Minutes of Club Meeting #979 - November 6, 2015


  BTMC WISHES ALL ITS MEMBERS A VERY HAPPY DIWALI
 




BANGALORE TOASTMASTERS CLUB (BTMC)




Minutes of Club Meeting # 979
November 6, 2015

Conquer the Stage


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Venue/Time:  Ashirwad - Loyola Hall, St. Marks Road
                         Every Friday from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
 
Theme of the Day:  If you are not making mistakes, it only means you are not trying 100%.

Word of the Day:  Accede (verb)
Meaning - Agree to a demand, request or treaty.

Usage - The company president made a wise decision to accede to consumer pressure and lower the prices of his goods.

Total Attendees – 32
 
Members – 23  Guests -9

CLUB OFFICERS:

PRESENT:
1.  TM Joseph Dass                  VP Education
2.  TM Mahaveer Jain               VP Public Relations
3.  TM Nisha Balakrishnan        Secretary
4.  TM Varun Dev                     VP Finance
5.  TM Karunakar Dev              Sergeant@Arms

APOLOGIES:
1.  TM Cherian Thomas              President
2.  TM Sahil Jain                         VP Membership

MEETING OPENED:  Sergeant@Arms for the day, TM Mahaveer Jain, started the meeting with great aplomb at 6:37 pm.
 
 
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: The presiding officer, TM Joseph Dass, called the meeting to order and gave a very passionate and heartfelt presidential address on the theme of the day "if you are not making mistakes, it only means you are not trying 100%" by recollecting an incident in his life when he was employed in Dubai.

 
ROLE TAKERS: 
1.  TM Karunakar Dev            Toastmaster of Day
2.  TM Varun Dev                   General Evaluator
3.  TM Hemant Narang           Table Topics Master
 
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY TOASTMASTER OF THE DAY:  As Toastmaster of the Day, the flamboyant, TM Karunakar Dev, kept the audience enthralled with his delightful performance.
 
 
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY GENERAL EVALUATOR:   As GE for the day, TM Varun Dev, introduced his TAG team and later gave a very in-depth evaluation of the entire meeting in his youthful yet supremely self-assured mature confidence.
 
 
TAG TEAM: 
1.  TM Shilpa Samuel                   Timer
2.  TM Mahesh Vittal Rao            Ah Counter
3.  TM Esther Roshini Chandy      Grammarian
 
AGENDA 1:  TABLE TOPICS:  As Table Topics Master, the dynamic and enterprising, TM Hemant Narang, gave some really interesting topics to wonder and ponder.



Table Topic Speakers 

Topic - Are you a leader?

Topic - Add colors to your life.

Topic - Are you an optimist or a pessimist?

4.  Guest Karthik
 Topic - A day without sunshine.

Topic - Do you want to hear the good news or the bad news first?

Topic - Being emotional is a strength or a weakness?

Topic - Do you have an eye for detail?

Topic - Winters are depressing.

Topic - Who is more complicated gender - man or woman?

Topic - What would you choose - honest and poor or dishonest and rich?

Topic - How do you inspire yourself?

Topic - Are you a fighter?

Topic - What if the Earth was flat? 

Topic - Live in the present.

15.  Guest Triveni 
Topic - It is never too late in life.


AGENDA 2:  PREPARED SPEECHES

Speaker:
1.  TM Samuel Wankhade attempted his Project #5 from Competent Communicator Manual.
 Title - "THREE IDIOTS."




AGENDA 3:  EDUCATIONAL SESSION

Speaker - TM Joseph Dass
Topic - "HOW TO ACHIEVE MASTERY AND SELF-BELIEF."




AGENDA 4:  EVALUATION SESSION

1.  TM Samuel Wankhade's project was evaluated by TM Sudipto Ghosh.




AGENDA 5:  AWARDS

1.  Best Speaker  - TM Samuel Wankhade
 
 
 
2.  Best Table Topic Speaker - Guest Triveni
 
 

3.  Well Done Certificate - TM Hemant Narang


 
4.  Well Done Certificate - TM Karunakar Dev



AGENDA 6:  ANNOUNCEMENTS
1.  BTMC and Banjara Toastmasters Club will have a joint meeting on November 13, 2015, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm at Ashirwad, St. Marks Road.
 
ADJOURNMENT:  At 8:40 by the presiding officer (TM Joseph Dass).

QUOTE FOR THE WEEK: "It always seems impossible until it is done" - Nelson Mandela

 
SCRIBE: Nisha Balakrishnan - Club Secretary

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