Meeting Minutes August 20, 2025

South County Toastmasters Club 1957 

Meeting Location: Sunset Hills Community Center

Call to Order:  6:30 p.m.

Guests: Jessica Marlow, Mason Fries, Alyssa Fries. (3)

Minutes: Posted

Officer Reports:

President: Brent Stewart-No Report

VPE: Jim Salih

– Certificates of completion were awarded to Robert VanWinkle (Innovative Planning Level 3), Debbie Young (Motivational Strategies Levels 4 & 5), with recognition also noted for Julie Zeitler and Jake Mondschein.
– The Youth Leadership Program will begin on September 23, running for eight weeks for teens aged 12–17, held at Sunset Hills Community Center and offered free of charge, with flyers available for distribution.

– Members were reminded to complete the Google scheduling form, as only 22 of 48 have submitted, to help ease the scheduling process.

VPM: Vicky Kolaks-No Report

VPPR: Debbie Young-No Report

Treasurer: Nicholas Murphy-No Report

Sergeant-at-Arms: Brian Scarpace-No Report

Secretary: Sylvia Awondatu-No Report

Unfinished Business:  None 

Committee Reports:

– The anniversary committee reported that the recent Pub social was held on Thursday, with participation from five alumni.

– The next anniversary event, scheduled for September 11th, will be held online and feature interviews, table topics, and a round-robin Joke Master. Alumni are encouraged to re-engage with Toastmasters, and members are also invited to join.

New Business: None.

Correspondence and Announcements: None.

Business Meeting Adjourned:  6:38 pm.

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Meeting Theme: Personal Stories

Toastmaster:  Brent Stewart

Table Topics Master: Rich Puskarich

General Evaluator: Adam Fox

Grammarian: Debbie Young

Timer: George Kiser

Wizard of Ahs:  Adam Kutell

Vote Counter: Brian Scarpace

Invocator: Mike Boles

Jokemaster: Bill Collier

Speaker 1: Driss Majdoub

Speaker 2:  J.D. Perper

Speaker 3:  Ed Kovarik

Speaker 4: Erin Kutell

Evaluator 1: April Garrett

Evaluator 2: Rob VanWinkle

Evaluator 3: Colin Fries

Evaluator 4: Victor Mattison

Word of the Day:  Journal

Ah Counter Report: 30

Voting Awards: 

Best Table Topics: Adam Kutell

Best Speaker: Driss Majdoub

Best Evaluator: April Garrett

Most Improved: Driss Majdoub

GE Meeting Rating: 9.8

Attendance: Sylvia Awondatu, Mike Boles, Bill Collier, Adam Fox, Colin Fries, April Garrett, George Kiser, Vicky Kolaks, Ed Kovarik, Adam Kutell, Erin Kutell, Driss Majdoub, Victor Mattison, Nick Murphy, J.D. Perper, Rich Puskarich, Jim Salih, Brian Scarpace, Brent Stewart, Robert VanWinkle, Debbie Young (Members=22, Guests=3, Total=25)

Meeting Adjourned:  8:30

Attendance Streaks > 10 Meetings

J. D. Perper 130

Jim Salih 21

Debbie Young 17

Brian Scarpace 13

Sylvia Awondatu 11

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