Meeting Minutes
South County Toastmasters (#1957)
Meeting Date: 3-27-19
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: Favorite Childhood Toy
Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building
Called to Order: 7:00 PM
Presiding Officer: Debbie Young, President
Officer Reports:
- President –Debbie Young- No corrections to the meeting minutes from last week. Approved as submitted.
- Treasurer – Tom Terrific – We currently have 35 members and we are down 2.
Committee Reports:
- None
Unfinished Business:
- None
New Business:
- Anne Hartupee noted the club needs brochures for new members and she would like to purchase 100. She proposed we raise the limit for purchases that require a vote by the members from $25 to $50. After much discussion it was determined raising the purchase limit does not require an announcement to be made at 1 meeting and 2/3 approval by members present at the following meeting. Anne proposed raising the purchase limit from $25 to $50, Adam Kutell seconded it and the motion passed.
******************Post Meeting Update******************************************
NOTE: After the meeting, Jim Salih read an amendment clause in the bylaws and sent is to Debbie for review.
The clause reads: These Bylaws may be amended at any regular meeting of this club by a two-thirds vote of the members present. Such amendment must be proposed in writing by an active member at the meeting immediately preceding that at which the amendment is to be voted on. Upon its adoption, a copy of the amendment shall be mailed to the Executive Director of Toastmasters International for review and attachment to the copy of the Bylaws of this club filed at the world headquarters.
Debbie Young, President, has requested Anne
Hartupee bring a written proposal to modify the purchase limit to next week’s
meeting and action will be taken to amend the limit in accordance with the
bylaws.
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Correspondence and Announcements:
- Bill Collier noted he met Jack Bettag for lunch recently. Jack is doing well and members are welcome to call or make arrangements to visit Jack.
- Kathy Denton suggested the club start thinking about this year’s picnic. Last year got away from us and it was held in the fall – typically it’s held in June or July. Debbie Young asked if Kathy would like to be the head of the picnic committee and Kathy accepted.
Meeting Roles:
| Toastmaster: Jim Salih |
| Greeter: Krista Butler |
| Invocator/CLE: Sarah Xu |
| Grammarian: Kathy Denton – Word of the evening, “Congenial”, used 12 times. |
| Time Keeper: Debbie Young |
| Vote Counter: Samira Mujdzic |
| Ah Counter: Donna Jordan – 27 crutch words/phrases used |
| Camera Operator: Jerry Paul |
| Table Topics: Adam Kutell |
| General Evaluator: Bill Hurston |
| Joke Master: The role was vacant this evening, but Jim proposed a clever way to fill it. A “joke contest” was conducted. Members with a joke and brave enough to tell it competed with each other. The winner of each round was based on the audience applause. |
| Toastmaster: Jim Salih |
| Greeter: Krista Butler |
| Invocator/CLE: Sarah Xu |
Speakers and Evaluators:
| Speakers | Evaluators | |
| 1 | Carl Hendrickson | Susan McConnell |
| 2 | Steve Winheim | J.D. Perper |
| 3 | Anne Hartupee | Sandy Roll |
| 4 | George Kiser | Bill Collier |
Voting:
| Most Improved: | Anne Hartupee |
| Best Table Topics: | Casey Hoffman |
| Best Evaluator: | Bill Collier |
| Best Speaker: | Carl Hendrickson |
Meeting Rating: 9.5
Meeting Adjourned: 8:57 pm
Members Present:
| Aden, Abdul | ☒ | |
| Brandt, Howard | ☒ | |
| Butler, Krista | ☒ | |
| Collier, Bill | ☒ | |
| Denton, Kathy | ☒ | |
| Hartupee, Anne | ☒ | |
| Hendrickson, Carl | ☒ | |
| Hoffman, Casey | ☒ | |
| Hurston, Bill | ☒ | |
| Jordan, Donna | ☒ | |
| Kiser, George | ☒ | |
| Kutell, Adam | ☒ | |
| McConnell, Susan | ☒ | |
| Mudjzic, Samira | ☒ | |
| Paul, Jerry | ☒ | |
| Perper, JD | ☒ | |
| Roll, Sandy | ☒ | |
| Salih, Jim | ☒ | |
| Terrific, Tom | ☒ | |
| Winheim, Steve | ☒ | |
| Xu, Sarah | ☒ | |
| Young, Debbie | ☒ | |
Attendance: 22/35 members in attendance. – 63% attendance
Visitors: Eric
Submitted by Sandy Roll, Secretary
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