BET Meeting Notes for September 24, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Toastmaster for the evening – Maia Ketterbaugh

Opening:

Chris Meador opened the meeting in our usual meeting space, the Good News classroom of Forest Hills UMC, and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Club News:

President Mark Bayless welcomed the attendees and conducted opening club business.

Congratulations to the winners of our club Humorous Speech and Evaluation contests, Pankaj Soni and Lysa Rigo. The Area and Division contests are being held at State Farm in Murfreesboro next Saturday, September 28, from 9:00 to 1:30.

Immediate Past President Rachel Sumner recognized Mark Bayless for his achievement of Advanced Communicator Silver, and Andrew Payne for his achievement of Competent Communicator.

Our next meeting is October 8th, and we will be meeting informally beforehand at Sal's Pizzeria (at 5:45).

Toastmaster: Maia Ketterbaugh

Humorist: Pankaj Soni

Wordmaster: Steve Ketterbaugh

Word of the Day: tranquility |ˌtraNGˈkwilitē| (also tranquillity) noun the quality or state of being tranquil; calm:

Table Topics Master: Don Kovach challenged us to imagine living with and writing the biography for a person of our choosing, within a specific category.

Speaker #1: Chris Meador would write about author C.S. Lewis. (2:02)

Speaker #2: Janet Schreibman would write about Alabama football coach Bear Bryant. (2:01)

Speaker #3: Mark Bayless would write about actor Humphrey Bogart. (1:19)

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: Rajiv Gupta - “So, What's the Big Deal about Healthcare?” (6:01)

Speaker #2: Allan Daniels - “Serendipity-Doo” (6:42)

Speaker #3: Lysa Rigo - “” (6:14)

Speech Evaluations:

General Evaluator: Ryan Osborne

Evaluator #1: Susan Martin (3:16)

Evaluator #2: Rachel Sumner (3:16)

Evaluator #3: Marc Smith (written)

Timer: Dasie Schulz

Grammarian: Mark Bayless

Ah Counter: Janet Schreibman

Vote Counter: Ani Osborne

Awards:

Best Table Topics: Janet Schreibman

Best Evaluator: Rachel Sumner

Best Speaker: Lysa Rigo

Word of the Day Users: Pankaj, Don, Janet, Maia, Allan, Lysa, Rachel, Rajiv

BET Meeting Notes for September 10, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Content Master for the evening – Mark Bayless

Opening:

Immediate Past President Rachel Sumner opened the meeting in our usual meeting space, the Good News classroom of Forest Hills UMC, and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Club News:

In lieu of our traditional meeting agenda, tonight's meeting followed the Evaluation Contest and Humorous Speech Contest guidelines.

Dues are due! Mike Costa is collecting dues – 6 months for $48 or 12 months for $84. Please pay your dues before the end of September. If Mike Costa is not available, please

Contest Chair: Rachel Sumner

Contest Master: Mark Bayless

Chief Judge: Susan Martin

Judge: Andrew Payne

Judge: Don Kovach

Judge: Michael Moryc

Judge: Irma Perry

Judge: Allen Daniels

Timers: Ani Osborne, Rajiv Gupta

Ballot Counter: Ryan Osborne

Evaluation Contest Target Speech: Bill Martin

Evaluator #1: Russ Vantrease

Evaluator #2: Lysa Rigo

Evaluator #3: Steve Ketterbaugh

Humorous Speech Contest

Speaker #1: Chris Meador

Speaker #2: Pankaj Soni

Speaker #3: Janet Schreibman

Awards:

Best Evaluator: Lysa Rigo

Best Speaker: Pankaj Soni

BET Meeting Notes for August 27, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Toastmaster for the evening – Marc Smith

Opening:

Rachel Sumner opened the meeting in our usual meeting space, the Good News classroom of Forest Hills UMC, and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Club News:

Immediate Past President Rachel Sumner acted as presiding officer since other officers were attending TLI leadership training across town at Caterpillar International.

Congratulations to Don Kovach on achieving his Advanced Communicator Silver! Rachel presented Don with his new name tag bearing this designation.

Our next meeting will not be our conventional meeting format. There is a Humorist Speech Contest on September 10, as well as an Evaluation Contest. Also, following our meeting is an informal get-together at Chili's. Guests are still welcome to join us for the meeting as well as dinner afterward!

Dues are due! Mike Costa is collecting dues – 6 months for $48 or 12 months for $84. Please pay your dues before the end of September.

Toastmaster: Marc Smith

Word of the Day: Practicable |ˈpraktikəbəl| adj.1. able to be done or put into practice successfully 2. able to be used; useful

Table Topics Master: Ryan Osborne

Speaker #1: Nancy Morran told us about her new recording studio and coaching business. (1:57)

Speaker #2: Lysa Rigo imagined her life as a reluctant puppy matchmaker. (1:16)

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: Don Kovach inspired us with a speech about WINNING! (8:48)

Speaker #2: Chris Meador took us down the Duck River in Lolla-Canoe-Za. (6:52)

Speaker #3: Steve Ketterbaugh shared with us three stories about meeting people. (6:56)

Speaker #4: Krishna Rau taught us about being an effective facilitator. (10:17)

Speech Evaluations:

General Evaluator: Mike Costa

Evaluator #1: Susan Martin (3:10)

Evaluator #2: Lysa Rigo (3:12)

Evaluator #3: Michael Moryc (3:01)

Evaluator #4: Skip Malone (3:33)

Timer: Maia Ketterbaugh

Grammarian / Ah Counter: Rachel Sumner

Awards:

Best Table Topics: Nancy Morran

Best Evaluator: Michael Moryc

Best Speaker: Chris Meador

Word of the Day Users: Susan Martin