Club 7620 – Area 16 – DISTRICT 65 – Rochester, NY
Meeting Minutes June 5, 2008
Theme--“Memories” (RHN 10th Anniversary Celebration Day)
Attendance: Colleen M Balkin, Stephen W Bateman, Matthew Peter Chatfield, Cynthia M. Clauss, CL, Carolina Correa, Cynthia A Craner, Korey L Finstad, Juls E. Foos, ATMB, Alison Beth Kobey, Jared L. Kronenberg, CC, CL, Leigh C McMullen, Michael G. Meynadasy, CTM, CL, Gordon V. Penniston, DTM, James M Redmond, William D. Rothrock, ACS, CL, Kristina L Stevens, CC, Rosalind Michele Walker, Anne E Weis, John Wenderlich, Leanne Michele Whitbeck
Guests: Laurie Cucit (Former RHN member), Alan Majors, Jennifer Nealon (Former RHN Founding member and the club's 1st President), Chris Passero (Former RHN member)
Start time: 12:00, by Rosalind Walker, Sergeant-at-Arms
Opening Remarks: Matt Chatfield
Business meeting:
Jared Kronenberg, CC, CL, President, Presiding Officer
Election of Secretary for 08-09 Toastmasters Year. After announcing at the last meeting that the posiion of club secretary was open, Jared opened up the floor for nominations for the position of Secretary. Gordon Penniston, DTM (after announcing that a quorum was present), nominated Alison Kobey for the position, which she accepted the nomination (which was seconded). Gordon made the motion to close nominations and have one ballot cast for Alison for the position of club secretary (seconded); the motion passed unanimously.
Jared announced that with Bill Rothrock's earning of his ACS, the club now has nine Distinguished Club points and is once again a President's Distinguished Club
Jared announced that District 65 Governor Bob Logan congratulated RHN on both its 10-year anniversary as well as being President's Distinguished. Jared also announced that Area 16, of which RHN is a part of, is a Select Distinguished Area.
Cindy Clauss, CL, VP-Education--Announced that the paperwork has gone through and Mike Meynadasy is officially a Competent Leader.
Alison Kobey, Toastmaster
Jared Kronenberg—Grammarian
Rosalind Walker—Ah Counter
Cindy Craner—Vote Counter
Mike Meynadasy, CTM, CL—Timer
Steve Bateman, Title: “Rochester-A Cornucopia of Opportunities”, Competent Communicator Manual, Speech #2, Organize Your Speech, 5-7 minutes, total time: 6.58
Gordon Penniston, DTM, Title: “That Was Then, This Is Now, What About Tomorrow”, Advanced Communicator Manual Communicating on Television, Speech # 3, When You're the Host, 10 minutes, total time: 10.07 (assisted by Bill Rothrock, ACS, Kris Stevens, and Cindy Craner)
Anne Weis, Table Topics Master
Leigh McMullen, Word Watcher
Words of the day:
Impeccable—
not capable of sinning or liable to sin; free from fault or blamePostlude—closing piece of music; a closing phase (as of an epoch or a literary work)
Cindy Clauss was asked "Is there a scent that you recall from your past that evokes memories? Hs it changed your perception or life in any way?”; Spoke for 1.34, used impeccable
Korey Finstad was asked "What can you do now that you avoided before becoming a Toastmaster?”; Spoke for 1.46, used impeccable
Jennifer Nealon, CTM, was asked "Name a time that you needed to do something and you completely forgot to do it that you regret?”; Spoke for .45, used no words
John Wenderlich was asked "Name a time that you needed to do something and you completely forgot to do it that you regret?”; Spoke for 1.23, used no words
Leanne Whitbeck, Chief Evaluator
Korey Finstad evaluated Steve Bateman; Spoke 3.14
John Wenderlich evaluated Gordon Penniston; Spoke 3.17
Jared Kronenberg—Grammarian's report
Rosalind Walker—Ah Counter's report
Cindy Craner announced the awards:
Best Speaker—Steve Bateman and Gordon Penniston
Best Evaluator—John Wenderlich
Best Table Topics—Cindy Clauss
Alison asked the guest for comments
Jamie Redmond—Closing remarks
The next meeting was announced to be on Thursday, June 19, 2008, the last meeting of the 07-08 Toastmasters Year
Meeting Adjourned at 1.10, by Jared Kronenberg, President, Presiding Officer
The meeting was followed by the 10th Anniversary Celebration, led by Kris Stevens
Recorded and submitted by Gordon Penniston, DTM, Club Secretary
6/5/08
