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!