Brentwood Evening Toastmasters
Meeting Notes
for
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Toastmaster for the evening: Michael Moryc
OPENING
Suzanne Harrison called the meeting to order at 8:01 p.m
Welcomed Allan Daniels who inducted the officers for the 2010-2011 year.
WORD OF THE DAY
Jibe – to be in harmony or accord; to agree
“The news report does not quite jibe with the eyewitness reports.”
“The suspects’ stories don’t jibe.”
Inserted into the meeting by:
HUMORIST
Mike Costa shared a funny story about the backseat driving habits of his wife and daughter, and used the word Jibe!
TABLE TOPICS
Isami Watanabe gave a brief explanation for the purpose of Table Topics and the value they add to the Toastmasters experience by providing an opportunity to practice “off the cuff” speaking.
The Table Topics challenge was for speakers to select a car specifications sheet and photo from a few provided by Isami, and to come up with a marketing pitch to try to convince the audience to purchase one of the vehicles.
Table Topics Speakers included Matthew Job, Cynthia Brown, and Manual glaze. All participants qualified for the vote by staying within the 1-2 minute time frame allotted for each speaker.
SPEECHES
Speaker #1: Keith McLusky – “The Great Toastmaster”
Keith’s assignment was to graciously accept an award.
Speaker #2: Carrie Hodges – “The World’s Second Most Widely Used Product”
Carrie was fulfilling the requirements for Speech #6 in the Competent Communicator Manual.
Speaker #3: Cindy Kubica – “Zoo-ology”
Cindy’s goal was to practice a portion of a speech she uses in her role as a professional speaker. Her goal was to give a presentation that was fun, informative, and thought provoking.
EVALUATIONS
General Evaluator: Mathew Job (used the word Jibe)
Evaluator #1: Cynthia Brown, evaluating Keith McLusky
Evaluator #2: Gary Karg, evaluating Carrie Hodges
Evaluator #3: Susan Martin, evaluating Cindy Kubica (used the word Jibe)
AWARDS
Best Table Topic Speaker: Manuel Glaze
Best Evaluator: Gary Karg
Best Speaker: Carrie Hodges
BUSINESS
President Suzanne Harrison took the lectern to close the meeting with business. She thanked the 2009-2010 club officers for achieving the top honor of President’s Distinguished Club & thanked Keith McLusky for his mentoring throughout her first year as club president.
There were two motions to vote:
The club voted to induct three new members at the next meeting. Please welcome our newest members:
The club voted to pay the enrollment fees for members and officers who wish to attend TLI (officer training).
Suzanne also shared a letter received from Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl who visited B.E.T. on April 13th and was recently elected the 2010-2011 President of Toastmasters Gurgaon Distric 82. Sangeeta was impressed with the protocol for welcoming guests at B.E.T. and expressed an interest in instituting the same process in her own club. She also extended a warm thank you to the B.E.T. members for their hospitality during her April visit.
Susan Martin had a question about the schedule for upcoming contests and Suzanne Harrison offered to provide that information by the next meeting.
Rachel Sumner encouraged everyone to review the schedule that was being passed around the room and sign up for roles at upcoming meetings. She also encouraged new members to choose a time slot for their Ice Breaker speech.
August 27, 2010 Toastmaster is Cynthia Brown and the General Evaluator is Srimanth Watanabe.
The meeting was adjourned at or around 8:30 (sorry, I forgot to note the time)
THEME NOTES:
Michael Moryc, as Toastmaster for the evening, invoked a theme of “Weird tings you would never just know…” and shared mysterious and odd facts with the group during transitions throughout the evening.
Did you know that a ducks quack never causes an echo?
Did you know that you can lead a cow up stairs but never down?
Did you know that each year an average of 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens?
Did you know that the electric chair was invented by a dentist?
Did you know that an ostrich eye is bigger than its brain?
Did you know that women blink nearly twice as often as men?
