Brentwood
Evening Toastmasters
Meeting
Notes
Tuesday,
June 10, 2014
Toastmaster
for the evening – Lysa Rigo
Opening:
Ryan Osborne opened the
meeting and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance, then turned
the gavel over to Club President Mark Bayless.
Club News:
Website for BET
(http://www.betoastmasters.org/)
hosting plan is up for renewal. Mark reviewed the renewal options
and the membership voted on the best option for our club. The
membership approved a 5-year renewal of the website hosting service.
Forest Hills United
Methodist Church generously allows us to meet regularly in a church
classroom, but our regular classroom will be occupied on June 24 due
to Vacation Bible School, so we will be meeting in a different room
at FHUMC. Look for the signs with specific directions on the night
of the meeting.
Toastmaster:
Lysa Rigo shared unlikely but true stories about members throughout
the meeting.
Word of the Day:
optimistic |ˌäptəˈmistik| adjective hopeful and
confident about the future
Humorist: Russ
Vantrease told a joke about entrepreneurial friars who sell flowers.
Table Topics:
Table Topics Master:
Ryan Osborne .
Speaker #1: Irma Perry
told us about the scariest place she has ever been.
Speaker #2: Ravi
Aradhyula shared with us his experiences as a leader.
Speaker #3: Adam Zheng
explained his preference for working for a smaller company.
Prepared Speeches:
Speaker #1: Patrick
Frazier, “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” (6:02)
Speaker #2: Janet
Schreibman, Award Acceptance Speech (5:34)
Speaker #3: Chris
Meador, “Step Up to the Streets!” (6:23)
Speech Evaluations:
General Evaluator:
Dasie Schulz
Evaluator #1: Allan
Daniels (3:41)
Evaluator #2: Mark
Bayless (4:17)
Evaluator #3: Kristen
Rice (2:19)
Timer: William Turner
Vote Counter: Jaylyn
Bergner
Ah-Counter: Adam Zheng
Awards:
Best Table Topics: Irma
Perry
Best Evaluator: Kristen
Rice
Best Speaker: Janet
Schreibman
