Changi Simei Toastmasters Club 10th Chapter Meeting Minutes held on 3rd November 2018@Level 5 Conference Room, Changi Simei CC, 10 Simei Street 2, S (529915)

Dear Fellow Toastmasters,
Please find below the minutes for the 10th Chapter meeting of the Changi Simei Toastmasters club held on 17th Nov 2018 at level 5, Conference room, Changi Simei CC, 10 Simei Street 2, and (S) 529915.
Enjoy the minutes!!!
Members Present

1. Rohan Fernandez
2. Lee Yong Leong
3. Roger See, CC, CL
4. Manoj Chugani
5. Ang Bee Choo, CC
6. Chen Manman, ACB
7. Ye Huan Huan
8. Iwan Chan
9. Julia
10. Anand Deshpande
11. Ang Wee Yong, DTM
12. Iskandhar Khan,
13. Lee Jin Hwui, DTM
14. Rajesh Dharmalingam, CC
15. Laxmi Narayan Yadav
16. Sreelakshmi Manoj
17. Pravin Mishra, CC, CL
18. Neo Yen Ping, ACS, ALB

Guests

1. Sumana Podder
2. Justin Lai
3. Maddy Lim
4. Vrinda
5. Tommy

Theme:    Wisdom
“There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart." – Charles Dickens
Meeting called to Order
SAA Lee Yong Leong called the meeting to order. The meeting started with an icebreaker session where members introduced themselves to one another and shared their views about the Theme of the day.
Programme for the day
Thereafter, the Toastmaster of the day Rohan Fernandez, introduced the role holders and their responsibilities. For the benefit of the guests and new members he shared the sequence of events.
Opening address by Club President
Club President, Neo Yen Ping shared the story of two rabbits, Wanda the Wise and Frank the Foolish. We learnt that we should search for the deeper truth, beyond what is apparent – the old adage ‘don’t judge a carrot by its leaves’.
Coming to conclusions based on visual inspection alone, such as whether the one with bigger leaves or smaller leaves has the bigger carrot underground, can be inaccurate. There are other factors involved, such as smell, etc.
Wanda the Wise had the ability to always pick the bigger carrot, but she was magnanimous enough to use her wisdom to pick out the bigger carrot for her friend Frank.
Prepared Speeches
IP-L1-P2: Rajesh Dharmalingam, CC -"Stuck in an Elevator". Evaluated by Iskandhar Khan, CC

PM-L1-P2: And Bee Choo, CC - "Having Pets”. Evaluated by Neo Yen Ping, ACS, ALB

VC-L1-P3: Ang Wee Yong – “Ode to Oats”. Evaluated by Lee Jin Hwui, DTM

Special Presentation – The Successful Club Series – Mentoring

Pravin Mishra, CC, CL delivered a special presentation on the topic of mentorship, particularly how it works in the Toastmasters setting. He shared his personal experiences on how his mentor helped him ease into the flow of Toastmasters meetings and nudged him along to deliver his first speech, take up roles, and feel welcomed in club meetings.

A mentor takes a personal interest to help his mentee, and serve as a role model. He helps to boost the new member’s confidence, helps them to learn the protocol, introduce the new member to other club members, and helps the new members refine their speaking skills.

Experienced club members are also welcome to approach other club members directly and request them to be a mentor if there are certain aspects which they are working to improve and feel that they can benefit from the mentor’s inputs.

The mentors themselves learn how to coach and motivate others and learn the art of giving appropriate feedback to help and encourage their mentees. The club also benefits from the mentorship program by boosting membership as well as members retention, leading to more satisfied and mutually supportive club members.


Refreshment break

Meeting adjourned for 30 minutes for munching and networking break.


Table Topics

Sreelakshmi Manoj conducted the session wherein members and guests were invited to hone their impromptu speaking skills by speaking up to 2 minutes on a topic related to the theme of wisdom.

Participants:

1. Lakshmi Narayan Yadav
2. Manoj Chugani
3. Julia
4. Tommy (Guest)
5. Chen Manman
6. Lee Yong Leong
7. Sumana Podder (Guest)
8. Maddy Lim (Guest)
9. Iwan Chan
10. Sreelakshmi Manoj


Awards Ceremony
Best Speaker – Rajesh Dharmalingam, CC
Best Table Topics Speaker – Chen Manman, ACB
First-time role holders: Lee Yong Leong and Iwan Chan
Closing Address by Club President

Club President Neo Yen Ping closed the meeting by thanking all toastmasters and guests for attending the session.

