BET Meeting Notes for December 10, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Toastmaster for the evening – Mike Costa

Opening:

Chris Meador opened the meeting and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance, then turned the gavel over to BET President Mark Bayless.

Club News:

President Mark Bayless announced that BET will induct two new members at our first 2014 meeting on January 14.

We are making good progress on individual goals. Congratulations to Pankaj Soni who achieved his Competent Communicator designation this evening with his 10^th prepared speech!

Toastmaster: Mike Costa

Word of the Day: evocative – adjective bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind

Humorist: Chris Meador told a joke about a polar bear.

Table Topic Master: Marc Smith gave Table Topics related to the Iron Bowl game.

TT Speaker #1: Mark Bayless spoke to the place kicker before the final play. (2:29)

TT Speaker #2: Russ Vantrease spoke to the losing team, Alabama. (2:29)

TT Speaker #3: Allan Daniels spoke to the winning team, Auburn. (1:27)

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: Lysa Rigo, “Beat the Blues” (10:15)

Speaker #2: Pankaj Soni, “A Winning Attitude” (10:22)

Speaker #3: Skip Malone, “School Stories” (8:23)

Speech Evaluations:

General Evaluator: Maia Ketterbaugh

Evaluator #1: Allan Daniels (3:22)

Evaluator #2: Russ Vantrease (3:30)

Evaluator #3: Krishna Rao (1:29)

Timer: Mark Bayless

Grammarian: Susan Martin

Ah Counter: Bill Martin

Vote Counter: Steve Ketterbaugh

Awards:

Best Table Topic: Russ Vantrease

Best Evaluator: Russ Vantrease

Best Speaker: Lysa Rigo

Word of the day users: Chris, Allan, Maia

BET Meeting Notes for November 12, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Toastmaster for the evening – Mark Bayless

Opening:

Chris Meador opened the meeting and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance, then turned the gavel over to BET President Mark Bayless.

Club News:

President Mark Bayless reminded us that everyone is invited to get together after the meeting at Chili's for an informal going away party for Andrew Payne who is moving to Minnesota.

Toastmaster: Mark Bayless announced the theme of tonight's meeting, “memorable song lyrics.”

Wordmaster: Mark Brown

Word of the Day: adept adjective |əˈdept| very skilled or proficient at something: he is adept at cutting through red tape | an adept negotiator. noun |ˈadept, əˈdept| a person who is skilled or proficient at something: they are adepts at kung fu and karate.

Humorist: Russ Vantrease recounted a joke about a pesky talking duck.

Table Topic Master: Ryan Osborne

TT Speaker #1: Allan Daniels told us the difference between plexiglass and regular glass. (1:40)

TT Speaker #2: Russ Vantrease admitted that he will never understand higher math. (1:19)

TT Speaker #3: Maia Ketterbaugh explained what being a math whiz is about. (1:20)

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: Krishna Rao presented the business plan for his new service. (15:21)

Speaker #2: Andrew Payne shared some information about his oil refinery. (9:07)

Speaker #3: Janet Schreibman delivered a prestigious award. (4:09)

Speech Evaluations:

General Evaluator: Irma Perry

Evaluator #1: Mike Costa (3:57)

Evaluator #2: Dasie Schulz (2:33)

Evaluator #3: Lysa Rigo (2:59)

Timer: Jaylyn Bergner

Grammarian / Ah Counter: Susan Martin

Vote Counter: Ani Osborne

Awards:

Best Table Topic: Russ Vantrease

Best Evaluator: Dasie Schulz

Best Speaker: Andrew Payne

BET Meeting Notes for October 29, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Toastmaster for the evening – Chris Meador

Opening:

Marc Smith opened the meeting in our usual space, the Good News classroom of Forest Hills UMC, and led attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance. He then turned the gavel over to BET president Mark Bayless who read the mission of Toastmasters International.

Club News: The next meetings are Nov. 12 and 26. The club is planning a going away party for Andrew Payne after the meeting on Nov. 12 at Chili’s. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

The District 63 fall conference will be held in Monteagle on Nov. 1 and 2. A motion was approved to contribute $20 to support the hospitality suite at the conference. Irma, Dasie and Janet plan to attend.

Since this meeting is held on the fifth of the month, it will depart from our typical agenda and instead serve as a speech contest.

Toastmaster: Chris Meador announced the spooky theme for tonight is “Halloween”.

