Minutes of Club Meeting # 977

BANGALORE TOASTMASTERS CLUB (BTMC)

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

October 23, 2015

Conquer the Stage

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

Total Attendees – 40

Members – 32 Guests -8

CLUB OFFICERS:

PRESENT:

1. TM Cherian Thomas President

2. TM Joseph Dass VP Education

3. TM Mahaveer Jain VP Public Relations

4. TM Sahil Jain VP Membership

5. TM Nisha Balakrishnan Secretary

6. TM Varun Dev VP Finance

7. TM Karunakar Dev Sergeant@Arms

MEETING OPENED: The ever charming Sergeant@Arms, TM Karunakar Dev, started the meeting at precisely 6:30 pm with great expectation and excitement.

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: The club president, TM Cherian Thomas called the meeting to order and kick-started the epic battle - VERBATTLE - 3rd EDITION.

ROLE TAKERS:

1. TM Joseph Dass Moderator

2. TM Varun Dev Timer

MODERATOR: It was a TM Joseph Dass (JD) show from the word ..........Go. His rip-roaring moderation ensured a session filled with non-stop debating, enthusiasm and zeal sprinkled with interaction with the judges and the audience. He also explained the RULES AND REGULATIONS of the VERBATTLE.

THE HONORABLE JUDGES - BTMC very proudly welcomed the judges for this epic battle, who were
1. TM T. K. Ramesh
2. TM Chandramouli

AND THEN, THE BATTLE BEGAN.........................

AGENDA #1: SEMI-FINAL #1 - TEAM B Vs TEAM D

TOPIC - "TO BE A LEADER ONE MUST BE A GOOD FOLLOWER."

TEAM D - Team D spoke "FOR" the topic.

1. TM Vijay Anand

2. TM John Bosco Abraham

3. TM Ratan Shetty

4. TM Mansi Gupta
5. TM Hemant Narang

TEAM B - Team B spoke "AGAINST" the topic.

1. TM Godfrey Soans
2. TM Richard D'Souza
3. TM Mahaveer Jain
4. TM Aman Mahajan
5. TM Sanjana Oolety

The first salvo of the Rebuttal - Semi-Final #1 was fired by team D which was followed by a series of points and counterpoints by both teams for the next 7 minutes, broken only by the timer's red card as well as applause from the audience.

AGENDA #2: SEMI-FINAL #2 - TEAM A Vs TEAM C

TOPIC - "TO BE A GOOD LEADER ONE MUST BE A GOOD SPEAKER."

TEAM A - Team A spoke "AGAINST" the topic.

1. DTM Rajdeep Manwani
2. TM Aswathy Sreekumar
3. TM Karunakar Dev
4. TM Prakash Tamhankar
5. TM Rahul

TEAM C - Team C spoke "FOR" the topic.

1. TM Aaron Watson
2. TM Paresh Chhatbar
3. TM Sahil Jain
4. TM Lalith Dhanush
5. TM Vijay Kalkundri

Again, the arguments and counter-arguments were fired away in Rebuttal - Semi-Final #2 by both the teams for the next 7 minutes, broken only by the timer's red card as well as applause from the audience.

AGENDA #3: FINALS - TEAM A Vs TEAM B

TOPIC - "MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKERS ARE LIKE ENVIRONMENTALIST. THEY RECYCLE."

TEAM A - Again, team A chose to speak "AGAINST" the topic.

1. DTM Rajdeep Manwani
2. TM Aswathy Sreekumar
3. TM Karunakar Dev
4. TM Prakash Tamhankar
5. TM Rahul


TEAM B - Team B spoke "FOR" the topic.

1. TM Godfrey Soans

2. TM Richard D'Souza

3. TM Mahaveer Jain

4. TM Aman Mahajan

5. TM Sanjana Oolety

A third time, like blazing cannons both Team A and B charged against each other in Rebuttal - Final and the topic was debated and discussed upon by a series of points and counter-points, arguments and counter-arguments, ending only by the timer's red card and a thunderous applause by the audience.

AGENDA #4: RESULTS OF VERBATTLE

WINNERS - Team B led by TM Godfrey Soans and comprising of TM Ricard D'Souza, TM Mahaveer Jain, TM Aman Mahajan, and TM Sanjana Oolety.