BET Meeting Minutes

May 25, 2021

Presiding Officer:

Skip Malone

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

 Opener: Skip Malone

Toastmaster: Janet Schreibman - theme: Memorial Day memories

 

Word of the Day: Skip Malone

serendipity - (noun): occurrence/development of event(s) by chance in a happy or beneficial manner

Humorist:  Lou Ann Clark

 

Table Topics: Kari Luecke

 

Table Topic Speakers:

1) Becky Lamb - 1:18

2) LouAnn Clark - 2:22

3) Janet Schreibman - 1:48

 

Speaker(s):

1) Jason Cook - (requested 5-7) 5:57

2) Mike Costa - (requested 5-7) 8:17

 

General Evaluator: Becky Lamb

Evaluator(s):

1) Susan Martin - 3:13

2) Darryl Pace - 3:13

 

Timer: Emily Thompson

Ah Counter/Grammarian: Skip Malone

Word Users: Kari, Janet, Susan, Jason, Skip, LouAnn, Rakesh, Becky

 

Club Business:

•  Minutes approved for April 13, April 27, and May 11 meetings

•   Discussion about possibility of meeting in person at the church beginning in late June

 

Guest(s):  Jason Cook, Rakesh Gupta

 

BET Meeting Minutes

May 11, 2021

Presiding Officer:

Skip Malone

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener: Skip Malone

Toastmaster: Skip Malone

 

Word of the Day: Kari Luecke

tartle (verb): to hesitate; a gap in recognition when introducing someone due to lapse in name memory

tartle (noun): excuse my hesitation

Humorist:  Emily Thompson

 

Table Topics: LouAnn Clark

Table Topic Speakers:

1) Kari Luecke - 1:16

2) Emily Thompson - 2:11

3) Janet Schreibman - 1:56

4) Lydia Steward - 1:06

 

Speaker(s):

1) Mike Costa - icebreaker (requested 6-8) 8:13

2) Darryl Pace - delivered his District winning International Speech Contest (requested 6-8) 7:41

 

General Evaluator: Janet Schreibman

Evaluator(s):

1) Susan Martin - 3:22

2) General member evaluations

 

Timer: Jason cook

Ah Counter/Grammarian: Kari Luecke

Word Users: Kari, Janet, Susan, Jason, Skip, LouAnn, Emily

 

Club Business:

·       Club business tabled until May 25th meeting

 

Guest(s):  Jason Cook, Lydia Steward

 

BET Meeting Minutes

April 27, 2021

Presiding Officer:

Skip Malone

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

 Opener: Skip Malone

Toastmaster: Janet Schreibman -- theme: Allergies

 

Word of the Day: LouAnn Clark

burgeon (verb) - to grow or develop;  flourish; to begin to grow as a bud

Humorist:  Kari Luecke

 

Table Topics: Susan Martin

 Table Topic Speakers:

1) LouAnn Clark - 1:51

2) Kari Luecke - 2:10

3) Nick Sager - 1:06

4) Melissa Margolius - 1:49

5) Young Barrett - 1:20

 

Speaker(s):

1) Skip Malone (requested 6-8) 7:20

 

General Evaluator: Mike Costa

Evaluator(s):

1) Emily Thompson - 3:03

 

Timer: Shyam Nagarajan

Ah Counter/Grammarian: LouAnn Clark

Word Users: Kari, Melissa, Janet, Susan

 

Club Business:

• Minutes approval tabled for April 13th meeting. Will address at next meeting with April  27th minutes. 

•  If you haven't yet paid 6-month national dues yet, please contact Mike Costa immediately for details. Club dues have been waived for next six months.

• New officer slate under consideration for coming year. Please talk to any current officer if you are interested in serving in any position.

 

Guest(s):  Melissa Margolius, Young Barrett, Nick Sager

 

BET Meeting Minutes

April 13, 2021

Presiding Officer:

Skip Malone

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Skip Malone

Toastmaster: Becky Lamb

 

Word of the Day: Janet Schreibman

acerbic - sharp or harshly critical in tone or humor; having a sour or bitter taste

Humorist:  none

 

Table Topics: Jeff McCue

 

Table Topic Speakers:

1) Kari Luecke  - 2:32

2) Leslie Grissim - 1:35

3) Skip Malone - 1:45

4) Emily Thompson - 2:08

 

Speaker(s):

1) Susan Martin (requested 5-7) 7:34

2) Emily Thompson (requested 5-7) 9:10

 

General Evaluator: Skip Malone

Evaluator(s):

1) LouAnn Clark - 3:39

2) Janet Schreibman - 4:39

 

Timer: Leslie Grissim

Ah Counter/Grammarian: Skip Malone

Word Users: Emily, Becky, Janet, Skip, LouAnn. Susan, Jeff

 

Club Business:

·       Minutes approved for 3/22/21 meeting

·       Dues past due! $46 for 6 months with no club level fees. Contact Mike Costa for details.

·       D63 Conference is virtual and free to all members April 22-24

·       New officer slate under consideration for coming year. Please talk to any current officer if you are interested in serving in any position.

·       Currently planning to present our new officer slate on May 11 and vote on May 25

·       Suggestion that the new sergeant at arms officer serve as our Zoom host at each meeting

 

Guest(s):  none