Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Toastmaster for the evening: Gary Karg

Opening:

The meeting was called to order by Mark Brown who led the club in the Pledge of Allegiance. After a brief recess, the meeting was turned over to the new BET president, Manuel Glaze.

Club News:

Manuel reviewed the mission of the club. He then shared highlights of the Toastmasters’ recent leadership session which was attended by numerous club members/officers. He informed members that a new, international branding rollout will be occurring in the near future followed by new leadership manuals. The intention of the new branding efforts is to help unify all Toastmasters clubs around the globe and provide more consistency for the entire organization. Before introducing the evening’s Toastmaster, Manuel acknowledged and welcomed our guests.

Word of the Day: Russ Vantrease

Assiduous – constant, persevering, attentive, working diligently

Humorist: Dasie Schulz

Table Topics: Allan Daniels

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

Table Topics Speaker #1: Keith McLusky compared/contrasted summer weather in the US versus international climates

Table Topics Speaker #2: Janet Schreibman spoke on her recent vacation to Chicago

Table Topics Speaker #3: Rachel Sumner shared what REALLY bothers her

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: Emily – Road Back from Layoff; speech #2

Speaker #2: Muhammad Sabir – Heaven on Earth Adventures in Vegas

Speaker #3: John Richardson – The Five Values I Learned During College

Speech Evaluations:

General Evaluator: Suzanne Harrison

Evaluator #1: Cindy Kubica

Evaluator #2: Srimanth Brindavanam

Evaluator #3: Michael Moryc

Timer: Brian Clinch

Grammarian/Ah Counter: Samuel Palaparthy

Congratulations to our Award Winners:

Best Table Topics Speaker: Keith McLusky

Best Prepared Speech: John Richardson

Best Evaluator: Michael Moryc

The following members used the Word of the Day:

Dasie Schulz

Allan Daniels

Emily