Meeting Minutes
South County Toastmasters (#1957)
Meeting Date: December 5, 2018
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme:
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.
Committee Reports:
- Anne Hartupee announced the nominations for officers:
- President – Debbie Young
- VPE – JD Perper
- VPM – Anne Hartupee
- VP PR – Susan McConnell
- Secretary – Sandy Roll
- Officer at large – Kathy Denton
- Treasurer – Bill Hurston
- We will announce again and vote next meeting (December 12)
Unfinished Business:
- None
New Business:
- Debbie Young makes a motion to cancel January 2 meeting
- Howard second
- Motion passed
- Sarah Pitkin announces application for membership for Alex Wegmann
- Alex Wegmann accepted into South County Toastmasters
Correspondence and Announcements:
- Max Kaiser has been in the hospital and is asking for our thoughts and prayers – please keep him in mind
- Officers executive board meeting next Wednesday, December 12
- Adam Kutell reminds the group that there are several resources in our club with area officer experience if you’d like to learn more
- Geoff King announced that the last time to become an area officer or director to meet DTM if you’re in the old path is coming up – please ask those who are involved in the area for more information
- Bill Collier is still collecting toys for St. Louis Children’s hospital through December. You can bring new, unwrapped toys to the next meeting and / or our holiday party on December 19
Meeting Roles:
| Toastmaster: | George Kiser |
| Greeter: | Sean Sheehan |
| Invocator / CLE: | Donna Jordan |
| Grammarian: | Sarah Pitkin |
| Time Keeper: | Debbie Young |
| Vote Counter: | Jerry Paul |
| Ah Counter: | John Keath |
| Camera Operator: | Geoff King |
| Table Topics: | Steve Winheim |
| Competent Leader Evaluator: | Donna Jordan |
| General Evaluator: | Rob Van Winkle |
| Joke Master: | Casey Hoffmann |
Speakers and Evaluators:
| Speakers | Evaluators | |
| 1 | Adam Kutell | John Fetter |
| 2 | Kate Schafroth | Sean Sheehan |
| 3 | Brent Stewart | Bill Collier |
| 4 | Howard Brandt | Anne Hartupee |
Voting:
| Most Improved: | Anne Hartupee |
| Best Table Topics: | Geoff King |
| Best Evaluator: | Bill Collier |
| Best Speaker: | Kate Schafroth |
Meeting Rating: 9.7
Meeting Adjourned: 9:02 pm
Members Present:
| Brandt, Howard | ☒ | ||
| Bubash, James | ☐ | ||
| Butler, Krista | ☐ | ||
| Collier, Bill | ☒ | ||
| Denton, Kathy | ☐ | ||
| Dickson, Sandy | ☐ | ||
| Fetter, John | ☒ | ||
| Hartupee, Anne | ☒ | ||
| Hendrickson, Carl | ☐ | ||
| Hoffman, Casey | ☒ | ||
| Hurston, Bill | ☐ | ||
| Jordan, Donna | ☒ | ||
| Kaiser Jr, Max | ☐ | ||
| Keath, John | ☒ | ||
| 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 | ☐ | ||
| Spencer, Mary K | ☐ | ||
| Stewart, Brent | ☒ | ||
| Terrific, Tom | ☐ | ||
| VanWinkle, Robert | ☒ | ||
| Wegmann, Alex | ☒ | ||
| Winheim, Steve | ☒ | ||
| Xu, Sarah | ☐ | ||
| Young, Debbie | ☒ | ||
Attendance: 21 / 38 members (including J.D. Perper) present – 55.3% attendance
Visitors: Alex Wegmann, Samira Mujdzic, Eli Hoxha, Maria Yaksic, Andrew Maggio, Travis Ervin
Documented by Sarah Pitkin, acting Secretary, VP Membership
Submitted by Sandy Roll, Secretary
