Meeting #1194

Meeting #1194

Don’t mistake silence for weakness. Smart people don’t plan big moves out loud.

Date:	20th December 2019.
Time:	6:30 pm-8:40 pm.
Word of the Day:	Sagacious(adj) – Having or showing keen mental discernment out loud.

Role:	Role Taker:
Sergeant at arms:	Varsha BM
Presiding Officer:	Ganesh Pai
Toastmaster of the Day:	Sudipto Ghosh
Table Topics Master:	Jainam K
General Evaluator:	Abhay Kothari
Timer:	Preethi KV
Ah Counter:	Mythresh A
Grammarian:	Thomas Emmanuel

Prepared Speeches:
Speaker:	Project Title:	Project Level:	Evaluator:
Aiyappa A Ponnachanda	-nil-	Icebreaker	Alok Simha
Sowmya Raman	Why, we give?	CC-7	Robinson D’Souza
Rita Das	Just Let Go	CC-10	Prakash Tamhankar

Table Topics: 11
Speaker:	Topic:
Melvyn V Smith	Learning to play a musical instrument is the most satisfying hobby of all.
Vijayanand	The best way to stay happy is to stay away from the news.
Surekha JN Rao	Talk about a teacher from your school life who has inspired you the most.
Nitesh Dudhey	Should Indian science and engineering students stay back in India and help contribute to India's growth rather than move to America or Europe?
Deepika Das	The Olympics are scheduled next year. Why do you think Indian athletes are not able to perform as well as other american and Chinese athletes ?
Manjunath	Water is the elixir of life. Yet, we humans do not value them.
Vinay Venkataramana	Do you prefer to travel by plane or train?
Sanjay Y Rao	The decade is about to end. What has been your greatest change in your life from 2010-2020?
Richard D’Souza	Your fondest memory of Christmas.
Alan Aranha	Loneliness is the most common illness today.
Puneeth Jain	Professors and teachers are not paid well enough. Agree?

Attendance: 34
Abhay Kothari	Alan Aranha	Alok Simha	Deepika Das
Ganesh Pai	Guruprasad S	Jainam K	Karthik Seetharam
Mahesh Shankar	Manjunath MS	Melvyn V Smith	Mythresh A
Nagendra Hegde	Nitesh Dudhey	Prakash A Tamhankar	Puneeth Jain
Richard D’Souza	Robinson D’Souza	Rita Das	Sanjay YR
Shreyas Srinivas	Simrun Chopra	Sowmya Raman	Sudipto Ghosh
Sujatha Sanam	Surekha N Rao	Varsha bM	Vijay Anand
Vijay V Kalkundri	Vinay Venkataramana	Vivek Vijayan	Preethi Kurian
Hamdaan Ahmed Sawar			Thomas Emmanuel

Brief Note on NTLB Index:

No Toastmaster Left Behind (NTLB) Index indicates the percentage of members who spoke out of the members who attended the meeting.

NTLB ( No Toastmaster Left Behind )Index:
Total Members Attended:	34
Total Table Topic Speakers:	11
Total Role Takers:	14
How To Calculate:
Index = 100*(Total Table Topic Speakers + Total Role Takers) / (Total Members Attended).
NTLB Index = 100*(11+14) / (34) = 74%

Awards:
Evaluator:	Prakash Tamhankar
Role Taker:	Abhay Kothari
Table Topics Speaker:	Deepika Das
Speaker:	Rita Das

Moments of the Meeting:

Best Speaker - TM Rita Das

Best Table Topic Speaker - TM Deepika Das

Best Role Taker Award - TM Abhay Kothari

Best Evaluator Award - TM Prakash A Tamhankar

Special Awards for the Outstanding Members of Term July-December 2019

Highlights:

The installation ceremony for the upcoming committee for the term Jan-June 2020 is on the 29th of December.

The average rating of the meeting voted by the 27 out of the 34 present is: 4.4

NTLB Index stands at 74%.

YouTube Link for the videos: Click Here.

Regards,

Shreyas S

Club Secretary.