Word of the day: Irma Perry -- Black cat

Prepared Speeches:

Spooker #1: Mark Bayless -- Specialty Speeches #4 “Read Out Loud” ; Travels With Charley12-15 min. 14:50 (qualified)

Spooker #2: Janet Schreibman Humorous Speaking #3 My Former Halloween Haunts” 6-8 min.

Spooker #3:  Rachel Sumner “About Halloween in the 1960s”; 5-7 min. (qualified)

Spooker #4:  Marc Smith “Opportunity to Shine” 2-3 min. (qualified)

General Evaluator:  Rachel Sumner

Evaluator #1:  Dasie Schulz

Evaluator #2:  Susan Martin - qualified

Evaluator #3:  Tim Diehl - qualified

Evaluator #4:  Irma Perry - qualified

Timer:   Mark Brown

Vote Counter:  Mark Brown

Word of the Day Users:  Rachel Sumner

Awards:

Evaluator: Susan Martin

Speaker:  Marc Smith

BET Meeting Notes for October 22, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Toastmaster for the evening – Steve Ketterbaugh

Opening:

Chris Meador opened the meeting in our usual meeting space, the Good News classroom of Forest Hills UMC, and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Club News:

Club President Mark Bayless welcomed the attendees and conducted opening club business.

Congratulations to Russ Vantrease on his achievement of Competent Communicator in Toastmasters, and to Dasie Schulz on completing her doctoral degree.

There is a District 63 Fall Conference in Monteagle on November 1-2. See www.d63toastmasters.com for details.

Next week is a 5^th Tuesday meeting, so we will not follow our usual agenda. We will forego the Table Topics and have a Speech-a-Thon, so please login to Easy-Speak.org and sign up for a role!

Toastmaster: Steve Ketterbaugh set a theme for the evening of good health and your heart.

Humorist: Allan Daniels shared a joke about a robotic lie detector.

Wordmaster: Irma Perry

Word of the Day: heart noun the central or innermost part of something; one's mood or feeling; courage or enthusiasm

Table Topics Master: Russ Vantrease

Speaker #1: Rachel Sumner told us that her favorite article of clothing is her blanket. (1:38)

Speaker #2: Skip Malone expressed his desire to make the world a better place to live. (2:10)

Speaker #3: Ryan Osborne is attending a Halloween party as a tree – forever. (1:33)

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: Mark Bayless showed us everything you need for fitness in a shoebox. (11:24)

Speaker #2: Maya Ketterbaugh informed us about tea, the divine herb. (7:40)

Speaker #3: Allan Daniels gave an impromptu speech with and without visual aids. (8:13)

Speaker #4: Skip Malone speculated that Judge Judy must be a Toastmaster. (7:17)

Speech Evaluations:

General Evaluator: Richard Naslund

Evaluator #1: Don Kovach (3:36)

Evaluator #2: Ani Osborne (3:12)

Evaluator #3: Dasie Schulz (2:39)

Evaluator #4: Richard invited members of the audience to provide feedback on Skip's speech.

Timer / Vote Counter: Janet Schreibman

Grammarian / Ah Counter: Ryan Osborne

Awards:

Best Table Topics: Ryan Osborne

Best Evaluator: Dasie Schulz

Best Speaker: Skip Malone

BET Meeting Notes for October 8, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Toastmaster for the evening – Lysa Rigo

Opening:

Ryan Osborne opened the meeting in our usual meeting space, the Good News classroom of Forest Hills UMC, and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Club News:

Immediate Past President Rachel Sumner welcomed the attendees and conducted opening club business.

This week is fall break for Metro schools, and so the meeting had a little lighter turnout than usual, but we had FOUR guests!

Toastmaster: Lysa Rigo chose a theme for our meeting – “F words”

Humorist: Mike Costa

Wordmaster: Chris Meador

Word of the Day: perambulate |pəˈrambyəˌlāt| verb

[ no obj. ] walk or travel through or around a place or area, esp. for pleasure and in a leisurely way: he grew weary of perambulating over rough countryside in bad weather | [ with obj. ] : she perambulated the square.

Table Topics Master: Ani Osborne posed a series of Table Topics building up to her speech.

Speaker #1: Krishna Rao encouraged highly intelligent people to pursue difficult work. (1:13)

Speaker #2: Chris Meador described why employees may choose to leave their jobs. (1:35)

Speaker #3: Lysa Rigo speculated about the results of teacher evaluation and merit pay. (1:23)

Speaker #4: Rachel Sumner questioned the motivation of “do your best.” (1:45)

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: Ani Osborne exposed management misconceptions of employee motivation. (8:30)

Speaker #2: Susan Martin - “Let Me Tell You a Story” (7:20)

Speaker #3: Pankaj Soni - “The State of the Meeting” (7:44)

Speech Evaluations:

General Evaluator: Krishna Rao

Evaluator #1: Mike Costa (3:08)

Evaluator #2: Chris Meador (3:16)

Evaluator #3: Susan Martin (3:01)

Timer / Vote Counter: Ryan Osborne

Grammarian / Ah Counter: Georgie (our guest!)

