Minutes of Club Meeting #987 - January 1, 2016

MINUTES OF CLUB MEETING #987

January 1st, 2016

Ashirvad - Loyola Hall, St. Marks Road

6:30 - 8:30 pm

      

Theme: Actions speak louder than words  

Word of the day: Abate
Meaning: Reduce 
Usage: Let us hope their enthusiasm does not abate

CLUB OFFICERS

PRESENT:

Prakash Tamhankar        VP EDUCATION

Varun Dev                      VP PUBLIC RELATIONS

Raghunandan Damle       SECRETARY

Esther Chandy               SERGEANT-AT-ARMS

APOLOGIES:

Cherian Thomas              PRESIDENT

Joseph Dass                   VP MEMBERSHIP

Mahaveer Jain                 TREASURER

ATTENDEES

15 Members:

Bhavana Jha, Karunakar Dev, Payal Bhulani, Praveen K, Rahul Bhuyan, Rajdeep Manwani, Richard D'Souza, Siraj ur-Rehman, Smitha Roshy, Vaidyanathan, Vineeth S

5 Guests

ROLE TAKERS

 TOASTMASTER OF THE DAY        Vineeth R

TABLE TOPICS MASTER              Payal Bhulani

GENERAL EVALUATOR                 Richard L D’Souza

TIMER                                           Vaidyanathan Duraisamy

AH COUNTER                                Karunakar Dev

GRAMMARIAN                               Rahul Bhuyan

Note: Click on highlighted underlined names to watch video

OPENING

The first meeting of the new term coincided with New Year’s Day and was opened sharp on time at 6:30 pm by the sagacious new lady Sergeant at Arms, Esther Chandy. She gave her own insight into why New Year resolutions are no longer taken seriously and explained how measuring one’s success through Key Performance Indicators can help.

PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

The presiding officer for the day, our new VP Education - Prakash Tamhankar, called the meeting to order, welcomed the guests and reinforced the theme of the day by narrating a touching story of a small act of kindness that saved the life of a boy called Kyle.

The secretary, Raghunandan Damle, read out the minutes of the previous meeting, and the minutes were passed.

TOASTMASTER OF THE DAY

The youthful and sweet newbie to our club, Vineeth R, charmed the audience with a farce about oversleeping on New Year’s Day and reminded people of the importance of helping others.

TABLE TOPICS

Payal Bhulani conducted table topics with her characteristic enthusiasm and thoroughness. She presented engaging topics in coloured envelopes along with toffees.

TABLE TOPIC SPEAKERS

1.       Karunakar Dev: The strangest thing you have ever done
     2. Prakash Tamhankar: New Year 2016 resolutions – why?
     3. Guest Rajan: An incident that transformed your life and why
     4. Siraj Rehman: Salesperson you are; try to sell an object and motivate the audience 
     5. Bhavna Jha: Describe yourself in three words and why
     6. Rahul Bhuyan: Your ultimate goal and why   
     7. Vijayanand: The colour that describes you and why you think so
     8. Esther Chandy: Do you think crying is a sign of weakness or strength
     9. Vaidyanathan Duraisamy: Live life king size. Do you believe in it? If so, why?
   10. Smitha Roshy: Your favourite proverb and why you choose it
   11. Rajdeep Manwani: The word love; what comes to your mind; explain
   12. Guest Atul: If you are in a hot air balloon, whom would you like to take and why
   13. Guest Sriram: What makes you smile and why  

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PREPARED SPEECHES

          

     1. Guest speaker Sonu from CMS Toastmasters Club delivered project 8 from the Competent Communicator manual. Her speech was titled ‘TM Express’ and it took the audience on a ghostly trail into the mystery of Bhangarh fort.

      2. Praveen Kumar broke the ice by delivering project 1 (The Ice Breaker) from the Competent Communicator manual, titled ‘Journey’.

 

3    3. Varun Dev delivered a Technical Briefing – P1 from the Advanced Communications manual, titled ‘The Mix’, which gave his listeners a quick introduction to music mixing. He also played a few of his own music mixes on a boombox, which had the audience grooving to his tunes.

EVALUATIONS

As General Evaluator for the day, Richard D'Souza, assisted by his TAG team, gave a keen evaluation of the entire meeting peppered with nuggets of wisdom. He stressed the message that leadership is not a position but action.

1. Sonu’s speech was evaluated by Bhavna Jha

2. Praveen Kumar’s speech was evaluated by Smitha Roshy

3. Varun Dev’s speech was evaluated by DTM Rajdeep Manwani   

AWARDS

 Best Speaker: Sonu

 Best Table Topic Speaker: Vaidyanathan Duraisamy

(The former table topics champion makes a comeback after a year's absence) 

  Certificate of Appreciation: Praveen Kumar

 Best Role Taker: Vineeth R

ADJOURNMENT

The Presiding Officer, Prakash Tamhankar, adjourned the meeting at 8:30 pm.