Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Toastmaster for the evening – Manuel Glaze

Opening:

Alex Ketterbaugh opened the meeting and led attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance, then turned the gavel over to BET President Rachel Sumner.

Club News:

After introducing guests, Rachel announced that The Fall Conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Nashville Airport on October 19th and 20th. You can make overnight reservations by calling the hotel directly and asking for the Toastmasters rate of $89 per night at 615-883-9770, or by booking online at:

http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/us/en/nashville/bnaop/hoteldetail?groupCode=TTM

Program registration and a tentative agenda is now available for the conference on the district website at: http://d63toastmasters.com/events/district-63-conferences/

This year two very distinguished guests are joining us for our conference: International President-elect, John Lau DTM, and Keynote speaker, Lance Miller. There will also be breakout and educational sessions for your enjoyment. More information about these sessions will be available in the near future. Members may attend portions or the entirety of the conference. District 63 will have the Basket Challenge, Silent Auction and the District 63 Toastmaster Store. 

Mike Costa announced that BET dues are approaching and will be $48 for six-months or the club will offer a special rate for year-long dues at $84. 

Word of the Day:   Andrew Payne – germinal: adj., being in the earliest stage of development

Humorist:  Dan Michaels told about his hotel experiences when traveling on the road for work.

Table Topics:  Allan Daniels

Speaker #1:       Steve Ketterbaugh – “Tell Us About a Significant Event in Your Life that You Remember and Where You Were at the Time It Happened” (qualified)

Speaker #2:       Keith McLusky -- “Give Us Your Perspective of the Space Program and Neil Armstrong Walking on the Moon, Based Upon Where You Were When It Happened” 2:14

Speaker #3:       Mike Costa -- “Tell Us About Someone Whom You Think of as a Brave Individual and Why” 1:57

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1   Tim Diehl – CC #6 Vocal Variety: “5-7 min. (6:51)

Speaker #2   Miranda Darby – CC #3 Get to the Point: “What is Your Inspiration to Motivation?” 5-7 min (6:44)

Speaker #3:  Irma Perry – CC #5 Your Body Speaks: “Philosophy from the Institute of HT” 10-12 min. (11:58)

Speaker #4:  Don Kovach – AC Speeches by Management: 5-7 min. (7:43) “Positive Change”

General Evaluator:  Jessica Hernandez

Evaluator #1:  Janet Schreibman 3:10

Evaluator #2:  Russ Vantrease 2:33

Evaluator #3:  Dasie Schulz 2:55

Evaluator #4:  Srimath Brindavanam 2:33

Timer:   Rachel Sumner

Grammarian/Ah Counter:  Chris Meador

Vote Counter:  Pankja Soni

Word of the Day Users:  Miranda Darby, Don Kovach, Janet Schreibman, Dasie Schulz, Sri Brindavanam, Irma Perry, Allan Daniels

Awards:

Table Topics:    Steve Ketterbaugh

Evaluator:         Janet Schreibman

Speaker:           Tim Diehl