Brentwood Evening Toastmasters (BET)

Meetings are from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Tuesdays of each month.

@

Forest Hills United Methodist Church at 1250 Old Hickory Blvd in Brentwood, TN.

(BET is not affiliated with the church and is open to any and all individuals interested in self-improvement and effective communication. Through the open generosity of the church BET is able to hold meetings in one of its classrooms.)

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

BET Meeting Minutes for November 29, 2016
Presiding Officer: Janet Schreibman


Contest Roles & Responsibilities:
Opening: Russ Vantrease, CC
Toastmaster: Janet Schreibman ACB, CL
Timer: Emilie Filler
Ballot Counter: Gillian Goldsborough

 The club hosted a Speakerthon for its members to spice up the fifth Tuesday meeting in November!

 Speakers:
Speaker 1: Ryan Barksdale
Speaker 2: David Green - Best Speaker
Speaker 3: Susan Martin, ACB
Speaker 4: Deborah Link

 Evaluators:
Evaluator 1: Marc Smith
Evaluator 2: Skip Malone, ACB
Evaluator 3: Russ Vantrease, CC - Best Evaluator
Evaluator 4: Vikas Jain


Club Business:
  • Janet Schreibman shared the Area Governor's (Daryl Pace) report with the club.
  • Meeting times for December were discussed with the club with the plan of a possible after- meeting holiday outing on December 13th.


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Sunday, November 27, 2016

BET Meeting Minutes for November 22, 2016
Presiding Officer: Skip Malone


Contest Roles & Responsibilities:
Opening: Russ Vantrease, CC
Toastmaster: Skip Malone, ACB, CL
Wordmaster: Russ Vantrease, CC
Word: sparse; thinly dispersed or scattered; austere, meager
Humorist: Emilie Filler
Table Topics Master: Mike Costa, ACS
General Evaluator: Mike Costa, ACS

Speakers:
Speaker 1: Marc Smith -- Best Speaker
Speaker 2: Ryan Barksdale

Evaluators:
Evaluator 1: Skip Malone, ACB, CL
Evaluator 2: Ravi Aradhyula -- Best Evaluator

Best Table Topics Speaker: Deborah Link

Club Business:
  • Brentwood Evening Toastmasters will meet Tuesday, November 29, 2016 for the club's fifth Tuesday meeting in November.
  • The Executive Committee (club officers) will meet prior to the December 13th meeting.




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Monday, November 21, 2016

BET Meeting Minutes for November 8, 2016
Presiding Officer: Janet Schreibman

Contest Roles & Responsibilities:
Opening: Deborah Link
Toastmaster: Janet Schreibman, ACB, ALB 
Wordmaster: Janet Schreibman, ACB, ALB
Word: suffrage; the right to vote; a short intercessory prayer usually in a series
Humorist: Mike Costa, ACS
Table Topics Master: Ryan Osborne, CC
General Evaluator: Deborah Link
Timer: Marc Smith
Grammarian: Skip Malone, ACB, CL
Ballot Counter: Ryan Osborne, CC

Speakers:
Speaker 1: Ryan Barksdale - Best Speaker - Status Shared Due to a Tie
Speaker 2: Emilie Filler - Best Speaker - Status Shared Due to a Tie

Evaluators:
Evaluator 1: Marc Smith
Evaluator 2: Skip Malone, ACB,CL - Best Evaluator

Best Table Topics Speaker: Skip Malone, ACB, CL

Club Business:
  • Thank you to all the club members and guests that made Toastmasters a priority on election night!
  • Brentwood Evening Toastmasters decided to hold its second monthly meeting on November 22, 2016 regardless of the holiday week due to member desire.
  • The club executive committee (officers) met with the Area Governor, Daryl Pace, to discuss club goals and status for the remainder of the 2016-2017 club year.
  • We hope everyone will join the Brentwood Evening Toastmasters meeting on November 29th for the club's fifth Tuesday meeting in the month of November. 
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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

BET Meeting Minutes for October 11, 2016
Presiding Officer: Susan Martin

Contest Roles & Responsibilities:
Opening: Russ Vantrease, CC
Toastmaster: Leatha Elrod, CC
Wordmaster: Skip Malone, ACB, CL
Word: growth points; replacing constructive critique in evaluation terminology
Humorist: Deborah Link
Table Topics Master: Deborah Link
General Evaluator: Emilie Filler
Timer: Gillian Goldsborough
Grammarian: Skip Malone, ACB, CL
Ballot Counter: Deborah Link

