Meeting Minutes September 2nd, 2026

South County Toastmasters Club 1957

Meeting Location: Sunset Hills Community Center

Call to Order:  6:30 p.m.

Guests: Richard Porter

Minutes: Posted

Officer Reports:

President: Amy Kelemen: Minutes have been approved. Brent will be stepping in to perform the President’s duties on September 30 and October 7 due to the Amy’s absence.

VPE: Sylvia Awondatu: No report

VPM: Joseph Parks: No report

VPPR: Colleen Flynn: Not present

Secretary: Brendan Flynn: No report

Treasurer Ed Kovarik: Not present

Sergeant-at-Arms: Vicky Kolaks: None

Unfinished Business: None

Committee Reports: None

New Business: We are having an open house please share

Correspondence and Announcements: Youth Leadership begins Monday, October 5 and runs for seven consecutive Monday evenings. The program is free and open to youth ages 12–17.

Action Items & Follow-Ups

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

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Meeting Theme: Yum

Toastmaster: Adam Kutell

Table Topics: Brendan Flynn

General Evaluator: Amy Kelemen

Grammarian: Erin Kutell

Timer: James D. Perper

Wizard of Ahs: Debbie Young

Vote Counter: Kritik Rawal

Invocator: Rich Puskarich

Jokemaster: Sylvia Awondatu

Speaker 1: Jim Salih

Speaker 2: Brent Stewart

Speaker 3: Victor Mattison

Speaker 4:

Evaluator 1: Elani Cheney

Evaluator 2: Rebeca Castillo

Evaluator 3: George Kiser

Evaluator 4:

Word of the Day: Mushroom (8)

Ah Counter Report: (15)

Voting Awards: 

Best Table Topics: Erin Kutell

Best Speaker: Victor Mattison

Best Evaluator: George Kiser

Most Improved: Brendan Flynn

GE Meeting Rating: 9.7

Attendance: Members=16, Guests=1, Total=17

Awondatu, Sylvia Castillo, Rebeca Cheney, Elani Flynn, Brendan Johnson, Ricky Kelemen, Amy Kirby, Alan Kiser, George Kovarik, Ed Kutell, Adam Kutell, Erin Mattison, Victor Rawal, Kritik Perper, James D Puskarich, Rich Salih, Jim Stewart, Brent Young, Debbie

Meeting Adjourned:  8:19

Attendance Streaks > 10 Meetings

JD Perper	32
Elani Cheney	24