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Meeting Minutes March 18, 2015

Meeting Date: __3/18/2015_____ Called to order at: __7 p.m.____ Location: ___Met Life_________ Presiding officer: ___Jim Bubash____________ Greeter___Susan McConnell___________________ Invocator/CLE : _Jerry Paul/Rob VanWinkle________ Kathleen Willis-Tienes of the Mehlville High School Speech and Debate Team, talked about what she does for her Team. She is looking for Toastmasters to visit and speak to the kids. Jim … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 18, 2015

Evaluation Checklist

    Toastmasters International has a good book you can download on Effective Evaluations.       Below is a video on how to give better evaluations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H97bLbZqt3s   Here is a basic list of things to look for when evaluating a speech. Start Notes/preparation Title - Interesting/Attention Getting Appearance - dressed appropriately Audience research … Continue reading Evaluation Checklist

2015 – Speech & Evaluation Contest Award Winners

Congratulations to the South County Toastmasters 2015 Speech Contest Winners. From left to right: Vamsi Jammalamadaka - Second place in Speech Contest, Shreya Gopal – First place in the Speech Contest, Erin Gissel – First place in the Evaluation Contest, Jim Bubash - Second place in Evaluation contest. The winners will represent the club at … Continue reading 2015 – Speech & Evaluation Contest Award Winners

Meeting Minutes March 11, 2015

Meeting Date: __March 11, 2015 Called to order at: __7 p.m.____ Location: __Met Life__________ Presiding officer: ________________________Jim Bubash___________ Invocator/CLE : _Carl Hendrickson ************************************* Officers’ Reports ************************************* Committee Reports: ************************************* Unfinished Business: ************************************* New Business: Thanks to Bill Collier and Arch Engraving for providing the trophies. Carl Hendrickson was appointed as Club Parliamentarian by President Jim … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 11, 2015

2 Ears + 2 Hours = Unlimited Fun

Friends, St Louisans, Countrymen, please lend us your ears for two hours and we will repay you with the time of your life. South County Toastmasters is conducting the club level International Speech and Evaluation Contest next Wednesday, March 11, 2015. The contest would be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the MetLife Building, … Continue reading 2 Ears + 2 Hours = Unlimited Fun

Meeting Minutes February 25, 2015

Meeting Date: _Feb. 25, 2015____ Called to order at: __7 p.m.____ Location: ______Met Life______ Presiding Officer: _Jim Bubash______________ Greeter____Jack Bettag______________________ Invocator/CLE : __Jim Ruzicka________ ************************************* Officers’ Reports - none ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Unfinished Business: Speech and Evaluation Contest is next week - March 4th. Steve Bettag is the Contestmaster and there is still … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 25, 2015

Meeting Minutes February 18, 2015

Meeting Minutes Form Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: February 18, 2015 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: Jim Bubash Greeter: Lauren Ritter Invocator: Carl Hendrickson ************************************* Officers’ Reports: none ************************************* Committee Reports: Steve Bettag: International Speech Contest & Evaluation contest is two weeks … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 18, 2015

Meeting Minutes February 11, 2015

Meeting Minutes Form Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: February 11, 2015 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: Jim Bubash Greeter: Rob Osborne Invocator: Jerry Paul ************************************* Officers’ Reports: Dean Bone: Need 1 CC to reach President’s Distinguish Award by the end of June. … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 11, 2015

Meeting Minutes January 28, 2015

Meeting Minutes Form Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: January 28, 2015 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: Dean Bone Greeter: Rob Van Winkle Invocator: Seth Lindsey ************************************* Officers’ Reports Adam Kutell brought up that we are well on our way but still need … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 28, 2015

Meeting Minutes January 21, 2015

Meeting Minutes Form Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: January 21, 2015 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m.           Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: Jim Bubash           Invocator: Howard Brandt Greeter: Vamsi Jammalamadaka ************************************* Officers’ Reports: none ************************************* Committee Reports: none ************************************* Old … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 21, 2015

Meeting Minutes January 14, 2015

Meeting Minutes Form Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: January 14, 2015 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: James Bubash Greeter: Howard Invocator: Caleb ************************************* Officers’ Reports: none ************************************* Committee Reports: none ************************************* Old Business: none ************************************* New Business: Steve Flick - thinking about … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 14, 2015

Meeting Minutes January 7, 2015

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: January 7, 2015 Called to order at: 7:00 p.m. Location: MetLife Building Presiding officer: Steve Winheim / James Bubash Greeter: Caleb Harley Invocator: Lauren Ritter ************************************* Officers’ Reports ************************************* Committee Reports: ************************************* Old Business: ************************************* New Business: Brent Stewart made a motion to … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 7, 2015

New officers for the January – June 2015 term

On January 7th, 2015 South County Toastmasters inducted their club’s new officers.  Pictured, from left, are:  Sergeant at Arms – Tim Budd Secretary – Lauren Ritter VP of Public Relations – Vamsi Jammalamadaka VP of Membership – Susan McConnell VP of Education – Dean Bone President – Jim Bubash.  Not pictured are Dick Shields – Treasurer, Dave … Continue reading New officers for the January – June 2015 term

Meeting Minutes December 10, 2014

Everyone was greeted by Cathy Money. Tom Krauska gave the invocation. President, Steve Winheim, introduced our guest Katherine Sandstone. Previous minutes were accepted. Carl Hendrickson moved to remove his previous motion in regard to amending the Bylaws- the motion was passed. Carl then made a new motion to amend the Bylaws Section 3 with this … Continue reading Meeting Minutes December 10, 2014

