September 28, 2010 - Meeting Notes

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

for

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Toastmaster for the evening: Mike Costa

OPENING

President Suzanne Harrison called the meeting to order a minute or two past 7:00 p.m. and lead the club members and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Suzanne also shared a quote from the International President of Toastmasters, Pat Johnson.

“As we mentor and support one another in our club environment, we share our own personal greatness. Toastmasters International is in the education business and we change the lives of men and women around the world, one person at a time, one assignment at a time, each time we receive feedback in the form of applause or a suggestion for improvement. My fervent wish is that we spend some time recognizing and acknowledging our own personal greatness. Remember that your greatness will be unique to you.”

HUMORIST

Mike Costa, also the Toastmaster for the evening, pulled double duty and shared a brief joke.

WORD OF THE DAY

Rachel Sumner introduced the Word of the Day.

Paramount: Chief in importance or impact. Adj. – significant, supreme, superior; noun – leader, ruler, overlord

TABLE TOPICS

Allan Daniels was the Table Topics Master for the evening, presenting fellow Toastmasters with an opportunity to give impromptu speeches about various types of tables. This portion of the meeting helps members practice off-the-cuff speaking.

Table Topic Speaker #1: Brian with Sitting Around A Table
Table Topic Speaker #2: Rachel with a Gaming Table
Table Topic Speaker #3: Janet with a Head Table

SPEECHES

Speech #1: Skip Malone – “Who Stole My Church”

Speech #2: Keith McLusky – “Where we Come From”

Speech #3: Gary Karg – “I Slayed the Dragon”

Speech #4: Srimanth Brindavanam – “the Power of Positive Thinking”

EVALUATIONS

Evaluator #1: Dasie Schulz evaluating Skip Malone

Evaluator #2: Mike Costa evaluating Keith McLusky

Evaluator #3: Rachel Sumner evaluating Gary Karg

Evaluator #4: Suzanne Harris evaluating Srimanth Brindavanam

Grammarian/Ah Counter: Allan Daniels

General Evaluator: Michale Moryc

AWARDS

Best Table Topic Speaker: Rachel Sumner

Best Evaluator: Mike CostaBest

Speaker: Keith McLusky

USE OF WORD OF THE DAY (WOD)

Once again members of BET made a terrific effort to use the WOD. Excellent work!! Those who worked the word into the meeting included:

Mike Costa
Sri Brindavanam

Gary Karg

Dasie Schulz

Allan Daniels

Rachel Sumner

Michael Moryc

(Sorry if I missed anyone)

Good job everyone!!