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