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Meeting Minutes July 18, 2012

Record of Meeting of County Toastmasters # 1957 Meeting Date:        July 18, 2012 Called to order:    7:00 P.M. Location:        Met Life Building Presiding Officer:    Steve Bettag Greeter:        Traci Cahill Invocator:        Petrina Monti ***************************************** Officers’ Report: Minutes of previous minutes emailed and accepted. Application accepted for new membership for Kathy Kreitner ****************************************** … Continue reading Meeting Minutes July 18, 2012

Meeting Minutes July 11, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters -#1957 Meeting Date:  7/11/2012 Called to order at: 7:00pm Location:  Met Life Building Presiding Officer:  Steve Bettag Greeter:  Kevin Wilson Invocator:  Kelly Bottini Officers’ Reports: Minutes of Previous Meeting emailed and accepted. Adam Kutell reminded Toastmasters that missing 4 or more meeting may result in inactivation. He encouraged Toastmaster’s to check … Continue reading Meeting Minutes July 11, 2012

Meeting Minutes June 27, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date:    06/27/2012 Called to order at:  7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding Officer:  Petrina Monti/Steve Bettag Greeter: Traci Cahill Invocator: Emily Prosise ************************************* Officers’ Reports: Minutes of the previous meeting emailed and accepted ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Old Business: The members … Continue reading Meeting Minutes June 27, 2012

Meeting Minutes June 20, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date:    06/20/2012 Called to order at:  7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding Officer:  Petrina Monti Greeter: Adam Kutell Invocator: George Kiser ************************************* Officers’ Reports: Minutes of the previous meeting emailed and accepted ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Old Business: Kathy Denton wanted … Continue reading Meeting Minutes June 20, 2012

Barb Sapienza – Toastmasters Leadership Institute

Barb was presented a plaque this Saturday for her tireless efforts in co-chairing with John Murphy the TLI workshop. In just one hour she had seventeen events happening simultaneously plus numerous other items which needed her attention. Barb definitely gets the "TERRIFIC" award from the club and the district. The club not only had numerous … Continue reading Barb Sapienza – Toastmasters Leadership Institute

Meeting Minutes June 6, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters #1957 Meeting Date: June 6, 2012 Called to order: 7:02 PM Location: MetLife Building Presiding Officer: Petrina Monti Greeter: Diane Fawcett Invocator: Bill Collier ************************************************************************** Officers Report: Minutes emailed of the previous meeting accepted. ************************************************************************** Old Business: Kathy Denton read the list of volunteers for new officers. President … Continue reading Meeting Minutes June 6, 2012

Tall Tales Contest – May 30, 2012

The May 30th, 2012 meeting of South County Toastmasters was different from the usual format. The Tall Tales contest chaired by our very own Joanne Korba and Steve Bettag was held with participation from five speakers. The contest was closely contested, with fantastic speeches by Adam Kutell, Kathy Denton, Howard Brandt, Steve Flick and Kevin … Continue reading Tall Tales Contest – May 30, 2012

Meeting Minutes May 23, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date:    05/23/2012 Called to order at:  7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding Officer:  Petrina Monti Greeter: Petrina Monti Invocator: Jerry Paul ************************************* Officers’ Reports: Minutes of the previous meeting emailed and accepted ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Old Business: None ************************************* New … Continue reading Meeting Minutes May 23, 2012

Meeting Minutes May 16, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date:    05/16/2012 Called to order at:  7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding Officer:  Petrina Monti Greeter: Dee McAliney Invocator: Kevin Wilson ************************************* Officers’ Reports: Minutes of the previous meeting emailed and accepted ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Old Business: At the District … Continue reading Meeting Minutes May 16, 2012

Meeting Minutes May 09, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: 05/9/2012 Called to order at:  7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding Officer:  Petrina Monti Greeter: Shreya Gopal Invocator: Adam Phillips ************************************* Officers’ Reports: Minutes of the previous meeting emailed and accepted ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Old Business: Kathy Denton still seeking … Continue reading Meeting Minutes May 09, 2012

Meeting Minutes May 2, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date:    05/2/2012 Called to order at:  7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding Officer:  Petrina Monti Greeter: Joanne Korba Invocator: Laurie Mestdagh ************************************* Officers’ Reports: Minutes of the previous meeting emailed and accepted ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Old Business: Kathy Denton brought … Continue reading Meeting Minutes May 2, 2012

Meeting Minutes April 25, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date:    04/25/2012 Called to order at:  7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding Officer:  Petrina Monti Greeter: Petrina Monti Invocator: Bill Collier ************************************* Officers’ Reports: Minutes of the previous meeting emailed and accepted ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Old Business: Adam Kutell announced … Continue reading Meeting Minutes April 25, 2012

Meeting Minutes April 18, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date:    04/18/2012 Called to order at:  7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding Officer:  Petrina Monti Greeter: Petrina Monti Invocator: Jaine King ************************************* Officers’ Reports: None ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Old Business: Kathy Denton advised us that Toastmasters International  approved the design … Continue reading Meeting Minutes April 18, 2012

Meeting Minutes April 11, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date:    04/11/2012 Called to order at:  7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding Officer:  Petrina Monti Greeter: Judy Sowers Invocator: Adam Kutell ************************************* Officers’ Reports: None ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Old Business: Kathy Denton wants to replace sign that we use for … Continue reading Meeting Minutes April 11, 2012

