Changi Simei Toastmasters Club: Changi Simei Toastmaster Club’s 3rd Chapter Meeting minutes held on 5th Aug. 2017 @ Level 5, Conference room, Changi Simei CC, 10 Simei Street 2, and (S) 529915.

Dear Fellow Toastmasters,

Please find below Changi Simei Toastmaster Club 3rd Chapter Meeting Minutes held on 5th Aug. 2017 @ Level 5, Conference room, Changi Simei CC, 10 Simei Street 2, and (S) 529915.

Enjoy the minutes!!!

Members Present:

1. Abhishek Kapoor, CC

2. Anand Prakash Deshpande

3. Harsh Vardhen Goel, CC, CL

4. Hee Fone Pang

5. Iskhandar Khan

6. Jin Hwui Lee, DTM

7. Kooi Ching Tan, ACB, ALB

8. Mai Phuong Peyton Le

9. Namrata Amit Thakare, CC

10. PHUONG DO, Amy

11. Ramesh Govinda Raju, ACB

12. Roger Wee Wun See, CC, CL

13. Saravanan Varadhan, ACB, ALB

14. Sathiyamoorthy Glenn, CC

15. Taruna Menghani

16. Wee Yong Ang, DTM

17. Zhengwei Xu, Jane

Guests:

1. Lisa Meng

2. Gopi Krishna

3. Jin Kic

4. Jay Tack

5. Bodri

6. Helen Gacillos

7. Ashok

Visiting Toastmasters

1. Li Xiang (Tampines Changkat Toastmaster Club)

Theme: Dream

“Dreams and Dedication are a powerful combination” - William Longgood

Meeting called to the Order

Sargent at Arms Phuong Thimai, called the 3rd Chapter meeting to order by welcoming all present members and guests. She requested guests to introduce themselves. Every guest got opportunity to introduce themselves.

Toastmaster of the day

Toast Master of the day Namrata Tharkare, 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.

Opening Address by Club President:

Club President TM Roger See, CC, CL began his speech by a personal story, encourage the participants to be brave to overcome the fear and achieve the dream.

Prepared Speeches

Prepared speech #1: Competent Communicator Project – 2: Organize your Speech

Speaker: Phuong Do Amy

Speech Title: “Life is short, Live Well”

Evaluated by: Ang Wee Yong, DTM

Prepared speech #2: Competent Communicator Project – 3: Get to the point

Speaker: Zhengwei Xu, Jane

Speech Title: “Embrace the Feedback”

Evaluated by: Abhishek Kapoor, CC

Prepared speech #3: Competent Communicator Project - 7: Research your Topic

Speaker: Pang Hee Fone

Speech Title: “Holidays”

Evaluated by Glenn Sathi, CC

Prepared speech #4: Competent Communicator Project - 9: Persuade with Power

Speaker: Iskhander Khan

Speech Title: “Awareness in deep breathing”

Evaluated by Lee Jin Hwui, DTM

Prepared speech #5: Advanced Communicator Project - 2: Special Occasion Speeches

Speaker: Harsh Goel, CC, CL

Speech Title: “Lotus”

Evaluated by Saravanan Varadhan, ACB, ALB

Mini activity:

For mingling and connection: Ramesh called people to have conversations during the break around the question of “what is your dream vacation?”

Refreshment break

Meeting adjourned for 30 minutes for munching and networking break. Post refreshment break, the Table topics session continues.

Table Topics

The table topics master Taruna Menghani conducted the session wherein members are invited to hone their impromptu skill by speaking up to 2 minutes on theme based topic they had received.

Participants:

· Glenn

· Krishna

· Jin Kic

· Lisa Meng

· Li Xiang

· Ramesh

Winners & Ribbon awards

Prepared Speech: Zhengwei Xu, Jane

Table Topics: Ramesh

Speech Evaluation: Lee Jin Hwui, DTM; Sarvanan Vardhan, ACB, ALB

Closing Address by Club President:

Our club President TM Roger See, CC,CL closed the meeting with seeking feedback from the guests and visiting Toastmasters and invited all 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 Thakare CC

Ah-Counter: Kooi Ching Tan, ACB, ALB

Table Topic Master: Taruna Menghani

Timer: Anand Deshpande

Sergeant at Arms: Phuong Thimai

Upcoming chapter meeting & Club Events:

4^th Chapter meeting on 19th Aug. 2017

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

Minutes taken by: Xu Zhengwei, Jane

Vetted by: Roger See, CC, CL