BET Meeting Notes for November 10, 2015

BET Meeting Notes

November 10, 2015

Words of the day:

• Autumn [aw-tuh m] noun  1. the season between summer and winter; fall. 2. a time of full maturity
• Procrastination [proh-kras-tuh-ney-shuh n] noun 1. the act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off or delaying, especially something requiring immediate attention

Club Business and Announcements

Happy Thanksgiving! We would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. Due to the busy holiday time, BET will not be meeting on the week of Thanksgiving, Tuesday, November 24, 2015 or the week of Christmas,  Tuesday, December 21, 2015. We will resume meetings on the second Tuesday, December 8, 2015.

Our evening meeting had a special visitor, Area Director, Manjanuth Shetty Subbaiah. We appreciate his insightful speech and helpful chapter feedback. We would like to remind members to bring their Competent Leadership manuals to meetings to get credit for leadership roles. Also, please sign up on Easy Speak early and often to help prepare for upcoming meetings.

Our Chapter Secretary, Jamie Chatman will be moving to Louisiana in December. We are looking for an interim secretary for Brentwood Evening Toastmasters to replace her as soon as possible. Please contact a chapter officer if you are interested.

Meeting times for Brentwood Evening Toastmasters for the remainder of the year:

• Tuesday, December 8, 2015  at 7pm
• Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 7pm

Awards

Best Evaluation: Ravi Aradhyula

Best Table Topics: Jamie Chatman

Best Prepared Speech: Manjanuth Shetty Subbaiah

BET Meeting Notes for August 25, 2015

BET Meeting Notes

August 25, 2015

Word of the day: potpourri noun 1. A mixture of dried petals of roses or other flowers with spices, kept in a jar for their fragrance. 2. A musical medley. 3. A collection of miscellaneous literary extracts. 4. Any mixture, especially of unrelated objects, subjects, etc. 


Club Business and Announcements
The Brentwood Evening Toastmasters club will have an Open House on October 27, 2015. We are asking each member to bring a friend. We will also invite members from Forest Hills UMC to attend. There will be fun, fellowship and food at the meeting. Janet Schreibman will be chairing the event and is asking for a volunteer to help co-chair. Please note that you can receive competent leadership credit for serving as a co-chair for the Open House.

On September 8, the Brentwood Evening Toastmasters will hold a humorist and evaluation club contest. The winners will move on to the area contest. 

On August 25, the club inducted two new members, Karen and Shahani Martirosyan. Congratulations!

Awards
Best Evaluation: Chris Meador

Best Table Topics: Ryan Osbourne

Best Prepared Speech: Shahani Martirosyan

BET Meeting Notes for June 30, 2015

BET Meeting Notes

June 30, 2015

Toastmaster Ravi Aradhyula

Word of the day: ineffable  adjective   incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible: 

Club Business and Announcements

In this fifth-Tuesday meeting of the Brentwood Evening Toastmasters, the new slate of officers were formally inducted.  Congratulations to the new club officers!

• President - Ryan Osborne
• VP-Education - Susan Martin
• VP-Membership - Sunil Suthar
• VP-PR - Janet Schreibman
• Secretary - Jamie Chatman
• Treasurer - Mike Costa
• Sergeant At Arms - Leatha Elrod

Ravi Aradhyula will be serving as co-VP of Education this summer while Susan is traveling, so please contact him for help with goals or workbook assignments.

Awards

Best Speaker: None qualified for voting

Best Evaluator: TIE between Ryan Osborne and Sunil Suthar

BET Meeting Notes for June 23, 2015

BET Meeting Notes

June 23, 2015

Toastmaster Kristen Rice

Word of the day: caboodle |kəˈbo͞odl| (also kaboodle) noun (in phrase the whole caboodle or the whole kit and caboodle) informal  the whole number or quantity of people or things in question.

Club Business and Announcements

We had a packed agenda for this meeting including the nomination and election of the new slate of club officers for the 2015-16 year!  Each of the following nominations were accepted and all of the candidates were successfully elected for service in their respective roles:

• President - Ryan Osborne
• VP-Education - Susan Martin
• VP-Membership - Sunil Suthar
• VP-PR - Janet Schreibman
• Secretary - Jamie Chatman
• Treasurer - Mike Costa
• Sergeant At Arms - Leatha Elrod

Congratulations to our new officers!

