Meeting Minutes July 15th, 2026

South County Toastmasters Club 1957

Meeting Location: Sunset Hills Community Center

Call to Order:  6:30 p.m.

Guests: Matthew, Reagan

Minutes: Posted

Officer Reports:

President: Amy Keleman: At the Executive Meeting, the Success Plan was reviewed and discussed. The executive committee also voted to approve the purchase of a new laptop for the club. We were reminded that Club Officer Training is coming up, and we have committed to attending one of the online training sessions. Membership dues will be increasing from $60 to $72. Sylvia is working with Ed to review the club’s financial position and determine whether there is a way to reduce the impact of the dues increase if the club is unable to absorb the full amount.


VPE: Sylvia Awondatu: Please update your speech progress in the Distinguished Club Program. A few members simply need to mark their completed speeches as Completed so they can be counted toward our club’s DCP goals.

VPM: Joseph Parks: No report

VPPR: Colleen Flynn: Not present

Secretary: Brendan Flynn: No report

Treasurer Ed Kovarik: Not present

Sergeant-at-Arms: Tom Braun: No report

Unfinished Business: None

Committee Reports: None

New Business: None

Correspondence and Announcements: None

Action Items & Follow-Ups

Monitor the technical performance of the Zoom meeting and collect feedback from remote attendees.

Plan alternative meeting arrangements for August 5th and 19th (likely via Zoom).

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Meeting Theme: Success Stories

Toastmaster: Julie Zeitler

Table Topics: Jake Mondeschein

General Evaluator: Elani Cheney

Grammarian: George Kiser

Timer: Sean Sheehan

Wizard of Ahs: Rob Van Winkle

Vote Counter: Matt Reinholz

Invocator: Rich Puscarich

Jokemaster: Joseph Parks

Speaker 1: Adam Kutell

Speaker 2: JD Perper

Speaker 3: Debbie Young

Speaker 4:

Evaluator 1: Alan Kirby

Evaluator 2: Erin Kutell

Evaluator 3: Tom Braun

Evaluator 4:

Word of the Day: Serendipitous (6)

Ah Counter Report: (42)

Voting Awards: 

Best Table Topics: Sean Sheehan

Best Speaker: Debbie Young

Best Evaluator: Alan Kirby

Most Improved: Elani Cheney

GE Meeting Rating: 9.4

Attendance: Members=25, Guests=2, Total=27

Alba, Nancy
Awondatu, Sylvia
Braun, Tom
Bubash, Jim
Cheney, Elani
Flynn, Brendan
Kelemen, Amy
Kiser, George
Kirby, Alan
Kutell, Adam
Kutell, Erin
He, Wai
Mattison, Victor
Parks, Joseph
Perper, James D
Puskarich, Rich
Rawal, Kritik
Reinholz, Matt
Salih, Jim
Scarpace, Brian
Sheehan, Sean
Stewart, Brent
Van Wrinkle, Rob
Young, Debbie
Zeitler, Julie

Meeting Adjourned:  8:31

Attendance Streaks > 10 Meetings

JD Perper26
Elani Cheney18

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