BET Meeting Minutes

February 13, 2018

Presiding Officer:

Janet Schreibman

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:   Russ Vantrease, CC

Toastmaster:  Janet Schreibman, ACB, AL

Word of the Day:  Mike Costa, ACS

Humorist:  Mike Costa

Table Topics: Ryan Barksdale, CC

Table Topic Speakers:

1) Mike Costa

2) Russ Vantrease

Speakers:

1) Susan Martin, Pathways Icebreaker

General Evaluator: Ben Arnold

Evaluators:

1) Russ Vantrease

Timer: Pankaj Soni, CC

Ah Counter/Grammarian: Tawanda McDonald

Club Business:

• Toastmaster's Officers Training is scheduled for February 24 & 27 at Caterpillar on West End Ave. We need a minimum of 4 officers attending.

• Our club International Speech and Table Topics Contest will be held March 13. All eligible members are encouraged to participate.

• BET will host the Area Speech Contest for Areas 40, 41 & 42 on Tuesday, March 20

• Division D Speech Contest will be held April 5 at Brookdale Senior Living Center in Franklin

• The District 63 Spring Conference will be April 23-28 at the Knoxville Marriott

BET Meeting Minutes

January 29, 2018

Presiding Officer:

Janet Schreibman

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Russ Vantrease, CC

Toastmaster: Mike Costa, ACS

Word of the Day:  n/a

Humorist:  n/a

Table Topics:  Janet Schreibman, ACB, AL

Table Topic Speakers:

1) Gillian Goldsborough  -- Winner

2) Skip Malone

3) Lindy Estep

Speakers:

1) Ben Arnold - CC manual #4 How to Say It: "Did the New Deal Fail?"

2) Susan Martin - Educational Speech: Pathways Guide Intro

General Evaluator: Mike Costa

Evaluators:

1) Russ Vantrease

Timer: Lindy Estep

Ah Counter/Grammarian: Gillian Goldsborough

Club Business:

• Leadership training is expected to be held last week in February. Dates will be announced soon. 
• BET will host our club International Speech and Table Topics contest on March 13.
• Area contest is confirmed for March 20 at FHUMC.
• Division contest dates TBD.
• Please consider becoming an officer for the upcoming year. Contact any officer for questions or to learn more.
• January 23rd meeting minutes approved.
• Lindy Estep has offered to bring pizza to our meeting on Feb. 13 to celebrate our roll out of the new Pathways program.