Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Toastmaster for the evening – Keith McLusky

Opening:

Manuel opened the meeting and led the attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Club News:

President Manuel Glaze confirmed rollout of the Toastmasters International’s new branding project on August 17^th. The club is planning a Cricket Social to watch Srimanth’s team compete on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 9 to 2pm. Rain date is Sept. 17^th. Toastmasters International announced that BET recently earned the “Founder’s Award” and “Beat the Clock Award” for adding 5 new members in May and June. The club needs participants for the evaluator’s contest on August 30^th. District conference will be held in Gatlinburg.

Word of the Day: Samuel Palaparthy

Prodigal – extravagant; giving profusely

Humorist: Tim Stowell

Tim shared a story about a duck hunter and farmer arguing over the rightful owner of the duck just shot on the farmer’s land.

Table Topics: Russ Vantrease

Speaker #1: Janet Schreibman – whether she’d rather 1) have everyone like her or 2) half the people love her and half hate her

Speaker #2: Lynn Blake – whether she’d rather 1) retire at 40 with found money or 2) retire at 60 with same amount of money after fulfilling her goals

Speaker #3: Ann West – whether she’d rather 1) attend a formal/fancy dinner or 2) a crude/less socially acceptable event

Speaker #4: Skip Malone – whether he’d rather 1) live to be 100 or 2) start life over and live to 60 with current knowledge base

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: Don Kovach, A Perfect Day

Speaker #2: Srimanth Brindavanam, Sponsor a Child

Speaker #3: Tim Diehl, Icebreaker

Speaker #4: John Richardson, Officer of Poll Elections

General Evaluator: Mike Costa

Evaluator #1: Skip Malone

Evaluator #2: Suzanne Harrison

Evaluator #3: Tim Stowell

Evaluator #4: Rachel Sumner

Timer: Holley Street

Grammarian/Ah Counter: Lynn Blake

Awards:

Table Topics: Lynn Blake

Evaluator: Tim Stowell & Rachel Sumner (tie)

Speaker: Sri Brindavanam