Minutes of Club Meeting #980 - November 13, 2015

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BANGALORE TOASTMASTERS CLUB (BTMC)


Club #9206 (District-92 - Karnataka and Kerala)
Minutes of Club Meeting # 980
November 13, 2015


Conquer the Stage

JOINT MEETING -BANGALORE TOASTMASTERS CLUB
                                     BANJARA TOASTMASTERS CLUB




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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:  A spark becomes a flame, a flame a fire.

Word of the Day:  Emblazon (verb)
 
 Meaning - Depict, exhibit.

Usage - Her jacket was emblazoned with warm colours.

Total Attendees – 36
 
Members of BTMC – 25
Members of Banjara Toastmasters Club - 8
Guests -3

 CLUB OFFICERS: 
PRESENT: 
1.  TM Cherian Thomas         President
2.  TM Joseph Dass               VP Education
3. TM Nisha Balakrishnan      Secretary
4.  TM Karunakar Dev            Sergeant@Arms 

APOLOGIES: 
1. TM Mahaveer Jain             VP Public Relations
2.  TM Sahil Jain                    VP Membership
3.  TM Varun Dev                   VP Finance 

MEETING OPENED:  Sergeant@Arms, TM Karunakar Dev, started the meeting with great fervor and gaiety at exactly 6:30 pm sharing a story of a very young Novak Djokovic, how a spark of interest in lawn tennis which became a flame.....a fire and then a roaring blaze.



PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: The club president, TM Cherian Thomas, called the meeting to order and gave a very deep and inspiring presidential address on the theme of the day "a spark becomes a flame, a flame a fire" by touching upon the story of the first African to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature, Wole Soyinka. 

ROLE TAKERS: 
1.  TM Cherian Thomas       Toastmaster of Day 
2.  TM Ratan Shetty             General Evaluator 
3.  TM Smitha Roshy           Table Topics Master
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY TOASTMASTER OF THE DAY:  As Toastmaster of the Day, the club president, TM Cherian Thomas, rocked the stage with his mesmerizing performance.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY GENERAL EVALUATOR:   As GE for the day, the very calm and collected, TM Ratan Shetty, introduced his TAG team and later gave a very razor-sharp analysis of the entire meeting.


TAG TEAM: 
1.  TM Vinay Keerthy                   Timer
2.  TM Chengappa (of Banjara)    Ah Counter
3.  TM Prakash Tamhankar          Grammarian

AGENDA 1:  TABLE TOPICS:  As Table Topics Master, the graceful and soft-spoken, TM Smitha Roshy, celebrated "Children's Day" by taking all the speakers way back to their childhood days of being naughty and breaking the rules.


Table Topic Speakers

1.  TM Chengappa (Banjara Toastmasters Club)
Topic -The kids in the neighborhood you dream of with the naughty things you did together.

Topic - The aroma of your favorite food during festivals and other auspicious occasions.

Topic - Sleepover with friends a good trend, which should be encouraged.
TM Karunakar Dev - Against
TM Richard D'Souza - For

4.  TM Arkajyothi (Banjara Toastmasters Club)
Topic - Dreaming about birthday's new clothes and toys for months.

Topic -  Share the weirdest things you did as a child.

Topic - I am so thankful I had a childhood before technology took over.
TM Dirish Mohan (Banjara Toastmasters Club) - Against.
TM Vijay Anand - For

Topic - I played outside with friends, not online.

8.  TM Govind Raj (Banjara Toastmasters Club)
Topic - When I was a kid I wanted to grow older, but this is not what I expected.

Topic - Your first wicket/sixer when you played cricket with your friends and their reaction to it.

 Topic -  There is no place like home, except grandma's.

11.  TM Nisha Balakrishnan
Topic - It only takes one song to bring back all the memories and the song is ________.

12.  TM Mukund
Topic - Sleeping on a couch and magically wake up on bed.

Topic -  Grandparents create memories that the heart holds forever.

Topic - Children are like wet cement, whatever falls on them makes an impression.

BREAK - During the break, the members of BTMC and Banjara Toastmasters club mingled and networked with each other, sipping hot tea and munching on cake.



AGENDA 2:  PREPARED SPEECHES

 Speakers:

1.  TM Esther Roshini Chandy attempted her Project #1 (Ice Breaker) from Competent Communicator Manual. 
Title - "ORDINARY BUT NOT BORING."


2.  TM Ganesh Iyer attempted his Project #1 from Advanced Communicator Silver Manual (Storytelling). 
Title - "THE FOLKTALE."
  


AGENDA 3:  EDUCATIONAL SESSION (Due to some technical difficulties only the last 10 minutes of video available)
Speaker - TM Dirish Mohan  (President, Banjara Toastmasters Club)
Title - "THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF EVALUATION."


AGENDA 5:  EVALUATION SESSION

1.  TM Esther Roshini Chandy's project was evaluated by TM Vijay Anand.


2.  TM Ganesh Iyer's project was evaluated by TM Payal Bhulani.



AGENDA 6:  AWARDS

1.  Best Speaker  - TM Ganesh Iyer


2.  Best Table Topic Speaker - TM Joseph Dass

3.  Well-Done Certificate (Ice Breaker) - TM Esther Roshini Chandy

4.  Certificate of Appreciation - TM Dirish Mohan (Banjara Toastmasters Club)

AGENDA 7:  ANNOUNCEMENTS

 1.  The committee humbly requests all the members present for the meeting to return their Name Tags at the end of the meeting.
ADJOURNMENT:  At 9:05 pm by the club president.
QUOTE FOR THE WEEK:   Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves - Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.




SCRIBE: Nisha Balakrishnan - Club Secretary










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