Meeting Minutes
South County Toastmasters (#1957)
Meeting Date: 09/04/2019
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: Favorite Silly Childhood Song of Yours or a Family Member
Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building
Called to Order: 7:00 PM
Presiding Officer: Victor Mattison, President
Officer Reports:
- President –Victor Mattison – No corrections to the meeting minutes from last week. Approved as submitted.
- Victor M. –Turbobass revived and renewed
- Potentials for better systems-Victor will introduce other options from his company
- Area Director that visited (08/28/2019) expressed that South County Toastmasters is one of the best clubs in the region
- Work on attracting new guest
- Victor welcoming ideas, if you want to be part of the greater discussion on how to attract new people
- Michael (Mike) McCarty not present at
the meeting, message relayed by Victor that “DUES” should be given to Sectary (Mike)
in the next “couple of weeks”
- Dues $51.00
- Pay by cash, check ,or money order
- Checks and money orders can be made out to: South County Toastmasters
- “Thank you’s” to two new member who have already
stepped up!
- Patrick Hunt assisting Eli H. with secretary duties
- Matt Clark assisting Donna J.
Committee Reports:
- Jim S.
- Youth Version of Toastmaster (ages 7-17) will take place starting September 10th @ Saline Valley Fire Protection District (1771 Springdale Blvd, Fenton, MO 63026)
- Currently have 12-15 participants
- Program will last about 7/8 weeks (which will be stretched out due to holidays/breaks)
- Donna J.
- Holiday Party December 18th
- Motion to vote on date –Jim S.
- JD seconds motion
- All vote yes
- Location of party:
- 1. Community Center Jefferson Baracks ($20 deposit)
- 2. Zach S. will check at his parents Club House –New England Village (free)
- South County Toastmasters: Calendar Dates
- September 10th, 2019-Youth Leadership Training First Session
- October 20th, 2019-Table Topics-a Thon
- November 27th, 2019-NO MEETING- THANKSGIVING
- December 18th, 2019-Holiday Party
- December 25th, 2019-NO MEETING-CHRISTMAS
- January 1, 2020- NO MEETING-NEW YEARS DAY
- Months with 5 wks in 2020:
- January
- April
- July
- September
- December
- Holiday Party December 18th
New Business:
- JD-suggested to wear Costumes to Table Topic
Marathon (TTM) since is Halloween
- Four presenter at TTM
- Check with building (METLIFE) if costumes/masks can be worn in building (Victor follows up on this)
Correspondence and Announcements:
- Eli H. parents just reopened café.
- Arber Café (6955 Gravois Ave, 63116)
- Mediterranean food
- Open Tuesday-Saturday 8-7, Sunday 8-3, Monday –CLOSED
Meeting Roles:
| Toastmaster: Jim Salih |
| Greeter: Winheim, Steve |
| Invocator/CLE: Puskarich, Rich |
| Grammarian: Spurgeon, Jeannie –“Disingenuous” |
| Time Keeper: Hoxha, Eli |
| Vote Counter: Hunt, Patrick |
| Ah Counter: Mujdzic, Samira |
| Camera Operator: Monteiro, Stanley |
| Table Topics: Denton, Kathy |
| General Evaluator: Kiser, George |
| Joke Master: Jordan, Donna |
Speakers and Evaluators:
| Speakers | Evaluators | |
| 1 | Clark, Matt | Jordan, Donna |
| 2 | Butler, Krista | Smelcer, Zach |
| 3 | Perper, James D | McConnell, Susan |
| 4 | Mattison, Victor | : Aden, Abdul |
Voting:
| Most Improved: | Matt Clark |
| Best Table Topics: | Donald Coupe |
| Best Evaluator: | Zach Smelcer |
| Best Speaker: | Matt Clark |
Members Present:
| Aden, Abdul | ☒ | ||
| Brandt, Howard | ☐ | ||
| Bridwell, Beth | ☒ | ||
| Bubash, James | ☐ | ||
| Butler, Krista | ☒ | ||
| Clark, Matt | ☒ | ||
| Collier, Bill | ☐ | ||
| Coupe, Donald | ☒ | ||
| Denton, Kathy | ☐ | ||
| Harr, Jackie | ☐ | ||
| Hartupee, Anne | ☐ | ||
| Hendrickson, Carl | ☐ | ||
| Hoffman, Casey | ☐ | ||
| Hoxha, Eli | ☒ | ||
| Hunt, Patrick | ☒ | ||
| Jordan, Donna | ☒ | ||
| King, Geoff | ☐ | ||
| Kirby, Alan | ☐ | ||
| Kiser, George | ☒ | ||
| Mattison, Victor | ☒ | ||
| McCarty, Mike | ☐ | ||
| McConnell, Susan | ☒ | ||
| Mestdagh, Laurie | ☐ | ||
| Monteiro, Stanley | ☒ | ||
| Mudjzic, Samira | ☒ | ||
| Paul, Jerry | ☐ | ||
| Perper, JD | ☒ | ||
| Pitkin, Sarah | ☐ | ||
| Puskarich, Rich | ☒ | ||
| Roll, Sandy | ☐ | ||
| Salih, Jim | ☒ | ||
| Sheehan, Sean | ☐ | ||
| Shields, Dick | ☐ | ||
| Smelcer, Zach | ☒ | ||
| Spencer, Mary K | ☐ | ||
| Spurgeon, Jeannie | ☐ | ||
| Stewart, Brent | ☐ | ||
| Terrific, Tom | ☐ | ||
| VanWinkle, Robert | ☐ | ||
| Winheim, Steve | ☐ | ||
| Xu, Sarah | ☐ | ||
| Young, Debbie | ☐ | ||
Meeting Rating: 8.9/10
Meeting Adjourned: 9:00 pm
Attendance: xx/ 42 members in attendance. – xx% attendance
Visitors:
Submitted by Eli Hoxha, Secretary
