BET Meeting Minutes

August 23, 2022

Presiding Officer:

Janet Schreibman

 

Theme:  National Parks

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Janet Schreibman

Toastmaster:  Janet Schreibman

Word of the Day:   Emily Thompson

word: nebulous, adj. - indistinct, vague; something that is related to or resembles a nebula

Humorist:  Chaka Jackson

 

Table Topics:  Mike Costa

Table Topic Speakers:

1) Chaka Jackson - 1:11

2) Jason Cook - 1:24

3) Emily Thompson - 1:31

 

Speaker(s):

1) Darryl Pace  -  "Platinum Rule" (requested 12-14  min)  11:27

2) John Polish - Demonstration (requested 6-8) 7:06

 

General Evaluator: Skip Malone

Evaluator(s):

1) Colleen Law - 2:36

2) LouAnn Clark - 3:30

Timer: Emily Thompson

Ah Counter/Grammarian:  Emily Thompson

 

Club Business:

• Minutes approved for August 9 meeting

• TLI makeup dates in Nashville will be all virtual

• Area Tall Tales and Evaluation speech contest to be held Oct. 29. Location TBD
  

 

Members Present: Janet Schreibman,  John Polish, Mike Costa, Emily Thompson, LouAnn Clark

 Virtual Attendees: Skip Malone, Colleen Law, Darryl Pace, Chaka Jackson

 Guests:  Joe Settles, Tasha Allen, Shawn Sullivan, Jason Cook, Kiran Jawale, Zach Passalacqua

 Word Users:  Janet, Skip, Jason, Colleen

 

BET Meeting Minutes

August 09, 2022

Presiding Officer:

Janet Schreibman

 

Theme:  Back to School

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Janet Schreibman

Toastmaster:  Mike Costa

Word of the Day:   Mike Costa

word:  rube, noun - an awkward, unsophisticated person; a naive or inexperienced person

Humorist:  Emily Thompson

 

Table Topics:  Bill Martin

Table Topic Speakers:

1) Chaka Jackson - 1:28

2) John Polish - 1:12

3) Colleen Law - 1:52

4) Emily Thompson - 1:36

 

Speaker(s):

1) Skip Malone  -  "Guns"  (requested 8-10  min)  10:20

 

General Evaluator: Janet Schreibman

Evaluator(s):

1) Susan Martin - 3:09

Timer: Darryl Pace

Ah Counter/Grammarian:  Janet Schreibman

 

Club Business:

 

• Minutes approved for July 26 meeting

• International Convention will be hybrid, held in Nashville at Opryland hotel Aug. 17-20. Register online at TLI website

• TLI makeup dates in Nashville will be virtual Aug 11

•  Area Tall Tales and Evaluation speech contest to be held Oct. 29. Location TBD

 

Members Present: Janet Schreibman,  John Polish, Mike Costa

Virtual Attendees: Skip Malone, Colleen Law, Susan Martin, Bill Martin, Emily Thompson, Darryl Pace, Chaka Jackson

Guests:  Monica Bhargava, Teresa Dunbar (Area Director) and Kiran

Word Users:  Janet, Emily, Skip, Darryl, Susan

 

BET Meeting Minutes

July 26, 2022

Presiding Officer:

LouAnn Clark

 

Theme:  Winter in July

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  LouAnn Clark

Toastmaster:  Susan Martin

Word of the Day:   Emily Thompson

word:  bamboozle - to deceive, trick or confuse

Humorist:  Mike Costa

 

Table Topics:  Janet Schreibman

Table Topic Speakers:

1) Mike Costa - 1:30

2) Emily Thompson - 1:53

3) LouAnn Clark - 1:50

4) Darryl Pace - 1:09

  

Speaker(s):

1) Darryl Pace -  "Soft Skills for Super Star Consultants";  intro to seminar  (requested 6-8 min) 7:28

 

General Evaluator: Skip Malone

Evaluator(s):

1) John Polish - 3:15

Timer: LouAnn Clark

Ah Counter/Grammarian: Mike Costa

 

Club Business:

• Minutes approved for July 12 meeting with revision to include Susan turning gavel over to LouAnn as presiding officer for coming year

• International Convention will be hybrid, held in Nashville at Opryland hotel Aug. 17-20. Register online at TLI website

• TLI will be held in person in Cookville on July 16th. Makeup dates in Nashville TBA

• Jason Cook, Club Growth Director for D63, installed our new officers

• We look forward to Bill Martin, Colleen Law and Cindy Hazen becoming new members

Members Present: Janet Schreibman, LouAnn Clark, Susan Martin, Emily Thompson, John Polish, Mike Costa, Darryl Pace

Virtual Attendees: Skip Malone

Guests:  none

 Word Users:  Janet, LouAnn, Skip, Jason