Please note that we are meeting on the fifth Tuesday, June 30th at our usual time and place.  We do have new members pending induction into the club, which might be part of the next meeting's agenda.  See you then!

Awards

Best Speaker: Karen Martirosyan

Best Table Topics: Pankaj Soni

Best Evaluator: Ryan Osborne

First Timer: Karen Martirosyan

BET Meeting Notes for June 9, 2015

BET Meeting Notes

June 9, 2015

Club Business and Announcements

The Brentwood Evening Toastmasters club will be electing officers for the upcoming term July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.  This is a fantastic opportunity for members to contribute to the health and growth of the club while developing valuable leadership skills and experiences.

Please be sure to attend our next meeting on June 23, during which we will review the nominations and elect next year's club officers!

Logistical note:  We will be meeting in room #1201, Christian Forum classroom for our next meeting. This is not our usual meeting room but is the same room we used for our last meeting. We will have direction signs marked in the parking lot for this room.  See you there!

Awards

Best Evaluation: Ryan Osborne

Best Table Topics: Janet Schreibman

Best Prepared Speech: Ravi Aradhyula

BET Meeting Notes for May 12, 2015

BET Meeting Notes

May 12, 2015

Toastmaster Mike Costa

Word of the day: prolific [pruh-lif-ik]  adjective  1. producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful;  2. producing in large quantities or with great frequency; highly productive

Club Business and Announcements

Within the next 4-6 weeks, the Brentwood Evening Toastmasters club will be electing officers for the upcoming term July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.  This is a fantastic opportunity for members to contribute to the health and growth of the club while developing valuable leadership skills and experiences.  The commitment can be as small as a few hours of additional work per month, or as much as you want to put into (and get out of) it!  Members of ALL experience levels are encouraged to accept a nomination for an officer role.  For more information, read about the officer roles in the handbook (available here -- please note the PDF can be downloaded for free) or simply ask one of the club officers at the next club.  We would be happy to tell you about the roles.

All are welcome to attend a special storytelling training program on Saturday, May 30, 5:00-8:00 pm sponsored by the Deipnosophist Toastmasters.  Expect a very entertaining as well as informative evening featuring several notable speakers demonstrating various types of storytelling.  Although there is no registration fee, this event will be held at the Hermitage House Smorgasbord and the restaurant expects attendees to purchase either supper or a dessert and drink.  Supper is at 5:00 and the program begins at 6:00.  Please RSVP no later than May 25, or request information about the event, by contacting John Patton.  Reply to this post for his contact information.

BET's own Patrick Frazier will be presenting a speech about resume writing for the Career Transitions Support Group on Monday, June 1, at 7:00.  Patrick gave a condensed (12-15 minutes) version of this speech at BET last year, and it was extremely informative and entertaining.  All are welcome to visit the CTSG, which meets at the Brentwood United Methodist Church, to support Patrick.  For directions and contact information visit the CTSG website at http://www.bumc.net/career.
 

Awards

Best Evaluation: Susan Martin

Best Table Topics: TIE, Susan and Ravi

Best Prepared Speech: Kristen Rice

BET Meeting Notes for April 14, 2015

BET Meeting Notes

April 14, 2015

Toastmaster Ryan Osborne

Word of the day: jaunt  jaunt |jônt|  noun  a short excursion or journey for pleasure

Club Business and Announcements

Within the next 6-8 weeks, the Brentwood Evening Toastmasters club will be electing officers for the upcoming term July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.  This is a fantastic opportunity for members to contribute to the health and growth of the club while developing valuable leadership skills and experiences.  The commitment can be as small as a few hours of additional work per month, or as much as you want to put into (and get out of) it!  Members of ALL experience levels are encouraged to accept a nomination for an officer role.  For more information, read about the officer roles in the handbook (available here -- please note the PDF can be downloaded for free) or simply ask one of the club officers at the next club.  We would be happy to tell you about the roles.

All are welcome to attend a special storytelling training program on Saturday, May 30, 5:00-8:00 pm sponsored by the Deipnosophist Toastmasters.  Expect a very entertaining as well as informative evening featuring several notable speakers demonstrating various types of storytelling.  Although there is no registration fee, this event will be held at the Hermitage House Smorgasbord and the restaurant expects attendees to purchase either supper or a dessert and drink.  Supper is at 5:00 and the program begins at 6:00.  Please RSVP no later than May 25, or request information about the event, by contacting John Patton.  Reply to this post for his contact information.

