BET Meeting Minutes

January 22, 2024

Presiding Officer:

Bill Martin

 

Theme: Tribute to Skip Malone

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Bill Martin

Toastmaster:  Susan Martin

Word of the Day: 

hygge, n. - the feeling of coziness and comfort      

Humorist:  Emily Thompson

 

Table Topics:  Bill Martin

Table Topic Speakers:

1) Ben Cox - 1:58

2) Kianush Dixon - 1:08

3) Jesus Mendoza - 1:45

 

Speakers:

1)  Flavius Trombitas - "Leadership Styles" (requested 5-7 min.) 7:48

2)  Kristen Williams - "About Evaluations", Evaluation & Feedback Level 1 (requested 5-7 min.) 8:45

 

 General Evaluator:  Marc Smith

Evaluators:

1)  Mike Costa - 3:32

2)  Janet Schreibman - 3:16

 

Timer:  Brittany Gentilhomme

Ah Counter/Grammarian:  Chandler Telfer

 

Word Users:

Brittany,  Janet

 

Club Business:

·       Welcome to new member Jesus Mendoza

·       Club humorous speaking and evaluation Area Contest will be held virtually Saturday,  Jan. 27. Division Contest will be virtual on Saturday, Feb. 24

·       Congrats to Flavius for achieving Level 1

·       Next meeting will include induction for new members Chandler, Ben & Jesus

 

Members Present:

Bill Martin, Susan Martin, Emily Thompson, Janet Schreibman, Marc Smith, Flavius Trombitas,  Brittany Gentilhomme, Kristen Williams, Jesus Mendoza, Mike Costa

 

Virtual Attendees:

Chandler Telfer, Ben Cox

 

 Guests:

Kianush Dixon, Kelli Dixon, Lavanya Nalluri

 

                                                            BET Meeting Minutes

January 9, 2024

Presiding Officer:

Bill Martin

 

Theme:  New Beginnings

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener: Bill Martin

Toastmaster:  Janet Schreibman

 

Word of the Day:  Brittany Gentilhomme

inaugural, adj.  - first; coming before all others

Humorist:  Susan Martin

 

Table Topics: Brian Neihoff

 

Table Topic Speakers:

1)  Flavius Trombitas - 2:03

2)  Lashar - 1:00

3)  Cindy Aslan - 1:00

4)  Emily Thompson - 2:15

5)  Chandler Telfer - 1:37

 

Speaker(s):

1) Bill Martin (requested 5-7) 6:33

 

General Evaluator: Mike Costa

Evaluator(s):

1) Emily Thompson - 5:00

 

Timer:  Chandler Telfer

Ah Counter/Grammarian:  Flavius Trombitas

 

Club Business:

• ·       Our Area International Speech and Table Topics contest will be held virtually on Saturday, January 27 at 9:30 am. All interested invited to tune in. Zoom link TBD, available on Division G website.

• ·       Minutes for the minutes from September 26 through December 12 were tabled until our next meeting on January 23

 

Members Present: Bill, Susan, Janet, Mike, Flavius, Chandler

Virtual Attendees:  Skip, Cindy, Brittany, Emily T.

Guest(s):  Jesus Mendoza, Lavanya Nalluri, Brian Neihoff, Lashar

 Word Users: Janet, Bill, Susan, Emily, Chandler, Flavius, Lavanya

 

BET Meeting Minutes

December 12, 2023

Presiding Officer:

Bill Martin

 

Theme: Cookies

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Bill Martin

Toastmaster:  Kristen Williams

Word of the Day:  Ben Cox

jolly, n – happy or festive

Humorist:  Susan Martin

 

Table Topics:  Bill Martin

Table Topic Speakers:

1)  Cindy Aslan - 1:30

2)  Jesus Mendoze - 1:49

3)  Brittany Gentilhomme- 1:32

 

Speaker(s):

1)  Chandler Telfer - "Icebreaker" (requested 5-7 min) 5:02

2)   Marc Smith – “Building our Financial Future Together – the importance of a budget” (requested 5-7 min) 5:25

 

General Evaluator:  Emily Thompson

Evaluator(s):

1)  Janet Schreibman - 3:22

Flavius Trombitas – 3:08

Ah Counter/Grammarian:  Skip Malone

Timer:  Brian Nehoff

 

Club Business:

1. ·         No meeting on December 26
2. ·         We currently have 16 members
3. ·         Congratulations and welcome to new members Cindy Aslan and Brian Nehoff

Members Present:  Bill Martin, Susan Martin, Marc Smith, Chandler Telfer, Kristen Williams, Brian Nehoff, Flavius Trombitas, Janet Schreibman, Ben Cox, Emily Thompson, Brittany Gentilhomme

Virtual Attendees:  Skip Malone, Cindy Aslan

Guests:  Jesus Mendoze, Jason Cook – Program Quality Director, Nick Thurman

Word Users:  Janet, Emily, Flavius, Kristen, Marc, Chandler

 

BET Meeting Minutes

November 14, 2023

Presiding Officer:

Bill Martin

 

Theme: none

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Bill Martin

Toastmaster:  Marc Smith

Word of the Day:  Janet Schreibman

Gratitude, n – an appreciative awareness and thankfulness; as in a kindness for something received, shown or demonstrated

