BET Meeting Minutes for November 22, 2016

Presiding Officer: Skip Malone

Contest Roles & Responsibilities:

Opening: Russ Vantrease, CC

Toastmaster: Skip Malone, ACB, CL

Wordmaster: Russ Vantrease, CC

Word: sparse; thinly dispersed or scattered; austere, meager

Humorist: Emilie Filler

Table Topics Master: Mike Costa, ACS

General Evaluator: Mike Costa, ACS

Speakers:

Speaker 1: Marc Smith -- Best Speaker

Speaker 2: Ryan Barksdale

Evaluators:

Evaluator 1: Skip Malone, ACB, CL

Evaluator 2: Ravi Aradhyula -- Best Evaluator

Best Table Topics Speaker: Deborah Link

Club Business:

• Brentwood Evening Toastmasters will meet Tuesday, November 29, 2016 for the club's fifth Tuesday meeting in November.

• The Executive Committee (club officers) will meet prior to the December 13th meeting.

BET Meeting Minutes for November 8, 2016

Presiding Officer: Janet Schreibman

Contest Roles & Responsibilities:

Opening: Deborah Link

Toastmaster: Janet Schreibman, ACB, ALB 

Wordmaster: Janet Schreibman, ACB, ALB

Word: suffrage; the right to vote; a short intercessory prayer usually in a series

Humorist: Mike Costa, ACS

Table Topics Master: Ryan Osborne, CC

General Evaluator: Deborah Link

Timer: Marc Smith

Grammarian: Skip Malone, ACB, CL

Ballot Counter: Ryan Osborne, CC

Speakers:

Speaker 1: Ryan Barksdale - Best Speaker - Status Shared Due to a Tie

Speaker 2: Emilie Filler - Best Speaker - Status Shared Due to a Tie

Evaluators:

Evaluator 1: Marc Smith

Evaluator 2: Skip Malone, ACB,CL - Best Evaluator

Best Table Topics Speaker: Skip Malone, ACB, CL

Club Business:

• Thank you to all the club members and guests that made Toastmasters a priority on election night!

• Brentwood Evening Toastmasters decided to hold its second monthly meeting on November 22, 2016 regardless of the holiday week due to member desire.

• The club executive committee (officers) met with the Area Governor, Daryl Pace, to discuss club goals and status for the remainder of the 2016-2017 club year.

• We hope everyone will join the Brentwood Evening Toastmasters meeting on November 29th for the club's fifth Tuesday meeting in the month of November. 

BET Meeting Minutes for October 11, 2016

Presiding Officer: Susan Martin

Contest Roles & Responsibilities:

Opening: Russ Vantrease, CC

Toastmaster: Leatha Elrod, CC

Wordmaster: Skip Malone, ACB, CL

Word: growth points; replacing constructive critique in evaluation terminology

Humorist: Deborah Link

Table Topics Master: Deborah Link

General Evaluator: Emilie Filler

Timer: Gillian Goldsborough

Grammarian: Skip Malone, ACB, CL

Ballot Counter: Deborah Link

Speakers:

Speaker 1: Marc Smith - Best Speaker

Speaker 2: Vikas Jain

Evaluators:

Evaluator 1: Susan Martin, ACB - Best Evaluator

Evaluator 2: Russ Vantrease, CC

Best Table Topics Speaker: Brian (New member)

Club Business:

• Brentwood Evening Toastmasters will host the Division D Humorous Speech and Evaluation contests on October 25th. Please join us as we support Janet Schreibman, our Humorous Speech contestant, and Deborah Link, test speaker for the Evaluation contest.

• Those members wishing to help setup should arrive at 6:00 pm. Registration begins at 6:15 pm and the contest will begin between 6:45 pm and 7:00 pm.

• Many members expressed an interest in having the first meeting of November on the 8th, even though it coincides with Election Day 2016. Members also desired a meeting during Thanksgiving Week. Finalization of the meeting schedule will be announced at the October 25th meeting. 

BET Meeting Minutes for September 27, 2016

Presiding Officer: Janet Schreibman

This meeting was preceded by BET hosting an Open House.

Contest Roles & Responsibilities:

Opening: Russ Vantrease, CC

Toastmaster: Russ Vantrease, CC

Wordmaster: Deborah Link

Word: discordant; disagreeable to the ear; not in harmony

Humorist: Marc Smith

Table Topics Master: Mike Costa, ACS

General Evaluator: Leatha Elrod, CC

Timer: Jerry Denny

Grammarian: Janet Schreibman, ACB, ALB

Ballot Counter: David Green

Speakers:

Speaker 1: Emilie Filler -- "Ice breaker" 

Speaker 2: Gillian Goldsborough -- Winner

Speaker 3: Ryan Barksdale

Evaluators:

Evaluator 1: Susan Martin, ACB -- Winner

Evaluator 2: Dasie Schulz

Evaluator 3: Vikas Jain

Best Table Topics Speaker: Janet (guest)

Club Business:

• Dues payments need to be paid before September 30th.
• The winners from the Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest will compete in the Area Contest Saturday, October 1st @ State Farm in Murfreesboro.

BET Meeting Minutes for Sept. 13, 2016

Presiding Officer: Janet Schreibman

This meeting featured Brentwood Evening Toastmaster’s annual Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contests.

Contest Roles & Responsibilities:

Contest Master: Susan Martin, ACB

Chief Judge: Pankaj Soni, CC

Judge: Ryan Osborne, CC

Judge: Bill Martin, DTM

Sergeant @ Arms: David Green

Timekeeper: Leatha Elrod, CC

Ballot Counter: Emili Fuller

Evaluation Contest:

Demonstration Speaker: Dasie Shulz, ACS, ALB

Evaluator #1: Mike Costa, ACS

Evaluator #2: Russ Vantrease, CC -- Winner

Humorous Speech Contest:

Speaker #1: Mike Costa, ACS

Speaker #2: Janet Schreibman, ACB, ALB – Winner

Club Business:

•   All members are requested to bring a guest to the Open House at our next meeting, September 27, beginning at 6:15 with a meet & greet and light dinner. Meeting will begin at 7pm. Please RSVP on the electronic invite to come.

•       Please pay your Member Dues by the September 27^th meeting to Mike Costa.

•       Congratulations to Dasie Schulz for completing the final requirement with her speech tonight to achieve her Distinguished Toastmaster award.

• Our Area Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest will be held on October 1 at State Farm in Murfreesboro, 2650 Memorial Blvd. Registration begins at 8:30am and the contests begin at 9am. All members are encouraged to attend and support our participants.

•   The Fall Conference will take place November 4-5 at the Nashville Airport Holiday Inn. Registration applications are available on our Division 63 website. Requests have been made for silent auction items, sponsors and door prizes. Please notify an officer if you can contribute in any of these areas.