Brentwood Evening Toastmasters
Meeting Notes
for
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Toastmaster for the evening: Mike Costa
OPENING
President Suzanne Harrison called the meeting to order a minute or two past 7:00 p.m. and lead the club members and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Suzanne also shared a quote from the International President of Toastmasters, Pat Johnson.
“As we mentor and support one another in our club environment, we share our own personal greatness. Toastmasters International is in the education business and we change the lives of men and women around the world, one person at a time, one assignment at a time, each time we receive feedback in the form of applause or a suggestion for improvement. My fervent wish is that we spend some time recognizing and acknowledging our own personal greatness. Remember that your greatness will be unique to you.”
HUMORIST
Mike Costa, also the Toastmaster for the evening, pulled double duty and shared a brief joke.
WORD OF THE DAY
Rachel Sumner introduced the Word of the Day.
Paramount: Chief in importance or impact. Adj. – significant, supreme, superior; noun – leader, ruler, overlord
TABLE TOPICS
Allan Daniels was the Table Topics Master for the evening, presenting fellow Toastmasters with an opportunity to give impromptu speeches about various types of tables. This portion of the meeting helps members practice off-the-cuff speaking.
Table Topic Speaker #1: Brian with Sitting Around A Table
Table Topic Speaker #2: Rachel with a Gaming Table
Table Topic Speaker #3: Janet with a Head Table
Allan Daniels was the Table Topics Master for the evening, presenting fellow Toastmasters with an opportunity to give impromptu speeches about various types of tables. This portion of the meeting helps members practice off-the-cuff speaking.
Table Topic Speaker #1: Brian with Sitting Around A Table
Table Topic Speaker #2: Rachel with a Gaming Table
Table Topic Speaker #3: Janet with a Head Table
SPEECHES
Speech #1: Skip Malone – “Who Stole My Church”
Speech #2: Keith McLusky – “Where we Come From”
Speech #3: Gary Karg – “I Slayed the Dragon”
Speech #4: Srimanth Brindavanam – “the Power of Positive Thinking”
EVALUATIONS
Evaluator #1: Dasie Schulz evaluating Skip Malone
Evaluator #2: Mike Costa evaluating Keith McLusky
Evaluator #3: Rachel Sumner evaluating Gary Karg
Evaluator #4: Suzanne Harris evaluating Srimanth Brindavanam
Grammarian/Ah Counter: Allan Daniels
General Evaluator: Michale Moryc
Grammarian/Ah Counter: Allan Daniels
General Evaluator: Michale Moryc
AWARDS
Best Table Topic Speaker: Rachel Sumner
Best Evaluator: Mike CostaBest
Speaker: Keith McLusky
USE OF WORD OF THE DAY (WOD)
Once again members of BET made a terrific effort to use the WOD. Excellent work!! Those who worked the word into the meeting included:
Mike Costa
Sri Brindavanam
Sri Brindavanam
Gary Karg
Dasie Schulz
Allan Daniels
Rachel Sumner
Michael Moryc
(Sorry if I missed anyone)
(Sorry if I missed anyone)
Good job everyone!!
