Meeting No. 262 - Minutes

Attendees

TM Rajen Menon	TM Satish Kumar	TM Akshay Ramachandran
TM Shriram	TM Farhan Ahmed	TM Arun Kumar
TM Rajesh Velpandian	TM Saro Velrajan	TM Venkata Prabhakaran
TM Shankar	TM Vivek Mishra	TM Thiagarajan
TM Nagaraju	TM Archana Gopal	TM Swathi

TM Natraj

Guest Vishalakshi

Guest Mahesh

Guest Anjinaya

Guest Aditya

Guest Jayabalan

Guest Karthik

Guest Shravanthi

Guest Ravindran

The 262^nd Chennai Speaker Forum meeting kick started on 30th July’17, at Trust Conference Hall, Nungambakkam.

Meeting started at 10 am on a fresh note.

10.00 A.M. SAA CALLS FOR MEETING.

Meeting was called to order by the Sergeant at Arms TM Nagaraju, who explained the mission and vision of Toastmaters and introduced the Presiding Officer TM Shriram.

10.05 A.M. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.

President TM Shriram declares the meeting open and delivers the address

10:10 A.M. – PRESIDING OFFICER INTRODUCED THE TMOD.

Presiding officer TM Shriram introduced the TMOD – TM Thiagarajan, who announced the Theme and word of the day.

Theme of the day was – “Be confident, but not overconfident"

Word of the day was - Aplomb

10:15 A.M. – GENERAL EVALUATOR INTRODUCTION.

TMOD introduced the General Evaluator for the meet, TM Satish Kumar, who explained his role and in turn announced the TAG Role Players of the day, as below

Grammarian – TM Akshay Ramachandran

Ah Counter – TM Nataraj

Timer – TM Swathi

10:20 A.M. – PREPARED SPEECH SESSION

We had three exciting speakers attempting their prepared speech exercise from the project manuals.

1) TM Vivek Mishra was the first speaker for the day, he attempted the icebreaker speech titled "The Next Best Thing".

2) TM Archana Gopal gave a speech titled - "The effective salesperson" for her 1st Project in the ACB Manual.

3) TM Rajen Menon spoke on "A tryst with destiny" for the 5th Project in the ACG Manual.

10:50 A.M. – TABLE TOPIC SESSION

TMOD introduced the Table Topics Master TM Farhan, who took control of the table topics session, where he called upon everyone who attended the meet for impromptu speaking , including the guests.

Few general topics were as below:         

1)  Confidence comes from discipline and training
2)  Sports do not build character but reveal it.
3)  In what situation is lying a good idea?
4)  Sometimes overconfidence can be viewed as arrogance.
5)  Confidence is contagious and having a lack of confidence is also contagious.
6)  Who has been the most influential person in your life?
7)  If you could be anyone else who would you be?
8)  Media controls what we think.
9) To be grown up is a state of mind.
10) All you need is ignorance and confidence and success is yours.
11) Just be yourself and be courageous.

11:20 A.M. – EVALUATION SESSION

Speech Evaluations:
TM Srikar evaluated TM Vivek Mishra's speech

TM Rajesh Velpandian evaluated TM Archana Gopal's speech
TM Saro Velrajan evaluated TM Rajen Menon's speech

Table Topics Evaluation:
TM Shriram, the Table Topics Evaluator evaluated the table topics.

11:39 A.M. – EVALUATOR’S REPORT

TM Satish Kumar , the General Evaluator for the day gave his feedback

11:50 A.M. – ANNOUNCEMENT OF BEST PERFORMERS

Control was handed over to the presiding officer TM Shriram, who acknowledged the below winners.

Best Speaker – TM Archana Gopal

Best Evaluator –  TM Saro Velrajan

Best Table Topics Speaker –  Guest Vishalakshi
Best Role Player –  TM Satish Kumar(General Evaluator)

Best Tag Role Player- TM Akshay Ramachandran(Grammarian)

12:00 P.M. – MEETING ADJOURNED

Presiding officer adjourned meeting no. 262 of Chennai Speakers Forum.

Meeting No. 261 - Minutes

Attendees

TM Siddharth	TM Satish Kumar	TM Akshay Ramachandran
TM Shriram	TM Farhan Ahmed	TM Arun Kumar
TM Karthik Dandapani	TM Saro Velrajan	TM Venkata Prabhakaran
TM Mukesh	TM Sowmya	TM Uday Kiran
TM Nagaraju	TM Archana	TM Srikar

TM Bharathi

TM Gopal

TM Swathi

Guest Arvind

Guest Sailesh

Guest Praveen

Guest Vivek

Guest Aditya

The 260^th Chennai Speaker Forum meeting kick started on 23rd July’17, at Trust Conference Hall, Nungambakkam.