Awards

Best Evaluation: Russ Vantrease

Best Table Topics: Janet Schreibman

Best Prepared Speech: Kristen Rice

BET Meeting Notes for March 24, 2015

BET Club Meeting Notes

March 24th, 2015

Toastmaster Vikas Jain

Word of the Day: season  |ˈsēzən|  noun  a period of the year characterized by a particular climatic feature or marked by a particular activity, event, or festivity;  verb add a quality or feature to (something), especially so as to make it more lively or exciting

Club Business and Announcements

Our next meeting on March 31st, 2015 will not be held at our usual location or time.  Instead, we will gather at HCA Physician Service Center, located at Three Maryland Farms, Brentwood, TN 37027, not far from Forest Hills UMC, at 6:30 pm for Division D speech contest.

Try to arrive early for the Meet & Greet beginning at 6:00!  The contest will begin promptly at 6:30.

Any Toastmasters wishing to volunteer at the speech contest should contact Lindy Estep, Division D Governor, at lindyestep@gmail.com.

Awards:

Best Evaluation: Chris Meador

Best Table Topics: Pankaj Soni

Best Prepared Speech: Patrick Frazier

BET Meeting Notes for February 24, 2015

BET Meeting Notes

February 24, 2015

Toastmaster Dasie Schulz

Word of the day: icebound |ˈīsˌbound| adjective  completely surrounded or covered by ice

Club Business and Announcements

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters is proud to announce the induction of its three newest members.  Following a motion by Russ Vantrease, seconded by Janet Schreibman, the attending club members unanimously voted to admit Ryan Martin, Diana Garcia, and Paul Sabyasashi to Toastmasters.  Congratulations!

We were pleased to have Area Governor Jayne Phillips, DTM visit our club and participate in the evening's agenda as evaluator.  She reminded us that the area-level contests will be held next Saturday, March 7, and the division contests will be held on Tuesday, March 31.  All are welcome to attend and any Toastmasters interested in participating in the Sergeant at Arms, Vote Counter, or other roles are strongly encouraged to contact club leadership for more information.

Finally, the idea was floated (although no formal motion made) that the agenda for our 5th-Tuesday meeting on March 31 be replaced with attending the division-level speech contests, which will be held in Brentwood not far from our usual meeting venue, possibly followed by dinner at a Brentwood-area restaurant.  Look for further discussion via the club website / email and during our upcoming meetings March 10 and 24.

 

Awards

Best Evaluation: Lynn Blake

Best Table Topics: Rachel Sumner

Best Prepared Speech: Tie!  Mike Costa and Paul Sabyasachi

BET Meeting Notes for February 10, 2015

BET Meeting Notes

February 10, 2015

Competition Chair Chris Meador

Chief Judge Irma Perry

In lieu of our traditional meeting format, BET held two club-level speech contests.  I am pleased to share the results of the contests here on our club blog:

Congratulations to Russ Vantrease on winning the club-level Table Topics Contest!

Congratulations to Mark Brown on winning the club-level International Speech Contest!

Winners of the club-level contests go on to compete in area-, division-, and district-level contests.  You are welcome to attend these future contests and support our club!

• The area contests will be held March 7, 2015 at Parallon Business Solutions at 2:00 pm.
• The division contests will be held March 31, 2015 at HCA Physician Service Center at 6:30 pm.

For more information about Toastmasters Speech Contests, please visit the TMI website: https://www.toastmasters.org/Leadership-Central/Speech-Contests

BET Meeting Notes for January 13, 2015

BET Meeting Notes

January 13, 2015

Toastmaster Rachel Sumner

Word of the day: peeve |pēv| informal verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be peeved) annoy; irritate. (as adj. peeved) : a somewhat peeved tone. noun a cause of annoyance: his pet peeve is not having answers for questions from players.

Club Business and Announcements

Happy New Year!

The second session of Toastmasters Leadership Institute will be held January 31, 2015 at HCA (morning). Please contact a club officer if you are interested in participating – the sessions are targeted at club officers but all Toastmasters can benefit from the workshop.

An advanced club in the Nashville area, the Deipnosophists is hosting an Evaluation Challenge on January 31^st from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Hermitage House Smorgasbord. The cost is $18 for materials & dinner. Please contact Susan Martin for further details.

Awards

First Timer: Sabyasachi Paul

Best Evaluation: Susan Martin

Best Table Topics: Mike Costa

Best Prepared Speech: Russ Vantrease