Club 7620 – Area 16 – DISTRICT 65 – Rochester, NY
Meeting Minutes February 21, 2008
Theme--“Kiss and Make-up”
Attendance: James C Basile, William G Bianchi, Susan L Cergol, Cynthia A Craner, Korey L Finstad, Alison Beth Kobey, Gordon Penniston, DTM, Kurt R. Uetz, ACS, Rosalind Michele Walker, John Wenderlich, Leanne Michele Whitbeck
Guests: Micah Felman (Alison Kobey's Son), Tom Mitchell, Anne Weis
Start time: 12:00, by Rosalind Walker, Sergeant-at-Arms
Business meeting:
Gordon V. Penniston, Secretary, Presiding Officer—
Dues are due. Please make out your checks to Rochester High Noon for $33. The dues will cover the period of April through September. Juls will be sending out invoices soon, but feel free to send your dues payment to her ahead of time.
The Area Contest was announced by Jared Kronenberg, CC, Area Governor, to be on Saturday, March 15th, at the Holiday Inn Airport (same place as last Spring's contest). It will be a breakfast meeting starting at 9 am and will cost $9 (thanks to some extra $$ left over from the last contest). Please sign up for roles in the contest with Jared, and please attend the contest to cheer on the club winners (Scott Ellsworth in the International and Gordon Penniston in the Evaluation).
Kurt Uetz, ACS, CL, Toastmaster
Rosalind Walker, Grammarian/ Ah Counter
Alison Kobey, Vote Counter
Jim Basile, Timer
Speaking portion:
Leanne Whitbeck, Title: “The Rules Women Wish Men Knew”, Competent Communicator Manual, Speech #5, Your Body Speaks, 5-7 minutes, total time: 5.45
John Wenderlich, Title: “The Rules Men Wish Women Knew”, Competent Communicator Manual, Speech #4, How to Say It, 5-7 minutes, total time: 7.22
Bill Bianchi, Table Topics Master/ Word Watcher
Words of the day:
Apologize—we all know the definition
Trust—we all know the definition
Rosalind Walker was asked “Which public figure who has been villainized in the past should be forgiven?”; Spoke for 1.50, used "trust"
Korey Finstad was asked “what people who, if they kissed and made up, would have the greatest impact on the world?”; Spoke 2.02, used both words
Cindy Craner, Chief Evaluator
Gordon Penniston, DTM, evaluated Leanne Whitbeck; Spoke 3.25
Korey Finstad evaluated John Wenderlich; Spoke 3.29
Kurt Uetz, CL Evaluator
Rosalind Walker—
Grammarian's/Ah Counter’s ReportAlison Kobey announced the awards:
Best Speaker—Leanne Whitbeck
Best Evaluator—Gordon Penniston
Best Table Topics—Korey Finstad
New Member Induction—Susan Cergol was inducted into the club by Gordon Penniston, DTM, IPDG. Mike Meynadasy, CTM, CL, was announced to be her mentor. Welcome to the club, Susan!
Guests were asked for their comments; Tom enjoyed the competition between Leanne and John. Anne said she has submitted her application and check to be a member of RHN. Micah gave his comments throughout the meeting
Closing Remarks—Cindy Craner (Cindy announced how she was hesitant to volunteer to be Chief Evaluator, but when asked at the meeting, she did the job and learned a lot; she encouraged everyone to step up for new challenges)
The next meeting was announced to be on Thursday, March 6, 2008
Meeting Adjourned at 12:58, by Gordon Penniston, DTM, Presiding Officer
Recorded and submitted by Gordon Penniston, DTM, Club Secretary
2/21/08
