Meeting Minutes August 19th, 2026

South County Toastmasters Club 1957

Meeting Location: Sunset Hills Community Center

Call to Order:  6:30 p.m.

Guests: Elvis, Michael

Minutes: Posted

Officer Reports:

President: Amy Kelemen: No report

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: Tom has decided to pause his membership and has returned the Owl. His class meets on Wednesdays, but he plans to attend whenever his schedule allows. At this time, we do not have a Sergeant at Arms, so if anyone is available to arrive early to help set up the room, serve as keeper of the Owl, and assist with the computer and speaker system during meetings, please let us know. For now, Debbie, Vicky, and Amy will be sharing these responsibilities. This is also a great opportunity for anyone interested in shadowing the role to see if it is something they would like to take on in January.

Correspondence and Announcements: None

Action Items & Follow-Ups

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

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Meeting Theme: Nature

Toastmaster: Elani Cheney

Table Topics: Wai He

General Evaluator: Debbie Young

Grammarian: Rich Puskarich

Timer: Robert Van Winkle

Wizard of Ahs: Amy Kelemen

Vote Counter: George Kiser

Invocator: Jim Salih

Jokemaster: Colleen Flynn

Speaker 1: Victor Mattison

Speaker 2: JD Perper

Speaker 3: Sylvia Awondatu

Speaker 4:

Evaluator 1: Brent Stewart

Evaluator 2: Matt Reinholz

Evaluator 3: Brendan Flynn

Evaluator 4:

Word of the Day: Flourish (12)

Ah Counter Report: (17)

Voting Awards: 

Best Table Topics: Debbie Young

Best Speaker: Sylvia Awondatu

Best Evaluator: Matt Reinholz

Most Improved: Brendan Flynn

GE Meeting Rating: 9.85

Attendance: Members=16, Guests=2, Total=18

Awondatu, Sylvia Cheney, Elani Flynn, Brendan Flynn, Colleen He, Wai Kelemen, Amy Kiser, George Kovarik, Ed Mattison, Victor Perper, James D Puskarich, Rich Reinholz, Matthew Salih, Jim Stewart, Brent Van Winkle, Rob Young, Debbie

Meeting Adjourned:  8:19

Attendance Streaks > 10 Meetings

JD Perper	31
Elani Cheney	23