Toastmaster of the Day:     Rohan Fernandez
Ah-Counter:                          Ye Huanhuan
Timer:                                     Iwan Chen
Sergeant at Arms:                Lee Yong Leong



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Vetted by: Neo Yen Ping

Changi Simei Toastmasters Club 8th Chapter Meeting Minutes held on 3rd November 2018@Level 5 Conference Room, Changi Simei CC, 10 Simei Street 2, S (529915)

Dear Fellow Toastmasters,

Please find below the minutes for the 8th Chapter meeting of the Changi Simei Toastmasters club held on 20th Oct at level 5, Conference room, Changi Simei CC, 10 Simei Street 2, and (S) 529915.

Enjoy the minutes!!!

Members Present

1. Amy Chen, CC

2. Anand Deshpande

3. Ang Wee Yong, DTM

4. Dave Lim 

5. Joseph Soh, ACS, ALB 

6. Iskandar Khan

7. Lee Jin Hwui , DTM

8. Neo Yen Ping, ACS, ALB

9. Ramesh Raju, ACB

10. Sandy Lim, CC, CL

11. Shaun Loy

12. Sharad

13. Taruna Menghani

Visiting Toastmasters

1. Fernando Young, DTM

2. Richarg Sng, DTM

3. Zhuo Shuzhen, DTM

4. Anthong Hhang

5. Vincent Chan

6. John Liew, DTM

7. Sohaib

8. Able Hong

Guests

1. Mike Woon

2. Anthony Hhang

3. Laxmi Narayan

Theme:    Compassion

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." - Dalai Lama”. 

Meeting called to Order

SAA Shaun Loy called the meeting to order. The meeting started with an icebreaker session where members introducedthemselves to one another and shared their views about the Theme of the day.

Programme for the day

Thereafter, the Toastmaster of the day Joseph Soh, introduced the role holders and their responsibilities. For the benefit of the guests and new members he shared the sequence of events.

Opening address by Acting Club President

Club President, Neo Yen Ping shared the opening address.

Prepared Speeches 

IP-L1-P3: Iskandar Khan -"Performing Hajj is more gruelling than reservists training". Evaluated by Ang Wee Yong, DTM

MS-L1-P3: Ramesh Raju - "Trust Me”. Evaluated by Zhuo Shuzhen, DTM

IP-L2-P1: Amy Chen – “My Leadership Style”. Evaluated by Richarg Sng, DTM

Refreshment break 

Meeting adjourned for 30 minutes for munching and networking break.

Special Talk - Table Topics to improve your thinking skills

There was a special talk by Fernanado Young, DTM where he shared some very important tips on improving table topics skills. He then had a very interesting Table Topic session in which a number of guests and members participated.  

Awards Ceremony

Best Speaker – Amy Chen

Best Table Topics Speaker – Sohaib

Closing Address by Club President

Club President Neo Yen Ping closed the meeting by thanking all toastmasters and guests for attending the session.

Special gratitude 

Special thanks to Fernando Young, DTM for taking out time to enlighten us and to our role holders for making this chapter meeting a successful one!

Toastmaster of the Day:     Joseph Soh, ACS, ALB 

Ah-Counter:                          Sandy Lim, CC, CL

Timer:                                    Anand Deshpande

Sergeant at Arms:                Shaun Loy

Upcoming chapter meeting & Club Events

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Upcoming 9th Chapter Meeting – 3rd November 2018

Minutes taken by: Taruna Menghani

Vetted by: Neo Yen Ping

Changi Simei Toastmasters Club 9th Chapter Meeting Minutes held on 3rd November 2018@Level 5 Conference Room, Changi Simei CC, 10 Simei Street 2, S (529915)

Dear Fellow Toastmasters,

Please find below Changi Simei Toastmaster Club 9th Chapter Meeting Minutes held on 3rd November 2018 @ level 5, Conference room, Changi Simei CC, 10 Simei Street 2, and (S) 529915.

Enjoy the minutes!!!

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Minutes of Changi Simei Toastmaster Club’s 9th Chapter Meeting

It was another exciting and meaningful afternoon of learning and fun together as we also celebrated Deepavali, the Hindu Festival of Lights together as a club. The meeting room was decorated with diyas, candles and garlands to increase the festive atmosphere.

