Meeting Minutes
South County Toastmasters (#1957)
Meeting Date: Sep. 12, 2018
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: Music that Inspires
Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building
Called to Order: 7:00 PM
Presiding Officer: Brent Stewart, President
Officer Reports:
- President – Brent Stewart – No corrections to the meeting minutes from last week. Approved as submitted.
- President – Brent Stewart – no report
Committee Reports:
- Kathy Denton reported on the club picnic: it will be held Sunday, Sep 23, from 2:00 to ? at Crestwood Park: 9737 Meadowfern Dr. St. Louis, MO 63126 (note: please Google map it because it can be hard to find if this is your first visit). $100.00 total has already been appropriated for the picnic. $45.00 for the permit and $55.00 for the food. Chapter members are to bring potluck.
Unfinished Business:
- The vacancy at the position of Sgt. At Arms was filled by Tom Boyland, unanimously accepted. Other Toastmasters are encouraged to assist him both before and after the meeting.
New Business:
- It was decided not to have a meeting on Halloween, Oct. 31.
- Stephan Baker was accepted as a new member effective October 1. Sarah Pitkin is his temporary mentor until a full-time mentor can be assigned.
Correspondence and Announcements:
- Geofff King asked if anyone wanted to be a Toastmaster Area Director. There is an opening in Geoff’s Division and he will be your division governor.
- The six month dues of $51.00 are due by October 1. Make checks payable to South County Toastmasters – give or mail the check to Bill Hurston.
- There is an Executive Committee meeting scheduled for Sep 19 at 6:00 p.m.
- Jim Salih: Speechcraft runs on Wednesdays, Oct, 3, 10, 17, 24, skipping October 31, with graduation on November 7. Time: from 6:00 pm until the regular meeting starts. The session will be held in a different part of our meeting area. $30.00for non-members with all money being used towards membership if the participant joins. The course is free to members.
- See Mary K Spencer to get a youth enrolled in her Youth Leadership which starts soon. They run on Tuesday nights at 7:00 at Phil Gawlak’s Achieve Wellness business.
Meeting Roles:
| Toastmaster: | Sarah Pitkin |
| Greeter: | Howard Brandt |
| Invocator / CLE: | Sandy Dickson |
| Grammarian: | Bill Hurston |
| Time Keeper: | George Kiser |
| Vote Counter: | Kathy Denton |
| Ah Counter: | Debbie Young |
| Camera Operator: | Geoff King |
| Table Topics: | Vic Mattison |
| Competent Leader Evaluator: | Sandy Dickson (same as above) |
| General Evaluator: | Brent Stewart |
| Joke Master: | Sean Sheehan |
Speakers and Evaluators:
| Speakers | Evaluators | |
| 1 | Jerry Paul | Rob VanWinkle |
| 2 | Susan McConnell | Mary K Spencer |
| 3 | Tom Boyland | Tom Terrific |
| 4 | Stephan Baker | Jim Salih |
Voting:
| Most Improved: | Tom Boyland |
| Best Table Topics: | Sandy Dickson |
| Best Evaluator: | Tom Terrific |
| Best Speaker: | Susan McConnell |
Meeting Rating: 9.55 (yes it is a 9.55, don’t ask)
Schedule for Next Week’s Meeting:
Meeting Adjourned: 8:55 pm
Members Present:
| Baldwin, Melissa | ☐ | |
| Bettag, Jack | ☐ | |
| Bold, Janet | ☐ | |
| Boyland, Tom | x | |
| Brandt, Howard | x | |
| Broida, Jean | ☐ | |
| Bubash, James | ☐ | |
| Collier, Bill | ☐ | |
| Denton, Kathy | x | |
| Dickson, Sandy | x | |
| Duncan, Stacy | ☐ | |
| Fetter, John | ☐ | |
| Gawlak, Phil | ☐ | |
| Hartupee, Anne | ☐ | |
| Hendrickson, Carl | ☐ | |
| Hurston, Bill | x | |
| Kaiser Jr, Max | ☐ | |
| King, Geoff | x | |
| Kirby, Alan | ☐ | |
| Kiser, George | x | |
| Kutell, Adam | ☐ | |
| Mattison, Victor | x | |
| McConnell, Susan | x | |
| Mestdagh, Laurie | ☐ | |
| Paul, Jerry | x | |
| Perper, JD | ☐ | |
| Pitkin, Sarah | x | |
| Puskarich, Rich | ☐ | |
| Roll, Sandy | ☐ | |
| Salih, Jim | x | |
| Schafroth, Kate | ☐ | |
| Sheehan, Sean | x | |
| Shields, Dick | ☐ | |
| Sowers, Judy | ☐ | |
| Spencer, Mary K | x | |
| Stewart, Brent | x | |
| Terrific, Tom | x | |
| VanWinkle, Robert | x | |
| Winheim, Steve | ☐ | |
| Young, Debbie | x | |
| Zafer, Adila | ☐ | |
| Stephan Baker | x | |
Attendance: 19 / 41 members present – 46 % attendance
Visitors: Donna Jordan, Stephan Baker (who joined the club this night) Julio Oliveria, John Keith
Documented by: Jim Salih and submitted by Sandy Roll, Secretary
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