Menu: July 15, 2007

Theme: Seafood

Appetizers
Island Fire Shrimp                                  Jerry
Smoked Salmon Tartare-filled celery                 Lem

Soup
Shrimp and Corn Chowder

Salads
Mango Salmon Salad                                  Sashi


Entrees
Salmon                                              Doug
Grilled skewers of shrimp and fruit                 Harvey
Grilled clams                                       Ruth
Skillet of Clam and Filet al Toni                   Paul Young


Veg/Side dish
Roasted Asparagus                                   Dolly

Dessert
Lemon Almond Bars                                   Linda
Jello Aquariums                                     Joe Zafian
Fruit Salad                                         Dolly

Beverages
Vertical tasting of 3 Wine                          Ray Johnson

Minutes

Attendance: Richard Frantz Jr., Ray Johnson, Paul Young, Doug Cloutier, Lem Manchester, Joe Zafian, Dolly Reed, Sue Troupe, Paul Iltchenko, Ruth Zafian, Harvey Schroeder, Jerry Aiyathurai, Sashi Aiyathurai, Linda Schroeder.
 

Word of the Day Oxymoron

Presentations (speeches) Linda Schroeder, Dolly Reed

Announcement: TLI Manchester CT July 27, 2007

Treasurer Ray Johnson already trained.

Discussion of Spending:

Treasurer's report: $499.23 as of 6/27/07

Proposal: Set of words or a vocabulary builder book. Motion died for lack of second.

Successful club set
Successful Speaker set
Crate to carry things in.
 
Motion: buy successful club, better speaker modules and leadership modules. Made by Paul Iltchenko, 2nd Lem
Motion to table until Wednesday meeting when Ray will report price information and decision will be made whether to buy at TLI.
 
Certificates
 
Videos of past contests: Dolly to check for titles and details
 
Note: Jerry has past 20 years of Int'l SP winners: proposed to screen and do evaluations of, for practice with challenging evaluations.

Proposed speaking workshop

Schedules for future meetings. (See chart posted)

NOTE: Contest to be held at September 16th meeting

Schedule for Wednesday July 25th meeting
TM: Rich
SP: Ray, Doug, Paul
TT: Dolly
WAG:Joe
HUM:
Timer:Ruth

Schedule for Gourmet meeting August 12th, at Klondike, Theme: Backyard BBQ
TM:Doug
SP: Lem, Dolly, Joe

FOOD
Corn: Lem
Potato Salad: Rich
BBQ Shrimp and Scallop and win: Ray
South Africa Skewers: Paul
Dessert: Doug