BET Meeting Minutes

July 23, 2024

Presiding Officer:

Kianush Dixon

 

Theme: Olympics

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Kianush Dixon

Toastmaster:  Mike Costa

Word of the Day:  Rick Dixon

mellifluous, adj. -  sweet or musical sounds; pleasant to hear

Humorist:  Janet Schreibman

 

Table Topics:  Willy Baumgartner

Table Topic Speakers:

1)  Janet Schreibman- 2:11

2)  Chandler Telfer -  1:16

3)  Rick Dixon - 1:44

4)  Bill Martin - 1:11

 

Speaker(s):

1)   Kianush Dixon - Presentation Mastery #1-2 Writing a Speech with Purpose "What Makes a Person Likeable?" (requested 5-7 min) 7:08

2)   Tremale Delano -  International Speech Contest "An Electric Gift" (requested 5-7 min) 7:45

 

General Evaluator:  Bill Martin

Evaluator(s):

1)   Chandler Telfer - 1:45

2)   Susan Martin + attendees - 4:03

3)   n/a

Ah Counter/Grammarian:  Cindy Aslan

Timer:  Kelli Dixon

 

Club Business:

• ·       Minutes approved for July 9 meeting

• ·       TLI was held Saturday, July 20, at 9am on Zoom. Four officers are required to attend. Participating from BET were Emily Thompson, Kristen Williams, Chris Goldman and Janet Schreibman

• ·       Congratulations and welcome to new member Jeong Robinson!

 Members Present:  Janet Schreibman,  Rick Dixon, Cindy Aslan, Chandler Telfer, Willy Baumgartner, Bill Martin, Susan Martin, Mike Costa, Kelli Dixon, Kianush Dixon, Jeong Robinson

 Virtual Attendees: Gayatri

 Guests:  Paige Robinson

 Word Users:  Mike, Bill, Cindy

 

BET Meeting Minutes

July 9, 2024

Presiding Officer:

Kristen Williams

 

Theme: n/a

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Kristen Williams

Toastmaster:  Kristen Williams

Word of the Day:  Becki Baumgartner

sagacious, adj. -  having or showing keen mental discernment and/or good judgment; wise or shrewd

Humorist:  John Travisano

 

Table Topics:  Rick Dixon

Table Topic Speakers:

1)  John Travisano- 1:14

2)  Jesus Mendoza -  2:02

3)  Kristen Williams - 1:37

 

Speaker(s):

1)   Willy Baumgartner - Presentation Mastery #1-1 Icebreaker (requested 4-6 min) 5:36

2)   Chandler Tefler -  Presentation Mastery #1-5 Evaluation & Feedback -2; (requested 5-7 min) 6:33

3)   Chris Goldman - Speaking to Inform #1 - The Speech to Inform; "Yoodli"  (requested 5-7 min) 9:43

 

General Evaluator:  Emily Thompson

Evaluator(s):

1)   Mike Costa - 3:20

2)   Janet Schreibman - 4:03

3)   n/a

Ah Counter/Grammarian:  Jesus Mendoza

Timer:  Cindy Aslan

 

Club Business:

• ·       Minutes approved for June 25 meeting

• ·       TLI will be Saturday, July 20, at 9am on Zoom. Four officers required to attend. Register on the D63 website

 

Members Present:  Janet Schreibman,  Jesus Mendoza, Becki Baumgartner, Chris Goldman, Rick Dixon, Cindy Aslan, Kristen Williams, Chandler Telfer, Willy Baumgartner, John Travisano, Mike Costa

 Virtual Attendees: Emily Thompson

 Guests:  Jeong Robinson, Megan

 Word Users:  Kristen, Rick

 

BET Meeting Minutes

June 25, 2024

Presiding Officer:

Bill Martin

 

Theme: Blistering Heat

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Bill Martin

Toastmaster:  Chandler Telfer

Word of the Day:  Emily Thompson

glean, verb - to gather or collect something bit by bit; to search carefully; to find out; discover

Humorist:  Marc Smith & Willy Baumgarten

 

Table Topics:  Kristen Williams

Table Topic Speakers:

1)  John Travisano- 1:12

2)   Becki Baumgarten - 1:04

3)   Jesus Mendoza -  1:13

4)   Emily Thompson - 1:18

 

Speaker(s):

1)   Kelli Dixon - Icebreaker (requested 4-6 min) 4:36

2)   Rick Dixon -  Icebreaker "Do Hard Things" (requested 4-6 min) 6:26

3)   Cindy Aslan - Presentation Mastery #1-2 - Writing a Speech with Purpose (requested 5-7 min) 6:24

 

General Evaluator:  Jesus Mendoza

Evaluator(s):

1)   Chris Goldman - 3:16

2)   Susan Martin - 3:09

3)   Bill Martin - 2:47

Ah Counter/Grammarian:  Janet Schreibman

Timer:  Kianush Dixon

 

Club Business:

• ·       Minutes approved for June 11 meeting

• ·       New slate of officers was presented and approved by membership:

            Kristen Williams, President

            Emily Thompson, VP Education

            Chris Goldman, VP Membership

            Kianush Dixon, VP Public Relations

            Mike Costa, Treasurer

            Janet Schreibman, Secretary

Members Present:  Janet Schreibman,  Jesus Mendoza, Kianush Dixon, Marc Smith, Becki Baumgartner, Kelli Dixon, Chris Goldman, Bill Martin, Susan Martin, Rick Dixon, Cindy Aslan, Kristen Williams, Chandler Telfer, Willy Baumgartner

 Virtual Attendees:  John Travisano, Emily Thompson

 Guests:  none

 Word Users:  Susan, Bill, Janet, Kianush, Chris, Kristen, Rick