Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”Adventure” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: Tom Terrific reminded everyone that he is collecting dues now and asked everyone to pay soon. Ten members have already paid. Please see Tom to get your dues ($51) paid … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 8, 2017
Author: Tom Terrific
Erin and Alan – Area 4 Winners
Congratulation to both Erin Gissel and Alan Kirby for taking first place at the Area 4 contests. Erin won in the Evaluation Contest and Alan won in the International Speech Contest. Both will move on to the Division Contest on April 22nd.
Meeting Minutes March 1, 2017
Meeting Date: March 1, 2017 Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”Spring” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: Tom Terrific reminded everyone that he is collecting dues now and asked everyone to pay soon. Ten members have already paid. Please see Tom to … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 1, 2017
Meeting Minutes February 22, 2017
Meeting Date: February 22, 2017 Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”Unthemed” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: Tom Terrific reminded everyone that he is collecting dues now and asked everyone to pay soon. Ten members have already paid. Please see Tom to … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 22, 2017
Meeting Minutes February 15, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”Music” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: Tom Terrific announced that he is starting to collect the dues ($51) for next year. He encouraged everyone to pay as quickly as possible. Committee Reports: None Unfinished Business: … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 15, 2017
The Value of a Mentor in Toastmasters
Here's a recent speech by Carl Hendrickson on the value of a good mentor/coach. https://youtu.be/XtphFKKAoBc
Sunset Hills Living Magazine Article
Thanks to Dave Domian for setting up this nice article by the Sunset Hills Living magazine. --------------------------
Meeting Minutes February 8, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: International Speech and Evaluation Contest Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: Adam Kutell said there will be a meeting for the officers next week at 6:45 (before the meeting) to discuss plans and goals for this term Committee Reports: None … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 8, 2017
Meeting Minutes February 1, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”Balloon Animals” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: None Unfinished Business: Minutes from last week’s meeting were reviewed and approved. New Business: None Announcements: Rich Puskarich reminded everyone about our … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 1, 2017
Always Bring Adapters
Be Prepared - Always Bring Adapters A recent speaker could not get his Power Point video to play on the provided speaker's laptop. He was using a recent version of Power Point and the laptop had an older version. Note - video is always tricky and not guaranteed to work on other computers. He had … Continue reading Always Bring Adapters
Meeting Minutes January 25, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”Caribbean Escape” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: None Unfinished Business: None New Business: None Announcements: It was pointed out that the minutes for last week failed to properly record … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 25, 2017
Meeting Minutes January 18, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”Ice Ice Baby” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: None Unfinished Business: Jim Salih reported that the wireless microphone is now working. Anyone that is interested to use it should … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 18, 2017
Meeting Minutes January 11, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”What’s Cooking?” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: None Unfinished Business: Adam Kutell moved that our club’s International Speech and Evaluation Contest be held on February 8. The motion was … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 11, 2017
Meeting Minutes January 4, 2017
Meeting Type/Theme: Regular Meeting – Theme: ”New Year” Meeting Location: Metropolitan Life Building Called to Order: 7:00 PM Presiding Officer: Adam Kutell, President Officers’ Reports: None Committee Reports: None Unfinished Business: James Bubash – Christmas party went well. Budget was $200 and we spent $203. Thankfully we collected donations of $180 … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 4, 2017
New Club Officers
New officers for South County Toastmasters were inducted at the last club meeting on January 4, 2016. Pictured from left to right are Adam Kutell - President, Susan McConnell - VP Education, Gary Brown - VP Membership, Sarah Pitkin - VP Public Relations, Victor Mattison - Secretary, Tom Terrific - Treasurer. Not pictured are Sera … Continue reading New Club Officers
Free Book – Scared Speechless
I thought I would remind everyone that my book "Scared Speechless - click here" is available as a free download on our website. It contains over forty ways to get those butterflies to fly in formation.
