BET Meeting Minutes

February 13, 2024

Presiding Officer:

Bill Martin

 

Theme: Valentine's Day

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Bill Martin

Toastmaster:  Mike Costa

Word of the Day:  Jesus Mendoza

myriad, adj. - a very large number and/or great variety

Humorist:  Cindy Aslan

 

Table Topics:  Chandler Telfer

Table Topic Speakers:

1)  Jesus Mendoza - 0:57

2)  Ben Cox - 1:52

3)  Kianush Dixon - 0:52

 

Speaker(s):

1)  Emily Thompson - Manage Audience 8:54

2)  Marc Smith - (requested 5-7 min) 6:00

 

General Evaluator:  Susan Martin

Evaluator(s):

1)  Bill Martin - 2:30

2)  Brittany Gentilhomme - 2:41

Ah Counter/Grammarian:  Ben Cox

Timer:  Flavius Trombitas

 

Club Business:

*    Approval of minutes for January 30th meeting and Feb. 5th officers meeting were tabled until next meeting.

*    Bill inducted into the club new members Jesus Mendoza and Kianush Dixon 

*    Mike reminded members that club dues are due in March

*    Bill announced a pre-meeting dinner gathering on March 12th to commemorate "International Pi Day".  Attendees are encouraged to come 6-6:15p and bring a sweet or savory "pie" of choice to share with the group. Janet will distribute a Sign Up Genius list so we can avoid duplicating items.

 

Members Present: n/a

 Virtual Attendees:  n/a

 Guests:  John Travisano

 Word Users:  Mike, Jesus, Cindy, Marc, Chandler, Susan, Flavius

 

BET Officers Meeting Minutes

February 5, 2024

Presiding Officer:

Bill Martin

 

The following topics were discussed:

    1)  Officers reviewed progress on our Distinguished Club plan. BET is in good standing to become a Select Distinguished Club.

2)       2)  Consider advantages and disadvantages of using the free Toast Host site instead of Easy-Speak online program for agendas and club organizational management. Bill will research the app and report his findings.

    3)  For the Feb. 13^th meeting, Susan suggested doing an Educational Moment: a 1 to 2 minute presentation between the Word of the Day and Humor roles. This would address a brief Toastmaster tip, trick or culture aspect of TI for membership knowledge. Susan to also schedule a time to talk about Level 1 path to make navigating it easier and less confusing for members.

    4)  We discussed officers’ succession plan for upcoming TI calendar year. Possibility of doing an educational program panel discussion addressing each officer role during the March 12^th meeting as a Level 1 Project, then Q&A afterwards to educate membership about the various leadership roles.

   5) Officers recommend hosting a before-meeting gathering  beginning 6-6:15 p. in our regular space to commemorate “International PI DAY” on March 12^th. Attendees are encouraged to bring a “pie” of their choice to share with the group. Janet will email a Sign Up Genius list to members prior to meeting in order to encourage both a savory and sweet pie assortment and avoid duplications.

     6)   Suggest hosting potential Open House on April 9^th or a May meeting which could include snack foods for all attending.

     7)    Our 5^th Tuesday of month meeting on April 30^th could be a brief agenda in order to allow attendees to participate in a “Post Toasties” dinner/social afterwards at a nearby restaurant TBD.

     8)    Our budget is currently $841. Club needs to have discussion regarding whether or not to institute BET club dues again.

     9)      We should have hard copies resource file of evaluation forms available at meetings for evaluators to use whenever needed.

 

 

BET Meeting Minutes

January 30, 2024

Presiding Officer:

Bill Martin

 

Theme:  Inducting New Members

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener: Bill Martin

Toastmaster:  Bill Martin

 Word of the Day:  Mike Costa

but, conj.  – used to introduce a contrasting phrase or clause from something already mentioned; or used to indicate impossibility of anything other than what is stated.

Humorist:  Ben Cox

 

Table Topics: Marc Smith

 Table Topic Speakers:

1)  Mike Costa - 1:25

2)  Cindy Aslan - 1:22

3)  Emily Thompson - 1:47

4)  Kelli Dixon - 0:50

5)  Bill Martin - 1:51

 

Speaker(s):

1) Chandler Telfer (requested 5-7) 6:28

 

General Evaluator:  Janet Schreibman

Evaluator(s):

1) Susan Martin - 3:08

 

Timer:  Kianush Dixon

Ah Counter/Grammarian:  Kristen Williams

Word Users: Janet, Kristen, Marc

 

Club Business:

1. ·         Our Division International Speech and Table Topics contest will be held virtually on Saturday, Febuary 24 at 9:30 am. All interested are invited to tune in. Zoom link will be available on TI Division G website.
2. ·         Minutes from September 26 through January 23 were approved with exception of word revision to “Incident” in Nov. 14 minutes…to be corrected.
3. ·         New member induction included Ben Cox, Cindy Aslan, Chandler Telfer and reinstatement of Marc Smith.

Members Present: Bill, Susan, Janet, Mike, Chandler, Marc, Ben

Virtual Attendees:  Cindy, Emily T., Kristen, Anna Smith

Guest(s):  Kelli Dixon, William Walker, Anna Smith