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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Executive Committee Meeting Notes 06/10/13


Chamber Speakers Club Toastmasters
Club #600591 - Area H2  - District 4
EC MEETING MINUTES – 6/10/13

Dear Chamber Speakers Circle Club Toastmasters, 

The following is a summary of the minutes from our Executive Committee meeting. Meeting began at 7:30 p.m.

Attending Officers: 
Samya Boxberger-Oberoi: President, and VP of Education & Public Relations 
Suzanne Mulcahy: Secretary, and Treasurer 
Ruth Wadsworth: VP of Membership, and Sgt. of Arms

1. President’s Update: 
a) Approval of past EC Meeting Notes: Reviewed minutes of 5/12/13 minutes and they were approved. 
b) DCP Update: 6 goals were obtained: Reviewed what we can do to achieve our goals. We have reached 5 new members.

2. Officer Updates (30 seconds): 
a) VP Education: 
• Kaiser Youth Leadership program – The program will commence 6/20/13 and run for 8 sessions. 
b) VP Membership: 
• Ruth discussed sponsoring new members and attending the conference. 
c) VP Public Relations: 
• Discussed the newsletter and what to publish on a monthly basis. 
d) Treasurer: 
•199N form was filed. 
• All new applications have been filed and dues were applied. 
e) Sgt. of Arms: 
• The guest book was received and in use. 
• Ribbons arrived and the necessary supply has been replenished. 
f) Secretary: 
• The minutes are now being posted to the website.

3. Membership Building Proposal: 
a) Consider contacting all the businesses in the mall to advertize the Toastmasters club. 
b) Considered doing a new brochure, but it was determined that initially we will keep the current flyer and prepare a "30 sec" speech to go with the flyer. Ruth will draft the wording for "30 sec" speech. 
c) Following up on new guests was discussed and Ruth and Samya will share this responsibility.

4. Youth Leadership Program at Kaiser: 
a) The dates were confirmed for the Kaiser Youth Leadership Program. 
b) The leaders of each week were decided. 
c) The meeting with the Director at Kaiser will be 6/13/13. Samya and Suzanne will attend. 
d) The preparation meeting for the next session will occur after each session.

5. New Officers: 
a) Sharon will become the new Sgt. of Arms as of 7/1/13. 
b) Samya will submit the officers’ list by 6/30/13.

6. Other Business: 

a) Financial VISA card: A new card will be purchased for $450.00. With the orders and new membership filings, the old card balance has been used.
b) EC meetings were discussed, whether the 1st or 2nd Monday. It was decided that the 2nd Monday would remain in effect at this time.
c) Length of meetings was discussed: It was determined that we would follow the agenda and end no later than 9:00 p.m. 
d) Actions items follow-up was discussed. It was determined that emails would be sent to the president on a semi-monthly basis so that she could track the results. 
e) Newsletter: It was determined that we would discuss the contents of the newsletter at the EC meeting and would be posted for the following month. We would post the accomplishments of the past month and new upcoming events.
f) New Ballot: Ruth brought up using a new ballot for electing the table topics winner and giving feedback to the speakers. She has volunteered to create this new ballot. 

Meeting was adjourned 9:00 p.m.