Meeting Minutes December 7, 2016
Meeting Date: December 7, 2016 Called to order at: 7:00 PM Location: Metropolitan Life Building Presiding Officer: Dean Bone Greeter: Susan McConnell / Tim Sullivan Invocator / CLE: Adam Kutell Corrections to the November 30, 2016 minutes 1. The District 8 training on December 17, 2016 is for speech contests, contest master … Continue reading Meeting Minutes December 7, 2016
New Member – James Graves
We welcome James Graves as our latest member of South County Toastmasters. James’s mentor is Tom Terrific. Welcome to South County Toastmasters!
New Member – Mark Nelson
We welcome Mark Nelson as our latest member of South County Toastmasters. Mark's mentor is Jim Salih. Pictured left to right are Tim Budd, Jim Salih, Mark Nelson and Dean Bone.
Meeting Minutes November 30, 2016
Meeting Date: November 30, 2016 Called to order at: 7:00 PM Location: Metropolitan Life Building Presiding Officer: Dean Bone Greeter: Susan McConnell Invocator / CLE: Jim Salih Officers’ Reports – None Committee Reports – None Unfinished Business – Jim Salih reported the wireless microphone is not working and needs to be replaced. Sarah Pitkin … Continue reading Meeting Minutes November 30, 2016
Twitter Account
At Brian Ettlings suggestion, I've setup a Twitter account for the club. The address is @SCTM1957 https://twitter.com/SCTM1957
Leo Buscaglia Speech
Here's a speech I did about Leo Buscaglia many years ago. I thought it might interest some of our members. If you're never seen Leo speak, please take some time and look him up on YouTube. He has passed away, but his message is still relevant. https://youtu.be/3SAyVwR6FYo
Meeting Minutes November 16, 2016
Meeting Date: November 16, 2016 Called to order at: 7:00 PM Location: Metropolitan Life Building Presiding Officer: Dean Bone Greeter: George Kiser Invocator / CLE: Jerry Paul Officers’ Reports – None Committee Reports – None Unfinished Business – Jim Bubash is collecting items for the prison TM scholarship fund. This is the last day … Continue reading Meeting Minutes November 16, 2016
Holiday Party
Our 2016 party is scheduled for December 14th at the “Pavilion at Lemay” located at 305 Gregg Road (In Jefferson Barracks Park) St. Louis, MO 63125 314-615-8877 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. As we did two years ago we plan to have a White Elephant gift exchange. Just wrap up a gift and bring it … Continue reading Holiday Party
No Meeting November 23rd
Just a reminder that we don't have a meeting on Wednesday Nov. 23rd. See you on Nov. 30th
District 8 Champions – Erin and Rich
Congratulations to Erin Gissel for winning the District 8 Tabletopics contest. Rich Puskarich also won the Humorous speech contest at District 8. We're proud of you both. Also in the pictures above are Kat Mokriakow - Program Quality Director and Lora Mather - District 8 Director (Note - you can find more pictures of the … Continue reading District 8 Champions – Erin and Rich
Meeting Minutes November 9, 2016
Meeting Date: November 9, 2016 Called to order at: 7:00 PM Location: Metropolitan Life Building Presiding Officer: Dean Bone Greeter: None Invocator / CLE: Jack Bettag Officers’ Reports – None Committee Reports – None Unfinished Business – Jim Bubash is collecting items for the prison TM scholarship fund. Please bring items to add to … Continue reading Meeting Minutes November 9, 2016
Meeting Minutes November 2, 2016
Called to order at: 7:00 PM Location: Metropolitan Life Building Presiding Officer: Dean Bone Invocator / CLE: Susan McConnell / Nick Coco Greeter: Judy Sowers Officers’ Reports – None Committee Reports – None Unfinished Business – Jim Salih reported that Gary Brown is working on the Wifi for the wireless microphone. The hand held microphone … Continue reading Meeting Minutes November 2, 2016
Adam Kutell – Distinguished Toastmaster
Congratulations goes to Adam Kutell for earning the highest award in Toastmasters International - the DTM. Dean Bone, club president is shown presenting the award to Adam. The DTM is the combination of earning Advanced Leader Silver and Advanced Communicator Gold (note, there is no Advanced Leader Gold) Here are Adam's accomplishments over the last … Continue reading Adam Kutell – Distinguished Toastmaster
Three Missing Manuals
At some point in the past, Toastmasters Int. has stopped sending out three manuals for new members. I have found them online for members to view and download. Effective Evaluations Gestures: Your Body Speaks Your Speaking Voice Thanks to Sera J. for making us aware of this change in policy.
