Meeting Minutes April 1, 2026

South County Toastmasters Club 1957 

Meeting Location: Sunset Hills Community Center

Call to Order:  6:30 p.m.

Guests: Elissa Fries, Mason Fries, Zach Rehagen, Fahhad Alqahtani, Dawn Barajas, Naqweesha Chambers, Ashley Prince, Jacquie Karpowicz, Kerri Alten, Monica

Minutes: Posted and Approved

Officer Reports:

President: Brent Stewart: District 8 Conference scheduled for May 16 at Orlando’s (4300 Hoffmeister). If a member paid their April dues early (March 27th), they are eligible to receive a $5 discount; Use codedistrict $8” during registration to claim the discount. (Includes buffet lunch). This will be the last conference for District 8 due to future realignment into a new district (District 211).


VPE: Jim Salih: Announced the graduation of six youth leaders (ages 12–15) after an eight-week leadership program. Graduation pending room availability. Request all attendees RSVP to prevent overcrowding.

Our Club appreciates Nick Murphy for creating an electronic application for new members (via QR code/web link). Working on aquiring a Club notebook for application processing.

VPM: Sylvia Awondatu No Report

VPPR: Debbie Young No Report

Treasurer: Brian Scarpace: Membership renewals were received, with a strong renewal rate.

Sergeant-at-Arms: Amy Kelemen-No Report

Secretary: Tom Braun-No Report

Unfinished Business: None
Committee Reports: None.

New Business: Member Application Approved: Adam Borkowski formally welcomed and briefed on Toastmasters’ benefits.

Correspondence and Announcements: No Report

Business Meeting Adjourned:  6:45 pm.

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Meeting Theme: “Are You Kidding Me”

Toastmaster: Victor Mattison

Table Topics: Julie Zietler

General Evaluator: Amy Kelemen

Grammarian: Wai He

Timer: Becky Tharp

Wizard of Ahs: Colleen Flynn

Vote Counter: Robert VanWinkle

Invocator: Vicky Kolaks

Jokemaster: Ed Kovarik

Speaker 1: Joseph Parks

Speaker 2: Cristen Villas Boas

Speaker 3: Colin Fries

Speaker 4: Erin Kutell

Evaluator 1: Adam Kutell

Evaluator 2: Brian Scarpace

Evaluator 3: Jim Salih

Evaluator 4: JD Perper

Word of the Day: Ludicrous (4)

Ah Counter Report: (41)

Voting Awards: 

Best Table Topics: Erin Kutell

Best Speaker: Erin Kutell

Best Evaluator: Jim Salih

Most Improved: Cristen Villas Boas

GE Meeting Rating: 9.7

Attendance: (Members=23, Guests=10, Total=33)

Borkowski, Adam

Castillo, Rebeca

Cheney, Elani

Flynn, Coleen

Fries, Colin

Kelemen, Amy

Kolaks, Vicky

Kovarik, Ed

Kutell, Adam

Kutell, Erin

Mattison, Victor

Parks, Joseph

Perper, James D

Romano, Lara

Salih, Jim

Scarpace,Brian

Stewart, Brent

Tharp, Becky

VanWinkle, Robert

Villas Boas, Cristian

Wai, He

Young, Debbie

Zeitler, Julie

Meeting Adjourned:  8:35

Attendance Streaks > 10 Meetings

Vicki Kolaks32
Amy Kelemen15
JD Perper11

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