Brentwood
Evening Toastmasters
Tuesday,
September 25, 2012
Toastmaster
for the evening – Dan Michaels
Opening:
Chris Meador opened the meeting and led attendees in the Pledge of
Allegiance, then turned the gavel over to BET President Rachel Sumner.
Club News:
After introducing guests, Rachel announced that The Fall
Conference will be held at
the Holiday Inn Nashville Airport on October 19th and 20th. You can make
overnight reservations by calling the hotel directly and asking for the Toastmasters
rate of $89 per night at 615-883-9770, or by booking online at:
Admission is $25 for the entire weekend if registered before
Saturday or $75 for participation including
meals and events. Rachel proposed the
idea of having a BET “meetup” during the humorist speech competition, which
does not require registration and is only $5 admission fee.
Mike Costa is collecting dues – 6 months for $48 or 12 months for
$84. Mike brought a Square credit card
processing machine and successfully accepted several members' dues
electronically. Dues are due!
Guests: Ketterbaugh family (Abby and Maya), Richard Nashlund, Raj,
Rosalin, Janet, Jailin.
Word of the Day: Alex Ketterbaugh - sanctity
– n. saintliness, holiness, godliness.
Humorist: Russ Vantrease shared his secret
telepathic ability, and then some of our secrets.
Table Topics: Steve Ketterbaugh described
three TableTopics scenarios.
Speaker #1: Ann West would like to visit India, Turkey and
Croatia with her husband.
Speaker #2: Mark Bayless does not give some pointers on
economic policy to President Obama.
Speaker #3: Lynn Wallace negotiates a cookie purchase with a
girl scout.
Prepared Speeches:
Speaker #1: Dasie Schulz – Interpretive Reading from
Sedaris's “Me Talk Pretty One Day”
Speaker #2: Sita Diehl – Using body language to raise
awareness of crutch words and passing idioms.
Speaker #3: Krishna Rao – Krishna gives his “slumdog
millionaire” ice-breaker.
Speaker #4: Pankaj Soni – Pankaj describes a family
trip to Disneyland in Orlando.
General Evaluator: Mike Costa
Evaluator #1: Don Kovach
Evaluator #2: Irma Perry
Evaluator #3: Andrew Payne
Evaluator #4: Skip Malone
Timer: Tim Diehl
Grammarian/Ah Counter: Michael Moryc
Vote Counter: Russ Vantrease
Word of the Day Users: Skip, Pankaj, Russ, Sita
Awards:
Table Topics: Ann West
Evaluator: Andrew Payne
Speaker: Sita Diehl
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