Meeting started at 10 am on a fresh note.

10.00 A.M. SAA CALLS FOR MEETING.

Meeting was called to order by the Sergeant at Arms TM Nagaraju, who explained the mission and vision of Toastmaters and introduced the Presiding Officer TM Shriram.

10.05 A.M. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.

President TM Shriram declares the meeting open and delivers the address

10:10 A.M. – PRESIDING OFFICER INTRODUCED THE TMOD.

Presiding office TM Siddarth introduced the TMOD – TM Karthik Dandapani,who announced the Theme and word of the day.

Theme of the day was – “Nurture Nature for our Future"

Word of the day was - Epic

10:15 A.M. – GENERAL EVALUATOR INTRODUCTION.

TMOD introduced the General Evaluator for the meet, TM Arun Kumar, who explained his role and in turn announced the TAG Role Players of the day, as below

Grammarian – TM Farhan Ahmed

Ah Counter – TM Nagaraju

Timer – TM Nikhil

10:20 A.M. – PREPARED SPEECH SESSION

We had four exciting speakers attempting their prepared speech exercise from the project manuals.

1) TM Mukesh was the first speaker for the day, he attempted the icebreaker speech titled "Counting Blessings".

2) TM Satish Kumar attempted the project 2 – Organize your speech from CC Manual with his speech titled "The Marathon".

3) TM Gopalakrishnan gave a speech titled - "A crisper future" for his 4th Project in the CC Manual.
4) TM Srikar Pedapudi spoke on "My journey to job" for the 4th Project in the CC Manual.

10:50 A.M. – TABLE TOPIC SESSION

TMOD introduced the Table Topics Master TM Rajesh Velpandian, who took control of the table topics session , where he called upon everyone who attended the meet for impromptu speaking , including the guests.

The table topics were as below

Few general topics were as below:         

1)  What would you do if you were the President of the environmental club?
2)  What is your role in making the Earth a better and cleaner place?
3)  Colours are the smiles of nature. What is your favourite colour?
4)  I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
5)  Do you think RO plants form a major part of our future?
6)  The butterfly counts not months but moments. Similarly, live your life every minute.
7)  It always seems impossible until it is done.
8) The past cannot be changed. But the future can.
9) What is something in the current world that turned artificial?
10) It doesn't matter how slowly you go as long as you don't stop.
11) The two things you like the most about nature.
12) Nurturing nature is not only beneficial for us but also our future generations.
13) We grow ourselves by helping others grow.

11:16 A.M. – EVALUATION SESSION

TM Saro Velrajan evaluated TM Mukesh's speech

TM Bharti Goel evaluated TM Satish's speech

TM Uday Kiran evaluated TM Gopalakrishnan's speech

TM Archana Gopal evaluated TM Srikar's speech

11:35 A.M. – EVALUATOR’S REPORT

TM Arun Kumar , the General Evaluator for the day gave his feedback

TM Sidharth, the Table Topics Evaluator spoke about how to deliver a good TT Speech and TT Evaluations

11:45 A.M. – ANNOUNCEMENT OF BEST PERFORMERS

Control was handed over to the presiding officer TM Shriram, who acknowledged the below winners.

Best Speaker – TM Gopalakrishnan

Best Evaluator –  TM Archana Gopal

Best Table Topics Speaker –  TM Sowmya
Best Role Player –  TM Karthik Dandapani

Best Tag Role Player- TM Nikhil

11:50 A.M. – ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEWSLETTER RELEASE

Control was handed over to the presiding officer TM Shriram, who called the newsletter team - TM Satish and TM Nagaraju. They, in turn, called TM Saro Velrajan to release the newsletter to everyone in the meeting.

12:00 P.M. – MEETING ADJOURNED

Presiding officer adjourned the meeting to 23^rd of Jul’17.

Meeting No 260 - Minutes

Attendees

TM Siddharth	TM Janani Kalyanaraman	TM Thyagarajan Ramasamy
TM Shriram	TM Farhan Ahmed	TM Pratima Jain
TM Selvan	TM Natraj	TM Venkata Prabhakaran
TM Selvan	TM Vijayraghavan	TM Manoj Kumar Alugumalai
TM Nagaraju

The 260^th Chennai Speaker Forum meeting kick started on 16^th July’17, at Trust Conference Hall, Nungambakkam.

Meeting started at 10 am on a fresh note.

10.00 A.M. SAA CALLS FOR MEETING.

Meeting was called to order by the Sergeant at Arms TM Nagaraju, who explained the mission and vision of Toastmaters and introduced the Presiding Officer TM Shriram.

