Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Toastmaster for the evening – Rachel Sumner

Opening:

Dan Michael called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance. He then introduced Manuel Glaze who welcomed our guests.

Club News:

The meeting was held at the Brentwood Library, in Room #A, on Concord Road. The club inducted two new members: Immanuel Belba-Smith, mentored by Len Serafino (not present), and Steve Pell, mentored by Tim Stowell.

Allan Daniels led the induction of the following new officers for the 2012-2013 year:

President: Rachel Sumner; VP of Education: Dasie Schulz; VP Membership: Andrew Payne; VP Public Relations: Mark Bayless; Secretary: Janet Schreibman; Treasurer: Mike Costa; Sergeant @ Arms: Chris Meador.

Janet Schreibman earned Competent Communicator award.

Word of the Day:  Chris Meador – summery:  adj. of, like, or appropriate for summer

Humorist:  Tim Stowell – “Talking Dog” who fabricates his past “career”

Table Topics:  Mike Costa – pun night

Speaker #1:   Suzanne Harrison – “Mountains talk about a ‘range’ of topics” (1:04)

Speaker #2:   Steve Ketterbaugh – “”25 Irish people who drowned were actually river dancing” (2:03)

Speaker #3:   Ann West – “Mustard crossed the road to ketchup with the mayonnaise” (1:11)

Speaker #4:  Dan Michaels – “Bartender says to a Netron in a bar, no charge to you!” (2:02)

Speaker #5:  Manuel Glaze – “Talking dog goes into bar for a drink” (1:32)

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1:  Janet Schreibman – CC#9 Persuasion: “You Can Make the Difference” 6-8 min. (8:27)

Speaker #2:  Andrew Payne – CC#2: “A Dollar Saved is a Dollar You Can Spend on Yourself” 5-7 min. (7:06)

Speaker #3:  Don Kovach – Interpretive Reading #4 AC: “Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman” 10-12 min. (11:45)

  

General Evaluator:  Srimanth Brindavanam

Evaluator #1:  Allan Daniels (3:14)

Evaluator #2:  Dasie Schulz (3:08)

Evaluator #3:  Manuel Glaze (3:29)

Grammarian/Ah Counter:  Steve Pell

Vote Counter:  Mark Bayless

Timer:   Allan Daniels

Word of the Day Users:  Rachel Sumner, Tim Stowell, Mike Costa, Allan Daniels

Awards:

Table Topics:  Suzanne Harrison

Evaluator:  Allan Daniels

Speaker:   Andrew Payne