BET Meeting Minutes

June 8, 2021

Presiding Officer:

Skip Malone

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener: Skip Malone

Toastmaster: Skip Malone

 

Word of the Day: Susan Martin

glean - picking the last leftovers from the field; gather all information you can

Humorist:  Susan Martin

 

Table Topics: Janet Schreibman

Table Topic Speakers:

1) Emily Thompson - 2:17

2) Skip Malone - 2:06

3) Lavanya Nalluri - 2:30

4) Debbie Legg - 1:45

5) Jason Cook - 1:08

 

Speaker(s):

1) Jason Cook - (requested 5-7) 5:21

 

General Evaluator: Emily Thompson

Evaluator(s):

1) LouAnn Clark - 3:03

 

 Timer: Leslie Grissim

Ah Counter/Grammarian: Debbie Legg

Word Users: Janet, Susan, Jason, Skip, Emily, Debbie

 

Club Business:

•  Minutes approval for May 25, 2021 meeting tabled until June 22 meeting

• Last ALL virtual meeting will be held June 22, 2021

• Beginning June 29, BET will return to meeting in person at Forest Hills United Methodist Church in the regular meeting area -- The Good News room

• Janet and Skip will meet with church personnel to check out room and our stored BET materials

• Attempt will be made to begin offering hybrid meetings (Zoom + in-person) beginning June 29. Janet will contact Nick Sager about tech support, if needed

 

Guest(s):  Jason Cook, Debbie Legg

 

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