10.02 A.M. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.

President TM Shriram declares the meeting open and delivers the address

10:07 A.M. – PRESIDING OFFICER INTRODUCED THE TMOD.

Presiding office TM Siddarth introduced the TMOD – TM Vijayraghavan ,who announced the Theme and word of the day.

Theme of the day was – “In Ten Years”

Word of the day was - Onerous.

10:12 A.M. – GENERAL EVALUATOR INTRODUCTION.

TMOD introduced the General Evaluator for the meet, TM Manoj Alagumalai, Who explained his role and in turn announced the TAG Role Players of the day ,as below

Grammarian – TM Thyagarajan Ramasamy

Ah Counter – TM Farhan Ahmed

Timer – TM Natraj

10:16 A.M. –EDUCATIONAL SESSION

We had an exciting educational session titled 'Go Beyond' by TM Sridhar Ranganathan.

10:45 A.M. – PREPARED SPEECH SESSION

We had two speakers attempting their prepared speech exercise from the project manuals.

TM Venkata Prabhakaran was the first speaker for the day, he attempted the icebreaker speech

TM Selvan attempted the project 2 – Organize your speech from CC Manual.

11:12 A.M. – TABLE TOPIC SESSION

TMOD introduced the Table Topics Master TM Pratima Jain ,who took control of the table topics session , where he called upon everyone who attended the meet for impromptu speaking , including the guests.

The table topics were as below

Few general topics were as below:         

1. Name the change which you are around from the past 10 years.

2. Where do you see yourself in ten years' time.

3.  If I gave you Rs. 10 crores, how would you spend it in the next ten years.

4. Purpose is an incredible alarm clock

After that the TTM introduced Shipwreck for the remaining TT speeches:

 Shipwreck theme - Toastmasters are sailing in the Indian ocean. The ship is about to sink and there is only one life boat available in the ship.

Shipwreck Scenario - Each Table topic speaker is given a character about whom they have to speak for 1 to 2 minutes and convince others that they deserve space in the life boat.

1) Sachin Tendulkar

2) Narendra Modi

3) Donald Trump

4) Arvind Kejriwal

5) Sushma Swaraj

6) Arun Jaitley

7) Rahul Gandhi

11:30 A.M. – EVALUATION SESSION

TM Janani Kalyanaraman evaluated TM Venkata Prabakaran's speech

TM Supraja Ashok evaluated TM Selvan's speech

11:45 A.M. – GENERAL EVALUATOR’S REPORT

TM Manoj Alagumalai , the General Evaluator for the day gave his feedback

11:52 A.M. – ANNOUNCEMENT OF BEST PERFORMERS

Control was handed over to the presiding officer TM Shriram, who acknowledged the below winners.

Best Speaker – TM Venkat

Best Evaluator –  TM Supraja

Best Table Topics Speaker –  TM Sidharth

Best Role Player –  TM Vijayraghavan

Best Tag Role Player- TM Farhan

12:00 P.M. – MEETING ADJOURNED

Presiding officer adjourned the meeting to 16^th of Jul’17.

Meeting No 259 - Minutes

Attendees

The meeting was a combined meeting of both Chennai Speakers Forum and Chennai Communicators Club. 

The 259^th Chennai Speaker Forum meeting was kick started on 7^th Jan’17, at IIT Madras Research Park, Taramani at 3 pm. 

Some of the special guests were District Director of District 82 - DTM Ajantha Jayawardhana, Club Growth Director of District director – TM Sarma Mahalingam and the area directors of division D.

Meeting started at 3 PM on a fresh note.

3.00 P.M. SSA of CCC TM Nagendran CALLS FOR MEETING.

Meeting was called to order by the Sergeant at Arms, who explained the mission and vision of Toastmaters and introduced introduces the Presiding Officers – TM Shriram and TM Preetha              

3.02 P.M. PRESIDENT ADDRESS.

The President of CSF – TM Shriram and the President of CCC – TM Preetha declared the meeting open and addressed the meeting as well

3:08 P.M. – PRESIDING OFFICERS INTRODUCED THE TMODS.

Presiding officers TM Shriram and TM Preetha introduced the Toastmasters of the day – TM Sidharth from CSF and TM Helen from CCC

The TMODs introduced the theme of the day and addressed the special guests such as District Director of District 82 - DTM Ajantha Jayawardhana, Club Growth Director of District director – TM Sarma Mahalingam and the area directors of division D.

The TMODs also introduced the Theme of the day.

Theme of the day was – “Together we achieve more”

Word of the day was - Resplendent

3:14 P.M. – GENERAL EVALUATOR INTRODUCTION.

