Meeting Minutes October 14th, 2026

South County Toastmasters Club 1957

Meeting Location: Sunset Hills Community Center

Call to Order:  6:30 p.m.

Guests: Evan

Minutes: Posted

Officer Reports:

President: Amy Kelemen: On September 28, we had our district meeting with other Toastmasters clubs across the district. Then, on October 5, we did something a little unusual and held an area meeting, which we haven’t done in quite a while. It was great to connect online with other club presidents and VPs and share tips and tricks that have worked well for our clubs. We also have our speech contest tomorrow evening, which will be a more informal meeting, and Vicky is leading that. Looking ahead, on Tuesday, November 5, the Webster Groves group and Lakeside Leaders are holding a joint meeting, and we’ve been invited to join. It will be another good opportunity to see how other clubs run their meetings and connect with other Toastmasters. Everyone is welcome to attend, and Amy will be sending out an email tonight with more information.

VPE: Sylvia Awondatu: Sylvia sent out the scheduling request. Fill out any role please! Congrats to Debbie on full circle award.

VPM: Joseph Parks: No report

VPPR: Colleen Flynn: No report

Secretary: Brendan Flynn: No report

Treasurer Ed Kovarik: Not present

Sergeant-at-Arms: No Report, Debbie and Vicky stepped into the role for the evening

Unfinished Business: None

Committee Reports: None

New Business: Welcome a new member Rahul Sukunaran into the club! Welcome Rahul!

Correspondence and Announcements:

Youth Leadership is going swell! We have 12 students and will be having graduation in 5 weeks.

Brent has 3 opening at table for music trivia this Friday night would love to have some more people email brent if you want to go $30 a person

Action Items & Follow-Ups

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Meeting Theme: Happy Fall Ya’ll

Toastmaster: Colleen Flynn

Table Topics: Vicky Kolaks

General Evaluator: Jim Salih

Grammarian: Elani Cheney

Timer: Ricky Johnson

Wizard of Ahs: Allison Puskarich

Vote Counter: Brent Stewart

Invocator: Kritik Rawal

Jokemaster: JD Perper

Speaker 1: Wai He

Speaker 2: Brendan Flynn

Speaker 3: Sylvia Awondatu

Speaker 4:

Evaluator 1: Victor Mattison

Evaluator 2: Debbie Young

Evaluator 3: Joseph Parks

Evaluator 4:

Word of the Day: Cornucopia (6)

Ah Counter Report: (35)

Voting Awards: 

Best Table Topics: Joseph Parks

Best Speaker: Wai He

Best Evaluator: Joseph Parks

Most Improved: Wai He

GE Meeting Rating: 9.9

Attendance: Members=18, Guests=2, Total=20

Awondatu, Sylvia
Cheny, Elani
Flynn, Brendan
Flynn, Colleen
Fries, Collin
He, Wai
Johnson, Ricky
Kolacks, Vicky
Keleman, Amy
Mattison, Victor
Parks, Joseph
Perper, James D
Puskarich, Allison 
Rawal, Kritik 
Salih, Jim
Stewart, Brent
Sukunaran, Rahul
Young, Debbie

Meeting Adjourned:  8:16

Attendance Streaks > 10 Meetings

JD Perper38

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