Brentwood
Evening Toastmasters
Meeting
Notes
Tuesday,
March 25, 2014
Toastmaster
for the evening – Ani Osborne
Opening:
Russ Vantrease opened
the meeting and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance, then
turned the gavel over to Toastmaster for the evening, Ani Osborne.
Club News:
The District 63 Spring
Conference will be held April 4-6 in Nashville. Please visit
http://d63toastmasters.com/
for the agenda and information about tickets.
Dues are due!
Membership dues are posted semiannually in March and September, and
the spring deadline is March 31. BET members who renew for 12 months
instead of 6 months will have a portion of their dues waived.
Toastmaster: Ani
Osborne introduced the theme of the meeting, Happy Birthday.
Wordmaster: Ravi
Aradhyula
Word of the Day:
happaratchik
|ˌäpəˈräCHik| noun,
derogatory or humorous
an official in a large organization, typically a political one
Humorist: Pankaj
Soni told an original joke about bringing peanuts to Toastmasters.
Table Topic Master:
Susan Martin hosted a
birthday-themed Table Topics.
TT
Speaker #1: Russ Vantrease
shared his feelings about surprise birthday parties.
(1:21)
TT
Speaker #2: Skip Malone told
us how he would spend his next birthday.
(1:21)
TT
Speaker #3: Mark Bayless
shared a story about his sister who was born on Christmas.
(1:21)
Prepared Speeches:
Speaker #1: Marc Smith,
“Reasons to Become a Mentor” (5:19)
Speaker #2: William
Turner gave his ice-breaker! (6:42)
Speaker #3: Darryl
Pace, “The Lesson of the Loom – On Persistence” (6:44)
Speaker #4: Jaylyn
Bergner, “Four Keys to a Better Traveling Experience” (9:26)
Speech Evaluations:
General Evaluator: Mark
Bayless
Evaluator #1: Mike
Costa (3:13)
Evaluator #2: Rachel
Sumner (3:13)
Evaluator #3: Allan
Daniels (10:10)
Evaluator #4: Chris
Meador (3:38)
Timer: Tricia Smith
Vote Counter: Pankaj
Soni
Grammarian / Ah
Counter: Richard Naslund
Awards:
Best Table Topic: Russ
Vantrease
Best Evaluator: Rachel
Sumner
Best Speaker: Marc
Smith
Word of the day users:
Susan, Mark
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