South County Toastmasters Club 1957
Meeting Type/Theme: No Theme
Meeting Location: Sunset Hills Community Center and Zoom
Call to Order: 6:00 PM
Presiding Officer: Debbie Young
President Debbie Young asked if there were any corrections or additions to be made to the meeting minutes of August 17, 2022. Jim Salih suggested one revision be made to the minutes. Susan McConnell will revise the minutes as suggested. With this change, the minutes were approved.
Officer Reports:
President: Debbie Young.
- Brad Adams, the winner of the District 8 speech contest for the past 2 years, will visit SCTM on September 14, 2022. He will give a presentation on entering and participating in speech contests. There will be a question and answer session after the presentation. This is in anticipation of the upcoming District 8 International Speech and Humorous Speech contests that will be conducted early next year.
VPE: Callie Koehr. No report.
VPM: Jim Salih. No report.
VPPR: Bill Collier. No report.
Treasurer: Brent Stewart. The Club membership dues need to be collected by the end of September. The amount is $76.00 for the next 6 months. The payment options are cash, check or Venmo. Brent will be sending an email to all Club members with a link to the Venmo account. Please by Brent by the end of September.
Sergeant-at-Arms: Rob Van Winkle. No report.
Committees: No report
Unfinished Business: None
New Businesss: None
Correspondence and Announcements:
Steve Burchett will be on the microphone as emcee of a charity trivia event in STL on Friday, September 23rd, doors open at 6pm. Trivia starts at 7pm. The event will be held at the Electrician’s Hall Local One, 5850 Elizabeth. The cost is $250 per table of up to 8, and that includes beer, wine, soda, and snacks. Proceeds go to Rebuilding Together STL. The trivia is 10 rounds of 10 questions and usually wraps between 10 and 10:30pm. For Tables call Cheryl: (314) 918-9918 ext. 112. Please contact Steve if you have additional questions.
Business Meeting Adjourned 6:15 pm
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| Toastmaster | Brent Stewart |
| Table Topics Master | Steve Burchett |
| General Evaluator | Jim Salih |
| Grammarian | Brian Berman |
| Timer | Rob Van Winkle |
| Speaker 1 | Adam Fox |
| Speaker 2 | Patrick Hunt |
| Speaker 3 | Arvin Elongovan |
| Evaluator 1 | Bill Collier |
| Evaluator 2 | Julie Zeitler |
| Evaluator 3 | Sean Sheehan |
| Invocator/Jokemaster | Liz DeCamp |
| Vote Counter | Charles Giamarino |
| AH Counter | Steve Winheim |
Voting:
| Best Table Topics | Susan McConnell |
| Best Speaker | Adam Fox |
| Best Evaluator | Bill Collier |
| Most Improved | Adam Fox |
Word of the Day: Ascertain, used 11 times
Ah Counter Report: 16 uses of crutch words
Meeting Adjourned: 7:50 pm
Attendance:
- Sunset Hills Community Center: Nancy Alba; Brian Berman; Steve Burchett; Adam Fox; Charles Giamarino; Patrick Hunt; Suzanne Janick; Susan McConnell; J.D. Perper; Jim Salih; Brent Stewart; Rob Van Winkle; Steve Winheim; Debbie Young; Julie Zeitler
- Zoom: Bill Collier; Liz DeCamp; Arvin Elongavan; Sean Sheehan
- Visitor: Carl Hendrickson, Sunset Hills Community Center
Total Member Attendance 19 out of 29
| Streak | Attendance (5 or more in a row): |
| 57 | Debbie Young |
| 5 | Liz DeCamp |
| 5 | Charles Giamarino |
| 5 | Suzanne Janick |
| 5 | Susan McConnell |
| 5 | J.D. Perper |
| 5 | Sean Sheehan |
Submitted by Susan McConnell, Secretary
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