Meeting Minutes April 4, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: 04/04/2012 Called to order at:  7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding officer:  Petrina Monti Greeter: Sudi Gopinath Invocator: Howard Brandt ************************************* Officers’ Reports: None ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Old Business: Adam Kutell reminded us that we need more members to come … Continue reading Meeting Minutes April 4, 2012

Meeting Minutes March 28, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: 03/28/2012 Called to order at:7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding officer:  Petrina Monti Greeter: Jerry Paul Invocator: Shreya Gopal ************************************* Officers’ Reports: None ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Old Business: Kathy Denton received the new dvd’s and brought them to the meeting. … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 28, 2012

Meeting Minutes March 21, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: 03/21/2012  Called to order at: 7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding officer:  Petrina Monti Greeter: Tom “Teriffic” Invocator: Max Kaiser Jr. ************************************* Officers’ Reports: None ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Old Business: Kathy Denton purchased new disks for the video camera for … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 21, 2012

Meeting Minutes March 14, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: 03/14/2012 Called to order at: 7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding officer:  Petrina Monti Greeter: Brian Ettling Invocator: Adam Calloway ************************************* Officers’ Reports: None ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Old Business: None ************************************* New Business: Steve Bettag received application from Jaine King … Continue reading Meeting Minutes March 14, 2012

International Speech and Evaluation Contests A Success

(Picture From Left to Right: Alan Kirby, Gina Willard, David Domian, Erin Gissel(not in photo)) The 1st and 2nd place winners of each contest will move on to the Area 4 contest, which will be held on Saturday March 31 at the St. Louis County Library Headquarters (1640 South Lindbergh Blvd) at 10am (contestant briefings … Continue reading International Speech and Evaluation Contests A Success

Meeting Minutes February 29, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date:    02/29/2012  Called to order at:  7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding officer:  Petrina Monti Greeter: Invocator: ************************************* Officers’ Reports: None ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Old Business: None ************************************* New Business: None ************************************* Correspondence & Announcements: Our  president Petrina Monti introduced … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 29, 2012

Meeting Minutes February 22, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date:    02/22/2012  Called to order at:  7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding officer:  Petrina Monti Greeter: Bill McNabb Invocator: Thad James ************************************* Officers’ Reports: None ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Old Business: Adam Kutell and his committee found a possible new location … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 22, 2012

Meeting Minutes February 15, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date:    02/15/2012  Called to order at:  7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding officer:  Petrina Monti Greeter: Thad James Invocator: Kelly Bottini ************************************* Officers’ Reports: None ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Old Business: Sheria Goypal was inducted as a new member her mentor … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 15, 2012

Meeting Minutes February 8, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: 02/08/2012 Called to order at: 7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding officer:  Petrina Monti Greeter: Adam Calloway Invocator: Bill McNabb ************************************* Officers’ Reports: Competent Leader award was given to Erin Gissel by our president Petrina Monti ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Old … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 8, 2012

Meeting Minutes February 1, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date:    Feb. 1, 2012  Called to order at:  7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding officer:  Petrina Monti Greeter: Barb Sapienza Invocator: Brenda McNaughton ************************************* Officers’ Reports: None ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Old Business: International Speech and Evaluation contest, not enough contestants … Continue reading Meeting Minutes February 1, 2012

Area – Division – District Speech Dates

At the request of some of our members, this email lists the dates and locations for the known Area, Division, and District contests ("International Speech" and "Evaluation") to follow our club's February contest. ------------------------------------------- Area 4 Date: March 31, 2012 - Saturday Time: - Briefings: 9:30am - Contest: 10:00am Location: - St Louis County Library … Continue reading Area – Division – District Speech Dates

Meeting Minutes January 25, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date:    01/25/2012  Called to order at:  7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding officer:  Petrina Monti Greeter: Alita Quires Invocator: Craig Gissy ************************************* Officers’ Reports: Chart boards will be up next week. I need to have anyone in the CL or ACB, ACS … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 25, 2012

Meeting Minutes January 18, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date: 01/18/2012 Called to order at: 7:02 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding officer:  Petrina Monti Greeter: Joanne Korba Invocator: Bethany Draganic ************************************* Officers’ Reports: None ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Old Business: Adam still has the signup sheet for contest. ************************************* New Business: … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 18, 2012

Accredited Speaker Program

Anyone interested in applying for the Accredited Speaker Award - here are the basic requirements. Eligibility To qualify as an Accredited Speaker, an applicant must:  be a current member in good standing be an Able Toastmaster OR Advanced Toastmaster Bronze OR Advanced Communicator Bronze Have had a minimum of 25 speaking engagements to non Toastmasters … Continue reading Accredited Speaker Program

Meeting Minutes January 11, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date:    01/11/2012  Called to order at:  7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding officer:  Petrina Monti Greeter: Traci Cahill Invocator: Kevin Wilson ************************************* Officers’ Reports: None ************************************* Committee Reports: Carl Hendrickson of the Educational Committee asked that the new members please fill out … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 11, 2012

Meeting Minutes January 4, 2012

Record of Meeting of South County Toastmasters – # 1957 Meeting Date:    01/04/2012  Called to order at:  7:00 pm Location: Met Life Building Presiding officer:  Petrina Monti Acting President/President Greeter: Joanne Korba Invocator: Brian Ettling ************************************* Officers’ Reports: None ************************************* Committee Reports: None ************************************* Old Business: Adam Kutell passed around a sign up sheet … Continue reading Meeting Minutes January 4, 2012