Minutes of Club Meeting #1005

Ashirvad - Loyola Hall, St. Marks Road

6:40 - 8:47 pm

Theme: Once bitten twice shy

Word of the day: Sagacious
Meaning: Wise
Usage: Sagacious leaders deal with problems before they get out of hand

ATTENDEES

CLUB OFFICERS

Raghunandan Damle SECRETARY

Varun Dev VP PUBLIC RELATIONS

Joseph Dass VP MEMBERSHIP

Prakash Tamhankar VP EDUCATION

Cherian Thomas PRESIDENT

APOLOGIES:

Esther Roshini Chandy SERGEANT AT ARMS

Mahaveer Jain TREASURER

MEMBERS (20)

Aiyappa Appanna

Ankit Kumar

Ayyasamy Chinnaiyan

Bhavana Jha

Kamal Kumar Garg

Lalith Dhanush Tallam

Mahesh Vittal Rao

Melvyn Smith

Muralidhar Govindarao Adamane

Payal Pankaj Bhulani

Rajdeep Manwani

Ratan Shetty

Robinson D’Souza

Shilpa Samuel

Smitha Roshy

Sneha

Sreejith Kizhakkilot

Sudipto Ghosh

Vijay Anand

Vikram Ramalingam R

10 Guests

ROLE TAKERS

TOASTMASTER OF THE DAY Ankit Kumar

TABLE TOPICS MASTER Melvyn Smith

GENERAL EVALUATOR Rajdeep Manwani

SERGEANT AT ARMS Lalith Dhanush

TIMER Ayyasamy Chinnaiyan

AH COUNTER Muralidhar Adamane

GRAMMARIAN Sneha

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Meeting 1005 Video Playlist

The meeting started late because of sudden heavy rain and the concomitant traffic jams that have become the bane of Bangalore. Some Toastmasters couldn't make it to the meeting, while many arrived late and drenched. Last minute changes in roles were made. Contrary to expectation the meeting was a 'classic meeting' in the true spirit of the club, as expressed by founder, TM Robinson D'Souza, who was the second person to reach the hall. Two members achieved personal goals - Sudipto completed CC10 and Varun Dev, the Educational manual. To top it up, Melvyn Smith, had brought a home made birthday cake and the club celebrated the birthdays of Melvyn, Chinnaiyan and Karunakar Dev.

TABLE TOPICS

Nandan: Once bitten twice shy

Kanchan (guest): I love my ____

Mahesh Rao: The best thing I love about Toastmasters

Robinson D’Souza: I have a caaar

Guest: Today’s rain is a blessing in disguise

Sreejith: My lucky number is ______

Shilpa: The story of my life

Kamal Garg: When is the last time you did something for the first time?

Vijay Anand: The happiest day in my life

Mr. Menon (guest): The day I helped someone

PREPARED SPEECHES

Mahesh Rao delivered project 3 – Get to the Point – from the Competent Communicator manual. His speech was about conserving water and it was evaluated by Prakash Tamhankar.

Smitha Roshy delivered project 5 – Your Body Speaks – from the Competent Communicator manual. Her speech was titled ‘Kindness’ and it was evaluated by Payal Bhulani.

Varun Dev gave an educational presentation on The Toastmasters Educational Programme from the Successful Club Series.

Cherian Thomas delivered project 9 – Persuade with Power – from the Competent Communicator manual. His speech was titled ‘WOW’ and it was evaluated by Vijay Anand.

Sudipto Gosh delivered project 10 – Inspire your Audience – from the Competent Communicator manual. His speech was titled ‘Magic Keys’ and it was evaluated by Ratan Shetty.

AWARDS

VP Membership Joseph Dass received the club’s third award for the current term from Toastmasters International, for adding five new members between February and March 2016.

Well done for completing CC10 – Sudipto Ghosh

Best Role Taker – Ankit Kumar

Best Table Topics Speaker – Vijay Anand

Best Speaker – Cherian Thomas

ADJOURNMENT

The President adjourned the meeting at 8:47 pm, after which members celebrated the birthdays of Melvyn Smith, Chinnaiyan and Karunakar Dev by cutting a cake brought by Melvyn.