Awards:

Best Table Topics: Chris Meador

Best Evaluator: Mike Costa

Best Speaker: Pankaj Soni

Word of the Day Users: Mike, Pankaj, Krishna, Rachel, Lysa

BET Meeting Notes for September 24, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Toastmaster for the evening – Maia Ketterbaugh

Opening:

Chris Meador opened the meeting in our usual meeting space, the Good News classroom of Forest Hills UMC, and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Club News:

President Mark Bayless welcomed the attendees and conducted opening club business.

Congratulations to the winners of our club Humorous Speech and Evaluation contests, Pankaj Soni and Lysa Rigo. The Area and Division contests are being held at State Farm in Murfreesboro next Saturday, September 28, from 9:00 to 1:30.

Immediate Past President Rachel Sumner recognized Mark Bayless for his achievement of Advanced Communicator Silver, and Andrew Payne for his achievement of Competent Communicator.

Our next meeting is October 8th, and we will be meeting informally beforehand at Sal's Pizzeria (at 5:45).

Toastmaster: Maia Ketterbaugh

Humorist: Pankaj Soni

Wordmaster: Steve Ketterbaugh

Word of the Day: tranquility |ˌtraNGˈkwilitē| (also tranquillity) noun the quality or state of being tranquil; calm:

Table Topics Master: Don Kovach challenged us to imagine living with and writing the biography for a person of our choosing, within a specific category.

Speaker #1: Chris Meador would write about author C.S. Lewis. (2:02)

Speaker #2: Janet Schreibman would write about Alabama football coach Bear Bryant. (2:01)

Speaker #3: Mark Bayless would write about actor Humphrey Bogart. (1:19)

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: Rajiv Gupta - “So, What's the Big Deal about Healthcare?” (6:01)

Speaker #2: Allan Daniels - “Serendipity-Doo” (6:42)

Speaker #3: Lysa Rigo - “” (6:14)

Speech Evaluations:

General Evaluator: Ryan Osborne

Evaluator #1: Susan Martin (3:16)

Evaluator #2: Rachel Sumner (3:16)

Evaluator #3: Marc Smith (written)

Timer: Dasie Schulz

Grammarian: Mark Bayless

Ah Counter: Janet Schreibman

Vote Counter: Ani Osborne

Awards:

Best Table Topics: Janet Schreibman

Best Evaluator: Rachel Sumner

Best Speaker: Lysa Rigo

Word of the Day Users: Pankaj, Don, Janet, Maia, Allan, Lysa, Rachel, Rajiv

BET Meeting Notes for September 10, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Content Master for the evening – Mark Bayless

Opening:

Immediate Past President Rachel Sumner opened the meeting in our usual meeting space, the Good News classroom of Forest Hills UMC, and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Club News:

In lieu of our traditional meeting agenda, tonight's meeting followed the Evaluation Contest and Humorous Speech Contest guidelines.

Dues are due! Mike Costa is collecting dues – 6 months for $48 or 12 months for $84. Please pay your dues before the end of September. If Mike Costa is not available, please

Contest Chair: Rachel Sumner

Contest Master: Mark Bayless

Chief Judge: Susan Martin

Judge: Andrew Payne

Judge: Don Kovach

Judge: Michael Moryc

Judge: Irma Perry

Judge: Allen Daniels

Timers: Ani Osborne, Rajiv Gupta

Ballot Counter: Ryan Osborne

Evaluation Contest Target Speech: Bill Martin

Evaluator #1: Russ Vantrease

Evaluator #2: Lysa Rigo

Evaluator #3: Steve Ketterbaugh

Humorous Speech Contest

Speaker #1: Chris Meador

Speaker #2: Pankaj Soni

Speaker #3: Janet Schreibman

Awards:

Best Evaluator: Lysa Rigo

Best Speaker: Pankaj Soni

BET Meeting Notes for August 27, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Toastmaster for the evening – Marc Smith

Opening:

Rachel Sumner opened the meeting in our usual meeting space, the Good News classroom of Forest Hills UMC, and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Club News:

Immediate Past President Rachel Sumner acted as presiding officer since other officers were attending TLI leadership training across town at Caterpillar International.

