Minutes of Club Meeting #992 - February 05, 2016

Ashirvad - Loyola Hall, St. Marks Road

6:30 - 8:40 pm

Theme: Easy come, easy go

Word of the day: Facade
Meaning: Front 
Usage: The façade of a building is usually treated better than its sides and rear.

  Stop putting on a façade in front of the audience.

ATTENDEES

CLUB OFFICERS

Esther Roshini Chandy       SERGEANT AT ARMS

Raghunandan Damle          SECRETARY

Varun Dev                          VP PUBLIC RELATIONS

Prakash Tamhankar            VP EDUCATION

Cherian Thomas                 PRESIDENT

APOLOGIES

Joseph Dass                      VP MEMBERSHIP

Mahaveer Jain                    TREASURER

MEMBERS (28)

Abhinav K.B

Abhishek Karnwal

Aiyappa Appanna Ponnachanda

Ankit Kumar

Ashish Varghese

Ganesh Pai

Jose Paul

Kamal Kumar Garg

Karunakar Dev

Mahesh Vittal Rao

Payal Pankaj Bhulani

Praveen Kumar

Rahul Bhuyan

Rajdeep Manwani

Ratan Shetty

Robinson D’Souza

Samuel Wankhede

Sapna Chandiramani

Sathvik Shetty

Shilpa Samuel

Sreejith Kizhakkilot

Srija Jampana

Srinivasa V Kumar

Vichur Umakanth

Vijay Anand

Vijay Vasudev Kalkundri

Vinay Venkataramana

Vineeth R

22 Guests

ROLE TAKERS

TOASTMASTER OF THE DAY  Ratan Shetty

TABLE TOPICS MASTER         Aiyappa Appanna Ponnachanda

GENERAL EVALUATOR           Jose Paul

TIMER                                     Rahul Bhuyan

AH COUNTER                          Shilpa Samuel

GRAMMARIAN                         Robinson D’Souza

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OPENING

Sergeant at Arms, Esther Chandy, introduced the theme and connected it to the President, Cherian Thomas, who prefers to do the right thing rather than the easy thing.

PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

The President, Cherian Thomas, gave the audience a glimpse into the personal life of Leela Naidu, with whom he stayed as a paying guest. He said her life exemplified the theme.

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

TOASTMASTER OF THE DAY

The Toastmaster of the Day, Ratan Shetty, woke up the audience with a fishy game. Later he reinforced the theme by telling about Lalit Mahajan, MD of J Mitra and Co., who asked his eldest son Nitin to work his way up through his Company before passing on the mantle of Director to him.

TABLE TOPICS

Table topics was conducted by earnest Aiyappa Appanna, who had thought provoking topics mingled with a few witty topics.

TABLE TOPIC SPEAKERS

Srija Jampana: Everybody wants to have more education and certificates. But is it necessary to have certificates to become educated?

Abhishek Karnwal: Everybody reads newspapers. Does it make sense to have knowledge without the transmission of that knowledge to society?

Sathvik Shetty: After having bundles of degrees in hand it’s too late to understand that real learning doesn’t happen in the classroom.

Kynan D’Souza: Everybody wants to change society and the world out there, which doesn’t exist at all. What change would you like to incorporate in your life?

Sreejith Kizhakkilot: Life is mechanical and all are 24/7 engaged in their work but it doesn’t mean everyone is passionate about their work.

Vijay Anand: People are not as beautiful as they look in Facebook but also not as bad as they look in their voter id or Aadhar card.

Prakash Tamhankar: If we have two flavours of ice cream we have a choice. But what choice do we have in life?

Laxman: We always complain of traffic pollution. But don’t you think cities are for we human beings and not for cars?

Rajdeep Manwani: Who is the most influential person in your life?

Vichur Umakanth: Don’t you think e-papers are slowly killing traditional newspapers?

Vineeth R: The greatest gift we can give to others.

Melvin Smith: It’s always better not to complain about anything but look for opportunities.

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PREPARED SPEECHES

Ankit Kumar delivered project 2 – Organize Your Speech – from the Competent Communicator manual, titled ‘End of the Tunnel’.

Karunakar Dev delivered project 4 – How to Say It - from the Competent Communicator manual, titled ‘Awesome Threesome’.

EVALUATIONS

Jose Paul was the General Evaluator.

Ankit’s speech was evaluated by Sapna Chandiramani.

Karunakar’s speech was evaluated by Payal Bhulani.

AWARDS

Awards for the previous term July-Dec 2015 were presented in a special ceremony hosted by Srija Jampana.

Mr. Robinson D’Souza presented the following committee awards.

President – Cherian Thomas

VP Education – Joseph Dass

VP Membership – Sahil Jain

VP Public Relations – Mahaveer Jain

Secretary – Nisha Balakrishnan

Treasurer – Varun Dev

Sergeant at Arms – Karunakar Dev

Vijay Anand presented the following awards:

 Outstanding Member – Raghunandan Damle

Most promising Toastmaster – Esther Chandy

Umakanth presented the following awards:

Best speaker July-Dec 2015: Payal Bhulani

Best table topics speaker – Esther Chandy & Vijay Anand

 

Dr. Rajdeep Manwani presented the following education awards:

Advanced Leader Bronze – Ratan Shetty

Competent Communicator – Varun Dev

Advanced Communicator Bronze – Payal Bhulani

Advanced Communicator Silver – Sanjay Hassa

Area Governor Kynan D’Souza presented the following award:

Toastmaster of the Term July-Dec 2015: Prakash Tamhankar

The President then presented the following awards for this meeting:

Best Table Topics Speaker: Dr. Rajdeep Manwani

Best Speaker: Ankit Kumar

ADDRESS BY AREA GOVERNOR

Chief Guest for the evening, Area Governor, Kynan D’Souza informed the members that the club has already earned 8 out of 10 DCP points. He also informed the audience about the District conference - Coronation – happening in May 2016.

ADJOURNMENT

The President, Cherian Thomas, adjourned the meeting at 8:40 pm.

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