Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

For

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Toastmaster for the evening: Allan Daniels

Opening:

Sergeant at Arms, Manuel Glaze, opened the meeting promptly at 7p.m. and led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Club News:

B.E.T. President, Suzanne Harrison, greeted and warmly welcomed the attending guests. She announced that we have the following four new members and led the club in their induction:

Mark Brown

Tim Diehl

Holly Street

Russ Vantrease

Word of the Day: Don Kovach

Pinnacle – most successful point or result; culmination

Humorist: Michael Moryc related a funny tale about a dying woman who had saved a small fortune by making deposits every time her husband, who was a minister, delivered a bad sermon.

Table Topics: Dan Michaels

Dan challenged each Table Topics speaker to address individualized subjects….

Table Topics Speaker #1: Tim Stowell about how the NFL Lock-Out has affected him

Table Topics Speaker #2: Mike Costa on the impact of the NFL Strike on the local economy

Table Topics Speaker #3: Sri Brindavanam on what he would do if he won the lottery

Table Topics Speaker #4: Rachel Sumner regarding her favorite/most bazaar family vacation

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: Russ Vantrease – Ice breaker speech #1

Speaker #2: Cindy Kubica – Mind mapping for speech topics

Speaker #3: Suzanne Harrison – President’s farewell

Speech Evaluations:

General Evaluator: Tim Stowell

Evaluator #1: Rachel Sumner

Evaluator #2: John Richardson

Evaluator #3: Janet Schreibman

Timer: Holly Street

Grammarian: Mark Brown

Wizard of Ahs: Tim Diehl

Congratulations to our Award Winners:

Best Table Topics Speaker: Rachel Sumner

Best Prepared Speech: Russ Vantrease

Best Evaluator: John Richardson

The following members used the Word of the Day:

Michael Moryc

Dan Michaels

Cindy Kubica

Rachel Sumner

Janet Schreibman

Tim Diehl

Tim Stowell

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters
Meeting Notes for
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Toastmaster for the evening: Muhammad Sabir

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

Club News:
President Suzanne Harrison welcomed guests and introduced Muhammad Sabir. This was Muhammad’s first role as Toastmaster..

Word of the Day: Brian Clinch
Rident – an adjective meaning laughing, cheerful. This was used by several members.

Humorist: Suzanne Harrison

Table Topics: Allan Daniels
TT Speaker Mike Costa – Give a Commencement Address
TT Speaker Michael Moryc – My perfect vacation
TT speaker Manuel Glaze – What Toastmasters has done for me

Prepared Speeches

Speaker #1 Manuel Glaze - “Making Ads”
Speaker #2 Skip Malone – Studying Law with Court TV
Speaker #3 Rachel Sumner – the conclusion of “Imani’s trick”

General evaluator: Michael Moryc

Evaluator #1 – Allan Daniels
Evaluator #2 – Mike Costa
Evaluator #3 – a group evaluation

Timer: Tim Stowell

Grammarian/AhCounter: Sita Diehl

Congratulations to Manuel Glaze for completing his Competent Communicator with tonight’s speech!