart |
| Ah Counter: | Tom Boyland |
| Camera Operator: | Sean Sheehan |
| Table Topics: | Jack Bettag |
| Competent Leader Evaluator: | Melissa Baldwin |
| Joke Master: | Jim Bubash |
General Evaluator: Jim Salih
Speakers and Evaluators:
| Speakers | Evaluators | |
| 1 | J.D. Perper | Janet Bold |
| 2 | Jerry Paul | George Kiser |
| 3 | Bill Hurston | Rick Puskarich |
| 4 | Anne Hartupee | Max Kaiser, Jr. |
Voting:
| Most Improved: | Anne Hartupee |
| Best Table Topics: | Carl Hendrickson |
| Best Evaluator: | Max Kaiser |
| Best Speaker: | Bill Hurston |
Meeting Rating: 9.8
Member comments:
- Howard reinforced a comment Jim Salih made during his evaluation of the meeting, which is in regards to the goal of Table Topics. The goal is for the chosen individuals to speak to the question they are given.
Schedule for Next Week’s Meeting – read by Debbie Young
Meeting Adjourned: 8:56 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: 22/ 41 members present – 54% attendance
Visitors: Donna Jordan
Submitted by Sandy Roll, Secretary
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Wow. That was fast! Brent