Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

For

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Toastmaster for the evening: Janet Schreibman

Opening:
Sergeant at Arms: Manuel Glaze opened the meeting and led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Club News:
B.E.T. President, Suzanne Harrison, welcomed our guests and explained that the slate for next year’s officers would be presented at tonight’s meeting and voted on at the May 24th meeting. She then called upon Susan Martin to present the 2011-2012 slate.
Before adjourning the meeting, Suzanne announced that B.E.T. recently received a Distinguished Club Award and that our newsletter had also won a district award. She also recognized two of our members who created Toastmasters clubs at their respective work sites: Dasie Schulz and Lynn Blake.

Word of the Day: Dan Michaels
Lyrical – deeply emotional or highly enthusiastic

Humorist: Allan Daniels

Table Topics: Susan Martin
Susan challenged the following Table Topics speakers to share their feedback regarding serious specific events affecting us locally and globally.

Table Topics Speaker #1: Mike Costa
Table Topics Speaker #2: Tim Stowell
Table Topics Speaker #3: Cindy Kubica
Table Topics Speaker #4: Russ Vantrease (guest)

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: John Richardson: “Geocaching – 21st Century Treasure Hunting”
Speaker #2: Don Kovach: “Information Overload”

Speech Evaluations:

General Evaluator: Cindy Kubica

Evaluator #1: Suzanne Harrison
Evaluator #2: Michael Moryc

Timer: Rachel Sumner

Grammarian/Ah Counter: Manuel Glaze

Congratulations to our Award Winners:

Best Table Topics Speaker: Russ Vantrease (guest)
Best Prepared Speech: John Richardson
Best Evaluator: Michael Moryc

The following members used the Word of the Day:
Susan Martin
Allan Daniels
Cindy Kubica