Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Toastmaster for the evening – Dasie Schulz

Opening:

Chris Meador opened the meeting and led attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance, then turned the gavel over to BET President Rachel Sumner.

Club News:

After introducing guests, Rachel inducted new members: Richard Naslund, Jaylyn Bergen, and Luckie Westlund.

Guests: Ketterbaugh family (Abby and Maya), Madeline Bayless, Lisa, Amelia, Donny, Janae

Reminder: The Fall Conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Nashville Airport on October 19th and 20th. You can make overnight reservations by calling the hotel directly and asking for the Toastmasters rate of $89 per night at 615-883-9770, or by booking online at:

http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/us/en/nashville/bnaop/hoteldetail?groupCode=TTM

Admission is $25 for the entire weekend if registered before Saturday; $75 for participation in meals and events. Rachel proposed the idea of having a BET meet-up during the humorist speech competition, which does not require registration admission and is only $5.

Word of the Day: Richard Naslund - adjective – adj. 1. twisted; coiled. 2. complicated; intricately involved.

Humorist:  Lynn Wallace shared a joke about an illegal street race.

Table Topics: Alex Ketterbaugh presented three scenarios:   

Speaker #1: Russ Vantrease told about his favorite moment in history.

Speaker #2: Michael Moryc shared a cherished family memory about Christmas.

Speaker #3: Mike Costa spoke as if he had one week left to live.

Prepared Speeches:

Educational Speaker: Manuel Glaze – About the TMI Distinguished Club Program.

Speaker #1: Krishna Rao – “My Advice to the US President on Stimulating the Economy”

Speaker #2: Steve Ketterbaugh – “The Value of Reading for Oneself and Others”

Speaker #4: Don Kovach – “Let's Get a Bonus”

General Evaluator:  Allan Daniels

Evaluator #1: Pankaj Soni

Evaluator #2: Irma Perry

Evaluator #3: Len Serafino

Timer:  Andrew Payne

Grammarian/Ah Counter: Susan Martin

Vote Counter: Jaylen Bergen

Word of the Day Users: Daisy, Russ, Jaylyn, Manuel, Krishna, Steve, Don, Pankaj, Andrew, Susan

Awards:

Table Topics:     Russ Vantrease

Evaluator:         Len Serafino

Speaker:           Don Kovach

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Toastmaster for the evening – Dan Michaels

Opening:

Chris Meador opened the meeting and led attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance, then turned the gavel over to BET President Rachel Sumner.

Club News:

After introducing guests, Rachel announced that The Fall Conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Nashville Airport on October 19th and 20th. You can make overnight reservations by calling the hotel directly and asking for the Toastmasters rate of $89 per night at 615-883-9770, or by booking online at:

http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/us/en/nashville/bnaop/hoteldetail?groupCode=TTM

Admission is $25 for the entire weekend if registered before Saturday or  $75 for participation including meals and events.  Rachel proposed the idea of having a BET “meetup” during the humorist speech competition, which does not require registration and is only $5 admission fee.

Mike Costa is collecting dues – 6 months for $48 or 12 months for $84.  Mike brought a Square credit card processing machine and successfully accepted several members' dues electronically.  Dues are due!

Guests: Ketterbaugh family (Abby and Maya), Richard Nashlund, Raj, Rosalin, Janet, Jailin.

Word of the Day: Alex Ketterbaugh - sanctity – n. saintliness, holiness, godliness.

Humorist:  Russ Vantrease shared his secret telepathic ability, and then some of our secrets.

Table Topics: Steve Ketterbaugh described three TableTopics scenarios.   

Speaker #1: Ann West would like to visit India, Turkey and Croatia with her husband.

Speaker #2: Mark Bayless does not give some pointers on economic policy to President Obama.

Speaker #3: Lynn Wallace negotiates a cookie purchase with a girl scout.

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1: Dasie Schulz – Interpretive Reading from Sedaris's “Me Talk Pretty One Day”

Speaker #2: Sita Diehl – Using body language to raise awareness of crutch words and passing idioms.

Speaker #3: Krishna Rao – Krishna gives his “slumdog millionaire” ice-breaker.

Speaker #4: Pankaj Soni – Pankaj describes a family trip to Disneyland in Orlando.

General Evaluator:  Mike Costa

Evaluator #1: Don Kovach

Evaluator #2: Irma Perry

Evaluator #3: Andrew Payne

Evaluator #4: Skip Malone

Timer:  Tim Diehl

Grammarian/Ah Counter: Michael Moryc

Vote Counter: Russ Vantrease

Word of the Day Users: Skip, Pankaj, Russ, Sita

Awards:

Table Topics: Ann West

Evaluator: Andrew Payne

Speaker: Sita Diehl

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Toastmaster for the evening – Manuel Glaze

Opening:

Alex Ketterbaugh opened the meeting and led attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance, then turned the gavel over to BET President Rachel Sumner.

