BET Meeting Minutes

September 26,  2017

Presiding Officer:

Janet Schreibman

Theme: SEASONS

Roles & Responsibilities:

            Toastmaster: Deborah Link, CC

            Wordmaster: Karl Jannasch

                        soberside...slang for wordless, dry person

            Humorist: Russ Vantrease, CC

            Table Topics Master: Tawanda McDonald

           

Speakers:

            Speech 1: Ben Arnold -- Best Speaker

            CC#3: Political Correctness or Being Politically Correct?” 7-9 min.

            Speech 2: Bill Martin, DTM

            CC#1 Icebreaker-“Having Fun Running Trains” 4-6 min.

General Evaluator: Ryan Barksdale, CC

            Evaluator 1: Gillian Goldsborough -- Best Evaluator

            Evaluator 2: Janet Schreibman, ACB, AL

           

            Ah Counter: Mike Costa, ACS

            Timer: Vikas Jain

Table Topic Questions

1.     What are some things you do when seasons change? Skip Malone

2.     What’s a new skill you wish to learn? Marc Smith

3.     Describe change of season versus seasons change! Pankaj Soni

4.     If you had a magic wand and could make a change to go somewhere, where and what would it be? Karl Jannasch -- Best Table Topic Winner

Club Business

1.     Review of TM values and mission statement.

2.    Area 42 Speech Contest to be held at Forest Hills United Methodist Church, Oct. 10, 6pm dinner, 7pm contest with BET club contestants Susan Martin for humorous speaking and Deborah Link as evaluator.

3.     Division Speech Contest will be Oct. 19 at Brookdale Senior Living Center in Franklin on Hwy 96.

4.    The last D63 Fall Conference will be held Nov. 10 & 11 in Chattanooga at the Doubletree Hotel. Registration is available online on the D63 website.