Congratulations to Don Kovach on achieving his Advanced Communicator Silver! Rachel presented Don with his new name tag bearing this designation.

Our next meeting will not be our conventional meeting format. There is a Humorist Speech Contest on September 10, as well as an Evaluation Contest. Also, following our meeting is an informal get-together at Chili's. Guests are still welcome to join us for the meeting as well as dinner afterward!

Dues are due! Mike Costa is collecting dues – 6 months for $48 or 12 months for $84. Please pay your dues before the end of September.

Toastmaster: Marc Smith

Word of the Day: Practicable |ˈpraktikəbəl| adj.1. able to be done or put into practice successfully 2. able to be used; useful

Table Topics Master: Ryan Osborne

Speaker #1: Nancy Morran told us about her new recording studio and coaching business. (1:57)

Speaker #2: Lysa Rigo imagined her life as a reluctant puppy matchmaker. (1:16)

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: Don Kovach inspired us with a speech about WINNING! (8:48)

Speaker #2: Chris Meador took us down the Duck River in Lolla-Canoe-Za. (6:52)

Speaker #3: Steve Ketterbaugh shared with us three stories about meeting people. (6:56)

Speaker #4: Krishna Rau taught us about being an effective facilitator. (10:17)

Speech Evaluations:

General Evaluator: Mike Costa

Evaluator #1: Susan Martin (3:10)

Evaluator #2: Lysa Rigo (3:12)

Evaluator #3: Michael Moryc (3:01)

Evaluator #4: Skip Malone (3:33)

Timer: Maia Ketterbaugh

Grammarian / Ah Counter: Rachel Sumner

Awards:

Best Table Topics: Nancy Morran

Best Evaluator: Michael Moryc

Best Speaker: Chris Meador

Word of the Day Users: Susan Martin

BET Meeting Notes for August 13, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday August 13, 2013

Toastmaster for the evening – Russ Vantrease

Opening:

Maia Ketterbaugh opened the meeting and led attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance, then turned the gavel over to BET President Mark Bayless who read the mission of Toastmasters International. Mark then introduced our many guests, including our new Area 42 Governor, Deb Poland, and our guest speaker, Wayne Goode, from Huntsville, Alabama, who is practicing a speech he will be giving in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the upcoming August Toastmasters International Speech Contest.

Club News: This meeting was held in our regular gathering space at the church after being temporarily relocated to an alternate room for our last few sessions. Mark announced that the next meeting date is Tuesday, August 27, 2013.

If any guest is interested in joining our club, please speak to Ani Osborne, VP of Membership. At the conclusion of the meeting, Mark asked guests for any feedback regarding the meeting.

Past president Rachel Sumner presented and announced that we just received our ribbon denoting BET as a President’s Distinguished Club for 2012-2013. This is the fourth consecutive year for BET to achieve this designation which is the highest awarded by Toastmasters International.

Word of the Day: Lynn Wallace – perchance: adv, maybe or possibly by chance

Humorist: Mark Bayless -- told a chuckle about a “blonde” who had to choose a new computer password with at least 7 characters and including at least one “capitol”.

Table Topics:  Steve Ketterbaugh

Speaker #1: Rajiv Gutav – “Please share some of your favorite summer memories” 1:34

Speaker #2: Ani Osborne – “Tell us about two of your favorite teachers and why”. 2:22

Speaker #3: Pankaj Soni – “What language is your favorite to speak other than your native language and why?” 2:25

Speaker #4: Mike Costa – “If you had to have a conversation with your younger self, what age would you be and what would you say?” 1:40

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1:  Jaylyn Bergner – CC#1 icebreaker 4-6 min. (8:50)

Speaker #2:  Wayne Goode -- “Prove it.” 5-7 min. (6.48)

General Evaluator:  Andrew Payne

Evaluator #1:  Don Kovach -- 3:21

Evaluator #2:  oral group evaluation

Timer:   Richard Naslund

Grammarian:  Ryan Osborne

Ah Counter: Rachel Sumner

Vote Counter:  Lysa Rigo

Word of the Day Users:  Mark Bayless, Don Kovach, Russ Vantrease, Steve Ketterbaugh

Awards:

Table Topics: Pankaj Soni

Evaluator:  Don Kovach

Speaker: Wayne Goode

BET Meeting Notes for July 30, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Toastmaster for the evening – Dasie Schulz

Opening:

Richard Naslund opened the meeting in our temporary meeting space, then turned the gavel over to BET President Mark Bayless.

