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