Meeting Minutes November 13, 2024

Meeting Theme:  Change

Meeting Location: Sunset Hills Community Center

Call to Order:  6:30 p.m.

Presiding Officer:  J.D. Perper

Guests:  Matthew Jethro, Jim Bubash (former member)

Officer Reports:

President:  J.D. Perper

VPE:  Debbie Young

VPM:  Amy Kelemen

VPPR:  Julie Zeitler

Treasurer:  Jim Salih

Sergeant-at-Arms:  Vicky Kolaks

Secretary:  Brent Stewart

Committee Reports:  Youth Leadership:  Jim Salih reported that it starts Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at Sunset Hills Community Center from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with time for a little socializing after the meeting.   It will run Tuesday nights for 6 weeks.  The 7^th week will be graduation at OUR meeting hopefully with a reception afterward.  There will be no cost.  It is for ages 12-17 but we will accept children under age 12 with the appropriate level of maturity.  If you would like to sign someone up, send an email to Jim at jimsalih@gmail.com and he will send you a Google Doc to obtain the information we need for each child.

Nominating:  Debbie Young noted that we are still looking for officers for the second term beginning in January.  If you are interested, talk to Debbie Young or Vic Mattison or one of the current officers to find out what the role entails.

Unfinished Business:

New Business:

Correspondence and Announcements:

Business Meeting Adjourned:  6:36 p.m.

Toastmaster:  Adam Kutell

Table Topics Master:  Sandy Roll

General Evaluator:  Chris Ruzicka

Grammarian:  Liz DeCamp

Timer:  Vicky Kolaks

Wizard of Ahs:  Amy Kelemen

Vote Counter:  Matthew Jethro

Invocator/Jokemaster:  J.D. Perper

Speaker 1:  Steve Burchett

Speaker 2:  Debbie Young

Speaker 3:  Ario Estrada

Speaker 4:  Jim Salih

Evaluator 1:  George Kiser

Evaluator 2:  Alan Kirby

Evaluator 3:  Julie Zeitler

Evaluator 4:  Sylvia Awondatu

Word of the Day:  toxic used 9 times (throughout the meeting)

Ah Counter Report:  34 crutch words of which 23 were so’s

GE Meeting Rating:  9.4

Voting:

Best Table Topics:  Matthew Jethro

Best Evaluator:  Alan Kirby

Most Improved:  Ario Estrada

Best Speaker:  Jim Salih

Attendance:  Sylvia Awondatu, Steve Burchett, Liz DeCamp, Hope Dodson, Ario Estrada,  Amy Kelemen, Alan Kirby, George Kiser, Vicky Kolaks, Adam Kutell, Erin Kutell, Nick Murphy, Donna Overmann, J.D. Perper, Sandy Roll, Chris Ruzicka, Jim Salih, Brent Stewart, Debbie Young, Julie Zeitler (20)

Meeting Adjourned:  8:30 p.m.

Attendance Streaks > 10 Meetings

Amy Kelemen  13

J. D. Perper  94

Debbie Young  23