Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Toastmaster for the evening – Russ Vantrease

Opening:

Rachel Sumner , filling in for president Manuel Glaze, opened the meeting and led attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance. She then announced that since there was limited attendance due to the holidays, we would conduct an “abbreviated” meeting without Table Topics.

Club News:

A reminder was mentioned about the upcoming TLI makeup session at Dollar General in Goodlettsville on January 12 from 6 to 9:30 with registration from 5 until 6pm. The ITT club chapter may be interested in scheduling a demonstration from BET speakers.

Word of the Day: Iris Schultz – loquacious: adj. very talkative, chatty garrulous

Humorist: Janet Schreibman related a joke about a pig and drivers on a country road

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: Mark Bayless – CC #1: Icebreaker; 4-6 min (9:33)

Speaker #2: Don Kovach – Entertaining Speaker Series #4; “Playoffs”; 5-7 min (7:56)

Speaker #3: Rachel Sumner – Advanced Communicator #2: “Poems I love to share with children”; 6-8 min (7:14)

General Evaluator: John Richardson

Evaluator #1: Mike Costa

Evaluator #2: Michael Moryc

Evaluator #3: Janet Schreibman

Timer: Jessica Hernandez

Grammarian/Ah Counter & Vote Counter: Dan Michaels

Word of the Day Users: Janet Schreibman, John Richardson, Michael Moryc, Russ Vantrease

Awards:

Evaluator: Mike Costa and Michael Moryc (tie)

Speaker: Rachel Sumner