 Members Present:

1.     Anand Deshpande

2.     Ang Wee Yong, DTM

3.     Ang Bee Choo, CC

4.     Dave Lam

5.     Iskhandar Khan, CC

6.     Lee Jin Hwui, DTM

7.     Lee Yong Leong

8.     Neo Yen Ping, ACS, ALB

9.     Pravin Mishra, CC, CL

10.  Raman Gupta

11.  Rampreet Sandhu, EC2

12.  Sharad Parashar

13.  Yadav Laxmi Narayan

14.  Ye Huan Huan

Visiting Toastmasters

15.  Fernanado Young DTM, Cairnhill TMC

16.  Eric Tan, PI5, AIA TMC

17.  Able Hong, Cairnhill TMC

Guests

18.  Biman Roy

19.  Rahul Jain

20.  Tommy Nguyen

21.  Sachin Jauale

22.  Samresh Kumar

Theme:   Clarity

The characteristics of an authentically empowered personality are humbleness, clarity, forgiveness and love. -Gary Zukav

Meeting called to the Order

Sergeant-at-Arms Anand Deshpande called the 9th Chapter meeting to order by welcoming all members and guestspresent. The guests introduced themselves and shared their thoughts on the theme “Clarity”. Most talked about being  clear of what one wants in life to move forward.

Toastmaster of the day

Toastmaster of the day was Dave Lam, our young and energetic member who kick started the meeting by introducing the agenda of the meeting as well as the role holders and their roles. 

Opening Address by Club President:

Club President Neo Yen Ping, ACS, ALB highlighted the significance of celebrating Diwali which symbolizes the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance. She linked this to the theme and to Toastmasters. Regardless of each individual’s background, everyone has their unique strength, expertise and experience to share.  In the Toastmasters’ family, everyone should be humble and learn from each other to gain knowledge and clarity. 

Prepared Speeches

Prepared speech #1: TC-L1-P1 (Ice Breaker)

Speaker: Sharad Parashar; Evaluated by: Iskhandar Khan, LD1

Speech Title: “30 to 40”

Interesting and confident speech by Sharad who talked about his experience of learning tennis while linking it as a reflection of his own life learning experience.

Prepared speech #2: PM-L1-P2  (Evaluation and Feedback)

Speaker: Pravin Mishra, CC, CL; Evaluated by: Lee Jin Hwui, DTM

Speech Title: “Let it go, Let it Fly, Let it Soar….Be more”

 Pravin persuaded the audience not to be contented with the status quo but rather look forward, continue to change and learn in order to do more and achieve more.

Prepared speech #3: PM-L1-P2  (Evaluation and Feedback)

Speaker: Ang Bee Choo, CC; Evaluated by: Ang Wee Yong, DTM

Speech Title: “Having a pet”

Bee Choo talked about the advantages and disadvantages of owing a pet and concluded with a strong message that to us,it is just a pet but to the pet, we are everything. So, it’s a reminder for people to think twice before owning a pet as it carries with it a great responsibility.

  

Special Presentation by Visiting Toastmasters Fernanado Young DTM, Cairnhill TMC

Presentation title: Sapid Spices Speech with Visual Aids

Fernando prepared a very engaging presentation with powerpoint slides peppered with different visual aids – videos, pictures, cartoons, graphs, charts and objects to demonstrate how to effectively use these to liven and engage the audience. Indeed, visuals can be powerful when utilized correctly!

Celebration of Diwali – Festival of Lights (Hosted by Pravin)

Before adjourning for the refreshment break, Pravin prepared an informative presentation to tell us more about Deepavali, its significance and the things Hindus do to celebrate this festival. We also got a glimpse of his family and how they celebrated the festival with beautiful rangoli as well as the beautiful decoration and setup in Little India.

The presentation ended with a refreshment break where members and guests savored the delicious spread of Deepavali snacks. Special thanks to Anand who bought them for the meeting.

Table Topics

The Table Topics Master Rampreet Sandhu, EC2, wore a beautiful sari as part of the Deepavali celebration to host the table topic session. She also selected some topics relating to the festival such as “Festivals are made commercial, for or against?”.  The audience eagerly participated with many attempting table topics for the very first time.   

 Participants:

1.     Yadav Laxmi Narayan

2.     Biman Roy

3.     Lee Yong Leong

4.     Rahul Jain

5.     Tommy Nguyen

6.     Samresh Kumar

Winners & Ribbon awards:

Best Prepared Speech Speaker: Sharad Parashar

Best Table Topic Speaker:  Biman Roy

Congratulations to Iskhandar who achieved his LD1 after completing his evaluation project during the meeting!

Closing Address by Club President:

Before closing the meeting, Club President Yen Ping did a poll with the members present on their preference to have the Christmas party on 1^st or 2^nd chapter meeting in December. Based on the polling, the majority preferred to have the party on 15^th December. Further information on this event will be announced later.

Special gratitude 

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

Toastmaster of the Day:     Dave Lam

Ah-Counter:                          Raman Gupta

Table Topic Master:            Rampreet Sandhu, EC2

Timer:                                   Ye Huan Huan

Sergeant at Arms:               Anand Deshpande

Upcoming chapter meeting & Club Events:

Don't forget to mark your calendar for Engaging, Energizing, and Entertaining upcoming events at Changi Simei Toastmaster Club. Upcoming 10th Chapter Meeting – 17^th November. 2018

Pravin Mishra, CC, CL will do a special presentation on Mentoring and at the same time, we will also have our new member induction. Do come and support them!!!