Speakers:
Speaker 1: Marc Smith - Best Speaker
Speaker 2: Vikas Jain

Evaluators:
Evaluator 1: Susan Martin, ACB - Best Evaluator
Evaluator 2: Russ Vantrease, CC

Best Table Topics Speaker: Brian (New member)

Club Business:

  • Brentwood Evening Toastmasters will host the Division D Humorous Speech and Evaluation contests on October 25th. Please join us as we support Janet Schreibman, our Humorous Speech contestant, and Deborah Link, test speaker for the Evaluation contest.
  • Those members wishing to help setup should arrive at 6:00 pm. Registration begins at 6:15 pm and the contest will begin between 6:45 pm and 7:00 pm.
  • Many members expressed an interest in having the first meeting of November on the 8th, even though it coincides with Election Day 2016. Members also desired a meeting during Thanksgiving Week. Finalization of the meeting schedule will be announced at the October 25th meeting. 
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Saturday, October 1, 2016

BET Meeting Minutes for September 27, 2016
Presiding Officer: Janet Schreibman

This meeting was preceded by BET hosting an Open House.

Contest Roles & Responsibilities:
Opening: Russ Vantrease, CC
Toastmaster: Russ Vantrease, CC
Wordmaster: Deborah Link
Word: discordant; disagreeable to the ear; not in harmony
Humorist: Marc Smith
Table Topics Master: Mike Costa, ACS
General Evaluator: Leatha Elrod, CC
Timer: Jerry Denny
Grammarian: Janet Schreibman, ACB, ALB
Ballot Counter: David Green

Speakers:
Speaker 1: Emilie Filler -- "Ice breaker" 
Speaker 2: Gillian Goldsborough -- Winner
Speaker 3: Ryan Barksdale

Evaluators:
Evaluator 1: Susan Martin, ACB -- Winner
Evaluator 2: Dasie Schulz
Evaluator 3: Vikas Jain

Best Table Topics Speaker: Janet (guest)

Club Business:

  • Dues payments need to be paid before September 30th.
  • The winners from the Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest will compete in the Area Contest Saturday, October 1st @ State Farm in Murfreesboro.
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Monday, September 19, 2016



BET Meeting Minutes for Sept. 13, 2016
Presiding Officer: Janet Schreibman

This meeting featured Brentwood Evening Toastmaster’s annual Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contests.

Contest Roles & Responsibilities:
Contest Master: Susan Martin, ACB
Chief Judge: Pankaj Soni, CC
Judge: Ryan Osborne, CC
Judge: Bill Martin, DTM
Sergeant @ Arms: David Green
Timekeeper: Leatha Elrod, CC
Ballot Counter: Emili Fuller

Evaluation Contest:
Demonstration Speaker: Dasie Shulz, ACS, ALB
Evaluator #1: Mike Costa, ACS
Evaluator #2: Russ Vantrease, CC -- Winner

Humorous Speech Contest:
Speaker #1: Mike Costa, ACS
Speaker #2: Janet Schreibman, ACB, ALB – Winner

Club Business:

  •   All members are requested to bring a guest to the Open House at our next meeting, September 27, beginning at 6:15 with a meet & greet and light dinner. Meeting will begin at 7pm. Please RSVP on the electronic invite to come.
  •       Please pay your Member Dues by the September 27th meeting to Mike Costa.
  •       Congratulations to Dasie Schulz for completing the final requirement with her speech tonight to achieve her Distinguished Toastmaster award.
  • Our Area Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest will be held on October 1 at State Farm in Murfreesboro, 2650 Memorial Blvd. Registration begins at 8:30am and the contests begin at 9am. All members are encouraged to attend and support our participants.
  •   The Fall Conference will take place November 4-5 at the Nashville Airport Holiday Inn. Registration applications are available on our Division 63 website. Requests have been made for silent auction items, sponsors and door prizes. Please notify an officer if you can contribute in any of these areas.
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Monday, September 12, 2016


BET Meeting Minutes for August 30, 2016
Presiding Officer: Janet Schreibman

Roles & Responsibilities:
Toastmaster: Janet Schreibman, ACB, AL
Humorist: Mike Costa, ACS
Time Keeper: Emily
General Evaluator: Susan Martin, ACB
Word of the Day:Ostentatious (adjective:pretentious, boastful)
Grammarian: Daryl Pace, Area Governor

No Table Topics due to 5th Tuesday meeting speech marathon.