Humorist:  Flavius Trombitas

 

Table Topics:  Mike Costa

Table Topic Speakers:

1)  Cindy Aslan - 1:04

2)  Chris Goldman - 0:58

3)  Susan Martin- 1:30

4)  Chandler Telfer – 1:17

5)  Ashley DePew – 0:28

6)  Emily Thompson – 1:43

7)  Kristen Williams – 1:09

 

Speaker(s):

1)  Bill Martin - "Classroom Incident"; Level #3, Motivational Strategies/Understanding Emotional Intelligence (requested 5-7 min) 8:37

 

General Evaluator:  Skip Malone

Evaluator(s):

1) Emily Thompson - 4:02

Ah Counter/Grammarian:  Janet Schreibman

Timer:  Kristen Williams

 

Club Business:

1. ·         No meeting on December 26
2. ·         TLI will be held on Saturday in Cookeville. Make up dates to be announced. Need 4 officers to attend.

Members Present:  Bill Martin, Susan Martin, Marc Smith, Chandler Telfer, Kristen Williams, Mike Costa, Flavius Trombitas, Janet Schreibman

Virtual Attendees:  Skip Malone, Emily Thompson, Cindy Aslan

Guests:  Jesus Mendoze, Chris Goldman, Ashley DePew, Cindy Aslan, Silpa

 Word Users:  Mike, Kristen, Chris

 

BET Meeting Minutes

October 24, 2023

Presiding Officer:

Bill Martin

 

Theme: Halloween

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Bill Martin

Toastmaster:  Susan Martin

Word of the Day:  Bill Martin/Chandler Telfer

Opulent – lavish, rich, luxurious

Sardonic, adj. – mocking or cynical

Humorist:  Bill Martin

 

Table Topics:  Emily Thompson

Table Topic Speakers:

1)  LouAnn Clark - 1:38

2)  Flavius Trombitas - 1:45

3)  Kristen  Williams- 1:46

4)  Jesus Mendoze – 1:42

5)  Brian Nehoff – 1:07

 

Speaker(s):

1)  Brittany Gentilhomme - "Icebreaker" (requested 4-6 min) 6:22

 

General Evaluator:  LouAnn Clark

Evaluator(s):

1)  Flavius Trombitas - 3:30

2)  Kristen Williams  (evaluating Flavius) – no time record

Ah Counter/Grammarian:  Susan Martin

Timer:  Marc Smith

 

Club Business:

1. Remember to renew your membership
2. Oct. 31 Halloween meeting canceled

Members Present: Bill Martin, Susan Martin, Emily Thompson, Brittany Gentilhomme, Marc Smith, Paul Spivey

Virtual Attendees:  Skip Malone, Kristen Williams, Chandler Telfer, LouAnn Clark, Brian Nehoff

Guests:  Jesus Mendoze

Word Users:  Susan, LouAnn, Jesus

 

BET Officers Meeting Minutes

October 17, 2023

Presiding Officer:

Bill Martin

 

The following topics were discussed:

1)  Officers reviewed progress on our Distinguished Club plan thus far:

·                 *    We need three more level 1s

·                 *    Dues were paid on time

·                *     New officer designations were reported on time

·                 *    We had 4 officers attend TLI

 

 2) We have 13 paid members currently. Mike will email those who are unpaid to remind them to renew their membership.

3)   Bill suggested all established members have a “buddy” to help motivate them progress in their pathway development. We want to also ensure all new members are assigned a mentor.

4)   It was agreed that the meeting for Oct. 31 (Halloween) will be canceled.

5)   Kristen, as Membership VP, will introduce our guests at the beginning of each meeting.

6)   Bill will create member “business/contact cards” for club to distribute as appropriate.

7)   To allow more member participation, we can separate Word, Ah Counter and Grammarian roles; we can also assign a member to open each meeting.

 

BET Meeting Minutes

October 10, 2023

Presiding Officer:

Bill Martin

 

Theme: Change

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Bill Martin

Toastmaster:  Brittany Gentilhomme

Word of the Day:  Mike Costa

Onomatopoeia, n. – the formation of a word from a sound associated with the word

Humorist:  Susan Martin

 

Table Topics:  Aleah Berger

Table Topic Speakers:

1)  Ben Cox - 1:43

2)  Jesus Mendoze - 1:17

3)  Chandler Telfer- 1:35

 

Speaker(s):

1)  LouAnn Clark - "Icebreaker"; Engaging Humor (requested 5-7 min) 7:12

 

General Evaluator:  Kristen Williams

Evaluator(s):

1) Skip Malone - 2:36

Ah Counter/Grammarian:  Emily Thompson

Timer:  Bill Martin

 

Club Business:

1. ·        Remember to renew your membership
2. ·         Oct. 31 Halloween meeting canceled

 

Members Present: Bill Martin, Susan Martin, Aleah Berger, Ben Cox, Kristen Williams, Chandler Telfer, LouAnn Clark

 Virtual Attendees:  Emily Thompson, Paul Spivey, Skip Malone, Mike Costa

 Guests:  Jesus Mendoze

 Word Users:  Susan, LouAnn