Meeting Minutes – South County Toastmasters (#1957) October 21, 2020

Meeting Minutes South County Toastmasters (#1957) – October 21, 2020

Meeting Date:	October 21, 2020
Meeting Type/Theme:	45th Anniversary Meeting – Theme: Jobs and Interviews
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:  There was no business meeting tonight.  Instead, for the 45th club Anniversary, Howard Brandt, the club founder, gave a speech on the history of the club.  Jerry Paul presented Howard with a large plaque from the club thanking him for his lifelong dedication and commitment to the club. Officers:

1. President – Jerry Paul –
2. VPE – Kat Higashino
3. VPM – Brent Stewart
4. VP-PR – Partick Hunt
5. Secretary – Kathy Denton
6. Treasurer – Kim Bond
7. Sergeant at Arms – Jim Salih
8. Officer at Large – Susan McConnell

Committee Reports:  none Unfinished Business: none New Business:

1. none

Correspondence and Announcements:

1. The Toastmaster next week will be Kim Bond.
2. Secretary’s note: Speakers, please remember after you have given a speech, to go back into your Pathways project and complete the post project self evaluation.  That is what completes the project to allow you to move to your next project.

Meeting Roles:

Toastmaster:	Prathyush Viasaroopan (PV)
Table Topics:	J. D. Perper
General Evaluator:	Victor Mattison
Grammarian:	Sean Sheehan
Time Keeper:	Susan McConnell (in person), Kathy Denton (virtual)
Invocator:	Tom Terrific
Ah Counter:	Keith Page – 39 uses of crutch words
Joke Master:	Kathy Denton
Vote Counter:	Bill Collier (in person)
Camera Operator:	Brent Stewart

Word of the Day:    Initiative, used 14 times Speakers and Evaluators:

	Speakers	Evaluators
1	Callie Koehr	Patrick Hunt
2	Elisa Wong	Brent Stewart
3	James Bubash	Tom Terrific

Voting:

	Best Table Topics: Keith Page
	Best Evaluator: Tom Terrific
	Best Speaker: Callie Koehr
	Most Improved: Callie Koehr

Meeting Rating:     10 Meeting Adjourned:                  8:00 PM Visitors: Mal Penilla (V) Member Attendance (V – Virtual, P – in Person):

Brandt, Howard – P

Bubash, Jim – P

Collier, Bill – P

DeCamp, Liz – V

Denton, Kathy – V

Higashino, Kat – P

Hoehn, Jeff – P

Hunt, Patrick – P

Koehr, Callie – V

Mattison, Vic – V

McConnell, Susan – P

Page, Keith – P

Paul, Jerry – P

Perper, J. D. – P

Salih, Jim – V

Stewart, Brent – P

Viasaroopan, Prathyush (PV) – V

VanWinkle, Rob – P

Wong, Elisa – V

Young, Debbie – P

Secretary’s Attendance Information: General Attendance:  This week – 20 of 31 Members – 64.51 %