Minutes of Club Meeting # 968 - August 21, 2015

BANGALORE TOASTMASTERS CLUB (BTMC)

Club #9206 (District-92 - Karnataka and Kerala)

Minutes of Club Meeting # 968

August 21, 2015

Conquer the Stage

 ** Please check out the announcement section for some important announcements.

Venue/Time:  Ashirwad - Loyola Hall, St Marks Road.

From 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.

Theme of the Day:  Fall Seven Times, Stand Up Eight.    

Word of the Day:   Skint -   Broke, having no money.

Usage -  I have had a run of bad luck recently and I am totally skint.

CLUB OFFICERS:

 PRESENT:

1.   TM Cherian Thomas        -    President

2.   TM Joseph Dass            -    VP Education

3.   TM Sahil Jain                 -    VP Membership

3.  TM Mahaveer Jain          -    VP Public Relations

4.  TM Nisha Balakrishnan  -    Secretary

5.  TM Karunakar Dev           -    Sergeant@Arms

APOLOGIES:

1.  TM Varun Dev                 -     VP Finance

                                    

ROLE TAKERS:

1.  TM Joseph Dass -    Toastmaster of Day
2.  TM Asha Sarella (Banjara Toastmasters Club) -  General Evaluator

     TM Asha Sarella - Part II

3.   TM Sapna C     -     Table Topics Master

TAG TEAM:
1.  TM Sahil Jain          -  Timer
2.  TM Aman Mahajan  -  Ah Counter
3.  TM Abubaker           -  Grammarian

MEETING OPENED:  At 6:33 p.m. by Sergeant@Arms, TM Karunakar Dev, and called to order by President.

MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING:  Read out by Secretary, formally approved by club members.

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:  At 6:37 opening remarks by the president with the introduction of Toastmaster of Day (TOD).

AGENDA 1:  Introductory remarks by TOD, introduction of General Evaluator, introduction of TAG team.

AGENDA 2:  PREPARED SPEECHES

SPEAKERS:

1.  TM Manasi Gupta attempted her project #2 from Competent Communicator Manual titled -  "LET'S PLAY."

2.  TM Prakash Tamhankar attempted his project #2 from Competent Communicator Manual titled - "LEAD TO CIVIC SENSE."

3.  TM Dora Jain  attempted her project #4 from Competent Communicator Manual titled - "THE CHANGING DYNAMICS OF SUMMER VACATION."

 

 BREAK - 7:20 - 7.35     

AGENDA 3:  TABLE TOPICS   

1.  TM Mahaveer Jain 

2.  TM Hemanth/TM Lalith Dhanush Part - I

      TM Hemanth/TM Lalith Dhanush Part II

3.  TM Vinaay Venkatramana

4.   TM Jose James

5.  TM Raveendra M.

6.  TM Aman Mahajan

7.  TM Smitha Roshy

8.  TM Melvin

9.  TM Rahul Bhuyan

10.  TM Mohammad Mujashim

11.  TM Mahesh

12.  Guest Gaurav

 

AGENDA 4:  EVALUATION SESSION   

1.  TM Manasi Gupta's project #2 was evaluated by TM Richard D'Souza

2.  TM Prakash Tamhankar's project #2 was evaluated by TM Sanjay Hassa

3.  TM Dora Jain's project #4 was evaluated by TM Ratan Shetty

 

AGENDA 5:  AWARDS

1.  Best Speaker – TM Dora Jain

2.  Best Table Topics Speaker – TM Melvin

AGENDA 6:  ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

1.  Club Level Humourous and Evaluation contest - September 25, 2015.

Contact Person - Vice President - Education - TM Joseph Dass

2.  Speechcraft  - Starting on August 23, 2015.

Venue -  St. Joseph's College of Business Administration

ADJOURNMENT:  At 8:45 by the President.

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QUOTE FOR THE WEEK:  "A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. Don't wait for an inspired ending to come to mind. Work your way to the ending and see what comes up."-  Andy Weir (Author of The Martian)

SCRIBE:  TM Nisha Balakrishnan, Secretary