Meeting # 1108

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Theme: It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
Date: 4th May 2018
Time: 6.30 pm - 8.42 pm
Members Attended: 31
Guests Attended: 35

Word of the day:  charlatan -  a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill. "a self-confessed con artist and charlatan”

Role
Role Taker
Sergeant-at-arms
Melvyn Smith
President
Nithin B
Toastmasters of the Day
Vaidyanathan Duraisamy
Table Topic Master
Johnson Bruno DSouza
General Evaluator
Sumitra Manmohan
Timer
Shashank Sai Kudkuli
Åh-Counter
Rajesh
Grammarian
Sowmya Raman

Prepared Speeches
Speaker
Evaluator
Smitha Roshy
Prakash Ashokrao Tamhankar
Gautam Sreekumar
Sudipto Gosh
Deepika Das Pereira
Robinson
Thanmaya Prakash
Abhay Kothari


Table Topics
Speaker
Topic
Guest - Dinakar
Do you prefer ballot or EVM?
Sriharsha
Is social media influencing elections?
Drishanth Kaushal
Should Voting made compulsory?
Sujatha Sanam
We talk so much about gender equality. Why are there so many less women candidates contesting elections?
Puneet Jain
Candidate who lost an election by just one vote
Dikshita Mehta
Should high school students be allowed to vote?
Ankit Kumar
Impact of celebrities on election
Rahul Bhuyan
Should there be minimum educational qualifications for politicians?
Sujay Simha
Why would you vote and why?
Hemanth Kumar
Should we have the power to recall an elected representative?
Guest - Sachin
Should politicians be held responsible for their performance?
Vikram Jain
Why do politicians dress differently?



Awards
Best Role taker 
Vaidyanathan Duraisamy
Best Evaluator
Prakash Ashokrao Tamhankar  
Best Table Topic Speakers
Puneet Jain & Sujay Simha Sairam  
Best Speaker
Deepika Das Pereira  










Members who attended the meeting
Abhay Kothari 
Prakash Ashokrao Tamhankar  
Sudipto Ghosh  
Abhijeet Bhaskar  
Puneet Jain  
Sujatha Sanam  
Adarsh Tadimari  
Rajesh Harinath Nookhul  
Sujay Simha Sairam  
Alok Simha  
Rita Saldanha Das  
Sumitra Manamohan  
Ankit Kumar  
Robinson D'Souza  
Umesha Basavaraj  
B Nithin  
Shashank Sai Kudkuli  
Vaidyanathan Duraisamy  
Deepika Das Pereira  
Smitha Thomas Roshy  
Vikramraj K Jain
Gautam Sreekumar  
Sowmya Raman  
Drishtant Kaushal  
Johnson Bruno DSouza  
Sreejith Kizhakkilot  
Nimisha Khandelwal  
Melvyn Smith  
Sriharsha  
Rahul Bhuyan


Dikshita Mehta


Announcements
The meeting was rated at 4
The second newsletter will be coming out soon and all members are requested to contribute articles towards it.
The president urged all members to send suggestions for a social outing for all members including families.
The elections for the committee members for the next term will be held on the 15th June. The nomination committee is headed by Godfrey Soans and consists of Sumitra Manamohan and Richard D’souza. The president urged all members to take up leadership roles and sent in the nominations to the committee.
Speech craft session is midway thru’ and going very well.

Thank you Adarsh Tadimari  for helping with recording the videos.


Sowmya Raman

Club Secretary

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