Changi Simei Toastmasters Club: Changi Simei TMC 20th Chapter Meeting Minutes May 06, 2017

Dear Fellow Toastmasters,

Please find below Changi Simei Toastmaster Club 20^th Chapter Meeting Minutes held on 06 May 2017 @ Level 5, Changi Simei CC, 10 Simei Street 2, and (S) 529915.

Enjoy the minutes!!!

Members Present:

1. Pravin Mishra, CC, CL

2. Namrata Amit Thakare, CC

3. RAMESH GOVINDA RAJU, ACB

4. Joseph Soh Teck Cheong, ACB, ALB

5. Abhishek Kapoor

6. Nur Ezzah Haa-Meed

7. Kooi Ching Tan, ACB, ALB

8. Saravanan Varadhan ACB, ALB

9. Ang Wee Yong, DTM

10. Neo Yen Ping, ACS, ALB

11. Harsh Vardhen Goel CC

12. Gao Shuai

13. Glenn Sathi, CC

14. Roger See, CC

15. Zhao Kun Koo

16. Sharad Parashar

17. Manoj Vishindas

18. Vincent Tan

19. Wunna Soe

20. Angeline Chua

21. Belinda Lim

22. Charan Pal

23. Pradeep Kumar, DTM (New Member)

Guests:

1. Heny Chen

2. Chen Jing Jing

3. Debra Deyvitah

Visiting Toastmasters

1. Asha Raj, AIA TMC

2. Eric Tan, CC, ALB, AIA TMC

3. Linda Lee, ACB, ALB, AIA TMC

4. Margrette Lo, CC, ALB, AIA TMC

5. Zhuo Shuzhen, ACB, ALS, AIA TMC

6. Koh Hock Seng, ACB, ALB, Jurong Green Advanced TMC

7. Lishan Khoo, Olam TMC

8. Chia Chun Kiat , DTM

9. Kelvin Leong, ACB, CL

Theme: Challenge

“Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits".

Fellowship

Club’s 20^th 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

Sargent at Arms TM Neo Yen Ping, ACS, ALB called the 20^th Chapter meeting to order by welcoming all present members and guests. He requested guests to introduce themselves. Every guest got opportunity to introduce themselves.

Toastmaster of the day

Toast Master of the day TM Namrata Amit Thakare,CC kicked off the meeting by introducing agenda of the meeting and provided the details of the changes in agenda and introduced the role holders and their roles.

The Word of the Day

TM Pradeep Kumar, DTM provided the word of the day “Manzil” and provided various usage of the word and encouraged participants to use the word of the day.

Opening Address by Club President:

Club President TM Pravin Mishra, CC, CL began his speech by cheering the club by broadcasting the news that club has achieved one more accolade during the current term. We managed to get ‘Talk up Toastmasters Ribbon’ as club has managed to recruit 5 new members during the period Feb-March 2017.

Club has also managed to score 10 DCP points during the term 2016-17.

He further shared the story of Japanese fishing industry that how constant struggle help them to come with the idea of putting sharks in fish tanks. To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks but with a small shark. The fish are challenged and hence are constantly on the move. The challenge they face keeps them alive and fresh!

He further suggested that, if we always put limits on what we can do, physical or anything else, it’ll spread over into the rest of our life. We should put sharks in our tanks (challenge our limits) and see how far we can really go.

Prepared Speeches

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

Speaker: Zhao Kun Koo

Speech Title: “3 of its kind “

Evaluated by: Lishan Khoo, Olam TMC

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

Speaker: Manoj Vishidas Chugani

Speech Title: “Languages are the colors, my life is canvas“

Evaluated by: Asha Raj, AIA TMC

Prepared speech #3: Competent Communicator - 2: Organize Your Speech

Speaker: Angeline Chua

Speech Title: “The reasons for the rise of the singles and unmarried”

Evaluated by Margaretta Lo, CC, ALB

Prepared speech #4: Competent Communicator - 2: Organize Your Speech

Speaker: Belinda Lim

Speech Title: “Love in 7 stages of your life”

Evaluated by Pravin Mishra, CC

Prepared speech #5: Competent Communicator - 3: Get to The Point

Speaker: Sharad Parashar

Speech Title: “The art of lying”

Evaluated by RAMESH GOVINDA RAJU, ACB

Prepared speech #6: Competent Communicator - 3: Get to The Point

Speaker: Charanpal Singh

Speech Title: “The defected mental health “

Evaluated by Zhuo Shuzhen, ACB, ALS

Refreshment break - I

Meeting adjourned for 10 minutes for quick munching and networking break. Post refreshment break the speech Marathon continue

Prepared speech #7: Competent Communicator - 6: Vocal Variety

Speaker: Gao Shuai

Speech Title: “Be Thankful”

Evaluated by Linda Lee, ACB, ALB

Prepared speech #8: Competent Leader Project - 9: Persuade with Power

Speaker: Abhishek Kapoor

Speech Title: “Destroy your distractions”

Evaluated by Kelvin Leong, ACB, CL

Prepared speech #9: Advance Project -5 Special Occasion Speeches: Accepting an Award

Speaker: Joseph Soh Teck Cheong, ACB, ALB

Speech Title: “Dare Greatly”

Evaluated by Ang Wee Yong, DTM

Prepared speech #10: Advance Project -5 Persuasive Speaking: The Effective Salesperson

Speaker: Glenn Sathi, CC

Speech Title: “Fabulous Food”

Evaluated by Tan Kooi Ching, ACB, ALB

Prepared speech #11: Advance Project -5 Storytelling: Bringing History to Life

Speaker: Vincent Tan, CC

Speech Title: “My Life”

Evaluated by Chia Chun Kiat, DTM

Prepared speech #12: Advance Project -1 Special Occasion Speeches: Mastering the Toast

Speaker: Harsh Goel, CC

Speech Title: “Two Decades of Togetherness”

Evaluated by Eric Tan, CC, ALB

Refreshment break -II

Meeting adjourned for 15 minutes for the munching and networking break.

Language Evaluation

DTM Pradeep Kumar, provided very interesting and insightful language evaluation for the good and improper user of English language and also provided the word of the days report. His Language evaluation invoke interest among audiences when he touch upon some history & personal story.

Winners & Ribbon awards

ICE Breaker: Zhao Kun Koo

ICE Breaker: Manoj Vishidas Chugani

Competent Communicator Pin: Namrata Amit Thakare, CC

Winners

Prepared Speech: Abhishek Kapoor

Speech Evaluation: Ang Wee Yong, DTM

Closing Address by Acting Club President:

Our club President TM Pravin Mishra, CC closed the meeting with seeking feedback from the guests and visiting Toastmasters. Last but not least, he thanked all for their time and invited all for a group picture and also to join our regular CCC after meeting.

Special gratitude

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

Toastmaster of the Day: Namrata Amit Thakare, CC

Ah-Counter: Pravin Mishra, CC

Timer: Nur Ezzah Haa-Meed

Sergeant at Arms: Neo Yen Ping, ACS, ALB

Language Evaluator: Pradeep Kumar, DTM

Upcoming chapter meeting & Club Events:

1. 22^nd Chapter meeting on 20th May 2017

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

3. Installation of new Executive team on July 1, 2017.

Don't forget to mark your calendar for Engaging, Energizing, and entertaining upcoming events at Changi Simei Toastmaster Club.