Minutes of Club Meeting #996

Ashirvad - Loyola Hall, St. Marks Road

6:30 - 8:40 pm

Theme: A stitch in time saves nine

Word of the day: Jitter
Meaning: Nervousness, panic
Usage: I had a case of jitters during my first speech

ATTENDEES

CLUB OFFICERS

Esther Roshini Chandy SERGEANT AT ARMS

Mahaveer Jain TREASURER

Raghunandan Damle SECRETARY

Varun Dev VP PUBLIC RELATIONS

Joseph Dass VP MEMBERSHIP

Prakash Tamhankar VP EDUCATION

Cherian Thomas PRESIDENT

MEMBERS (29)

Abubakar Khan

Ankit Kumar

Ashish Varghese

Godfrey Soans

Inder Kumar

Jay Agrawal

Jose Paul

Kamal Kumar Garg

Karunakar Dev

Lalith Dhanush Tallam

Lokesh Murthy V

Mahesh Vittal Rao

Nisha Balakrishnan

Payal Pankaj Bhulani

Prashanth Nair

Praveen Kumar

Rahul Bhuyan

Rajdeep Manwani

Richard L D’Souza

Robinson D’Souza

Samuel Wankhade

Sanjana OJ

Shilpa Samuel

Smitha Roshy

Srija Jampana

Srinivasa V Kumar

Vaidyanathan Duraisamy

Vichur Umakanth

Vijay Anand

17 Guests

ROLE TAKERS

TOASTMASTER OF THE DAY Vaidyananthan Duraisamy

TABLE TOPICS MASTER Srija Jampana

GENERAL EVALUATOR Dr. Rajdeep Manwani

TIMER Ankit Kumar

AH COUNTER Prashanth Nair

GRAMMARIAN Ashish Varghese

Note: To view meeting videos click on this link:

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TABLE TOPICS

Lalith Dhanush: Imagine the world as a single country. Will it be good for humankind?

Vijay Anand: Beauty or intelligence, what would you prefer?

Joseph Dass: What is the best thing you like about parenting?

Praveen Kumar: In what era would you most like to have grown up?

Mahesh Rao: Honesty or diplomacy – which one do you think is the best policy?

Smitha Roshy: What’s the best way to ease tension?

Karunakar Dev: If you could have a different career what would it be and why?

Nisha Balakrishnan: Your most embarrassing moment could be your first step to success.

Sanjana OJ: What’s your retirement plan?

Srinivasa Kumar: What’s your idea of a perfect job?

Richard D’Souza: Quality of life is the quality of communication with yourself and others. Comment on it.

Payal Bhulani: What is your opinion of the present education system in India?

Rahul Bhuyan: Which one person has shaped your life the most and how?

Abubakar Khan: What would your dream vacation be like?

Lokesh Murthy: The most memorable event in your childhood.

Godfrey Soans: How do you balance your professional and personal life?

Umakanth Vichur: How would you like to celebrate your new year’s eve?

Jose Paul: If you could go back in time and talk to yourself at the age of ten what advice would you give yourself?

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PREPARED SPEECHES

Inder Kumar delivered project 5 – Your Body Speaks – from the Competent Communicator manual. His speech was evaluated by Varun Dev.

Kamal Garg delivered project 1 – The Ice Breaker – from the Competent Communicator manual. His speech was evaluated by Mahaveer Jain.

Shilpa Samuel delivered project 1 – The Ice Breaker – from the Competent Communicator manual. Her speech was evaluated by Mr. Robinson D’Souza.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

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

AWARDS

The President displayed the Smedley Award that our club received for adding five new members in the previous term. He thanked the previous committee for helping the club earn this award.