MEETING ATTENDEES:
TM Uday Kiran
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Guest Kamal Tejani
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DTM Saro Velrajan
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TM Shriram
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TM Sujith
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TM Manoj Alagumalai
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Guest Yash Tejani
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TM Vijayaragavan
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TM Rajesh V
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TM Sidharth
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TM Selvan
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Guest Rohit Dugad
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TM Pranav
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MEETING ADORNMENT
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| Winners of the meeting |
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| Meeting in progress |
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| Engagement Ratio |
10:00 A.M
- SAA CALLS FOR MEETING
SAA, TM Sriram, opened the meeting, explained the mission and vision of Toastmasters. TM Sriram then handed over the control to the President TM Vijayaragavan.
SAA, TM Sriram, opened the meeting, explained the mission and vision of Toastmasters. TM Sriram then handed over the control to the President TM Vijayaragavan.
10:02A.M
- PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
President, TM Vijayaragavan shared about an interesting part in World War II, Germans attacked the Soviet Russia in Operation Barbarosa, and the Soviet prevailed. The Germans had better artillery, guns and well trained men.
Soviets on the other hand had little time for war preparation. They had more population and ill-equipped weapons. But the Dictator Stalin motivated Russians that the only advantage they had - the sheer quantity, be it the men or the machines, however under equipped they were.
In the end, the Germans lost the war due to the persistence of Russian defense, along with other factors like the weather.
Similarly, he compared CSF in the last few meetings - There is always an opportunity for an additional speaking slot. It is your slot that you are letting go. Are you not satisfied with your previous speech - Repeat the speech again with the evaluator’s feedback. The quantity of your stage time increases and there is an intangible improvement in the quality of your speech delivery, these small intangible improvements over a consistent period of time.
He concluded with the quote "Quantity has its own quality".
Soviets on the other hand had little time for war preparation. They had more population and ill-equipped weapons. But the Dictator Stalin motivated Russians that the only advantage they had - the sheer quantity, be it the men or the machines, however under equipped they were.
In the end, the Germans lost the war due to the persistence of Russian defense, along with other factors like the weather.
Similarly, he compared CSF in the last few meetings - There is always an opportunity for an additional speaking slot. It is your slot that you are letting go. Are you not satisfied with your previous speech - Repeat the speech again with the evaluator’s feedback. The quantity of your stage time increases and there is an intangible improvement in the quality of your speech delivery, these small intangible improvements over a consistent period of time.
He concluded with the quote "Quantity has its own quality".
10:07 A.M
- PRESIDING OFFICER INTRODUCED THE TMOD
Presiding officer, TM Vijayaragavan introduced the TMOD, DTM Saro Velrajan. DTM Saro
Velrajan introduced the theme 'JOIN, SERVE AND SCALE' and the word of the
day 'SAMARITAN'. DTM Saro Velrajan then explained the various segments
in a toastmasters meeting.
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Word
of the day:
‘SAMARITAN’
Meaning:
A charitable or helpful person
Theme
of the day:
'JOIN, SERVER AND SCALE’
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Timer–
TM
Shriram Sridhar
Ah Counter- TM
Rajesh Velpandian
Grammarian- TM
Pranav
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10:20 A.M
- PREPARED SPEECH SESSION
Prepared
Speech |
Project
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Speaker
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Speech Title
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Evaluator
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1
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CC#1
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TM Sujith Mathew
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'My
Journey’
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TM
Manoj Alagumalai
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TM Sujith started his speech with a
quote “A journey of thousand miles must start with a single step” – Lao Tzu. He
started his small journey on 16th January 1988. He did his schooling
at St. Vincent School, Aminjikari and at the age of 15, he reached his life’s
deciding point of what profession to pursue after 10th grade, seeing
his brother going for all the engineering class, scared him to death. He felt
engineering was not his cup of tea and choose to pursue law. After completing
school, he joined Kalinga University Bhubaneswar Law School. He grew fond of
the subject and understood many things of why mankind has reached the soaring
heights that we witness today. That is the time in which he came across with
some Samaritan who helped him to Join, Serve and Scale. His college life came
to an end and started working, where he found some Samaritans at his workplace
too. He concluded by saying that Lets Join, Serve, and Scale new heights together.
Prepared
Speech |
Project
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Speaker
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Speech Title
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Evaluator
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2
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ACB#1
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TM
Selven
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Confession to bring conviction
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TM Uday Kiran
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TM Selvan started his speech by saying that he feels so blessed to be in-charge of the affairs of a reputed club like CSF. But one year back, CSF faced some big challenges like venue, attendance and getting new members. Membership strength was gradually decreasing because our member has to leave Chennai to pursue their careers or studies. He told that we must not forget that the purpose of joining a Toastmaster club is to get better opportunities for our careers and to utilizing our opportunities better using our Toastmaster experience, but now we are in safe turf and sailing smooth to dream bright future. The other challenge faced during his tenure was to improve attendance so they tried to bring back some of the senior members busy in their daily routines to our club activities. Club had mixed results in the growth and has learnt some valuable lessons. He concluded by saying that he knows and believes that we have always shown and will show that we can bring this CSF club to the pinnacle of Toastmasters.
10:35 A.M
– EDUCATION SESSION
TM Vijayaragavan conducted an educational session on Toastmasters Educational Program. He explained about the steps a new toastmaster need to take to become a DTM
10:50 A.M
–TABLE TOPIC SESSION
An interesting Table
Topic session was conducted by TM Sidharth. He had a variety of
topics which were enjoyed by the audience. The speakers were as follows:
11:35 A.M
– EVALUATION SESSION
SPEAKER
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PROJECT
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EVALUATOR
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TM Sujith Mathew
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CC#1
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TM Manoj Alagumalai
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TM Selvan
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ABC#1
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TM Uday Kiran
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TM Shriram Sridhar, TM Rajesh Velpandian and TM Pranav were called to
share the Timer, Ah-Counter and grammarian report for the session respectively.
TM Manoj Alagumalai, General evaluator, then
shared the overall feedback of the session. He appreciated the good things in
the meeting being the Energy and the meeting being conducted in a formal and
structured manner and the meeting could have started a little early.
11:50 P.M
– BEST PERFORMERS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
TT SPEAKER
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TM SIDDHARTH
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ROLE PLAYER
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DTM SARO
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TAG ROLE PLAYER
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TM PRANAV
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11:55 NOON – ANNOUNCEMENT
Newsletter has been planned to publish on
225th meeting.
12:00 NOON – MEETING ADJOURNED
Presiding Officer adjourned the meeting to the 24th of
JULY2016 and invited us all for high tea.
Supraja A
Secretary
Chennai Speakers forum
E-
mail: supraja.asb@gmail.com
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