Meeting Minutes October 21st, 2026

South County Toastmasters Club 1957

Meeting Location: Sunset Hills Community Center

Call to Order:  6:30 p.m.

Guests: Matthew

Minutes: Posted

Officer Reports:

President: Amy Kelemen: We’ll be having a combined Friendsgiving meeting with the Webster Groves and Lakeside clubs. Amy just received the Zoom link and will be emailing it out. The meeting will be held Tuesday evening, November 10. We’re also starting to plan our annual Speech Contest, which will include both the International Speech Contest and Table Topics Contest. If you’re interested in competing in the International Speech Contest, you’ll need to have completed Level 2. Please reach out to Sylvia if you’re interested in participating. We’re still working out the exact date and location for the contest, but it will take place sometime between now and January.

VPE: Sylvia Awondatu: No report

VPM: Joseph Parks: No report

VPPR: Colleen Flynn: No report

Secretary: Brendan Flynn: No report

Treasurer Ed Kovarik: No report

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

Unfinished Business: None

Committee Reports: None

New Business: None

Correspondence and Announcements:

JD has a concert Saturday 3pm

Gerry passed away was a wife of a prior member and Brent wanted to have it let known

Action Items & Follow-Ups

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Meeting Theme: Nostalgia

Toastmaster: Rich Puskarich

Table Topics: Bill Collier

General Evaluator: Brian Scarpace

Grammarian: Brendan Flynn

Timer: Amy Keleman

Wizard of Ahs: JD Perper

Vote Counter: Matthew Awondatu

Invocator: Ed Kovarik

Jokemaster: Brent Stewart

Speaker 1: Kritik Rawal

Speaker 2: Allison Puskarich

Speaker 3: Elani Cheney

Speaker 4:

Evaluator 1: Debbie Young

Evaluator 2: Alan Kirby

Evaluator 3: Sylvia Awondatu

Evaluator 4:

Word of the Day: Reminisce (4)

Ah Counter Report: (32)

Voting Awards: 

Best Table Topics: Matthew Awondatu

Best Speaker: Elani Cheney

Best Evaluator: Alan Kirby

Most Improved: Kritik Rawal

GE Meeting Rating: 9.9

Attendance: Members=18, Guests=1, Total=20

Awondatu, Sylvia
Cheny, Elani
Collier, Bill
Flynn, Brendan
Flynn, Colleen
Fries, Collin
Keleman, Amy
Kirby, Alan
Kolacks, Vicky
Perper, James D
Puskarich, Allison 
Rawal, Kritik 
Sadal, Jamal
Scarpace, Brian
Stewart, Brent
Sukunaran, Rahul
Young, Debbie

Meeting Adjourned:  8:15

Attendance Streaks > 10 Meetings

JD Perper39

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