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