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 27^th 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.

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.