Minutes taken by: Neo Yen Ping, ACS, ALB

Vetted by: Ang Wee Yong, DTM

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Changi Simei Toastmasters Club 7th Chapter Meeting Minutes held on 6th October 2018 @level5, Confernce Rooom, Changi Simei CC, 10 Simei Street 2, (S) 529915

Dear Fellow Toastmasters,
Please find below the minutes for the 7th Chapter meeting of the Changi Simei Toastmasters club held on 6th Oct 2018 at level 5, Conference room, Changi Simei CC, 10 Simei Street 2, and (S) 529915.
Enjoy the minutes!!!
Members Present
1.    Dave Lam
2.    Manoj Chugani
3.    Amy Chen, CC
4.    Ang Bee Choo, CC
5.   Neo Yen Ping ACS, ALB
6.   Ang Wee Yong, DTM
7.  Pang Hee Fone
8. Sandy Lim, CC, ALB
9. Iskhandar Khan
10.  Ramesh Raju, ACB
11. Taruna Menghani
12. Sharad
13. Anand Deshpande
14. Rohan Fernandez
15. Joseph Soh, ACS, ALB
16. Pravin Mishra, CC, ALB
17. Rajesh Kumar Dharmalingam
18. Ethan
Visiting Toastmasters
Ng Kin Foong, DTM
Eric Tan, PI5

Guests
Lee Yongliang
Julia Tseng
Avinash
Kang Ming

Theme:   Love
“The most important thing in the world is family and love” - John Wooden
Meeting called to Order
SAA Dave Lam called the meeting to order. The meeting started with the members introducing themselves to one another and sharing briefly their thought on love.
Opening Address by Club President:
Club President Neo Yen Ping opened by welcoming members, families and guests to this special ‘Bring Your Family Day’ chapter meeting celebrating love, family and relationships. she recalled fondly the favourite dishes cooked by her mother, and in all of them the primary ingredient was love.
Word of the Day
Language Evaluator Ng Kin Fong, DTM, introduced the work of the day ‘kith and kin’ and encouraged us to incorporate it in our speeches.
Prepared Speeches
PM-L1-P1: Ang Bee Choo, CC - "Beyond PSLE" Evaluated by Neo Yen Ping, ACS, ALB

IP-L1-P2: Rajesh Kumar - “Let’s take a selfie” Evaluated by Eric Tan, PI5

LD-L1-P2: Taruna Menghani - “ Mindfulness” Evaluated by Ramesh Raju, ACB
VC-L1-P2: Ang Wee Yong, DTM-  “Delivering a Memorable Speech - as Easy as ABC” Evaluated by Pravin Mishra, CC, ALB
AP1 - Speeches by Management: Joseph Soh, ACS, ALB- “The Contest Briefing” Evaluated by Amy Chen, CC

Bring Your Family Day Celebrations

Meeting adjourned for 20 minutes for munching and mingling break with members, their families and guests.

Table Topics
Manoj Chugani conducted the session wherein members and guests were invited to hone their impromptu speaking skills by speaking up to 2 minutes on a family-themed topic.
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Participants:
1.     Pang Hee Fone
2.     Dave Lam
3.     Ethan
4.     Julia
5.     Lee Yong Liang
6.     Sharad
7.     Joseph
8.     Pravin Mishra, CC, ALB


Language Evaluation
TM Ng Kin Foong, DTM, shared with the members his report on the good usage of English language and areas for improvements, and also congratulated and thanked participants for incorporating Word of the Day ‘Kith and Kin’ into their speeches.

Winners & Ribbon awards
First Timer:                    Ang Bee Choo, CC
Best Prepared Speech:   Rajesh Kumar
Best Table Topics:         Sharad

Closing Address by Club President

Club President TM Neo Yen Ping ACS, ALB closed the meeting by thanking all toastmasters and guests for attending the session.

Special gratitude

Special thanks and token of appreciation to visiting Toastmaster and Language Evaluator, Ng Kin Foong, for taking out time to visit and contribute, and to our role holders for making this chapter meeting a successful one!

Toastmaster of the Day:      Rohan Fernandez
Ah-Counter:                        Iskandar Khan
Timer:                                 Pang Hee Fone
Sergeant at Arms:               Dave Lam
Table Topics:                      Manoj Chugani

Upcoming chapter meeting & Club Events

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Upcoming 8th Chapter Meeting – 20th October 2018.

Minutes taken by:
Manoj Chugani