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 14, 2021

 

BET Meeting Minutes

November 30, 2021

Presiding Officer:

Susan Martin

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Susan Martin

Toastmaster: Susan Martin

Word of the Day: Emily Thompson

Perspective - point of view

Humorist:  Emily Thompson

Table Topics: none due to short notice/short speech challenge

 

Table Topic Speakers: see below #2 below


Speaker(s):

1) Jason Cook - (requested 5-7 min) 6:46

2) Susan Martin - provided guidelines & challenged attendees to present a 3-5 min. speech using theme "Celebrate" in lieu of Table Topics

Emily Thompson - 5:19

LouAnn Clark - 5:42

Janet Schreibman - 5:02

Darryl Pace - 3:46

Chaka (guest) - 2:55

 

General Evaluator: Janet Schreibman

Evaluator(s):

1) LouAnn Clark - 3:00

2) no evaluators needed for impromptu short speech challenge

 

Timer: Bill Martin

Ah Counter/Grammarian: Emily Thompson

 

Club Business:

  • TLI to be held Saturday, Dec. 11 at 9am. Need 4 officers to attend.
  • Minutes from Nov. 9 meeting approved with addition of adding LouAnn as Table Topics Master

Members Present: Janet, Emily, LouAnn, Susan, Darryl

Virtual Attendees:  Skip, Marc

Guests:  Bill Martin, Chaka Jackson, Ilka Chavez, Ally (virtual), Julia (virtual)

Word Users: Susan