BET Meeting Minutes

October 13, 2020

Presiding Officer:

Skip Malone

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Skip Malone

Toastmaster:   Janet Schreibman -- Theme: Favorite Halloween Memory

 Word of the Day: Leslie Grissim

apparition, noun -- unusual or unexpected sight; supernatural appearance

 

Humorist:  Jeff McCue

Table Topics: Mike Costa

 Table Topic Speakers:

1) Jeff McCue - 1:30

2) Darryl Pace --2:14

3) Leslie Grissim - 1:07

4) Susan Martin - 1:29

5) Amy Liebeskind (guest) - 1:20

 

Speakers:

1) Becky Lamb - Icebreaker 6:32

2) Skip Malone - 9:32

 

General Evaluator: Emily Thompson

Evaluators:

1) LouAnn Clark - 3:20

2) Darryl Pace - 3:42

 

Timer: Susan Martin

Ah Counter/Grammarian: Shyam Nagarajan

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

 

Club Business:

*  Meeting minutes approved 9/29/20

*  Janet touched base with Forest Hills UMC and they are prepared for us to return to our meeting room whenever the pandemic situation is safe for all concerned

 

BET Officers & Members  Meeting Minutes

September 29, 2020

Presiding Officer:

Skip Malone

 

Club Business:

• All attending new members were given the opportunity to ask questions, make comments and recommendations about their BET/TI experiences. 
• Mike Costa to update current member roster with email and phone info to distribute to members.
• Janet to email Stephanie at Forest Hills United Methodist Church to keep connected with church and their Covid policies.
• It was agreed that, for now, we will NOT vote for best speakers, evaluators or table topics while meeting virtually. 
• Minutes approved from September 22, 2020 meeting.
• Next meeting October 13.
  

 

BET Meeting Minutes

September 22, 2020

Presiding Officer:

Skip Malone

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Opener:  Skip Malone

Toastmaster:   Emily Thompson -- Theme: Fall

Word of the Day: Becky Lamb

anodyne, adj. -- intended to avoid offense; lessening or relieving pain

Humorist:  Susan Martin

Table Topics: Darryl Pace

  

Table Topic Speakers:

1) Mike Costa - 1:50

2) Shyam --1:01

3) Becky - 1:51

 

Speakers:

1) Leslie Grissim - Icebreaker 6:10

2) Janet Schreibman - "A Short Story" Project #3 Engaging Humor 7:11

 

General Evaluator: Shyam Nagarajan

Evaluators:

1) LouAnn Clark - 3:28

2) Skip Malone - 3:21

 

Timer: Susan Martin

Ah Counter/Grammarian: Mike Costa

Word Users: Janet, Darryl, Becky, Shyam, LouAnn, Susan, Mike

 

Club Business:

*  Officer's Meeting with all members invited on Sept. 29 @ 7pm

*  Humorous and Evaluation Speech contests TBD

 

BET Meeting Minutes

Sept. 8, 2020

Presiding Officer

Skip Malone

Roles & Responsibilities:

Toastmaster - Darryl Pace -- Blockbusters theme

Wordmaster - Shyam Nagarajan

affable: adj. friendly, good natured

Humorist - Emily Thompson

Table Topics Master - Mike Costa

  1. Emily Thompson - 2:14

  2. Shyam Nagarajam - 1:35

  3. Leslie Grissim - :53

  4. Darryl Pace - 1:36

 

Speakers:

Speaker 1 - Bill Martin (5-7 min) - 7:42

Speaker 2 - Skip Malone (6-8 min)- 8:27 Winner

General Evaluator - Janet Schreibman

Evaluator 1 - LouAnn Clark - 2:54

Evaluator 2 - Susan Martin - 3:10

 

Timer - Susan Martin

Ah Counter/Grammarian - Shyam Nagarajan

 

Word Users: Emily, LouAnn, Susan, Darryl, Dannielle

 

Club Business:

Humorous speech and evaluation contest TBD in near future.