Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Toastmaster for the evening – Don Kovach

Opening:

Michael Moryc opened the meeting and led attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance. Rachel then welcomed and introduced the guests.

Club News:

Next level of humorous speech contest will be held in downtown Franklin on September 24^th at location TBD. New TI leadership manuals have arrived for BET officers.

Mike Costa reminded members that the deadline for club membership dues is next meeting, Sept. 27^th.

Toastmasters International has increased their six-month and annual dues beginning this membership period. However, BET is fiscally sound and is not raising our six-month club rate. Those who pay for a full year will receive a discount on the club rate for the second six-month period.

6-month membership (Sep 2011 thru Mar 2012)

TI dues $36.00; BET dues $12.00 = Total $48.00

1-year membership (Sep 2011 thru Aug 2012)

TI dues $72.00; BET dues $18.00 = Total $90.00

Make checks payable to Brentwood Evening Toastmasters (for either $48 or $90). Please bring your payment to the Sept. 27 meeting or mail it to Treasurer, Mike Costa.

The cricket social is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 17 from 12:30 to 4pm.

Word of the Day: James Justus – solace = reduce grief

Humorist: Rachel Sumner – told a “dirty” joke about a pig falling into mud

Table Topics: Russ Vantrease

Speaker #1: Susan Martin – Apply a lesson to current day that you learned in childhood

Speaker #2: Miranda Darby – Share a decision-making moment in your life and the impact

Speaker #3: Iris Shultz – What age would you opt to be for a week?

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: Ann West -- icebreaker

Speaker #2: Manuel Glaze – “Delivering Bad News”

Speaker #3: Sri Brindavanam – “Cricket for Dummies”

Speaker #4: Mike Costa – “Take Terror Out of a Talk”

General Evaluator: Dan Michaels

Evaluator #1: Janet Schreibman

Evaluator #2: Tim Stowell

Evaluator #3: Dasie Schulz

Timer: Mark Brown

Grammarian/Ah Counter: Susan Martin

Word of the Day Users:

Susan Martin, Dan Michaels, Manuel Glaze

Awards:

Table Topics: Iris Shultz

Evaluator: Dasie Schulz

Speaker: Sri Brindavanam

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Humorous Speech Contest Master – Suzanne Harrison

Due to the humorous speech contest, no club business was conducted.

Humorous Speech Contest

Winner: Don Kovach

Runner Up: Lynn Blake

Evaluator Contest

Winner: Mike Costa

Runner Up: Sri Brindavanam

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Toastmaster for the evening – Rachel Sumner

Opening:

Manuel opened the meeting and led the attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Club News:

Members voted to replace the current BET banner with a new banner displaying the TI "rebranded" design. The club also agreed to replace other materials, only when needed, with the new TI branding. The cricket social was scheduled for Sat., Sept. 10 (however this has now been postponed until Saturday, Sept. 17).

Toastmasters International has increased their six-month and annual dues beginning with this membership period. Meanwhile, BET is fiscally sound and is not raising our six-month club rate. Those who pay for a full year will receive a discount on the club rate for the second six-month period.

6-month membership (Sep 2011 thru Mar 2012)

TI dues $36.00; BET dues $12.00 = Total $48.00

1-year membership (Sep 2011 thru Aug 2012)

TI dues $72.00; BET dues $18.00 = Total $90.00

Make checks payable to Brentwood Evening Toastmasters (for either $48 or $90). Please bring your payment to the Aug. 30 or Sept. 13 meetings or mail them to our Treasurer, Mike Costa.

Word of the Day: Emily Walter –obligatory: morally or legally constraining; binding

Humorist: Janet Schreibman

Janet told a tale about a farmer who unexpectedly finds several women swimming in his pond.

Table Topics: Susan Martin

Speaker #1: Muhammad Sabir

Speaker #2: Mark Brown

Speaker #3: Keith McLusky

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: Suzanne Harrison – “Innies in an Outie World”

Speaker #2: Dan Michaels -- Icebreaker

Speaker #3: Tim Stowell – “The Winning Proposal”

Speaker #4: Sri Brindavanam – “What is Your Outlook on Life?”

General Evaluator: Russ Vantrease

Evaluator #1: Lynn Blake

Evaluator #2: Gary Karg

Evaluator #3: James Justus

Evaluator #4: Michael Moryc

Timer: Tim Diehl

Grammarian: Samuel Palaparthy

Wizard of Ahs: Ann West

Awards:

Table Topics: Keith McLusky

Evaluator: James Justus

Speaker: Suzanne Harrison