BET Meeting Minutes

May 23, 2023

Presiding Officer:

Susan Martin

 

Theme: music associated with Memorial Day

 Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Susan Martin

Toastmaster:  Emily Thompson

Word of the Day:   Flavius Trombitas

veracious, adj. - speaking or representing the truth

Humorist:  Mike Costa

 

Table Topics:  Susan Martin

Table Topic Speakers:

1)  Aleah Berger - 1:03

2)  Emily Walter - 2:11

3)  Paul Spivey - 1:29

4)  Jason Cook - 1.35

 Speaker(s):

1)  Janet Schreibman - educational speech  on body language entitled, "The Language without Words" (requested 8-10 min) 12:00

2) Skip Malone - "Mother" (requested 6-8 min) 7:24

 

General Evaluator: LouAnn Clark

Evaluator(s):

1)  Brittany Gentilhomme - 3:23

2)  Kristen Williams - 3:56

Timer:  Mike Costa

Ah Counter/Grammarian:  Flavius Trombitas

 Club Business:

• Minutes approved for April 25 and May 9 meetings
• Teresa Dunbar, our Area Director, and LouAnn Clark completed our annual BET club report
• Need to present slate for new officers at the June meeting
•  It was suggested we have more social gatherings and we consider giving ribbons to ice breaker speakers
•  Officers were requested to review the social medial plan Emily created

 Members Present: Susan Martin, Janet Schreibman, Brittany Gentilhomme, Flavius Trombitas, Emily Thompson, Mike Costa, Kristen Williams

 Virtual Attendees: LouAnn Clark, Skip Malone, Jason Cook

 Guests:  Paul Spivey, Jason Cook, Aleah Berger, Emily Walter, Gerard

Word Users:  Skip, Janet, Emily, Susan, LouAnn, Flavius, Bill

 

BET Meeting Minutes

May 9, 2023

Presiding Officer:

LouAnn Clark

 

Theme: none

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  LouAnn Clark

Toastmaster:  Skip Malone

Word of the Day:   Susan Martin

iconic, noun - widely recognized; well established; known for its brand

Humorist:  Bill Martin

 

Table Topics:  Emily Thompson

Table Topic Speakers:

1)  Susan Martin - 1:43

2)  Janet Schreibman - 1:52

3)  Brittany Gentilhomme - 1:25

4)  Teresa Dunbar - 2:40

5)  Jason Cook - 59.5

6)  Bill Martin - 1:07

 

Speaker(s):

1)  Flavius Trombitas - icebreaker (4-6 min) 8:15

 

General Evaluator: Janet Schreibman

Evaluator(s):

1)  LouAnn Clark - 2:32

Timer:  Bill Martin

Ah Counter/Grammarian:  Susan Martin

 

Club Business:

• Minutes approval tabled for our April 25 meeting
  

• Teresa Dunbar was introduced as our Area Director and she requested to get on LouAnn's calendar to complete her area director's report for our club

• Need to present slate for new officers

• Jason was introduced as our Club Growth Director
  

Members Present: Susan Martin, Bill Martin, Janet Schreibman, LouAnn Clark, Brittany Gentilhomme, Skip Malone, Flavius Trombitas

Virtual Attendees: Emily Thompson, Teresa Dunbar

Guests:  Paul Spivey, Jason Cook, Teresa Dunbar, DJ Mott

Word Users:  Skip, Janet, Emily, Susan, LouAnn, Flavius, Bill

 

BET Meeting Minutes

April 25, 2023

Presiding Officer:

LouAnn Clark

 

Theme: "Dealing with Change"

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  LouAnn Clark

Toastmaster:  Janet Schreibman

Word of the Day:   LouAnn Clark

ephemeral, adj. - lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory

Humorist:  Emily Thompson

 

Table Topics:  Kristen Williams

Table Topic Speakers:

1)  Emily Thompson - 1:41

2)  Susan Martin- 1:07

3)  Flavius Trombitas - 1:12

4)  Aleah Berger - 1:10

 

Speaker(s):

1)  Lauren Pace - 2:34

2)  Eden Moody - Presentation Mastery Level 2 : "Set Up Story"  from her "Keynote Concert (requested 15-18 min) 19:11

 

General Evaluator: Skip Malone

Evaluator(s):

1)  no evaluation needed

2)  Darryl Pace - 3:24

Timer:  Bill Martin

Ah Counter/Grammarian:  LouAnn Clark

 

Club Business:     

• Minutes approved for last three meetings
• Hybrid Spring Conference, including International  Speech contest is April 28-29. Darryl will be presenting an educational session.
• Table Topics Contest will be virtual April 27

Members Present: Susan Martin, Bill Martin, Emily Thompson, Janet Schreibman, LouAnn Clark, Darryl Pace, Mike Costa

Virtual Attendees: Skip Malone

Guests:  Flavius Trombitas, Kristen Williams, Eden Moody,  Aleah Berger, Emily Walter, Lauren Pace

Word Users:  Susan, Skip, Janet, Emily, Kristen