Club News:

Pending confirmation, we are anticipating that our next meeting (August 13, 2013) will be held in our original meeting space – the Good News classroom of Forest Hills UMC.

BET holds regular meetings on the 2^nd and 4^th Tuesday of each month, and on months with a 5^th Tuesday, we have a non-traditional meeting format. Tonight's meeting is a SPEECHATHON with five prepared speeches & evaluations on the agenda, and no Table Topics, Word of the Day, or Joke.

The Toastmasters International Annual Business Meeting will be held August 24^th in Cincinnati, Ohio. All clubs are invited to vote for international officers and directors to the 2013-14 Board of Directors, as well as proposed amendments to the constitution & bylaws. If no delegate from our club will be attending, we can either designate any particular active member to act as our proxy, or our district 63 governor Kristi Coleman (or the next senior district officer in attendance).

Toastmaster: Dasie Schulz

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: Don Kovach read Chapter 11 from Steinbeck's Tortilla Flat. (10:16)

Speaker #2: Rajiv Gupta gave his first prepared speech, The Ice Breaker. (5:20)

Speaker #3: Marc Smith informed us about healthcare and Eastern medicine. (6:33)

Speaker #4: Mark Bayless delivered a speech from Shakespeare's Henry V. (4:08+)

Speaker #5: Andrew Payne gave an impromptu speech about pursuing people, not positions. (6:14)

Speech Evaluations:

General Evaluator: Rachel Sumner

Evaluator #1: Richard Naslund (3:00)

Evaluator #2: Allan Daniels (3:24)

Evaluator #3: Steve Ketterbaugh (3:23)

Evaluator #4: Michael Moryc (3:19)

Evaluator #5: Skip Malone (3:30)

Timer: Janet Schreibman

Awards:

Best Evaluator: Steve Ketterbaugh

Best Speaker: Rajiv Gupta

First Timer: Rajiv Gupta

BET Meeting Notes for July 23, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Toastmaster for the evening – Tim Diehl

Opening:

Chris Meador opened the meeting in our temporary meeting space, then turned the gavel over to BET President Mark Bayless.

Club News:

The Toastmasters International Annual Business Meeting will be held August 24^th in Cincinnati, Ohio. All clubs are invited to vote for international officers and directors to the 2013-14 Board of Directors, as well as proposed amendments to the constitution & bylaws. If no delegate from our club will be attending, we can either designate any particular active member to act as our proxy, or our district 63 governor Kristi Coleman (or the next senior district officer in attendance).

Guests: Quentin, Paula

Toastmaster: Tim Diehl

Word of the Day: Rajiv Gupta - brevity |ˈbrevitē| noun concise and exact use of words in writing or speech.

Humorist: Janet Schreibman shared a story about a job interview.

Table Topics: Rachel Sumner invited us to tell about something we carry in our pockets.

Speaker #1: Rajiv Gupta told us about the process of acquiring private healthcare coverage.

Speaker #2: Skip Malone shared his medicare card, voter registration, and alumni association card.

Speaker #3: Michael Moryc showed us his challenge coin from the Vietnam war era.

Speaker #4: Janet Schreibman extolled the virtues of holding a library card.

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: Lysa Rigo walked us through the Myers-Briggs personality types.

Speaker #2: Maia Ketterbaugh told us about her “date with history” in a recent trip to San Francisco.

Speaker #3: Mike Costa delivered an impromptu speech based on the Table Topics prompt.

Speech Evaluations:

General Evaluator: Steve Ketterbaugh

Evaluator #1: Dasie Schulz

Evaluator #2: Susan Martin

Evaluator #3: Russ Vantrease

Timer: Andrew Payne

Grammarian: Michael Moryc

Ah Counter: Mike Costa

Awards:

Best Table Topics: Michael Moryc

Best Evaluator: Susan Martin

Best Speaker: Lysa Rigo

Word of the Day Users: Michael Moryc, Janet Schreibman, Lysa Rigo, Tim Diehl, Susan Martin, Rachel Sumner

BET Meeting Notes for July 9, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Toastmaster for the evening – Keith McLusky

Opening:

Richard Naslund opened the meeting in our temporary meeting space, then turned the gavel over to BET President Mark Bayless.

Club News:

After introducing guests, Mark welcomed attendees to the first meeting of the 2013-14 year.

Toastmaster: Keith McLusky introduced the theme of the meeting, “culture.”

