Changi Simei TMC 18th Chapter Meeting Minutes 18 March 2017

Dear Fellow Toastmasters,

Please find below meeting minutes for Changi Simei Toastmaster Club’s 18th Chapter Meeting held on 18 March 2017 @ 01-01, Conference room, Changi Simei CC, 10 Simei Street 2, and (S) 529915.

Enjoy the minutes!!!

Members Present:

1.    Pravin Mishra , CC
2.    Ang Wee Yong,DTM
3.    Neo Yen Ping, CC
4.    Sandy Lim, CC, CL
5.    Chen Manman, CC
6.    Jack Tan,CC
7.    Jyoti Soni,CC
8.    Namrata Thakare,CC
9.    Parag Rao
10.  Thaddeus Teo Xuan Hao
11.  Anand Deshpandey
12.  Sourav Roy, CC
13.  Lee Jin Huwi, DTM
14.  Aya Pham
15.  Phuong Lee
16.  Tze Khin Chung
17.  Glenn Sathi, CC
18.  Amy Chen
19.  Wendy
20.  Roger, CC
21.  Sharad Parashar
22.  Iskandhar Khan
23.  Manoj Chugani

24. Tan Kooi Ching (New Member)

Visiting Toastmasters:

1.    Pradeep Kumar, DTM, Kampong UBI Toastmasters Club
2.    Benjamin Leow, ACB,CL, Houngang TMC, Anchorvale TMC
3.    Tay Guan Hao, Cheng San TMC
4.    Sriram Chandrasekaran, CC, Ci Yuan TMC

Visiting Guest:

1. Joe
2. Kira
3.Venkat
4. Amy
5. Nilam
6. Kirti Malviya

Theme: Focus, "Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days".

 Fellowship:

 Club’s 18th Chapter meeting started on time with fellowship, Club members and EXCO were engaged in welcoming the guests, introducing themselves and briefing the activities to the guests and visiting toastmasters, making them comfortable and clearing their doubts.

Meeting called to the Order:

Sergeant at Arms TM Iskhandar Khan called the 18th Chapter meeting to order by welcoming all present members and guests.

Toastmaster of the day:

Toastmaster of the day Jyoti Soni kicked off the meeting by introducing agenda of the meeting and introduced the role holders and their roles.

Opening Address by Club President:

Club President CC, Pravin Mishra began his opening address by congratulating club members for receiving “Club Growth Challenge Award for Recruiting Members for the period 01 July 2016 to 30 September 2016” by Harikrishnan Muthusamy DTM, D80 Club Growth Director 2016-2017.

He also shared epic story of Mahabharata based on theme focus. He shared story of great archer Arjun and his teacher Dronacharya. He concluded his speech with the message that ​" we should focus only on our target to in order to get succeed.​"

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Prepared Speeches:

Prepared speech #1: Competent Communicator Project – 1: The Ice Breaker 

Speaker: Trang Aya Thil Pham

Speech Title:  “Travelling is learning“ 

Evaluated by:  Tay Guan Hao

Prepared speech #2: Competent Communicator Project – 1: The Ice Breaker

Speaker: Sharad Parashar

Speech Title:  “People Who Changed my Life“ 

Evaluated by:  Glenn Sathi, CC

Prepared speech #3: Competent Communicator Project - 3: Get to the Point

Speaker: Thaddeus Teo

Speech Title: “A good reason for slumber” 

Evaluated by: Sriram Chandrasekaran, CC

Prepared speech #4: Competent Communicator Project - 10: Inspire your Audience

Speaker: Namrata Thakare

Speech Title: “Analyse the situation first before making decision”

Evaluated by: Lee Jin Huwi, DTM  

Prepared speech #5: AP1: The Technical Breifing 

Speaker: Dr. Jack Tan, ACB

Speech Title:  “Deep Learning”. 

Evaluated by: Benjamin Leow, ACB, CL

Prepared speech #6: AP5: The Humorous Speech 

Speaker: Sourov Roy, CC

Speech Title:  “Three secrets of happiness”. 

Evaluated by: Benjamin Leow, ACB, CL

Special speech: The Toastmasters Education program

Speaker: Ang Wee Yong, DTM

Munching & Mingling:

Meeting was adjourned for 20 minutes for refreshment break and networking.

Table Topic Session:

Table topics master Amy Chen conducted a very passionate and energetic table topics session based on theme of meeting “Focus”.

 Winners & Ribbon Presentation:

 Ice Breaker: Aya Pham
 Ice Breaker: Sharad Parashar
 Competent Communicator: Namarata Thakarae
 Prepared Speech:  Sourov Roy
 Speech Evaluation:  Pradeep Kumar
 Table Topics: Sriram Chandrasekaran

Closing Address by Acting Club President:

Our club President Pravin Mishra asked feedback from the visiting guest and members. He invited everyone to join our club's ISTT contests on 1st April 2017.

  

Special Gratitude: 

Special thanks to our role holders for making this chapter meeting a successful one!

Ah-Counter: Parag Rao
Timer: Neo Yen Ping
Sergeant at Arms: Iskhandar Khan
Table Topics Master: Amy Chen
Toastmaster of day: Jyoti Soni   

 Upcoming Club Events:

1. ISTT - Club’s International Speech & Table Topics Contest is on 1st April 2017 @ Level-5, Changi Simei CC, 10 Simei Street 2, (S) 529915 

2.  BBB Vesak Day event on 6th May 2017 (during the chapter meeting) - Wunna Soe

3.   Club AGM (Annual General Meeting) on 3rd June 2017 – Important to attend by all members to meet the required 50% quorum.

4.  Installation of next EXCO - 1st July 2017

Minutes taken by: Jyoti, CC

Vetted by: Pravin Mishra, CC

Thanks & Warm Regards,

Jyoti Soni

Posted By : Harsh Goel, CC