How to Become a WordPress Editor

Here are the steps you need to follow to become an Editor for a WordPress account/blog. 1. Setup a WordPress account. You don't need to setup a blog to use WordPress, but you do need an account. Look at the picture below. Go to this website and fill-in the appropriate information. https://wordpress.com/start/account/user Notice that you … Continue reading How to Become a WordPress Editor

New TI Website – Online Resources

A lot of the old TI resources/manuals and their links don't work any more. Below is a link which seems to have most of the resources/manuals. You can either do a search through the Keywords or click through the 363 items they have listed.. https://www.toastmasters.org/Resources/Search-Resources The  "Search"button at the top right of the screen will … Continue reading New TI Website – Online Resources

Election Procedures

There are two ways we have done this in the past - the short way and the long way. You will obviously need to change the names of the participants and elected officials. Since the Bylaws mandate a Secret Ballot, you will first have to remove that requirement for all un-contested positions.  NOMINATION PROCEDURE Short … Continue reading Election Procedures

Meeting Minutes December 3, 2014

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: _12/3/2014______ Called to order at: ___7pm______ Location: _MetLife____________ Presiding officer: ___Steve Winheim_________ Greeter____Tim Budd_________________________ Invocator/CLE Jerry Paul ___________________ ************************************* Officers’ Reports ************************************* Committee Reports: Brent Stewart reminded people of the clubs Christmas Party on Dec. 17th at the Fox Chase Apartments. Details are … Continue reading Meeting Minutes December 3, 2014

Meeting Minutes November 19, 2014

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: Nov. 19, 2014___ Called to order at: 7 pm________ Location: Met Life Bldg.______ Presiding officer: _Steve Winheim___________ Greeter______Tom Terrific___________________ Invocator: __Howard Brandt__________________ CL Evaluator Jim Ruzicka_____________________ ************************************* Officers’ Reports ************************************* Committee Reports: ************************************* Old Business: Brent Stewart started a signup sheet for the … Continue reading Meeting Minutes November 19, 2014

Meeting Minutes November 12, 2014

Jack Bettaag served as greeter. Vamsi Jammalamadaka called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm Carol Lindwedell gave the invocation. President, Steve Winheim, calls for a vote on club Christmas party to be held on December 17th. Matt Ramshaw announces that the club will be seeking volunteers for club officer positions in the next term. … Continue reading Meeting Minutes November 12, 2014

Meeting Minutes November 5, 2014

Everyone was greeted warmly by Carol Lindwedell Robb Osborn called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm Adam Kutell gave the invocation. President, Steve Winheim inducted new member Caleb Harley and Robb Osborn agreed to a mentor's role. Adam Kutell made a motion about the pricing changes for the district meeting and the club agreed … Continue reading Meeting Minutes November 5, 2014

Congratulations to the Winner of the Division A Humorous Speech Contest

Congratulations to the winner of the Division A Humorous Speech Contest, our own Vamsi Jammalamadaka.   His speech about the fear of being called on at Table Topics rang true for all of us and had us all laughing out loud. He will next present his speech at the District 8 Fall Conference to be held … Continue reading Congratulations to the Winner of the Division A Humorous Speech Contest

Meeting Minutes October 29, 2014

Everyone was greeted by Adam Kutell Vamsi Jamalamdaka called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm President Steve Winheim introduced guest Caleb Harley. Previous minutes were accepted. Brent Stewart motions that the club not hold a meeting on 11/26/14,the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.  Motion passed. Adam Kutell introduces two ideas 1) The greeter stay with guests … Continue reading Meeting Minutes October 29, 2014

Meeting Minutes October 22, 2014

Meeting called to order at 7:00 by Jim Bubash. Howard Brandt gave the invocation. President Steve Winheim introduced 2 guest Caleb Harley and Ryan Barclay (previous guest) Business Meeting: Previous minutes accepted Jim Bubash announced 40 year anniversary of Oct 22, 1975 - brought a cake to share. Any Schedule request for Nov need to … Continue reading Meeting Minutes October 22, 2014

Meeting Minutes October 15, 2014

Ginny Foster greeted everyone Vamsi Jamalamadaka called meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Tim Budd gave the invocation. President, Steve Winheim, introduces two guests Alana Downie and Ryan Barclay. Previous minutes accepted. Adam Kutell mentions the Division A contest on 10/30 and is asking for volunteers. Dean Bone offers Jerry Paul a Toastmasters shirt in … Continue reading Meeting Minutes October 15, 2014

Meeting Minutes September 24, 2014

Meeting called to order at 7:03 by Vamsi Jamalamadaka Invocation performed by Judy Sowers President, Steve Winheim introduces two guests, Kathy and Julie. The comedy troupe from SCTM was well received at their performance Previous minutes were approved Susan McConnell gave a quick treasury report. Current Balance  $2132 Expenses     $1266 Income       $1004 … Continue reading Meeting Minutes September 24, 2014

Meeting Minutes September 17, 2014

Brent Stewart served as greeter. Meeting called to order at 7:00 pm by Vamsi Jamalamadaka Invocation by Carl Hendrickson President, Steve Winheim introduced the club business card. Carl Hendickson motioned  that we vote on printing new business cards, the motion passed. Adam Kutell is checking into the GOOGLE voice service for possible charges and setup … Continue reading Meeting Minutes September 17, 2014