Word of the Day: Pankaj Soni - stoic – adj. Able to endure pain or hardship without showing one's feelings or complaining.

Humorist:  Keith McLusky told a humorous joke with a Scottish-accented punchline.

Table Topics: Dasie Schulz asks how we celebrate our respective independence days.

Speaker #1: Ani Osborne describes freedom day in Armenia.

Speaker #2: Alex Ketterbaugh describes Fourth of July at the Ketterbaugh's.

Speaker #3: Kimberly describes her celebration and celebrated her first Table Topic.

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: Lynn Wallace – Lynn tells us about “mixing business with pleasure.”

Speaker #2: Marc Smith – Marc “says no” in his second speech.

Speaker #3: Richard Naslund – Richard gives his humorous speech “Guys, Golf, and Gators.”

Speaker #4: Steve Ketterbaugh – Steve recounts his experience in the Boston marathon.

General Evaluator:  Mark Bayless

Evaluator #1: Don Kovach

Evaluator #2: Allan Daniels

Evaluator #3: Mike Costa

Evaluator #4: Chris Meador

Timer:  Pankaj Soni

Grammarian/Ah Counter: Ryan Osborne

Word of the Day Users: Steve, Marc, Allan

BET Meeting Notes for June 25, 2013

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday June 25, 2013

Toastmaster for the evening – Ani Osborne

Opening:

BET president Rachel Sumner opened the meeting and led attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance, then welcomed our guests.

Club News:

Rachel expressed her appreciation to officers and club members for their hard work this past year and all they have done to support the club during her term in office as president.

Allan Daniels then inducted the following new officers for the 2013-2014 year:

President:                    Mark Bayless

VP of Education:          Pankaj Soni

VP of Membership:       Ani Osborne

VP of PR:                    Janet Schreibman

Treasurer:                    Mike Costa

Secretary:                    Chris Meador

Sergeant at Arms:        Richard Naslund

Word of the Day: Michael Moryc -- permeate

Humorist: none

Table Topics:  Richard Naslund

Speaker #1:  Mark Bayless – “Tell us about your favorite summer place as a kid and why it is so memorable?” 1:30

Speaker #2:   Lysa Rigo – “What’s your favorite treat from the ice cream truck or ice store and when?” 1:30

Speaker #3:  Krishna Rao – “When you think of summer, what food do you think about and why?” 1:30

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1:  Russ Vantrease – CC #10 Inspire Your Audience; “Time Marches On” 8-10 min. (9:36)

Speaker #2:  Mike Costa -- #1 The Successful Club Series, Moments of Truth educational speech 30-35 min.

General Evaluator:  Tim Diehl

Evaluator #1:  Allan Daniels

Evaluator #2:  no evaluator

Timer:   Chris Meador

Grammarian/Ah Counter:  Ryan Osborne

Vote Counter:  Andrew Payne

Word of the Day Users:  Allan Daniels

Awards:

Table Topics:  Lysa Rigo

Evaluator:  Allan Daniels

Speaker:  Russ Vantrease

Moments of Truth – Results:

First Impresssions

·         had new guest insight as member of group

·         most discover BET online; web resources gave comprehensive information about club

·         40% of toastmaster members don’t stay; but not so at BET

·         We do invite guests to share their thoughts and invite them to join

·         Might need bigger sign out front

·         Need to be sure and intro guests to entire membership at meetings

Membership Orientation:

·         BET provides manual electronically now; do formal member inductions into club; present first speech ribbons

·         BET does assign a mentor if new member desires

·         BET does educational sessions periodically throughout year – however we don’t display chart

·         Members are free to go to Easy-Speak website and self-assign roles when you want to speak; Easy-Speak works well for us

·         Good opportunities for members to participate in various ways; good turnover mix of officers

Fellowship, Variety and Communications

·         Do good job of greeting guests warmly

·         Enjoy very diverse membership, speech topics

·         Need to improve frequency of social events – planned and impromptu

·         Do a good job in participating in area, district and international events…but could do better

 

Program Planning and Meeting Organization

·         For special meetings or events, good to post it on website

·         For creative table topics, maybe we should have occasional evaluations to help coach on impromptu speaking

·         We give positive evaluations but sometimes it is so tactful it lacks true meat

Membership Strength

·         Yes, have 41 members currently

·         Many long-time members mixed with strong, diverse group of new members

Achievement Recognition

·         #2 – don’t display charts; not sure it is purposeful

·         Need to educate membership more about Easy-Speak and how it keeps track of your goals

·         #6 – officers use it but need to educate membership in this area