Brentwood Evening Toastmasters (BET)

Meetings are from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

on the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Tuesdays of each month.

@

Forest Hills United Methodist Church at 1250 Old Hickory Blvd in Brentwood, TN.

(BET is not affiliated with the church and is open to any and all individuals interested in self-improvement and effective communication. Through the open generosity of the church BET is able to hold meetings in one of its classrooms.)

Monday, August 28, 2017



BET Meeting Minutes
August 22, 2017
Presiding Officer:
Janet Schreibman

Roles & Responsibilities:

Toastmaster: Mike Costa, ACS
Word of the Day: Karl Jannasch
Humorist: Janet Schreibman, ACB, AL
Table Topics: Amy Cathey

Table Topic Speakers:
1) Pankaj Soni, CC
2) Skip Malone, ACB - Best Table Topics
3) Jenae Vosburg

Speakers:
1) Tawanda McDonald (Ice Breaker)
2) Russ Vantrease, CC - Best Speaker

General Evaluator: Susan Martin
Evaluators:
1) Deborah Link, CC - Best Evaluator
2) Marc Smith, CC

Timer: Ryan Barksdale, CC
Ah Counter/Grammarian: Karl Jannasch

Club Business:

  • The club held induction of new members Ben Arnold, Tawanda McDonald and  Karl Jannasch
  • Quarterly social will be held following our August 29 meeting Humorous Speaking and Evaluation contests will take place at the September 12th meeting. Please contact Susan to compete or volunteer for your role in contest. 
  • Officers meeting will take place at 6pm before our 7pm meeting on September 12th.
  • The last D63 Fall Conference will be held Nov. 10 & 11 in Chattanooga at the Doubletree Hotel. Registration is available online on the D63 website.


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BET Meeting Minutes
August 08, 2017
Presiding Officer:
Susan Martin

Roles & Responsibilities:

Toastmaster: Susan Martin, ACB
Word of the Day: Emilie Filler
            Curmudgeon: a bad-tempered or surly person.
Humorist: Bill Martin, DTM
Table Topics: Mike Costa, ACS
Tawanda McDonald -- Best Table Topics
 
Speakers:
1) Karl Jannasch - Ice Breaker:  Best Speaker
2) Skip Malone, ACB (Pocket Speech) - Aging

General Evaluator: Pankaj Soni, CC
Evaluators:
1) Russ Vantrease, CC 
2) Deborah Link, CC

Timer: Ryan Barksdale, CC
Ah Counter/Grammarian: Emilie Filler

Meeting notes:
  • Two visitors attended our meeting.
  • Susan reminded us that we have a humorist speaking and evaluation competition coming up in the near future. If we are interested in competing, we should begin preparing our 5-7 minute humorist speeches.
  • Club dues will be discounted if you pay for a full year. We will discuss at future meetings. 
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Sunday, August 6, 2017



BET Meeting Minutes
July 25, 2017
Presiding Officer:
Janet Schreibman

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opening:  Russ Vantrease, CC
Toastmaster: Ryan Barksdale, CC
Word Master: Karl Jannasch
Prerogative n., an exclusive right or privilege; a power exercised
Humorist:  Ben Arnold
Table Topics Master:  Ryan Barksdale, CC
General Evaluator:  Skip Malone, ACB
Grammarian/Ah Counter:  none
TImer:  Karl Jannasch
Vote Counter:  Ben Arnold

Speakers:
Speaker 1:  Russ Vantrease, CC -- Best Speaker
Speaker 2:  Janet Schreibman, ACB

Evaluators:
Evaluator 1:  Skip Malone, ACB
Evaluator 2:  Mike Costa, ACS  -- Best Evaluator

Best Table Topics: Janet Schreibman
Word Users: Ben, Ryan, Janet

Club Business:

  • Leadership training (TLI) will take place Saturday, July 29 at Center for Spiritual Learning and Thursday, Aug. 3 at Caterpillar in Nashville. Club will pay for members to attend   
  • BET quarterly social will take place immediately after our Aug. 22 meeting. Location TBD        
  • Reminders to members to please bring your CL manual to all meetings and to RSVP attendance and your role participation on Easy-Speak in advance of our meetings

  • Minutes were approved from last two meetings


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