BET Officers Meeting Minutes

August 5, 2025

Presiding Officer:

Jesus Mendoza

 

Attending:

Jesus Mendoza, Kianush Dixon, Rick Dixon, Chris Goldman, Janet Schreibman, Mike Costa, Kristen Williams

 

The following topics were discussed:

1. Officers reviewed goals on our Distinguished Club plan:

• Chris and Jesus to connect with Willy to review Educational section and club status thus far with projected goals

• ·       We currently have 25 members including 4 new members -- mentors need to be assigned to each new member. Currently Michael Lin, Pratyusha and Runsha need mentors. Responsibility: Willy

• ·       Dues were paid on time

• ·       New officer designations were reported on time

• ·       We had 3 officers attend initial TLI training; hope to have at least one more officer attend a TLI makeup session to give us required minimum number of 4 officers attending.

• ·       Deadline to submit plan is August 31. Responsibility: Jesus

 

2.               2.    Need to reinforce member recognition of accomplishments. Responsibility: Officers

 

3.   Need to purchase more "Icebreaker" mints in order to present to new members after delivering their first speech. Responsibility: Mike

 

4.   Suggest speaking to church staff about their interest level in inviting their membership to a BET open house. Also want to inquire about the possibility of requesting a larger meeting room. Responsibility: Janet

 

5.   Plan to focus a September or October meeting on "Moments of Truth" presentation. Responsibility: Kristen

 

6.   Need to stress importance of making members more aware to RSVP their attendance and confirm role acceptance on Easy-Speak in advance of meeting. Responsibility: Jesus, Willy, Janet

 

7.   In order to allow more member participation, we can separate Ah Counter and Grammarian roles; we can also assign a member to open each meeting.

 

8.   The club must submit their proxy vote for the Annual International Meeting by August 13. Chris to check whom from District 63 plans to attend the business meeting in person or online so we can enlist he/she as our proxy. Jesus to complete and submit appropriate paperwork to do so.

 

9.   Regarding public relations, we need to encourage members and visitors to follow us on social media. Suggest posting link signage on the white board at meetings and reinforcing it in all communications by creating a signature with links for all social media. Also, consider updating BET website. Responsibility: Kianush

 

10. Need for Sergeant-at-Arms to take possession of outdoor sign. Responsiblity: Rick

 

11. Need to discuss with Susan about new officers getting information access to email and Zoom accounts. Responsibility: Kristen

 

BET Meeting Minutes

July 29, 2025

Presiding Officer:

Jesus Mendoza

 

Theme: Summer-Ween

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Jesus Mendoza

Toastmaster:  Willy Baumgartner

Word of the Day:  Kristen Williams

monstrous - badly or imperfectly formed; extremely disturbing or repellent; unusually large

Humorist:  Salman Farabi

 

Table Topics: Rachel Mitchell

Table Topic Speakers:

1)  Kristen Williams - 1:41

2)  Chandler Telfer -  1.36

3)  Salman Farabi - 1:18

4)  Mike Costa - 1:16

 

Speaker(s):

1)  Rick Dixon - "A Little Piece of You" (requested 5-7 min) 6:33

 

General Evaluator: Kelli Dixon

Evaluator(s):

1)  Janet Schreibman - 3:59

Ah Counter/Grammarian: Kianush Dixon

Timer:  Jesus Mendoza

 

Club Business:

• Minutes approved for last meeting on July 22
• TLI (leadership training) makeup sessions are: 8/2 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and  8/6 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. We need at least one more officer to attend makeup session.
• Club Success Plan goals need to be submitted by August 31
• Officer meeting to be held August 5 on Zoom
• Club meeting dismissed early for a social at Cinco de Mayo

Members Present: Chris Goldman, Janet Schreibman, Salman Farabi, Jesus Mendoza, Kristen Williams, Janet Schreibman, Willy Baumgartner, Rick Dixon, Kianush Dixon, Kelli Dixon, Mike Costa, John Travisano, Alex Dabich, Lydia Underwood

