BET Meeting Notes for July 29, 2014

BET Meeting Notes

July 29, 2014

Toastmaster Ryan Osborne

Club Business and Announcements

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters holds regular meetings every 2^nd and 4^th Tuesday of the month, but in months with a 5^th Tuesday we follow a special Speech-a-Thon agenda. These special meetings focus exclusively on prepared speeches and evaluations.

Our club officers are attending training at the Toastmasters Leadership Institute this Thursday, July 31^st at 5:30 pm at the Caterpillar Financial building on West End Ave. Please contact Mike Costa if you are interested in joining us!

We are going to celebrate our 25^th anniversary this September. Janet Schreibmann will be coordinating the event which is tentatively scheduled for September 30^th.

The BET club-level humorous speech and evaluation contests on the 1^st Tuesday of September.

Winners of these club-level contests will go on to compete at the area-level contest on October 4^th in Murfreesboro, and then the district-level contest on October 9^th in Maryland Farms. For more information please visit the district website at its new address: http://d63.toastmastersdistricts.org/

Awards

Best Speech: Sunil Suthar

Best Evaluation: Mike Costa

BET Meeting Notes for July 22, 2014

BET Meeting Notes

July 22, 2014

Toastmaster Chris Meador

Club Business and Announcements

FHUMC staff reported a recent break-in at the church, and they urged us to please take the following safety precautions.  Leave the hallway lights on at night.  Don't walk to the parking lot alone; go in groups.  If you see anyone suspicious or threatening, don't hesitate to call the police.  Hopefully this was an isolated incident but please be careful when visiting the building at night.

Our first officers' meeting of the 2014-15 club year was held before the club meeting.

• Ani will be forming a committee to increase membership and reduce absenteeism.
• Janet and Rachel will form a committee to plan BET's 25^th anniversary celebration, currently targeting September 30.

Please contact them with questions or ideas.

Induction of new officers and new members!

IPP Mark Bayless installed the officers for 2014-15.

President Pankaj Soni inducted two new members, Leatha Elrod and Sunil Suthar.

Please enjoy the following links mentioned during the meeting.

Anne Curzan's TED Talk – What Makes a Word “Real”

http://ideas.ted.com/2014/06/18/20-words-that-once-meant-something-very-different/

Weird Al Yankovic – Word Crimes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc

Word of the Day
ineffable - |inˈefəbəl|  adjective  too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words

BET Meeting Notes for July 8, 2014

Club Business and Announcements

Pankaj announced new officers for the upcoming year:

• President: Pankaj Soni
• VP-Education: Ravi Aradhyula
• VP- membership: Ani Osborne
• VP- Public Relations: Janet Schreibman
• Secretary: Chris Meador
• Treasurer: Mike Costa
• Sergeant at Arms: Ryan Osborne
• Mentor Coordinator: Rachel Sumner

Word of the day: 

Pluvial -- of or pertaining to rain; rainy

Awards:

Table Topics: Marc Smith

Evaluator: Janet Schreibman

Speaker: Rachel Sumner

BET Meeting Notes for June 24, 2014

Club Business and Announcements

Ryan Osborne opened the meeting. Toastmaster Rachel Sumner lead meeting and also filled in for absent club president Mark Bayless. An update was requested on club award status. We are on track to qualify for the President's Distinguished Club recognition...our sixth time in a row. This is our last meeting with the current officers. 

Skip Malone mentioned that BET was chartered in September of 1989, so our 25th anniversary is upcoming. It was recommended that we plan a special event to celebrate.

Word of the day:

Audacious adj. showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks

Users:

Rachel, Russ, Janet, Pankaj 

Awards:

Best Table Topics: Tie with William Turner & Cole McKenna (guest)

Best Evaluator: Russ Vantrease

Best Speaker: Mark Brown