Meeting Minutes
South County Toastmasters (#1957)
Meeting Date: 11-7-2018
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: How Has Toastmasters Helped Me
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 – The nominating committee for the next set of board members has been appointed. The committee members are: Kathy Denton, Vic Mattison and Anne Hartupee.
- President – Brent Stewart – If anyone wants to bid on the old projector let him know as Jim Bubash and Sandy Roll are interested in it.
Committee Reports:
- Mary K – Youth Leadership graduation is 11-14-18. 10-16 kids will be expected. 13 – 15 guests are planning to attend. (Brent will need the names of the guests so he can let MetLife know). The club approved funds for Mary K to purchase snacks. No joke or vote counter will be needed. Theme will be Thanksgiving.
- Debbie Young – Bill Hurston received his Innovative Planning award.
- Debbie Young – She will be putting the December schedule together this weekend. Please let Debbie know if you will miss any meetings in Dec and/or what roles you are/aren’t interested in. She also proposed the club cancel the Dec 26th The motion was approved.
Unfinished Business:
- None
New Business:
- None
Correspondence and Announcements:
- Brent Stewart – Next board meeting 11-14-18.
- Jim Salih – Carl Hendrickson is doing well and plans to return to the meetings soon.
- Rob Van Winkle – Met with former member, Kelly Botini, recently. She asked him to tell everyone “hello”
- Debbie Young – Read next week’s schedule. Refer to website for details.
Meeting Roles:
| Toastmaster: | Jim Salih |
| Greeter: | Mary K Spencer |
| Invocator / CLE: | Howard Brandt |
| Grammarian: | Geoff King
Word of evening, “Ample”. Used 16 times during the meeting. |
| Time Keeper: | Susan McConnell |
| Vote Counter: | Sarah Pitkin |
| Ah Counter: | Vic Mattison
12 crutch words and phrases used |
| Camera Operator: | Rich Puskarich |
| Table Topics: | Kathy Denton |
| Competent Leader Evaluator: | Debbie Young |
| General Evaluator: | Bill Hurston |
| Joke Master: | Sandy Roll |
Speakers and Evaluators:
| Speakers | Evaluators | |
| 1 | Casey Hoffmann | Tom Terrific |
| 2 | Donna Jordan | Sandy Dickson |
| 3 | Rob Van Winkle | Brent Stewart |
| 4 |
Voting:
| Most Improved: | Casey Hoffmann |
| Best Table Topics: | Rich Puskarich |
| Best Evaluator: | Sandy Dickson |
| Best Speaker: | Members decided not to vote this evening |
Meeting Rating: 9.4
Meeting Adjourned: 8:54 pm
Members Present:
| Baker, Stephan | ☐ | ||
| Brandt, Howard | ☒ | ||
| Bubash, James | ☐ | ||
| Collier, Bill | ☐ | ||
| Denton, Kathy | ☒ | ||
| Dickson, Sandy | ☒ | ||
| Fetter, John | ☐ | ||
| Hartupee, Anne | ☐ | ||
| Hendrickson, Carl | ☐ | ||
| Hoffmann, Casey | ☒ | ||
| Hurston, Bill | ☒ | ||
| Jordan, Donna | ☒ | ||
| Kaiser Jr, Max | ☐ | ||
| King, Geoff | ☒ | ||
| Keath, John | ☐ | ||
| Kirby, Alan | ☐ | ||
| Kiser, George | ☐ | ||
| Kutell, Adam | ☐ | ||
| Mattison, Victor | ☒ | ||
| McConnell, Susan | ☒ | ||
| Mestdagh, Laurie | ☐ | ||
| Paul, Jerry | ☒ | ||
| Pitkin, Sarah | ☒ | ||
| JD Perper | x | ||
| Puskarich, Rich | ☒ | ||
| Roll, Sandy | ☒ | ||
| Salih, Jim | ☒ | ||
| Schafroth, Kate | ☐ | ||
| Sheehan, Sean | ☐ | ||
| Shields, Dick | ☐ | ||
| Spencer, Mary K | ☒ | ||
| Stewart, Brent | ☒ | ||
| Terrific, Tom | ☒ | ||
| VanWinkle, Robert | ☒ | ||
| Winheim, Steve | ☐ | ||
| Young, Debbie | ☒ | ||
Attendance: 20/ 35 members present – 57% attendance
Visitors: Bob Heaton, Zac Smelser, Sarah Xu, Alex Wegmann, Rachel Simmons and Tom Abeln
Submitted by Sandy Roll, Secretary