Meeting Minutes October 26, 2016
Called to order at: 7:00 PM Location: Metropolitan Life Building Presiding Officer: Dean Bone Greeter: None Invocator / CLE: Max Kaiser Greeter: Judy Sowers Officers’ Reports – None Committee Reports – None Unfinished Business - None New Business – The members of SCTM voted in Geoff King, as a new member of SCTM. His mentor … Continue reading Meeting Minutes October 26, 2016
Geoff King – Welcome to SCTM
Congratulations to Geoff King on becoming a member of South County Toastmasters. Geoff will be mentored by Max Kaiser. We're looking forward to hearing from Geoff in his ice breaker speech.
Congratulations to Erin and Rich
Erin Gissel and Rich Puskarich did it one more time by winning first place in the Division A Speech Contests. Erin won the First Place award in Table Topics. Rich won the First Place award in the Humorous Speech Contest. They now go on to the District Contests which will be held in Columbia Missouri … Continue reading Congratulations to Erin and Rich
Meeting Minutes October 19, 2016
Meeting Date: October 19, 2016 Called to order at: 7:00 PM Location: Metropolitan Life Building Presiding Officer: Dean Bone Greeter: None Invocator / CLE: Robb Osborn Officers’ Reports – Treasurer, Tom Terrific, reported that SCTM currently has approximately $2,100.00 in the bank account. There is also a $100.00 gift certificate SCTM received from the … Continue reading Meeting Minutes October 19, 2016
Meeting Minutes October 12, 2016
Meeting Date: October 12, 2016 Called to order at: 7:00 PM Location: Metropolitan Life Building Presiding Officer: Dean Bone Greeter: Pati Pellerito Invocator / CLE: Carl Hendrickson Officers’ Reports – None Committee Reports – None Unfinished Business – None New Business – Carl Hendrickson proposed discussion regarding the following meetings in November: the Wednesday … Continue reading Meeting Minutes October 12, 2016
Meeting Minutes October 5, 2016
Called to order at: 7:00 PM Location: Metropolitan Life Building Presiding Officer: Dean Bone Greeter: Brent Stewart Invocator / CLE: Alan Kirby Officers’ Reports – None Committee Reports – None Unfinished Business – None New Business - None Correspondence and Announcements 1. Kat Mokriakow, a representative from the St. Louis Area 4 Toastmasters, … Continue reading Meeting Minutes October 5, 2016
Dean Bone – Competent Leader Award
Congratulations goes to Dean Bone on earning the Competent Leader award. Presenting the award is Tim Sullivan.
Meeting Minutes September 28, 2016
Meeting Date: September 28, 2016 Called to order at: 7:00 PM Location: Metropolitan Life Building Presiding Officer: Dean Bone Greeter / CLE: Brent Stewart Invocator: Kathy Denton Officers’ Reports – 1. Treasurer Tom Terrific announced SCTM dues are $51.00. Please give him a check or cash or send to him in the … Continue reading Meeting Minutes September 28, 2016
Meeting Minutes September 21, 2016
Meeting Date: September 21, 2016 Called to order at: 7:00 PM Location: Metropolitan Life Building Presiding Officer: Dean Bone Greeter / CLE: Brent Stewart Invocator: Debbie Young Officers’ Reports – 1. Treasurer Tom Terrific announced SCTM dues are $51.00. Please give him a check or cash or send to him in the mail. Tom has … Continue reading Meeting Minutes September 21, 2016
New Member – Sera Jennings
Congratulations Sera on becoming a member of South County Toastmasters. We are glad to have you as part of the club. Sera's mentor is Adam Kutell.
