Changi Simei Toastmasters Club: Minutes of Changi Simei Toastmaster Club’s 10th Chapter Meeting held on 18th Nov. 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 10th Chapter Meeting Minutes held on 18th Nov. 2017 @ level 5, Conference room, Changi Simei CC, 10 Simei Street 2, and (S) 529915.

Enjoy the minutes!!!

Members Present:

1. Roger See Wei Wen CC, CL

2. Namrata Thakare, CC

3. Harsh Vardhen Goel, CC, ALB

4. Shivam Rastogi

5. Anand Deshpande

6. Zhengwei Xu

7. Anand Prakash Deshpande

8. Joseph Soh ACB, ALB

9. Rampreet Raur Sandhu

10. Raman Gupta

11. Vincent Tan, CC, CL

12. Wendy Fu

13. Manoj Chugani

14. Jin Kiat

15. Namrata Thakare, CC

16. Tan Kooi Ching, ACB, ALB

17. Lee Kim Kok, CC

Guests:

1. Lin Jian

2. Esther Wong

3. Nupur

Visiting Toastmasters

1. Sheela Suresh, CC, Halliburton TMC

2. Takalah Tan, ACB, Thomson TMC

3. Sherah Yap, CC, James Cook Uni. TMC

4. Eric Tan, CC, ALB, AIA TMC

Theme: Effort

“Effort is between you and you.” – Ray Lewis

Meeting called to the Order

Sergeant at Arms TM Raman Gupta, called the 9th Chapter meeting to order by welcoming all present members and guests. He requested guests to introduce themselves. Everyone got opportunity to introduce himself/herself.

Toastmaster of the day

Toastmaster of the day Tan Kooi Ching, ACB, ALB 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 delivered the opening address and welcome all guest and Toastmasters. He shared a story of a boy building the Galaxy and Rocket with Carton boxes, indicating the effort could lead to mastery and happiness.

Prepared Speeches

Prepared speech #1: LD-L1-P1

Speaker: Anand Deshpande

Speech Title: “Live Simple, Live Happily!”

Evaluated by: Shivam Rastogi

Prepared speech #2: MS-L1-P1

Speaker: Vincent Tan , CC, CL

Speech Title: “Adapt or Adopt”

Evaluated by Visiting Toastmaster Sheela Suresh, CC

Prepared speech #3: EC-L1-P2 (evaluation & feedback)

Speaker: Rampreet Kaur

Speech Title: “Onboard yourself!”

Evaluated by Visiting Toastmaster Sherah Yap, CC

Prepared speech #4: AP3 – Make them Laugh

Speaker: Harsh Goel, CC, ALB

Speech Title: “Unity in Diversity”

Evaluated by: Takalah Tan, ACB

Mini activity:

For mingling and connection: TMD Tan Kooi Ching, ACB, ALB, called people to have conversations during the break around “what is the thing that you’ve put a lot of effort recently”.

Refreshment break

Meeting adjourned for 30 minutes for munching and networking break. Post refreshment break, the meeting started with the Special Presentation.

Special Presentation

Joseph Soh, ACB, ALB gave a special presentation on “Controlling your Fear”.

Table Topics

The table topics Master TM Manoj Chugani, conducted the session based on the chapter meeting theme Effort wherein members are invited to hone their impromptu skill by speaking up to 2 minutes on theme based topic they had received.

Participants:

1. Nupur

2. Jin Kiat

3. Rampreet

4. Takalah Tan, ACB

5. Joseph Soh, ACB, ALB

6. Lin Jian

7. Sherah Yap, CC

Winners & Ribbon awards:

Best Prepared Speech Speaker: Nampreet & Vincent Tan, CC, CL

Best Table Topic Speaker: Joseph Soh , ACB, ALB

Best Evaluator: Takalah Tan, ACB & Sheela Suresh, CC