Minutes of Club Meeting #988

MINUTES OF CLUB MEETING #988

January 8^th, 2016

Ashirvad - Loyola Hall, St. Marks Road

6:30 - 8:31 pm

Theme: Where there is a will there is a way

Word of the day: Baffle
Meaning: Confuse
Usage: If you can’t convince then baffle them!

CLUB OFFICERS

PRESENT:

Cherian Thomas PRESIDENT

Prakash Tamhankar VP EDUCATION

Raghunandan Damle SECRETARY

Mahaveer Jain TREASURER

APOLOGIES:

Esther Chandy SERGEANT-AT-ARMS

Joseph Dass VP MEMBERSHIP

Varun Dev VP PUBLIC RELATIONS

ATTENDEES

29 Members (including Club Officers):

Abubakar Khan

Aiyappa Appanna

Aswathy Sreekumar

Bruno D’Souza

Godfrey Soans

Kamal Garg

Hemant Narang

Inder Kumar

Jose Paul

Karunakar Dev

Lalith Dhanush

Payal Bhulani

Pradeep Joseph

Praveen Kumar

Rahul Bhuyan

Ratan Shetty

Robinson D’Souza

Sahil Jain

Sanjana OJ

Shilpa Samuel

Sudipto Ghosh

Vijay Kalkundri

Vaidyanathan Duraisamy

Vinay Venkataramana

Yogesh Chowdegowda

28 Guests

ROLE TAKERS

ACTING SERGEANT AT ARMS Karunakar Dev

TOASTMASTER OF THE DAY Bruno D’Souza

TABLE TOPICS MASTER Shilpa Samuel

GENERAL EVALUATOR Robinson D’Souza

TIMER Yogesh Chowdegowda

AH COUNTER Vinay Venkataramana

GRAMMARIAN Payal Bhulani

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OPENING

The hall was packed, the Toastmaster of the Day delayed by Bangalore traffic, reached the hall in the nick of time and the meeting opened exactly at 6:30 pm with the stentorian voice of the acting Sergeant at arms, Karunakar Dev. The energy level in the hall was high and Mr. Dev matched it perfectly with a strong address in which he mentioned that strength of will is in itself an achievement

PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

The President, Cherian Thomas, called the meeting to order and enthusiastically welcomed the many guests in the audience. The secretary, Raghunandan Damle, read out the minutes of the previous meeting, which were passed. The President enlarged upon the theme by narrating the extraordinary story of Ida Scudder, who founded the Christian Medical College in Vellore.

TOASTMASTER OF THE DAY

As Toastmaster of the Day, unpredictable Bruno D’Souza, touched upon the even more extraordinary story of Dashrath Manjhi, whose will literally carved a way through a mountain.

PREPARED SPEECHES

1. Aswathy Sreekumar delivered project 3 – Get to the Point - from the Competent Communicator manual, titled ‘Your Worst Nightmare’. She narrated the harrowing story of Aruna Shanbaug in the first person and later spoke in favour of euthanasia.

2. Inder Kumar delivered project 4 – How to Say It - from the Competent Communicator manual. He described how his sister’s strong will miraculously secured her a seat in college against all odds.

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TABLE TOPICS

In a scintillating table topics session, Shilpa Samuel, with inimitable style and poise, invited sixteen speakers, including the President, to speak on stimulating topics.

TABLE TOPIC SPEAKERS

Praveen Kumar: Where there is a will there is a way
Hemant Narang: The most memorable moment of 2016
Sanjana OJ: Living life to the fullest
Kamal Garg: The grass is greener on the other side
Rahul Bhuyan: If you could be any animal which animal would you be and why?
Vaidyanathan Duraisamy: Taking the road less travelled
Prakash Tamhankar: Do words carry any power?
Guest Melvin: Every cloud has a silver lining
Lalith Dhanush: You reap what you sow
Cherian Thomas: Work hard and party harder
Mahaveer Jain: Sky is the limit
Godfrey Soans: What do you celebrate in life and why?
Sahil Jain: Do you think the world is going to end soon?
Payal Bhulani: A rolling stone gathers no moss
Ratan Shetty: One of the greatest lessons I have learnt in life
Guest Srinivas: Have you benefited from this programme, and if so, why?

EVALUATIONS

Founder member, Robinson D’Souza, was inspiring as General Evaluator. He enlivened a keen evaluation with personal anecdotes and jokes.

Aswathy’s speech was evaluated by former President, Pradeep Joseph.

Inder Kumar’s speech was evaluated by Sudipto Ghosh and a bonus impromptu evaluation by former President, Godfrey Soans, on the special request of the General Evaluator.