Speakers:
Speaker 1: Ryan Barksdale            5:04
Speaker 2: Deborah Link               7:30
Speaker 3: Jerri Denny                  6:09
Speaker 4: Skip Malone, ACB, CL 10:30       Best Speaker

Evaluators:
Evaluator 1: Russ Vantrease, CC    3:20
Evaluator 2: Marc Smith                2:53       Best Evaluator
Evaluator 3: Bill Martin                 3:11
Evaluator 4: Pankaj Soni               4:20

Old Business: Final formats for the upcoming Speech Contest (September 13th) to include contestants, judges, etc.

New Business: All members should not only plan to attend the Open House (September
27th), but bring a guest with them .

Member Dues Payments need to be paid in the month of September.




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Thursday, August 25, 2016

BET Meeting Minutes for August 23, 2016
Presiding Officer: Janet Schreibman

Roles & Responsibilities:
Toastmaster: Ryan Osborne
Humorist: Janet Schreibman,  ACB, AL
Topics Master: Russ Vantrease, CC
Time Keeper: Pakaj Soni
General Evaluator: Daise Schulz, ACG
Word Master: Rachel Sumner
Word: Venial (adjective, able to be forgiven or pardoned)
Vote Counter: Deborah Link
Grammarian: Ryan Osborne, CC

Speakers:
Speaker 1: Susan Martin, ACB

Evaluators:
Evaluator 1: Ryan Barksdale

Best Table Topics Speaker: Timothy

Old Business: Speech Contest (September 13th), Open House (September 27th)
New Business: Co-chair Desired for Open House Planning  and Logistics 
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Monday, August 22, 2016



BET Meeting Minutes for August 9, 2016
Presiding Officer: Janet Schreibman

Roles & Responsibilities:
Toastmaster: Mike Costa, ACS
Humorist: Russ Vantrease
Topics master: Deborah Link
Time Keeper: Jerry Denny
General Evaluator: Ryan Osborne
Word Master: Susan Martin, ACB
Word: Rectify (verb: correct, fix)
Vote Counter: Russ Vantrease
Grammarian: Susan Martin, ACB

Speakers:
Speaker 1: Daise Schulz, DTM          Best Speaker
Speaker 2: Ryan Barksdale
Speaker 3: Stephen Cornwell         Guest Speaker

Evaluators:
Evaluator 1: Ravi Aradhyula          Best Evaluator
Evaluator 2: Janet Schreibman, CC, ACB, AL          

Best Table Topics Speaker:           Russ Vantrease

Old Business: Confirmation of Dates for the Fall Speech Contest (September 13th) and Open House (September 27th)

New Business: Possible Group Viewing of the World Championship Conference Speech Contest
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BET Meeting Minutes for July 26, 2016       
Presiding Officer: Janet Schreibman

Roles & Responsibilities:
Toastmaster: Susan Martin, ACB                                
Humorist:  Deborah Link
Topics master: Russ Vantrease                                  
Time Keeper: Pakaj Soni
General Evaluator: Gillian Goldsborough                 
Word master: Jerry Denny     
Word: Encomium (noun; high praise)
Vote Counter: Russ Vantrease

Speakers:
Speaker 1: Mike Costa, ACS                         Time: 10:38
Speaker 2: Deborah Link                               Time: 6:56       Best Speaker
Speaker 3: Ryan Barksdale                            Time: 5:06

Evaluators:
Evaluator 1: Sunil Suthar                                Time: 3:23
Evaluator 2: Janet Schreibman, CC, ACB, AL    Time: 3:15       Best Evaluator
Evaluator 3: Skip Malone, ACB CL                  Time: 3:24

Best Table Topics Speaker: Gillian Goldsborough

Old Business: Induction of New Members and Officers (Reschedule)
New Business: Future Open House
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