Brentwood Evening Toastmasters
Meeting Notes
for
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Toastmaster for the evening: Susan Martin

OPENING
Sergeant at Arms, Manuel Glaze, opened the meeting and introduced Rachel Sumner, VP Education, who was filling in for the President for the evening's meeting.

Rachel welcomed everyone to the meeting and shared a message from the District 63 Governor congratulating the Brentwood Evening Toastmasters members for having achieved the 5 Star Award. The five star award requires clubs attain five of the first eight goals required for attaining President's Distinguished Club in 2011.

Rachel distributed Competent Communicator badges to Dasie Schulz and Donna Brown for completing the Competent Communicator manual. She then introduced the Toastmaster for the Evening, Susan Martin.

WORD OF THE DAY

Rachel Sumner introduced the word of the day, Captious, and challenged fellow Toastmasters to use the word throughout the evening.

Captious - intention to entrap or confuse; having an inclination to find fault, especially of a trivial nature; someone who is difficult to please.

HUMOR

Mike Costa shared a humorous anecdote (fictitious as may have been) about Allan getting arrested after running from a bear he encountered in the woods. Apparently it's illegal to run through the woods with a bear behind. ;-)

TABLE TOPICS

Brian Clinch lead the club in Table Topics as Tables Topics Master for the evening, selecting three table topics speakers and challenging them as follows:

If you could ride a hot air balloon over any city in the world, what city wuld you choose and why? - Pam Hoffner

If your hot air balloon needed to make an emergency landing requiring you to live for two years where you landed, and you had a choice between Hawaii and Alaska, where would you land? Autumn Karrigan

You are hiking in the woods in the Smokey mountains when you encounter a family from Germany. They ask about the area. What would you tell them? Allan Daniels

SPEECHES

Speech #1) "The Story of My Repressed Desire" ~ Janet Schreibman

Speech #2) "Four Principles to Enhance Spontaneity" ~ John Richardson

Speech #3) "What do I want to Become" ~ Muhammad Sabir

Speech #4) "One Year as a Toastmaster" - Sri Brindavanam

EVALUATIONS

General Evaluator - Keith McLusky

Evaluator #1) Allan Daniels evaluating Jane Schreibman

Evaluator #2) Manual Glaze evaluating John Richardson

Evaluator #3) Yolanda Poppell evaluating Muhammad Sabir

Evaluator #4) Dasie Schulz evaluating Sri Brindavanam

AWARDS

Best Table Topic Speaker - Pam Hoffman

Best Evaluator - Manuel Glaze

Best Speaker - Tie between Janet Schreibman & Muhammad Sabir

B.E.T. Publications and Press Releases

To view the Press Release written and released by the B.E.T. VP of Public Relations, Michael Moryc, please click here.

To view the latest release of the club newsletter, The B.E.T. Buzz, also written and published by the B.E.T. VP of Public Relations, please click here.

January 11, 2011 - TM Meeting Notes

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters
Meeting Notes
for
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Toastmaster for the evening: Dasie Schulz

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

President, Suzanne Harrison welcomed everyone to the meeting and introduced the Toastmaster for the Evening, Dasie Schulz.

WORD OF THE DAY

Janet Schreibman introduced the word of the day, Synesthesia, and challenged fellow Toastmasters to use the word throughout the evening.

Synesthesia - a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color

HUMOR

Michael Moryc shared a humorous anecdote about a man who was extremely thrifty and couldn't risk the loss of $10.

TABLE TOPICS

Michael Moryc lead the club in Table Topics as Tables Topics Master for the evening, selecting three table topics speakers and challenging them as follows:

You've accidentally run over and killed the neighbor's cat. How will you tell them about the accident, or would you? - John Richardson

What habit would you like to break, and why? Susan Harrison

Who has had the most profound affect on your life? Keith McLusky

SPEECHES

Speech #1) Giving his Ice Breaker ~ Muhammad Sabir

Speech #2) Giving speech #3 from the Competent Communicator manual ~ Don Kovach

Speech #3) Giving Speech #7 from the Competent Communicator manual (Completing all 10 assignments in the CC manual) ~ Tim Stowell

Speech #4) Giviing his 8th speech, speech #10 "Inspire Your Audience" from the Competent Communicator manual - Manuel Glaze

EVALUATIONS

General Evaluator - Srimanth Brindavanam

Evaluator #1) Suzanne Harrison evaluating Muhammad Sabir

Evaluator #2) Keith Mclusky evaluating Don Kovach

Evaluator #3) Geoff Lewie evaluating Manuel Glaze

Evaluator #4) Dasie Schulz evaluating Tim Stowell

Ah Counter / Grammarian: Rachel Sumner

Timer: Autumn Kerrigan

AWARDS

Best Table Topic Speaker - Keith McLusky

Best Evaluator - 3 way Tie: Suzanne Harrison, Geoff Lewie, and Dasie Schulz

Best Speaker - Tim Stowell

The following members used the Word Of the Day, Synesthesia, at least one time during the meeting.

John Richardson
Michael Moryc

CLOSING

President Suzanne Harrison lead club members in the induction of three new club members: Geoff Lewie, Autumn Kerrigan, and Don Kovach.

Michael announced that the latest ediction of the BET Buzz had been published and urged all club members to share stories and news about what is going on in their lives and any accomplishments or adventures they have.

The club will pay the enrollment fee for any member of B.E.T. who wishes to attend Toastmasters Leadership Institute (TLI). The following sessions will be held on January 29th and February 10th. Please contact Suzzanne Harrison or Rachel Sumner for details or to enroll!

December 28, 2010 - TM Meeting Notes

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters
Meeting Notes
for
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Toastmaster for the evening: Manual Glaze

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

President, Suzanne Harrison welcomed everyone to the meeting and introduced the Toastmaster for the Evening, Manual Glaze.

WORD OF THE DAY

Brian Clinch introduced the word of the day, Garrulous, and challenged fellow Toastmasters to use the word throughout the evening.

Garrulous - rambling, chatter, babble

HUMOR

Mike Costa shared a humorous anecdote about how quickly and surprisingly children can tune into, learn, and use colorful language.

TABLE TOPICS

Suzanne Harrison lead the club in Table Topics as Tables Topics Master for the evening challenging each Table Topics speaker to share a story about food:

If you opened a restaurant what kind of food would you serve? - Yolonda

If you were to work in the food industry what job would you want to do? - Alan Daniels

If you had $1000 to spend on a meal, where would you go? - Geoff Lewie

SPEECHES
Speech #1) "Working the Room: How to Network Like a Pro" ~ John Richardson

Speech #2) "Melting Snowmen" ~ Dasie Schulz

Speech #3) "Cat Tales" ~ Cindy Kubica

EVALUATIONS

General Evaluator - Donna Brown

Evaluator #1) Rachel Sumner evaluating John Richardson

Evaluator #2) Manuel Glaze evaluating Dasie Schulz

Evaluator #3) Michael Moryc evaluating Cindy Kubica

Ah Counter / Grammarian: Tim Stowell

AWARDS
Best Table Topic Speaker - Yolonda

Best Evaluator - Rachel Sumner

Best Speaker - Cindy Kubica

The following members used the Word Of the Day, Garrulous, at least one time during the meeting.

Manual Glaze
Mike Costa
Suzanne Harrison
Yolonda
John Richardson
Cindy Kubica
Donna Brown