Erin and Rich – First Place
Congratulations to Erin Gissel who won first place in the Area 4 Table Topics contest and Rich Puskarich who took first place in the Humorous Speech Contest. Both will be moving on to the Division A Contest. The details are below. Saturday, October 22, 2016 Doors Open: 10:00 a.m. Briefings: 10:30 a.m. Contests: … Continue reading Erin and Rich – First Place
Meeting Minutes September 14, 2016
Meeting Date: September 14, 2016 Called to order at: 7:00 PM Location: Metropolitan Life Building Presiding Officer: Dean Bone Greeter: Steve Winheim Invocator/CLE: Tim Budd Officers’ Reports – 1. Treasurer Tom Terrific announced SCTM dues are $51.00. Please give him a check or cash or send to him in the mail. Money … Continue reading Meeting Minutes September 14, 2016
Meeting Minutes September 7, 2016
Meeting Date: September 7, 2016 Called to order at: 7:00 PM Location: Metropolitan Life Building Presiding Officer: Dean Bone Greeter: Steve Winheim Invocator/CLE: Jerry Paul Officers’ Reports – 1. Treasurer Tom Terrific announced SCTM dues are $51.00. Please give him a check or cash. Committee Reports – None Unfinished Business 1. Jim Salih announced he … Continue reading Meeting Minutes September 7, 2016
Meeting Minutes August 31, 2016
Called to order at: 7:00 PM Location: Metropolitan Life Building Presiding Officer: Dean Bone Greeter: ________________ Invocator: Jim Bubash Officers’ Reports – None Committee Reports - None Unfinished Business – None New Business – None Correspondence & Announcements Dean Bone announced the Area Contest will be on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 10:00 AM … Continue reading Meeting Minutes August 31, 2016
DTM Award to Rob VanWinkle
Congratulations to Rob VanWinkle who has earned the DTM award - Distinguished Toastmaster Award. This is the highest award bestowed by Toastmaster International and shows that Rob has excelled in both communication and leadership skills.
Contest Winners – Humorous – Table Topics
Congratulations to our latest speech contest winners. Try and support them at the Area Contest - Sept. 17 - 10 a.m. - Grants View Library. Table Topics 1st - Erin Gissel 2nd Carl Hendrickson Humorous Speech Contest 1st - Rich Puskarich 2nd - Carl Hendrickson 3rd - Adam Kutell
Contest Forms
Each contest that we have in the club has a number of forms that need to be printed ahead of time. Here is a summation of each contest and the forms needed. Humorous Contest 2016-2017 Rulebook - 1 (email ahead of time to contestants) Download Humorous Kit from TI Eligibility and Originality Form - 1 per … Continue reading Contest Forms
2016 World Championship Speeches
First Place https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRfuwGBUVz8 2nd Place - partial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy1GPiLq98s 3rd Place - partial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjhizmdWuXo
Meeting Minutes August 24, 2016
Called to order at: 7:00 PM Location: Metropolitan Life Building Presiding Officer: Dean Bone Greeter: Carl Hendrickson Invocator/CLE: Tim Budd Officers’ Reports – 1. Treasurer Tom Terrific announced that TM International is increasing dues by $9.00 beginning in October. After some discussion, he made a motion and was seconded to “increase the SCTM … Continue reading Meeting Minutes August 24, 2016
Meeting Minutes August 17, 2016
Called to order at: 7:00 PM Location: Metropolitan Life Building Presiding Officer: Dean Bone Greeter: Dean Bone Invocator/CLE: Adam Kutell Officers’ Reports - None Committee Reports - None Unfinished Business – None New Business - None Correspondence & Announcements 1. Several roles still need to be filled for the Humorous and Table … Continue reading Meeting Minutes August 17, 2016
