Minutes of Club Meeting #985 - December 18, 2015

BANGALORE TOASTMASTERS CLUB (BTMC)

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

Minutes of Club Meeting # 985

December 18, 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: Calamity is the true test of integrity.

Word of the Day: Emulate (verb)

Meaning - Match or surpass (a person or achievement).

Usage -He tried to emulate the recent success of mine.

Total Attendees – 37

Members – 17

Guests - 20

CLUB OFFICERS:
PRESENT:
1. TM Cherian Thomas President

2. TM Joseph Dass VP Education

3. TM Mahaveer Jain VP Public Relations

4. TM Nisha Balakrishnan Secretary

5. TM Varun Dev VP Finance

6. TM Karunakar Dev Sergeant@Arms

APOLOGIES:

1. TM Sahil Jain VP Membership

MEETING OPENED/PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: The epitome of public speaking, the Club President, TM Cherian Thomas, donned the role of both Sergeant@Arms and the Club President giving a very mesmerizing presidential address, which left his audience spellbound.

ROLE TAKERS:

1. TM Sapna Chandiramani Toastmaster of Day

2. TM Joseph Dass General Evaluator

3. TM Nisha Balakrishnan Table Topics Master

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY TOASTMASTER OF THE DAY: As Toastmaster of the Day, the vivacious, TM Sapna Chandiramani, was a delight to watch and enthralled her audience with her charm and wit.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY GENERAL EVALUATOR: As General Evaluator for the day, the one and only, TM Joseph Dass, with his contagious energy and enthusiasm introduced his TAG team and later gave a very comprehensive and detailed evaluation of the entire meeting.

TAG TEAM:

1. TM Sreejith K Timer

2. TM Raju Vaidhyanathan Ah Counter

3. Guest Shruthi Grammarian

AGENDA 1: TABLE TOPICS: As Table Topics Master, TM Nisha Balakrishnan stirred the patriotic fervor in her speakers which ultimately gave the audience some soul stirring speeches.

Table Topic Speakers

1. TM Umakanth Vichur

Topic - The luckiest man on the face of the earth - speech by Lou Gehrig.

2. TM Raju Vaidhyanathan

Topic - Ask not what your country can do for you - speech by John F. Kennedy.

3. TM Vijay Kalkundri

Topic - Give me blood and I will give you freedom - speech by Subhas Chandra Bose.

4. TM Rahul Bhuyan

Topic - I have a dream - speech by Martin Luther King Jr.

5. TM Matthew Jacob

Topic - The light has gone out of our lives - speech by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.

6. TM Prakash Tamhankar

Topic - Go kiss the world - speech by Subroto Bagchi.

7. TM Vineeth R

Topic - Stay hungry, stay foolish - speech by Steve Jobs.

8. TM Mahaveer Jain

Topic - I am prepared to die - speech by Nelson Mandela.

9. Guest Ganesh

Topic - Women's rights are human rights - speech by Hillary Clinton.

10. DTM Rajdeep Manwani

Topic - Government of the people, by the people, for the people - speech by Abraham Lincoln.

AGENDA 2: PREPARED SPEECHES

Speaker:

1. TM Esther Roshini Chandy attempted her Project #2 (Organize your Speech) from Competent Communicator Manual.

Title - MIND BODY CONNECTION.

AGENDA 3: EVALUATION SESSION

1. TM Esther Roshini Chandy's project was evaluated by TM John Bosco Abraham.

AGENDA 4: CLUB - BUSINESS MEETING - A business meeting was chaired by the Club President, TM Cherian Thomas, and the following issues were discussed as part of the agenda.

1. Financial Health of the club.

2. Preparation for the 1000th meeting of the club.

3. Minutes of the meeting to be in the public domain.

AGENDA 5: RELEASE OF CLUB NEWSLETTER AND STICKERS - The Club President and the VP Public Relations, TM Mahaveer Jain, released the club newsletter and stickers in the presence of a few past presidents. The club newsletter is available on the Bangalore Toastmasters website and the stickers can be collected from the VP Public Relations, TM Mahaveer Jain.