This week’s meeting was the Club level Speech Contests (Humorous and International). Since the club Secretary was not in attendance, the Agenda in past tense + attendance & contest winners for the evening will act as the minutes. If you have augmentations or revisions, please submit them to the club Secretary, Kathy Denton (kdentonh@ix.netcom.com). The club secretary thanks Susan McConnell for providing Attendance and Contest Winners information, and Jim Salih for providing the agenda.
South County Toastmasters
International and Humorous Speech Contests
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
| 6:00 PM OPEN MEETING | Charles Giamarino, Sergeant-At-Arms Called the meeting to order and asked that all silence electronic devices, Introduced President Debbie Young, and gave the Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance |
| 6:05 PM BUSINESS MEETING | Introduced guests, then asked for a motion to cancel the business meeting. |
| 6:15 PM CONTEST PROGRAM STARTS | The President Introduced Jim Salih, Contest Master |
| Announce Contestants for Humorous S.C. | Jim Salih – Opening Remarks and Housekeeping |
| Announced the Contestants of the Humorous S.C. in the order drawn. | |
| Asks Timer for a minute of silence after each speech | 1. George Kiser 2. Bill Collier 3. Jim Bubash 4. Debbie Young 5. Liz DeCamp 6. Deborah Weniger |
| Introduction of Chief Judge Vic Mattison | 1. The Timer gave timing information read directly from the form. 2. Asked if the judges have been briefed |
| Timer | Jeff Hoehn – Main Timer |
| Timer | Alan Kirby – Backup Timer |
| Vote Counter | Samira Mujdzic |
| Vote Counter | Rob Van Winkle |
| The Chief Judge asked for judges to submit their votes via the online program to the Vote Counters. | |
| Interviewed Contestants and handed out Certificates of Appreciation. | |
| Break – 10 Minutes | |
| Reminded the audience to silence devices. Announced Contestants for International S.C. | |
| Asks Timer for a minute of silence after each speech | 1. Debbie Young 2. Steve Burchett 3. Patrick Hunt |
| Introduction of Chief Judge Vic Mattison | 1. Timer gave timing information (read directly from form). 2. Asked if the judges have been briefed |
| Chief Judge asked for judges to submit their votes via the online program to the Vote Counters. | |
| Interviewed Contestants and handed out Certificates of Appreciation | |
| Handed out Certificates of Participation. | |
| Announced the winners and awarded the certificates. Announced that the trophies are at Sunset Hills. | |
Attendees (All on Zoom):
Brian Berman
Jim Bubash
Steve Burchett
Bill Collier
Jackie Compton
Liz DeCamp
Charles Giamarino
Jeff Hoehn
Patrick Hunt
Suzanne Janick
Alan Kirby
George Kiser
Victor Mattison
Susan McConnell
Samira Mudjzic
J.D. Perper
Jim Salih
Rob VanWinkle
Deborah Weniger
Steve Winheim
Debbie Young
Julie Zeitler
Visitors:
Christian Horn
Liz Kilker
Contest winners:
Steve Burchett – International Speech Contest
Bill Collier – Humorous Speech Contest
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