Toastmasters International Presidents Club District 14, Division D, Area 44, Club 1713
Record of Meeting
Participant Attend Participant Attend
Anderson, Charlene - Secretary X Katzowitz, Ellen Anderson, Judy X Kingman, Anna X Brandon, Tom LaPorta, Ed Brookmire, Dave – Treasurer X McGoldrick, Rob Carmen-Weaver, Sandy X Miller, Mack - VP Membership X Cobkit, Justin Netterville, Rush X Cobkit, Sutham X Nixon, Tom Choudhuri, Kumar X Nogin, Yale X Conway, Arin X Pollitzer, Ernie Cox, Lee X Rogers, Judi X Dawson, Jim X Samur, Gokhan X Deason, Richie - Sergeant at Arms X Samur, Pinar Dodell, Roslyn - VP Education X Scott, Clemmie Field, Debbie – President Singla, Vikas - VP Public Relations Goodman, Lisa X Sovaiala, Andreea X Hart, Rich Steinberg, Ilene Holtzclaw, Eric Wagner, Vahn X Jourdan, Daniel X
Date: August 15, 2012 Location: East Cobb Government Center (moved to Indian Hills Country Club due to early voting set up at ECGC)
Theme: “Back to School”
Toastmaster: Sutham Cobkit - Sutham thanked Sandy W. Carmen for her quick thinking to secure the use of Indian Hills Country Club for the meeting and the flexibility of our group to follow directions and still have a successful meeting.
Call to Order: Meeting called to order at 7:22 pm by Richie Deason
Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance:
Andreea Sovaiala began the meeting with an invocation regarding the American Olympics and Gold Medals.
Business Meeting:
Roslyn Dodell (President Protem) led the business meeting in Eric Holtzclaw’s absence Officer Reports and Old Business – Dave Brookmire (Treasurer) reminded us all that dues are due and make our checks out to The President’s Club Roslyn Dodell, VP of Education, informed us that we have an educational meeting planned for August 29th and it will be held at Lisa Goodman’s office (directions to follow via email). Susan McMullen, Jim Dawson and Tom Nixon will be leading the session Judi Rogers reminded all us of the District Contest taking place at the Cobb EMC in Marietta on Saturday, August 25th. Please come and support Sandy W. Carmen as she competes in the Evaluation contest. Unfortunately our Humorous Speech contestant, Rob McGoldrick, will not be able to participate in the District Contest. Judi also reminded us that she needs a volunteer to serve as a timer for the contest. Jim Dawson suggested the club research the prices of a video camera with a memory card and a laviler microphone – it was tabled that Jim would research the prices and the executive committee would discuss this at the next officer meeting. Jim reported that he conducted his research and the camera should cost somewhere between $400 - $500. Jim Dawson reported that the Scuba Trip held on August 4th was great and a good time was had by all. Jim Dawson again suggested our club write a letter to the TM District regarding the contest deadlines. He made a motion that the club secretary, Charlene Anderson, draft the letter for approval by the club. Motion seconded and carried. New Business – DJ suggested we forego Table Topics since our meeting started late so that we could possibly end on time. Motion seconded and carried.
General Meeting Begins at 7:41 pm Sutham mentioned that Justin was Back to School at UGA and we will all miss him – especially Sutham and his wife.
Helpers:
Humorist: Rush Netterville Grammarian: Judy Anderson Vote Counter: Arin Conway Timer: Roslyn Dodell “Ah” Counter: Lisa Goodman Videographer: N/A
Word of the Day: In keeping with the Back to School Theme – Principal or Principle – extra credit if you used both of Words of the Day Table Topics: Theme “Back to School” – to be given at a later date
Table Topics Master – Vahn Wagner
Speeches:
“How to use a Credit Card” – Gokhan Samur (Manual: CC Speech #2: Organize your speech; Time: 5 -7 min)
“Natural Solutions to Carpel Tunnel Syndrome and Related Symptoms” – Dr. Yale Nogin (Manual: CC Speech #3: Get to the Point; Time: 5 - 7 min)
“We Are Moved - Anna Kingman (Manual: CC Speech #4: How to Say It; Time: 5 - 7 min)
“The Italian Job” – Kumar Choudhuri (Advanced Manual: Humorously Speaking, Project #5; Time: 8 - 10 min)
All speakers qualified
Evaluators and Evaluations General Eval Mack Miller Evaluator for Speaker #1: Gokhan Samur Dave Brookmire Evaluator for Speaker #2: Dr. Yale Nogin Sandy W. Carmen Evaluator for Speaker #3: Anna Kingman Jim Dawson Evaluator for Speaker #4: Kumar Choudhuri Daniel Jourdan
Three evaluators qualified: Dave Brookmire, Sandy W. Carmen and Daniel Jourdan
Announcements: None. Three guests were present at the meeting and they all gave positive feedback – Jacob, Jacob’s son, Chris and Zack, a friend of Arin’s. All guests said they wanted to come back
Awards Most Enthusiastic Helper – Lisa Goodman Best Table Topics – N/A Best Evaluator – Daniel Jourdan Best Speaker – Kumar Choudhuri – Kumar’s speech was about negotiation and how he took advantage of those skills when renting a car while on a trip in Italy. While he thought he was a skilled negotiator, he actually didn’t get the best deal. He said we should all enjoy haggling. Motto: It’s not the destination, it’s the journey!”
Meeting Adjourned at 9:05 pm