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