Minutes of Club Meeting #986 - December 25, 2015

BANGALORE TOASTMASTERS CLUB (BTMC)

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

Minutes of Club Meeting # 986

December 25, 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 can dream it, you can do it.

Word of the Day:  Forbearance (noun)

 
Meaning - Patient self-control.

Usage -The police officer showed forbearance when he let the young thief off with a warning..

Total Attendees – 20

Members – 15

Guests - 5

 

CLUB OFFICERS: 
PRESENT:

1.  TM Sahil Jain                  VP Membership

2. TM Nisha Balakrishnan       Secretary

3.  TM Varun Dev                  VP Finance

4.  TM Karunakar Dev            Sergeant@Arms

 

APOLOGIES:

1.  TM Cherian Thomas          President

2.  TM Joseph Dass               VP Education

3.  TM Mahaveer Jain            VP Public Relations

MEETING OPENED:  The ever-so-charming Sergeant@Arms, TM Karunakar Dev, started the meeting at exactly 6:32 pm with his usual exuberance.  The performance was greeted with rhapsodies of praise by everyone present.

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:  The presiding officer for the day,  TM Nisha Balakrishnan, called the meeting to order and gave the audience a peek into the extraordinary life and struggle of Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger and how he worked hard to achieve his dreams.

ROLE TAKERS:

1.  TM Esther Roshini Chandy      Toastmaster of Day 

2.  TM Lalith Dhanush Tallam       General Evaluator 

3.  TM Ravindra Babu Mandava     Table Topics Master

4.   TM Varun Dev                      Secretary for the Meeting

 

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY TOASTMASTER OF THE DAY:  As Toastmaster of the Day, the charming and delightful, TM Esther Roshini Chandy was a delight to watch and enthralled her audience with her nuggets of wisdom.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY GENERAL EVALUATOR:   As General Evaluator for the day, the ever confident and flamboyant TM Lalith Dhanush Tallam introduced his TAG team and later gave a very comprehensive and detailed evaluation of the entire meeting.

TAG TEAM: 

1.  TM Hemanth Narang            Timer

2.  TM Abhishek Kanwal             Ah Counter

3.  TM Payal Bhulani                 Grammarian

AGENDA 1:  TABLE TOPICS:  As Table Topics Master, TM Ravindra Babu Mandava, helped the speakers to improve their negotiating skills and stirred their gray matter.

Table Topic Speakers

1.  TM Hemant/TM Karunakar

Topic:  I deserve to marry Katrina Kaif because....

2.  TM Ratan/DTM Rajdeep 

Topic:  I deserve to be the parent of the great Abdul Kalam in his next birth because....

3.  TM Sanjana/TM Payal

Topic:  I deserve to be almighty for one day because.....

4.  TM Nandan/TM Varun

Topic:  I deserve to own a genie because.....

5.  Guest Girish/TM Ayappa

Topic:  I deserve to be anywhere in a second because....

AGENDA 2: SWEARING-IN CEREMONY:  Three new members were sworn-in by VP Membership, TM Sahil Jain and the members present pledged to support in all their endeavors.

1.  Prashant Nair.

2.  Ayappa Ponnachanda Appanna.

3.  Abhishek Kanwal.

 

AGENDA 3:  PREPARED SPEECHES

Speakers:

1.  TM Ayappa P. Appanna attempted his Project #1 (The Ice Breaker) from Competent Communicator Manual.

Title - HELLO FEAR, HOW ARE YOU?

2.  TM Srinivas Kumar attempted his Project #2 (Organize Your Speech) from Competent Communicator Manual.

Title - HEALTHY HEART AT 100.

AGENDA 4:  EVALUATION SESSION

1.  TM Ayappa P. Appanna's project was evaluated by TM Karunakar Dev

2.  TM Srinivas Kumar's project was evaluated by DTM Rajdeep Manwani 

AGENDA 5:  AWARDS

1.  Best Speaker  - TM Srinivas Kumar

2. Best Table-Topic Speaker - TM Ratan Shetty

3.  Certificate of Appreciation - TM Ayappa P. Appanna (The Ice Breaker)

AGENDA 6:  CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION - This is the time of the year when everybody gets together to sing Christmas Carols and that is exactly what our members did !!!

Bidding Adieu!!

With a heavy heart but with pride in our eyes, we bid adieu to the July-December term.  I am sure every one of us are richer by the knowledge and the experiences that we acquired over these last 6 months.

ADJOURNMENT:  The Presiding Officer, TM Nisha Balakrishnan, thanked everyone present and adjourned the meeting at 8:30 pm.

 

QUOTE FOR THE WEEK:  The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written.  We can help write that story by setting goals. -Melody Beattie

SCRIBE: Nisha Balakrishnan - Club Secretary