Brentwood Evening Toastmasters (BET)

Meetings are from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Tuesdays of each month.


@

Forest Hills United Methodist Church at 1250 Old Hickory Blvd in Brentwood, TN.

(BET is not affiliated with the church and is open to any and all individuals interested in self-improvement and effective communication. Through the open generosity of the church BET is able to hold meetings in one of its classrooms.)

Wednesday, October 3, 2012



Brentwood Evening Toastmasters
Meeting Notes
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Toastmaster for the evening – Dan Michaels


Opening:
Chris Meador 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:

Admission is $25 for the entire weekend if registered before Saturday or  $75 for participation including meals and events.  Rachel proposed the idea of having a BET “meetup” during the humorist speech competition, which does not require registration and is only $5 admission fee.

Mike Costa is collecting dues – 6 months for $48 or 12 months for $84.  Mike brought a Square credit card processing machine and successfully accepted several members' dues electronically.  Dues are due!

Guests: Ketterbaugh family (Abby and Maya), Richard Nashlund, Raj, Rosalin, Janet, Jailin.

Word of the Day: Alex Ketterbaugh - sanctity – n. saintliness, holiness, godliness.

Humorist:  Russ Vantrease shared his secret telepathic ability, and then some of our secrets.

Table Topics: Steve Ketterbaugh described three TableTopics scenarios.   
Speaker #1: Ann West would like to visit India, Turkey and Croatia with her husband.
Speaker #2: Mark Bayless does not give some pointers on economic policy to President Obama.
Speaker #3: Lynn Wallace negotiates a cookie purchase with a girl scout.

Prepared Speeches:
Speaker #1: Dasie Schulz – Interpretive Reading from Sedaris's “Me Talk Pretty One Day”
Speaker #2: Sita Diehl – Using body language to raise awareness of crutch words and passing idioms.
Speaker #3: Krishna Rao – Krishna gives his “slumdog millionaire” ice-breaker.
Speaker #4: Pankaj Soni – Pankaj describes a family trip to Disneyland in Orlando.

General Evaluator:  Mike Costa
Evaluator #1: Don Kovach
Evaluator #2: Irma Perry
Evaluator #3: Andrew Payne
Evaluator #4: Skip Malone

Timer:  Tim Diehl

Grammarian/Ah Counter: Michael Moryc
Vote Counter: Russ Vantrease

Word of the Day Users: Skip, Pankaj, Russ, Sita

Awards:
Table Topics: Ann West
Evaluator: Andrew Payne
Speaker: Sita Diehl

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