On Monday, August 17, 2010, at a business meeting of the Speakers Roundtable, the following resolutions were passed by the membership:

Effective September 13, 2010, Speakers Roundtable will meet weekly.

Speakers Roundtable will reimburse current Board members for Toastmasters training expenses as follows:

• for Toastmasters Leadership Institute events, any Board members who attends will be reimbursed for their registration fee in full which is usually $20.00 per person.
• for District 14 and lower Toastmasters conferences, Speakers Roundtable will reimburse up to 2 Board members for the full conference registration fee, for a maximum allowable full conference fee per Board member of $200. The 2 Board members eligible for reimbursement for any specific conference will be selected in advance of the aforesaid conference by the Board Members during an Executive Session.

What a night for Speakers Round Table!   3 great speeches and a new member.
The meeting started promptly at 6:01pm as our Sgt. Of Arms Keith Schroder banged the gavel and started us in the pledge.

Bill Kovach gave us some presidential remarks and got us going by bringing up the Toastmaster of the day Paul Johnson.

Paul kept thing lively and moving as we enjoyed 3 speeches tonight.

Ericka Butler gave us an ice breaker speech taking us back to her roots in Detroit, Michigan.  She even left us with tips on how  to be Fascinating and Fabulous ™.

Next up Rui Li (or Li Rui if you’re in China) helped us decipher the meaning of Chinese names.  More than meets the eye but not so much as to be incomprehensible.

Cara then rounded out the speaking portion with a presentation on the new Far Infrared Sauna.  Harder to say than a Chinese name but Cara gave us a thorough presentation of its benefits.

Donna Satchell evaluated our meeting in detail. Keith ran camera, Richard Kirby timed, and Shea Ellison noted the intrinsic lack of ums and ahs in our Advanced group.

Kudos to Claudia Brogan for the snacks, Paul for bringing the water, and Richard for bringing the salt n pepper chips.

We voted in Ericka Butler in as a member and we now have 28 members!  Go SRT!

See you in 2 weeks.

-Keith

A Business Meeting was held May 19, 2008. Paul Johnson performed the duties of president in the absence of Pat Schmalzried, club President.

Quorum consisted of Bill Hosken, Bill Kovach, Claudia Brogan, David Flach, Deborah Hill, Jon Schwartz, Kelly Vandever, Merrilee Morris, Peter Gibson and Paul Johnson

• The following motion was made by Bill Hosken and seconded by Claudia Brogan:

A 15-minute business meeting shall be scheduled for the second Monday meeting of each odd-numbered month.

The motion passed.

As a result, business meetings will be scheduled for the second Monday in January, March, May, July, September and November. Members should make every effort to attend those meetings to ensure the business of the club can carried out and supported.

• The following motion was made by Bill Hosken and seconded by Jon Schwartz:

Speakers Roundtable will limit meetings to the second and fourth Mondays during the months of June, July and August.

This motion was defeated.

• The following motion was made by David Flach and seconded by Bill Hosken:

The acting President may declare on behalf of the Executive Committee at any regular business meeting that any Members not present be classified as Inactive for the duration of that meeting when a vote on membership of an individual is scheduled for that meeting.

The motion passed.

As a result the Club is assured of having a voting quorum whenever we are scheduled to vote on membership for a prospective new member.