Minutes of Club Meeting # 971 - September 11, 2015

BANGALORE TOASTMASTERS CLUB (BTMC)

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

Minutes of Club Meeting # 971

September 11, 2015

Conquer the Stage

My sincere thanks to TM Mahesh Vittal Rao for stepping in as Secretary for meeting #971

Venue/Time:  Ashirwad - Loyola Hall, St Marks Road / 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Theme of the Day:  If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Word of the Day:  Gumption (noun) – shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness (full of confidence and guts)

Usage - It takes a sizable amount of gumption to confront your fears.

CLUB OFFICERS:

PRESENT:

1.  TM Joseph Dass        VP Education

2.  TM Sahil Jain            VP Membership

3.  TM Mahaveer Jain     VP Public Relations

4.  TM Varun Dev           VP Finance

5.  TM Karunakar Dev    Sergeant @ Arms

APOLOGIES:

1.  TM Cherian Thomas          President

2.  TM Nisha Balakrishnan     Secretary

MEETING OPENED:  Sergeant@Arms, TM Karunakar Dev, started the meeting with grit, guts and gumption at precisely 6:30 pm.

                                      

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:  Stepping in as President for the day, TM Joseph Dass, our VP Education, called the meeting to order and delivered a very thought-provoking presidential address touching on the theme of the day " If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."

                     

ROLE TAKERS:

1.  TM Mahaveer Jain          Toastmaster of Day

2.  TM Godfrey Soans           General Evaluator

3.  TM Prakash Tamhankar   Table Topics Master

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY TOASTMASTER OF THE DAY:  As Toastmaster of the Day, TM Mahaveer Jain, mesmerized us with his flawless perfection.

                               

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY GENERAL EVALUATOR:   As GE for the day, the very gentle TM Godfrey Soans introduced his TAG team and in the end gave a very cool and crisp evaluation of the entire meeting.

                                  

TAG TEAM:

1.  TM Varun Dev            Timer

2.  TM Kamal                    Ah Counter

3.  TM Deepankar Dev      Grammarian

AGENDA 1:  PREPARED SPEECHES

Speakers:

1.  TM Aman Mahajan attempted his first project from Competent Communicator Manual.

Title – "ICE BREAKER."

 

2.  TM Payal Bhulani attempted her fifth project from Advanced Communicator Bronze (Speaking to Inform Manual Project).

Title – "ICEBERG – THE THREE LEVELS OF MIND."  

3.  Guest speaker TM Shilpi Gupta of Indiranagar Pride Toastmasters Club attempted her sixth project from Competent Communicator Manual.

Title – "FREEDOM TO CHOOSE MR. RIGHT."
 

 

AGENDA 2:  TABLE TOPICS:  As Table Topics Master, tactful TM Prakash Tamhankar, jogged everyone's grey matter .

 
                                               

Table Topic Speakers:

1.  TM Sanjana

Topic – As President Obama addressing the world after 9/11.

2.  TM Rahul Bhuyan

Topic – As Prime Minister Modi on Dawood Attack.

3.  TM Abubakar

Topic – As Chief Minister Siddaramaiah convincing why the 4-hour power cut is better for all of us.

4.  TM Manasi Gupta

Topic – As a journalist to make a case on why we should keep paying higher power charges even though we face power cuts every day.

5.  TM Dhawan Mohan

Topic – As a marketing personnel for Tata BP Solar and sell a solar to the audience.

6.   TM Nandan Damle

Topic – Convince the audience to pay tax.

7.  TM Deljo Davis

Topic – Convince the audience on new taxation system (GST).

8. TM Raveendra Mandava

Title – 100 smart cities

9.  TM Sudipto Ghosh

Title – Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

10.  TM Richard D'Souza

Title – Make in India

AGENDA 3:  EVALUATION SESSION

1.  TM Aman Mahajan's speech was evaluated by TM Lalith Dhanush.

                                                                        

2.  TM Payal Bhulani's speech was evaluated by TM Sanjay Hassa.

                                             

                                               

3.  TM Shilpi Gupta's speech was evaluated by TM Richard D'Souza.

AGENDA 4:  AWARDS

1.  Best Speaker  – TM Payal Bhulani

2.  Best Table Topic Speakers - 
TM Nandan Damle & TM Sudipto Ghosh

3.  Certificate of Appreciation  – TM Aman Mahajan

AGENDA 5:  ANNOUNCEMENT

1.  TM Varun Dev (VP Finance) urged the members to renew their membership to Bangalore Toastmasters Club by paying their dues on or before September 25, 2015. 

CLUB ACHIEVEMENT:

Our very own DTM Dr. Rajdeep Manwani gave his first TED talk on September 12, 2015, at TEDx MSRIT - An Illusion called Success.

 ADJOURNMENT:  At 8:40 by the VP Membership (TM Sahil Jain).

QUOTE FOR THE WEEK:  "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." – Barack Hussein Obama

SCRIBE: Nisha Balakrishnan - Club Secretary