BET Meeting Notes for January 22, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, January 22, 2013,

Toastmaster for the evening – Mark Bayless

Opening:

Iris Schultz opened the meeting and led attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance, then turned the gavel over to BET President Rachel Sumner. Rachel introduced and welcomed our guests, including District 63 Governor Don Bittick. Rachel then read the mission of Toastmasters International.

Club News: A group of members met at 6pm prior to our regular meeting to discuss next steps for implementing our 8-week Youth Leadership Program for middle and high school students, beginning on Feb. 19^th.  We’d like members to help spread the word about enrollment, which will be limited to 15 participants. We’re producing a flyer which we will distribute to the group at the next meeting, as well as a sign-up sheet for members to help facilitate each session.

Toastmasters Leadership Training will occur Feb. 7^th from 5:30 to 9:30 at Caterpillar on West End in Nashville. BET will cover registration cost if you are interested in attending. If so, talk to Mike Costa.

We are seeking members who are interested in running for office for the upcoming year. If you are interested or have questions about a particular position, please talk to one of the current officers.

Word of the Day:   Mike Costa – buffoon: n., a foolish person; person who amuses others by odd behavior.

Humorist:  Krishna Rao told a story about a husband who compliments his wife by listing her attributes cooresponding to letters of the alphabet.

Table Topics:  Russ Vantrease

Speaker #1: Rachel Sumner -- “What gives you butterflies and why?”

Speaker #2: Pankaj Soni – “What life lesson did you learn the hard way?”

Speaker #3: John Richardson -- “When did you first realize that life is short?”

Speaker #4: Susan Martin --“If you could make a 30-second speech to the whole world, what would you say?”

Speaker #5:  Ani Osborne – “What does your favorite smell remind you of?”

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1   Lysa Rigo – CC #3 Get to the Point; “The Paleo Plan“ 5-7 min.

Speaker #2   Steve Pell – CC #1 Icebreaker, 4-6 min. “Music is the Spice of Life”

General Evaluator:  Keith McLusky

Evaluator #1:  Don Kovach

Evaluator #2:  Andrew Payne

Timer:   Richard Nashlund

Grammarian/Ah Counter:  Janet Schreibman

Vote Counter:  Ani Osborne

Word of the Day Users:  Mark Bayless, John Richardson, Susan Martin, Lysa Rigo, Steve Pell, Andrew Payne

Awards:

Table Topics:  Ani Osborne

Evaluator:  Don Kovach

Speaker:  Steve Pell