Brentwood Evening Toastmasters
Meeting Notes
for
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Toastmaster for the evening: Suzanne Harrison
OPENING
Sergeant at Arms, Manuel Glaze, opened the meeting and lead the club in the Pledge of Allegiance.
President, Suzanne Harrison, read the club mission, welcomed members and guests, and announced the applications for membership by Mohammad Sabir, Binosh Mullassery-Padman, and Brian Clinch. The club voted to accept the membership applications and the three newest members of Brentwood Evening Toastmasters (B.E.T.) read the pledge of membership before the club.
WORD OF THE DAY
President, Suzanne Harrison, read the club mission, welcomed members and guests, and announced the applications for membership by Mohammad Sabir, Binosh Mullassery-Padman, and Brian Clinch. The club voted to accept the membership applications and the three newest members of Brentwood Evening Toastmasters (B.E.T.) read the pledge of membership before the club.
WORD OF THE DAY
Jackie Houtz introduced the word of the day, Occupation, and challenged the club members and guests to use the word throughout the meeting.
Occupation: 1) a person's usual or principal work or business, esp. as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry 2) any activity in which a person is engaged
HUMORIST
New member, Binosh Mullassery-Padman shared a humorous story about a problem-prone carpenter that he remembered his father telling him as a child.
TABLE TOPICS
Janet Shreibman acted as Tables Topics Master for the evening, challenging Toastmasters members to think on their feet and practice their impromptu speaking skills during the Table Topics section of the meeting. Janet provided each speaker with a unique topic about which they were asked to give a 1-2 impromptu speech.
Table Topics Speaker #1)
Michael Moryc was challenged with reinventing Thanksgiving. .
Table Topics Speaker #2)
Cynthia Brown was challenged with describing her idea of the perfect Thanksgiving.
Table Topics Speaker #3)
Gary Karg was challenged with sharing a story about a favorite (or not so favorite) relative who he either had or would be seeing at Thanksgiving.
SPEECHESJanet Shreibman acted as Tables Topics Master for the evening, challenging Toastmasters members to think on their feet and practice their impromptu speaking skills during the Table Topics section of the meeting. Janet provided each speaker with a unique topic about which they were asked to give a 1-2 impromptu speech.
Table Topics Speaker #1)
Michael Moryc was challenged with reinventing Thanksgiving. .
Table Topics Speaker #2)
Cynthia Brown was challenged with describing her idea of the perfect Thanksgiving.
Table Topics Speaker #3)
Gary Karg was challenged with sharing a story about a favorite (or not so favorite) relative who he either had or would be seeing at Thanksgiving.
Speech #1)
Jackie Houtz gave speech #3 from the Competent Communicator manual (Getting to the Point) entitled "How Four Words Changed My Life"
Jackie Houtz gave speech #3 from the Competent Communicator manual (Getting to the Point) entitled "How Four Words Changed My Life"
Speech #2)
Cindy Kubica gave a speech entitled "Ho'oponopono"
Cindy Kubica gave a speech entitled "Ho'oponopono"
Speech #3)
Mike Costa gave a speech entitled "Married to a Nut"
Mike Costa gave a speech entitled "Married to a Nut"
EVALUATIONS
General Evaluator - Manuel Glaze
Evaluator #1)
Keith McLusky evaluating Jackie Houtz
Evaluator #2)
Allan Daniels evaluating Cindy Kubica
Allan Daniels evaluating Cindy Kubica
Evaluator #3)
Tim Stowell evaluating Mike Costa
Grammarian/Ah Counter - John Richardson
AWARDSTim Stowell evaluating Mike Costa
Grammarian/Ah Counter - John Richardson
Best Table Topic Speaker - Michael Moryc
Best Evaluator - Tim Stowell
Best Speaker - Jackie Houtz
USE OF WORD OF THE DAY (WOD)
Those who worked the word of the day into the meeting included:
Jackie Houtz
Tim Stowell
Manuel Glaze
And that concluded another wonderful meeting at B.E.T. Good job, everyone!!
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