Minutes of Club Meeting # 975 - October 9, 2015

BANGALORE TOASTMASTERS CLUB (BTMC)

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

Minutes of Club Meeting # 975

October 9, 2015

Conquer the Stage

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

Theme of the Day:  Agreements give better results than arguments.

Word of the Day:   Alacrity (noun)

Meaning - Liveliness and eagerness; cheerful readiness.

Usage - The boy jumped up and down with alacrity as he inched closer to the candy store.

Total Attendees –  35

Members – 27  Guests -8

CLUB OFFICERS:

 

PRESENT:

1. TM Cherian Thomas           President 

2.  TM Joseph Dass                 VP Education 

3.  TM Sahil Jain                     VP Membership 

4.  TM Nisha Balakrishnan      Secretary

5.  TM Karunakar Dev            Sergeant@Arms

APOLOGIES:

1.  TM Mahaveer Jain       VP Public Relations

2.  TM Varun Dev             VP Finance

MEETING OPENED:  The Sergeant@Arms, TM Karunakar Dev, started the meeting at precisely 6:30 pm with great alacrity.

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:   The club president, TM Cherian Thomas, called the meeting to order and delivered a very motivating and thought-provoking presidential address touching upon Susan B. Anthony's life-long struggle with social reform in her home country of United States and kept the audience enthralled in the theme of the day "agreements give better results than arguments."

ROLE TAKERS:

1.  TM Hemant Narang      Toastmaster of Day 
2.  TM Kynan D'Souza       General Evaluator 
3.  TM Manasi Gupta         Table Topics Master

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY TOASTMASTER OF THE DAY:  As Toastmaster of the Day, TM Hemant Narang, fascinated the audience with his exhilarating and dynamic performance.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY GENERAL EVALUATOR:   As GE for the day, it was our pleasure to welcome Area D3 Director - District 92, TM Kynan D'Souza, who introduced his TAG team and in the end gave a very comprehensive and clinical evaluation of the entire meeting.

TAG TEAM:

1.  TM Sreejith                   Timer 
2.  TM Deljo Davis             Ah Counter 
3.  TM Sanjana Oolety        Grammarian

AGENDA 1:  PREPARED SPEECHES

Speakers:

1.  TM Rejith Ramachandran attempted his Project #1/Ice Breaker from Competent Communicator Manual.

 Title – "MY STORY."

 

 2.  TM Aman Mahajan attempted his Project #2 from Competent Communicator Manual.

 Title – "A JOURNEY OF 25 MILES BEGINS WITH A SINGLE STEP."

 

3. TM Payal Bhulani attempted her Project #1 from Advanced Communicator Silver - Entertaining Speaker Manual.

Title – "THE THREE GEMS."

AGENDA 2:  TABLE TOPICS:  As Table Topics Master, the gentle, TM Manasi Gupta, gave some amazing topics which got all the speakers thinking on their feet instantly.

Table Topic Speakers

1.  TM Karunakar Dev

Topic -  It was a dark and stormy night.

2.  TM Deepankar Dev

Topic - As soon as I saw it, I knew.

3.  TM Sahil Jain

Topic - Why did you tell me that.

4.  TM Bhavana Jha

Topic - She said, "you are absolutely fabulous."

5.  TM Aswathy Sreekumar

Topic - It was moving slowly but steadily towards me.

6.  TM Kamal Kumar Garg

Topic - I want a large one please.

7.  TM Bruno D'Souza

Topic - My mother thinks that.

8.  TM Sapna Chandiramani 

Topic - Small children should never be.

9.  TM Vijayanand

Topic - It was the best and worst of times.

10.  Guest Prasanth

Topic - Life is full of unexpected surprises.

11.  TM Abubakar

Topic - Age is a high price to pay for maturity.

12.  TM Purushotam

Topic - Boredom is inspirational.

13.  TM Vinaykeerthi

Topic - When ignorance is bliss, why seek knowledge.

AGENDA 3:  EVALUATION SESSION

1.  TM Rejith Ramachandran's speech was evaluated by TM Jose Paul.

 

2.  TM Aman Mahajan's speech was evaluated by TM Joseph Dass.

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

AGENDA 4:  AWARDS

1.  Best Speaker - TM Payal Bhulani

2.  Best Table Topic Speaker - TM Vijayanand

 3.  Certificate of Appreciation for Ice Breaker  - TM Rejith Ramachandran

4.  Token of Appreciation - TM Kynan D'Souza

AGENDA 5:  ANNOUNCEMENTS

1.  TM Sanjay Hassa won the Area Level Evaluation Contest held on October 10, 2015.  The Division Level Humourous and Evaluation Contest will be held on October 17, 2015, at NetApp, Domlur, between 2 pm and 7 pm.

2.  Appeal to all the members who have not yet renewed their membership to Bangalore Toastmasters Club to kindly renew their membership by paying their dues.
Contact Person - VP Finance - TM Varun Dev or VP Membership - TM Sahil Jain.

ADJOURNMENT:  At 8:35 by the club president (TM Cherian Thomas).

QUOTE FOR THE WEEK:  "Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." -- Henry Ford  (Founder of Ford Motor Company)

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SCRIBE: Nisha Balakrishnan - Club Secretary