Guest(s): Becki Baumgartner, Tim Baumgartner, Michael Lin, Pratyusha Pogaru, Terence Mclow, Sam Dixon, Runsha

Virtual Attendees: Sam Dixon

Word Users: Salman, Kristen, Chandler, Rick, Rachel, Runsha

 

BET Meeting Minutes

July 22, 2025

Presiding Officer:

Jesus Mendoza

 

Theme: Chaos

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Jesus Mendoza

Toastmaster:  Kristen Williams

Word of the Day:  Emily Thompson

antic, adj./noun - wildly playful or funny act or action; sometimes used disapprovingly

Humorist:  Janet Schreibman

 

Table Topics:  Jesus Mendoza

Table Topic Speakers:

1)  Michael Lin - 2:03

2)  Kelli Dixion -  1.17

3)  Emily Thompson - 1:56

4)  Janet Schreibman - 2:50

 

Speaker(s):

1)  Salman Farabi - "Chasing Snowflakes" (requested 5-7 min) 7:57

 

General Evaluator: Janet Schreibman

Evaluator(s):

1)  Chris Goldman - 3:13

 

Ah Counter/Grammarian: Willy Baumgartner

Timer:  Lydia Underwood

 Club Business:

• Minutes approved for last meeting on July 8th
• TLI (leadership training) makeup sessions are: 7/26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for Division D;  8/2 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. for Division B; and 9/5 and 9/7 from 6-8:30 p.m. for Division C. We need at least one (or more) officer(s) who didn't attend the original TLI session to attend any of the above makeup sessions.
  
• Club Success Plan goals need to be submitted by August 31
• Officer meeting TBD

Members Present: Chris Goldman, Janet Schreibman, Salman Farabi, Jesus Mendoza, Kristen Williams

Guest(s): Rachel Mitchell, Michael Lin, Pratyusha Pogaru

Virtual Attendees: Lydia Underwood, Jeong Robinson, Willy Baumgartner, Emily Thompson, Kelli Dixon

 Word Users: Salman, Kristen, Michael, Janet, Kelli

BET Meeting Minutes

July 8, 2025

Presiding Officer:

Jesus Mendoza

 

Theme: 4th of July

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Jesus Mendoza

Toastmaster:  Chandler Telfer

Word of the Day:  Bill Martin

emulous, adj. - eager or ambitious to equal or surpass another; a spirit of rivalry

Humorist:  Chris Goldman

 

Table Topics:  John Travisano

Table Topic Speakers:

1)  Emily Thompson - 1:43

2)  Mike Costa -  1.28

3)  Rick Dixon - :47

4)  Kianush Dixon - :40

 

Speaker(s):

1)  Lydia Underwood - Visionary Communication #1-3 - Introduction to vocal variety & body language: "Ethical Sourcing" (requested 5-7 min) 6:17

2)  Alex Dabich - Presentation Mastery #1-3 Introduction to vocal variety & body language:

"The Great Outdoors" (requested 5-7 min) 4:48

 

General Evaluator: Kristen Williams

Evaluator(s):

1)  Brittany Buck - 3:25

2)  Janet Schreibman - 2:58

 

Ah Counter/Grammarian: Salman Farabi

Timer:  Jesus Mendoza

 

Club Business:

• Minutes approved for last meeting on June 28th with correction that Bill Martin opened the meeting
• TLI (leadership training) was held virtually on Saturday, June 8, 9am CST. We had three officers attending. We need at least one more officer to attend makeup session.

Members Present: Chris Goldman, Susan Martin, Bill Martin, Janet Schreibman, Mike Costa, Salman Farabi, Rick Dixon, Kianush Dixon, Chandler Telfer, Jesus Mendoza, Alex Dabich, Lydia Underwood

Guest(s): Tim Grebue, Terance Mclow, Michael Lin

Virtual Attendees: Kristen Williams, Lydia Underwood, John Travisano, Willy Baumgartner, Emily Thompson

 Word Users: Alex, Chandler