November 23, 2010 - Meeting Notes

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

for

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Toastmaster for the evening: Suzanne Harrison

OPENING

Sergeant at Arms, Manuel Glaze, opened the meeting and lead the club in the Pledge of Allegiance.

President, Suzanne Harrison, read the club mission, welcomed members and guests, and announced the applications for membership by Mohammad Sabir, Binosh Mullassery-Padman, and Brian Clinch. The club voted to accept the membership applications and the three newest members of Brentwood Evening Toastmasters (B.E.T.) read the pledge of membership before the club.

WORD OF THE DAY

Jackie Houtz introduced the word of the day, Occupation, and challenged the club members and guests to use the word throughout the meeting.

Occupation: 1) a person's usual or principal work or business, esp. as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry 2) any activity in which a person is engaged

HUMORIST

New member, Binosh Mullassery-Padman shared a humorous story about a problem-prone carpenter that he remembered his father telling him as a child.

TABLE TOPICS

Janet Shreibman acted as Tables Topics Master for the evening, challenging Toastmasters members to think on their feet and practice their impromptu speaking skills during the Table Topics section of the meeting. Janet provided each speaker with a unique topic about which they were asked to give a 1-2 impromptu speech.

Table Topics Speaker #1)
Michael Moryc was challenged with reinventing Thanksgiving. .

Table Topics Speaker #2)
Cynthia Brown was challenged with describing her idea of the perfect Thanksgiving.

Table Topics Speaker #3)
Gary Karg was challenged with sharing a story about a favorite (or not so favorite) relative who he either had or would be seeing at Thanksgiving.

SPEECHES

Speech #1)
Jackie Houtz gave speech #3 from the Competent Communicator manual (Getting to the Point) entitled "How Four Words Changed My Life"

Speech #2)
Cindy Kubica gave a speech entitled "Ho'oponopono"

Speech #3)
Mike Costa gave a speech entitled "Married to a Nut"

EVALUATIONS

General Evaluator - Manuel Glaze

Evaluator #1)
Keith McLusky evaluating Jackie Houtz

Evaluator #2)
Allan Daniels evaluating Cindy Kubica

Evaluator #3)
Tim Stowell evaluating Mike Costa

Grammarian/Ah Counter - John Richardson

AWARDS

Best Table Topic Speaker - Michael Moryc

Best Evaluator - Tim Stowell

Best Speaker - Jackie Houtz

USE OF WORD OF THE DAY (WOD)

Those who worked the word of the day into the meeting included:

Jackie Houtz
Tim Stowell
Manuel Glaze

And that concluded another wonderful meeting at B.E.T. Good job, everyone!!

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November 9, 2010 - Meeting Notes

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

for

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Toastmaster for the evening: Keith McLusky

OPENING

Sergeant at Arms, Manuel Glaze, opened the meeting and lead the club in the Pledge of Allegiance.

President, Suzanne Harrison, read the club mission, welcomed members and guests, and announced that the evening's meeting was an open house for members of the church. There were three guests from the congregation: Bob, Anita, and Tom. Two other guests visited the club on the evening of the 9th, including one second time visitor - Autumn.

Suzanne then introduced Keith McLusky as the Toastmaster for the evening. Keith did a marvelous job of explaining his role as master of ceremonies or facilitator for the evening, and followed this education theme throughout the evening in order to inform our guests and members of the purpose for various roles.

WORD OF THE DAY

Mohammad assumed the role of Word Master for the evening, for the first time since becoming a member of B.E.T. He challenged all club members and guests to interject the word throughout the meeting, when appropriate.

Momentous: a term reserved for those extra special, important, or memorable moments in life.

HUMORIST

Janet Shreibman shared a humorous anecdote about an insightful and compassionate third grader who wanted to spare his teacher from embarrassment.

TABLE TOPICS

Jackie Houtz acted as Tables Topics Master for the evening, challenging Toastmasters members to think on their feet and practice their impromptu speaking skills during the Table Topics section of the meeting. She provided each speaker to share a challenge to share specific aspects of their Toastmasters experience with the group.

Table Topics Speaker #1)
Tim Stowell was challenged with sharing what brought him to Toastmasters, what he was looking for from Toastmasters, and why he decided to join.

Table Topics Speaker #2)
Dasie Schulz was challenged with sharing her experience with Toastmasters and what it has done for her.

Table Topics Speaker #3)
James Justice was challenged with sharing a memory of a momentous club meeting, Aha moment, or funny occasion associated with Toastmasters.

SPEECHES

Speech #1)
Manuel Glaze gave speech #7 from the Competent Communicator manual (Research Your Topic) entitled "A Case for Ross Perot"

Speech #2)
John Richardson gave his Ice Breaker Speech, speech #1 from the Competent Communicator manual entitled "Today is Day Five"

Speech #3)
Mike Costa gave a speech to fulfill the assignment for Beginning Your Speech, from the the advanced speaking mannual, Best Speaker Series.

Speech #4)
Allan Daniels gave a speech to fulfill the assignment for Make Them Laugh, from the the advanced speaking mannual, Humoursly Speaking: "Thinking Thanksgiving Thoughts".

EVALUATIONS

General Evaluator - Gary Karg

Evaluator #1)
Rachel Sumner evaluating Manuel Glaze

Evaluator #2)
Michael Moryc evaluating James Justice

Evaluator #3)
Srimanth Brindavanam evaluating Mike Costa

Evaluator #4)
Susan Martin evaluating Allan Daniels

Grammarian/Ah Counter - Gary Karg

AWARDS

Best Table Topic Speaker - James Justice tied with Dasie Schulz

Best Evaluator - Michael Moryc

Best Speaker - John Richardson for his Ice Breaker Speech. Congratulations, John!

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:

Keith McLusky
Mike Costa
Jackie Houtz
John Richardson
Michael Moryc
Susan Martin
Srimanth Bridavanam
Mr. Anderson (visitor!)

(Sorry if I missed anyone)

CLOSING

To close the meeting, President Suzanne Harrison thanked James for giving an educational presentation (Giving Effective Feedback) post meeting. She reminded everyone that the new issue of the B.E.T. Buzz has was out and then solicited feedback about the meeting from our guests.

Good job, everyone!!