Meeting Theme: Only in St. Louis
Meeting Location: Sunset Hills Community Center
Call to Order: 6:30 p.m.
Presiding Officer: J.D. Perper
Guests:
Officer Reports:
President: J.D. Perper
VPE: Debbie Young requested that we keep Bill Collier and his wife Joyce in our prayers as she is dealing with cancer. It would be nice to drop him a note or an email. The Club is still looking for a Vice President of PR and a Vice President of Membership. These are important jobs but do not require a big time commitment. She reminded us to think about all that we have gotten out of Toastmasters. If you would be willing to serve, speak with Debbie or with Vic. We will be holding a speech contest on January 29, 2025. We will need a Contest Master and what is essentially General Evaluator. See Debbie if you are interested in these roles or have questions about them. She will be sending out an email regarding participating in the contest. This is the International Speech and Evaluation Contest. She informed the Club that one of the speeches tonight is the Managing a Difficult Audience project and that the 4 interrupters have been chosen and that this is not a “free for all”.
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. We will be working with the Optimist Club. It will run Tuesday nights for 6 weeks. The 7th week will be graduation at OUR meeting. 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. It’s basically Toastmasters for Teens. Toastmasters will be permitted on a limited basis to observe as we do not want to intimidate the kids with a large number of grownups at the meeting. If you want to observe, co-ordinate with Jim.
Unfinished Business:
New Business: J.D. will have his musical group here for the Christmas Party on December 18.
Correspondence and Announcements:
Business Meeting Adjourned: 6:39 p.m.
Toastmaster: Vic Mattison
Table Topics Master: George Kiser
General Evaluator: Julie Zeitler
Grammarian: Jake Mondschein
Timer: Donna Overmann
Wizard of Ahs: Vicky Kolaks
Vote Counter: Michelle Compton
Invocator/Jokemaster: Hope Dodson
Speaker 1: Nicholas Murphy
Speaker 2: Andrew Held
Speaker 3: Brent Stewart
Speaker 4: Ashley Spraggs
Evaluator 1: Patrick Hunt
Evaluator 2: J.D. Perper
Evaluator 3: Debbie Young
Evaluator 4: Erin Kutell
Word of the Day: confluence used 5 times
Ah Counter Report: 79 crutch words of which 56 were so’s
GE Meeting Rating: 9.8
Voting:
Best Table Topics: Jim Salih
Best Evaluator: Erin Kutell
Most Improved: Ashley Spraggs
Best Speaker: Andrew Held
Attendance: Nancy Alba, Mike Boles, Steve Burchett, Fabi Clubb, Michelle Compton, Hope Dodson, Ario Estrada, Andrew Held, Patrick Hunt, Amy Kelemen, George Kiser, Vicky Kolaks, Adam Kutell, Erin Kutell, Victor Mattison, Jake Mondschein, Nick Murphy, Donna Overmann, J.D. Perper, Jim Salih, Ashley Spraggs, Brent Stewart, Rob VanWinkle, Debbie Young, Julie Zeitler (25!)
Meeting Adjourned: 8:25 p.m.
Attendance Streaks > 10 Meetings
Amy Kelemen 14
J. D. Perper 95
Debbie Young 24
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