Meeting Minutes July 29th, 2026

South County Toastmasters Club 1957

Meeting Location: Sunset Hills Community Center

Call to Order:  6:30 p.m.

Guests: Matthew, Barbara

Minutes: Posted

Officer Reports:

President: Amy Kelemen: Announced that we have the new computer and are using it tonight. Purchased for $749 with a 3 year protection plan for $89 used tax exempt to save $61. Meeting next week is August 5th is online only then again on August 19th.

VPE: Sylvia Awondatu: No report

VPM: Joseph Parks: Not present

VPPR: Colleen Flynn: No report

Secretary: Brendan Flynn: No report

Treasurer Ed Kovarik: No report

Sergeant-at-Arms: Tom Braun: Not present

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: St. Louis Hidden Gems

Toastmaster: Jim Salih

Table Topics: Erin Kutell

General Evaluator: Bill Collier

Grammarian: Robert Van Winkle

Timer: Matt Reinholz

Wizard of Ahs: Colleen Flynn

Vote Counter: Camila Parisotto

Invocator: Bill Collier

Jokemaster: Rebeca Castillo

Speaker 1: Sylvia Awondatu

Speaker 2: Alan Kirby

Speaker 3: JD Perper

Speaker 4: Brendan Flynn

Evaluator 1: Victor Mattison

Evaluator 2: Adam Kutell

Evaluator 3: Wai He

Evaluator 4: Amy Kelemen

Word of the Day: Prize (3)

Ah Counter Report: (37)

Voting Awards: 

Best Table Topics: Colleen Flynn

Best Speaker: Sylvia Awondatu

Best Evaluator: Victor Mattison

Most Improved: Brendan Flynn

GE Meeting Rating:

Attendance: Members=20, Guests=2, Total=22

Awondatu, Sylvia
Cheney, Elani
Collier, Bill
Castillo, Rebecca
Flynn, Brendan
Flynn, Colleen
Kelemen, Amy
Kirby, Alan
Kiser, George
Kovarik, Ed
Kutell, Adam
Kutell, Erin
He, Wai
Mattison, Victor
Perper, James D
Parisotto, Camila
Reinholz, Matt
Salih, Jim
Stewart, Brent
VanWinkle, Robert
Young, Debbie

Meeting Adjourned:  8:30

Attendance Streaks > 10 Meetings

JD Perper28
Elani Cheney20

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