Club News:

After introducing guests, Rachel announced that The Fall Conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Nashville Airport on October 19th and 20th. You can make overnight reservations by calling the hotel directly and asking for the Toastmasters rate of $89 per night at 615-883-9770, or by booking online at:

http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/us/en/nashville/bnaop/hoteldetail?groupCode=TTM

Program registration and a tentative agenda is now available for the conference on the district website at: http://d63toastmasters.com/events/district-63-conferences/

This year two very distinguished guests are joining us for our conference: International President-elect, John Lau DTM, and Keynote speaker, Lance Miller. There will also be breakout and educational sessions for your enjoyment. More information about these sessions will be available in the near future. Members may attend portions or the entirety of the conference. District 63 will have the Basket Challenge, Silent Auction and the District 63 Toastmaster Store. 

Mike Costa announced that BET dues are approaching and will be $48 for six-months or the club will offer a special rate for year-long dues at $84. 

Word of the Day:   Andrew Payne – germinal: adj., being in the earliest stage of development

Humorist:  Dan Michaels told about his hotel experiences when traveling on the road for work.

Table Topics:  Allan Daniels

Speaker #1:       Steve Ketterbaugh – “Tell Us About a Significant Event in Your Life that You Remember and Where You Were at the Time It Happened” (qualified)

Speaker #2:       Keith McLusky -- “Give Us Your Perspective of the Space Program and Neil Armstrong Walking on the Moon, Based Upon Where You Were When It Happened” 2:14

Speaker #3:       Mike Costa -- “Tell Us About Someone Whom You Think of as a Brave Individual and Why” 1:57

Prepared Speeches:

Speaker #1   Tim Diehl – CC #6 Vocal Variety: “5-7 min. (6:51)

Speaker #2   Miranda Darby – CC #3 Get to the Point: “What is Your Inspiration to Motivation?” 5-7 min (6:44)

Speaker #3:  Irma Perry – CC #5 Your Body Speaks: “Philosophy from the Institute of HT” 10-12 min. (11:58)

Speaker #4:  Don Kovach – AC Speeches by Management: 5-7 min. (7:43) “Positive Change”

General Evaluator:  Jessica Hernandez

Evaluator #1:  Janet Schreibman 3:10

Evaluator #2:  Russ Vantrease 2:33

Evaluator #3:  Dasie Schulz 2:55

Evaluator #4:  Srimath Brindavanam 2:33

Timer:   Rachel Sumner

Grammarian/Ah Counter:  Chris Meador

Vote Counter:  Pankja Soni

Word of the Day Users:  Miranda Darby, Don Kovach, Janet Schreibman, Dasie Schulz, Sri Brindavanam, Irma Perry, Allan Daniels

Awards:

Table Topics:    Steve Ketterbaugh

Evaluator:         Janet Schreibman

Speaker:           Tim Diehl

Brentwood Evening Toastmasters

Meeting Notes

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Fall Speech Contest

Opening:

Andrew Payne opened the meeting and led attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance. He and Allan Daniels then reviewed the contest guidelines for attendees.

Club News:

Rachel welcomed guests and mentioned that they will be invited to give their feedback at the end of the meeting. She announced that several clubs are looking for mentors. If you are interested please let Rachel know. Mike Costa announced that membership fees will be due soon for the upcoming half year. He will let members know if they have already paid for the annual dues which will cover this upcoming six months. We also discussed the possibility of paying using a new electronic system. We are checking on this option.  We think the Area Contest will be September 22 in Murfreesboro. Details tbd.

Competition Chairperson:          Andrew Payne

Chief Judge:                             Allan Daniels, DTM

Competition Judge:                   Dasie Schulz, ACB, ALB

Competition Judge:                   Don Kovach, ACB

Competition Judge:                   Rachel Sumner, CC ALB

Competition Judge:                   Irma Perry, DTM

Competition Judge:                   Michael Moryc, ACB

Contest Sergeant @ Arms:        Chris Meador   

Competition Timekeeper:           Dan Michaels

Competition Timekeeper 2:         Keith McLusky

Ballot Counter:                          Steve Pell

Humorous Speech Contestants:

5-7 minutes each

Speaker #1:       Janet Schreibman -- “Claim Your Name” #5 Humorously Speaking AC manual

Speaker #2:       Pankaj Soni -- “My Challenges as a Toastmaster”

Speaker #3:       Mark Bayless -- “When it Falls” #1 Humorously Speaking AC manual

Speaker #4:       Krishna Rao -- “Barack Obama in 2012”

Evaluation Target Speaker:      Len Serafino – CC “Detective Shows”

Evaluation Contestants:  

Evaluation #1:                Mike Costa, ACS

Evaluation #2:                Tim Stowell, CC 

Winners:

Evaluator:                     Mike Costa

Speaker #1:                  Janet Schreibman

Speaker #2:                 Pankaj Soni