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).
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
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