Meeting Minutes South County Toastmasters (#1957) – August 26, 2020

Meeting Minutes South County Toastmasters (#1957) – August 26, 2020

Meeting Date:	August 26, 2020
Meeting Type/Theme:	Regular Meeting – Theme: Relationships
Meeting Location:	Hybrid Meeting – Some attending in person at the Sunset Hills Community Center, Some attending via Zoom
Called to Order:	6:00 PM
Presiding Officer:	Jerry Paul
Submitted By:	Kathy Denton, Secretary

Officers’ Reports:

Officers:

• • President – Jerry Paul –
    • Minutes of the August 19 meeting were sent out, hearing no change requests they were approved as sent and posted.
  • VPE – Kat Higashino –
    • Jackie Haar completed Pathways Team Collaboration Level 1.  Congratulations Jackie!!!  Secretary note:  This is even more significant since Jackie is not able to attend every week.  Good job of making your weeks count!
    • The club has achieved 7 credits in July so we are off to a good start toward President’s Distinguished for the new year that started July 1.
    • The 5th week of September will be a meeting to allow members to progress in Pathways.  She needs more helpers and for members to bring guests.  Contact Kat if you would like to volunteer.
  • VPM – Brent Stewart
  • VP-PR – Partick Hunt (See Committee Reports)
  • Secretary – Kathy Denton
  • Treasurer – Kim Bond
    • Dues of $76 are due by September 15th.  Either bring your payment to a meeting in person and give it to Jerry Paul, or mail it to the address Kim Bond sent us in an email. Contact Kim Bond with any questions.
  • Sergeant at Arms – Jim Salih
  • Officer at Large – Susan McConnell

Committee Reports:

• • Golf Outing Committee – George Kiser informed us the Golf outing will be held October 10th, 2020 at the Riverside Course in Fenton, Missouri.  You can do 18 or 9 holes, and teams may be 4 or 2 people.  Contact George Kiser or Bill Collier with questions or to let them know if you plan to come and how many guests you will bring.
  • Public Relations Committee – Patrick Hunt  reported:
    • If you are interested in having a photo taken for LinkedIn, contact Patrick.  We aren’t sure when we will take them yet.
    • To expand our presence on LinkedIn, we need help with creating a banner for our LinkedIn page.  If you have experience with that and would like to help contact Patrick.
    • The PR Committee is also reaching out through the Sunset Hills Chamber of Commerce and we hope to gain new members through this outreach program.

Unfinished Business:

• • Debbie Young reported that the District 8 zoom training will be held this Saturday at 10 am.  Here is the link to register: https://dist8tm.org/training/

New Business:

• • None

Announcements:

• Kat announced that the Toastmaster next week will be Jim Salih.

Meeting Roles:

Toastmaster:	Prathyush Viasaroopan (PV)
Table Topics:	Steve Winheim
General Evaluator:	Bill Collier
Grammarian:	Jim Salih
Time Keeper:	Keith Page – In Person
Invocator:	George Kiser
Ah Counter:	Patrick Hunt – 23 uses of crutch words
Joke Master:	Brent Stewart
Vote Counter:	Donald Coupe – Virtual Debbie Young – in Person
Camera Operator:	Kim Bond

Word of the Day:    Connection used  5 or 6 times

Speakers and Evaluators:

	Speakers	Evaluators
1	Debbie Young	Kat Higashino
2	J. D. Perper	Jerry Paul
3	Susan McConnell	Jacqueline Haar

Voting:

	Best Table Topics:	Brent Stewart
	Best Evaluator:	Jerry Paul
	Best Speaker	Susan McConnell
	Most Improved	Prathyush Viasaroopan (PV)

Meeting Rating:     9.5

Meeting Adjourned:                7:51   PM

Visitors: Liz DeCamp (V), Callie Koehr (V), Elisa Wong (V)
Member Attendance (V – Virtual, P – in Person):

Bond, Kim – V

Collier, Bill – P

Coupe, Donald – V

Denton, Kathy – V

Haar, Jackie – V

Higashino, Katsuko – V

Hunt, Patrick – P

Kiser, George – V

McConnell, Susan – P

Page, Keith – P

Paul, Jerald – P

Perper, J. D. – P

Salih, Jim – V

Stewart, Brent – P

Viasaroopan, Prathyush (PV) – V

VanWinkle, Rob – P

Winheim, Steve – V

Young, Debbie – P

Secretary’s Attendance Information:General Attendance:  This week – 17 Members –  58.62%