Minutes of Club Meeting #984 - December 11, 2015

BANGALORE TOASTMASTERS CLUB (BTMC)

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

Minutes of Club Meeting # 984

December 11, 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:  The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Word of the Day:  Denigrate (verb)

 
Meaning - Criticize unfairly.

Usage -  During the election, the crooked politician did everything in his power to denigrate his rival.

Total Attendees – 44 

Members –31

Guests -13

 

CLUB OFFICERS: 
PRESENT: 
1.  TM Cherian Thomas         President

2.  TM Joseph Dass              VP Education

3.  TM Sahil Jain                  VP Membership

4.  TM Mahaveer Jain            VP Public Relations

5.  TM Nisha Balakrishnan      Secretary

6.  TM Varun Dev                 VP Finance

7.  TM Karunakar Dev           Sergeant@Arms

 

MEETING OPENED:  The amazing and incredible Sergeant@Arms, TM Karunakar Dev, kick started the meeting at exactly 6:29 pm giving us a glimpse of his personal life about how the harder he worked for his exams, the luckier he got with the marks.

 

 

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: The public speaker extraordinaire, the club president, TM Cherian Thomas, called the meeting to order and gave us a peek into his extraordinary professional life as a journalist for Bloomberg and related his experience of watching Mr. P. Chidambaram, former Union Minister of Finance, burning the midnight oil to achieve success.

 

ROLE TAKERS:

1.  TM Mahaveer Jain              Toastmaster of Day 

2.  TM Bhavana Jha                 General Evaluator 

3.  TM Esther Roshini Chandy   Table Topics Master

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY TOASTMASTER OF THE DAY:  As Toastmaster of the Day, the self-assured and confident, TM Mahaveer Jain, delighted his audience with his exuberance and charm and gave his audience an unforgettable Friday evening to cherish forever.

 

 

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY GENERAL EVALUATOR:   As General Evaluator for the day, the vivacious and vibrant TM Bhavana Jha, introduced her TAG team and later gave a very comprehensive and detailed evaluation of the entire meeting.

 

 

 

TAG TEAM: 

1.  TM Varun Dev                Timer

2.  TM Hemanth Narang       Ah Counter

3.  TM Shilpa Samuel           Grammarian

 

AGENDA 1:  TABLE TOPICS:  As Table Topics Master, the graceful and elegant TM Esther Roshini Chandy, made the speakers dance to her tunes, while each speaker caught the rhythm of the music and the tunes which were being played and danced away.

 

 

Table Topic Speakers

1.  TM Aman Mahajan

Topic -  I still haven't found what I am looking for - by the Irish Rock Band U2.

2.  TM Hemanth Narang

Topic - Wish you were here - by Pink Floyd.

 

3.  TM Siraj Ur-Rahman

Topic - Thank you for the music - by ABBA

 

4.  TM Kynan D'Souza

 Topic - Money, Money, Money  - by ABBA

 

5.  TM Joseph Dass 

Topic - You can't always get what you want - by The Rolling Stones

6.  TM Richard D'Souza

Topic - It don't mater if you're black or white - by Michael Jackson

 

7.  TM Prakash Tamhankar

Topic - These are a few of my favorite things - by Julie Andrews

8. Guest Sruthi

Topic - I will survive - by Gloria Gaynor

 

9.  TM Aswathy Sreekumar

Topic - You've got a friend in me - by Randy Newman

 

AGENDA 2:  PREPARED SPEECHES

Speakers:

1.  TM Lalith Dhanush Tallam attempted his Project #6 (Vocal Variety) from Competent Communicator Manual.

Title - SUCCESS.

 

 

2.  TM Ratan Shetty attempted his Project #4 from the Entertaining Speaker Manual.

Title - THE SKIT

 

 

 

AGENDA 3:  EVALUATION SESSION

1.  TM Lalith Dhanush's project was evaluated by TM Sanjay Hassa.

 

 

2.  TM Ratan Shetty's project was evaluated by TM John Bosco Abraham

 

 

 

AGENDA 4:  AWARDS

1.  Best Speaker  - TM Lalith Dhanush Tallam

2.  Best Table Topic Speaker - Guest Shruthi

3.  Well- Done Certificate - TM Mahaveer Jain (Toastmaster of the Day)

 

 

AGENDA 5:  CLUB ELECTIONS - The members present elected the next committee for the term January - June 2016.

 

Nomination Committee -

1.  TM John Bosco Abraham (Chairman)

2.  TM Siraj Ur-Rahman

3.  TM Vijay Anand

 

 

1.  President 

Nominee - TM Cherian Thomas

Elected - TM Cherian Thomas

 

2.  Vice President - Education

Nominee - TM Prakash Ashokrao Tamhankar

Elected - TM Prakash Ashokrao Tamhankar

 

3.  Vice President - Membership

Nominees -  TM Joseph Dass

                  TM Bhavana Jha

 

 Elected - TM Joseph Dass

 

4.  Vice President - Public Relations

Nominees - TM Varun Dev

                 TM Vineeth R.

                 TM Samuel Wankhede

                 TM Lalith Dhanush Tallam

 

Elected - TM Varun Dev

 

5.  Secretary

Nominees - TM Raghunandan Damle

                 TM Vineeth R.

 

Elected - TM Raghunandan Damle

 

6.  Vice President - Finance (Treasurer)

Nominee - TM Mahaveer Jain

Elected - TM Mahaveer Jain

 

7.  Sergeant At Arms

Nominees - TM Esther Roshini Chandy

                 TM Lalith Dhanush Tallam

 

Elected - TM Esther Roshini Chandy

  

 ADJOURNMENT:  The club president, TM Cherian Thomas (Thank You Address) thanked everyone present and adjourned the meeting at 9:00 pm.

 

QUOTE FOR THE WEEK:  The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today - H. Jackson Brown Jr.

SCRIBE: Nisha Balakrishnan - Club Secretary