Brentwood
Evening Toastmasters
Meeting
Notes
Tuesday,
May 27, 2014
Toastmaster
for the evening – Ravi Aradhyula
Opening:
Ryan Osborne opened the
meeting and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance, then turned
the gavel over to Club President Mark Bayless.
Club News:
The officer slate for
2014-15 was announced at tonight's meeting, and a motion was
unanimously passed to accept the slate and the 2014-15 officers were
elected!
- Immediate Past President: Mark Bayless
- President: Pankaj Soni
- VP Education: Ravi Aradhyula
- VP Membership: Ani Osborne
- VP Public Relations: Janet Schreibman
- Secretary: Chris Meador
- Treasurer: Mike Costa
- Sergeant at Arms: Ryan Osborne
- Mentor Coordinator: Rachel Sumner
Forest Hills United
Methodist Church generously allows us to meet regularly in a church
classroom, but our regular classroom will be occupied on June 24 due
to Vacation Bible School, so we will be meeting in a different room
at FHUMC. Look for the signs with specific directions on the night
of the meeting.
Toastmaster:
Ravi Aradhyula welcomed everyone from the holiday weekend and kicked off the meeting with some personal anecdotes.
Word of the Day:
gravitas |ˈgraviˌtäs| noun dignity, seriousness, or
solemnity of manner
Humorist: Allan
Daniels told a terrible joke about a gravy toss and a great joke
about a bagpiper.
Table Topics:
Table Topics Master:
Mike Costa played “hot potato” with the Table Topics ribbon.
Speaker #1: Ryan
Osborne speculated about when summer might begin.
Speaker #2: Allan
Daniels provided a similarly informal definition of the end of
summer.
Speaker #3: Bill Martin
ponders if summer even matters to adults.
Speaker
#4: Justin (our visitor!) stepped up and told us about his dream job
for the summer.
Prepared Speeches:
Speaker #1: Kristen
Rice, “Dream On!” (5:39)
Speaker #2: Chris
Meador, “The First Million is the Hardest” (7:20)
Speaker #3: Patrick
Frazier, “I'm Good Enough, I'm Smart Enough, and Gosh Darn It –
People Like Me!” (13:56)
Speech Evaluations:
General Evaluator:
Susan Martin
Evaluator #1: Rachel
Sumner (3:05)
Evaluator #2: Allan
Daniels (3:28)
Evaluator #3: Ani
Osborne (2:14)
Timer: Ryan Osborne
Vote Counter: Ryan
Osborne
Grammarian: Janet
Schreibmann
Awards:
Best Table Topics:
Justin Simmons
Best Evaluator: Ani
Osborne
Best Speaker: Chris
Meador
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