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.
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 1st or
2nd chapter meeting in December. Based on the polling, the
majority preferred to have the party on 15th 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 – 17th 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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