Minutes of Club Meeting #981 - November 20, 2015

BANGALORE TOASTMASTERS CLUB (BTMC)

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

Minutes of Club Meeting # 981

November 20, 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: Stop existing, start living.

Word of the Day: Flummox (verb)

Meaning - To bewilder

Usage - I was completely flummoxed by the whole thing.

Total Attendees – 35

Members – 22

Guests -13

CLUB OFFICERS:
PRESENT:
1. TM Cherian Thomas President

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 Sahil Jain VP Membership

2. TM Joseph Dass VP Education

MEETING OPENED: Sergeant@Arms, TM Karunakar Dev, started the meeting with great enthusiasm and excitement at exactly 6:30 pm sharing a personal story of accomplishing his dreams and to starting living rather than just existing.

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: The club president, TM Cherian Thomas, called the meeting to order and gave a very insightful and thought-provoking presidential address on the theme of the day "stop existing, start living" by touching upon the book titled "The Top Five Regrets of the Dying" authored by Australian palliative care nurse Bronnie Ware, which encourages the readers to stop existing and start living.

ROLE TAKERS:

1. TM Prakash Tamhankar Toastmaster of Day

2. CTM Umakanth Vichur General Evaluator

3. TM Samuel Wankhede Table Topics Master

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY TOASTMASTER OF THE DAY: As Toastmaster of the Day, TM Prakash Tamhankar,gave his audience a great Friday evening to remember filled with fun, laughter and some truly amazing speeches.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY GENERAL EVALUATOR: As GE for the day, the veteran of BTMC and worldly-wise, CTM Umakanth Vichur, introduced his TAG team and later gave a very clear and detailed evaluation of the entire meeting.

TAG TEAM:

1. TM Esther Chandy Timer

2. TM Varun Dev Ah Counter

3. TM Inder Kumar Grammarian

AGENDA 1: PREPARED SPEECHES

Speakers:

1. TM Payal Bhulani attempted her Project #1 from Advanced Communicator Silver - Special Occasion Speeches Manual - Mastering the Toast.

Title - MY GUIDING LIGHT.

2. TM Ankit Kumar attempted his Project #1 (Ice Breaker) from Competent Communicator Manual.

Title - WHATS IN DREAMING?

3. TM Jose James attempted his Project #1 (Ice Breaker) from Competent Communicator Manual.

Title - TIME IS ALWAYS RIGHT TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

4. TM Srinivas Kumar attempted his Project #1 (Ice Breaker) from Competent Communicator Manual.

Title - TAKE THE FIRST STEP.

AGENDA 2: TABLE TOPICS: As Table Topics Master, the humorous and witty, TM Samuel Wankhede, had some really thought-proving topics which got the speakers thinking on their feet instantly.