Meeting Minutes September 17, 2025

South County Toastmasters Club 1957 

Meeting Location: Sunset Hills Community Center

Call to Order:  6:30 p.m.

Guests: Cristian Wieczorek Villas Boas, Lara Saad Romano, Fernando Satake, Camila Parisotto, Tom Braun, Allison Puskarich. (6)

Minutes: Posted

Officer Reports:

President: Brent Stewart-No Report

VPE: Jim Salih-No Report

VPM: Vicky Kolaks-No Report

VPPR: Debbie Young-No Report

Treasurer: Nicholas Murphy-Dues are due by September 26, so they can be submitted to Toastmasters by October 1. Payment secures membership through March of next year. Preferred payment methods are check and Venmo. Contact Nick for more info.

Sergeant-at-Arms: Brian Scarpace-No Report

Secretary: Sylvia Awondatu-No Report

Unfinished Business:  None 

Committee Reports: The invitations for the Club’s Anniversary Gala were sent by Debbie. The event is on Wednesday, November 5, at 6:30 p.m. at Andre’s Sunset Hills.

New Business: None.

Correspondence and Announcements: None.

Business Meeting Adjourned:  6:41 pm.

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Meeting Theme: Failure

Toastmaster:  Victor Mattison

Table Topics Master: Brian Scarpace

General Evaluator: Nicholas Murphy

Grammarian: Robert VanWinkle

Timer: Erin Kutell

Wizard of Ahs:  Julie Zeitler

Vote Counter: Sylvia Awondatu

Invocator: Jake Mondschein

Jokemaster: Rich Puskarich

Speaker 1: Adam Kutell

Speaker 2:  Joseph Parks

Speaker 3:  Ed Kovarik

Speaker 4: Liz DeCamp

Evaluator 1: Amy Kelemen

Evaluator 2: Bill Collier

Evaluator 3: Holly Robinson

Evaluator 4: Debbie Young

Word of the Day:  Defeated (2 uses)

Ah Counter Report: 26

Voting Awards: 

Best Table Topics: Rich Puskarich

Best Speaker: Adam Kutell

Best Evaluator: Bill Collier

Most Improved: Ed Kovarik

GE Meeting Rating: 9.5

Attendance: Nancy Alba, Sylvia Awondatu, Jim Bubash, Bill Collier, Liz DeCamp, Amy Kelemen, Vicky Kolaks, Ed Kovarik, Adam Kutell, Erin Kutell, Victor Mattison, Jake Mondschein, Nick Murphy, Joseph Parks, J.D. Perper, Rich Puskarich, Holly Robinson, Jim Salih, Brian Scarpace, Ashley Spraggs, Robert VanWinkle, Debbie Young, Julie Zeitler (Members=23, Guests=6, Total=29)

Meeting Adjourned:  8:30

Attendance Streaks > 10 Meetings

J. D. Perper 134

Jim Salih 25

Debbie Young 21

Brian Scarpace 17