Brentwood
Evening Toastmasters
Tuesday August
13, 2013
Toastmaster
for the evening – Russ Vantrease
Opening:
Maia Ketterbaugh opened the meeting and led attendees in the
Pledge of Allegiance, then turned the gavel over to BET President Mark Bayless
who read the mission of Toastmasters International. Mark then introduced our
many guests, including our new Area 42 Governor, Deb Poland, and our guest
speaker, Wayne Goode, from Huntsville, Alabama, who is practicing a speech he
will be giving in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the upcoming August Toastmasters International
Speech Contest.
Club News: This meeting was
held in our regular gathering space at the church after being temporarily
relocated to an alternate room for our last few sessions. Mark announced that the
next meeting date is Tuesday, August 27, 2013.
If any guest is interested in joining
our club, please speak to Ani Osborne, VP of Membership. At the conclusion of the meeting, Mark asked guests
for any feedback regarding the meeting.
Past president Rachel Sumner presented
and announced that we just received our ribbon denoting BET as a President’s
Distinguished Club for 2012-2013. This is the fourth consecutive year for BET
to achieve this designation which is the highest awarded by Toastmasters International.
Word of
the Day: Lynn Wallace – perchance: adv, maybe or possibly by chance
Humorist:
Mark Bayless -- told a
chuckle about a “blonde” who had to choose a new computer password with at
least 7 characters and including at least one “capitol”.
Table Topics: Steve
Ketterbaugh
Speaker #1: Rajiv Gutav – “Please share some of your favorite
summer memories” 1:34
Speaker #2: Ani Osborne – “Tell us about two of your favorite
teachers and why”. 2:22
Speaker #3: Pankaj Soni – “What language is your favorite to speak
other than your native language and why?” 2:25
Speaker #4: Mike Costa – “If you had to have a conversation with
your younger self, what age would you be and what would you say?” 1:40
Prepared Speeches:
Speaker #1: Jaylyn Bergner
– CC#1 icebreaker 4-6 min. (8:50)
Speaker #2: Wayne Goode -- “Prove
it.” 5-7 min. (6.48)
General Evaluator: Andrew Payne
Evaluator #1: Don Kovach -- 3:21
Evaluator #2: oral group evaluation
Timer: Richard Naslund
Grammarian: Ryan
Osborne
Ah Counter: Rachel Sumner
Vote Counter: Lysa
Rigo
Word of the Day Users: Mark Bayless, Don Kovach, Russ Vantrease, Steve Ketterbaugh
Awards:
Table Topics: Pankaj Soni
Evaluator: Don Kovach
Speaker: Wayne Goode