TMODs introduced the General Evaluator for the meet, TM Uday Kiran, who explained the role of a General Evaluator and in turn announced the TAG Role Players of the day, as below

Grammarian – TM Himani(CCC)

Ah Counter – TM Venkataprabhakaran(CSF)

Timer – TM Arun Kumar(CSF)

3:15 P.M. – PREPARED SPEECH SESSION

We had two speakers attempting their prepared speech exercise from the CC manual.

TM Manasa(CCC) was the first speaker for the day; he attempted the project 4 from CC Manual – How you say it? Which was titled “Lessons from a Village Friend”

TM Bharthi Goel(CSF) attempted the project 6 – Vocal Variety from CC Manual titled “Should I Quit?”

3:32 A.M. – EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS

We had an education session by DTM Ajantha Jayawardena on ‘Conflict Management’

Following that, we had another educational session by TM Alan Ephrem on ‘How to make a Humorous Speech’

4:24 P.M. – TABLE TOPIC SESSION

TMOD introduced the Table Topics Master TM Sailesh(CCC), who took control of the table topics session , where he called upon some of the attendees of the meeting.

The table topics were as below

1. The first table topic was titled “A trip to Goa” where four participants were called and one participant will speak one sentence and the next one will speak the next sentence

2. The second table topic was a dumb charade which had a toastmasters theme

3. For the third table topic, the Presidents of CCC and CSF were called to talk about their respective clubs’ achievements and which club a potential member should join.

4:36 P.M. – EVALUATION SESSION

TM Rajesh Velpandian(CSF) evaluated TM Manasa’s speech

TM Vijayrajan(CCC) evaluated TM Bharthi Goel’s speech

4:44 P.M. – GENERAL EVALUATOR’S REPORT

TM Uday Kiran, the General Evaluator for the day gave her feedback

4:51 P.M. – ANNOUNCEMENT OF BEST PERFORMERS

Control was handed over to the presiding officers TM Shriram and TM Preetha, who got the feedback from the guests for the meeting and called upon the esteemed guests to acknowledged the below winners.

Best Speaker – TM Manasa(CCC)

Best Evaluator –  TM Vijayrajan(CCC)

Best Table Topics Speaker –  “A trip to Goa” team consisting of TM Manoj Alugumalai(CSF), TM Satish(CSF), TM Prathima(CSF)

Best Role Player – TM Sailesh(CCC)

Best Tag Role Player- TM Arun(CSF)

5:05 P.M. – MEETING ADJOURNED

Presiding officers TM Shriram and TM Preetha adjourned the meeting to 9^th of July ’17.

Meeting No 258 - Minutes

The 258th Chennai Speaker Forum meeting was conducted on July 2nd, at Trust Conference Hall, Nungambakkam.

Meeting Attendees

TM Nagaraj	TM Shriram	TM Rajesh Velpandian	TM Pratima
TM Sowmya	TM Selvan	TM Kavin	TM Kannan
TM Gopalakrishnan	TM Bharathi	TM Akshay	TM Udaya
TM Nagaraju	TM Farhan	TM Natraj	Guest TM Riya
Guest Sugunesh	TM Guhan	TM Srikar	TM Satish

Meeting started at 10 am.

10.00 A.M. SAA CALLS MEETING TO ORDER

Meeting was called to order by the Sergeant at Arms. TM Nagaraj. He explained the mission and vision of Toastmasters before introducing the President , TM Shriram.

10.02 A.M.  PRESIDING ADDRESS.

The newly elected President TM Shriram addressed the gathering for the first time and declared the meeting open.

10:04 A.M.- GUEST INTRODUCTIONS.

The guests were called upon for their Introductions. Guest TM Riya and Guest Sugunesh introduced themselves.

10:10 A.M. – PRESIDENT INTRODUCED THE TMOD.

The President introduced the ToastMaster of The Day – TM Sowmya. She introduced the theme and the word of the day and briefed on the agenda of the meet.

Theme of The Day: “Eat healthy, eat on time”

Word of The Day: “Panacea” – A solution to all problems.

She later introduced TM Pratima, the General Evaluator for the day and handed over the control.

10:15 A.M. – GENERAL EVALUATOR INTRODUCTION.

The GE explained her role and in turn introduced the TAG Role Players of the day, the tag role players were as below

Timer – TM Udaya

Ah Counter - TM Nagaraju

Grammarian - TM Farhan

Control was handed back to the TMOD.

10:20 A.M. – PREPARED SPEECH SESSION

The TMOD introduced the speakers and the requested the respective evaluators to read the project objectives before each speech.

We had 4 speakers, each presenting various projects from the Competent Communication Manual.

First speaker was TM Kavin , who gave his CC #1 speech – The Icebreaker – Titled – “Life is a sport”. Second speaker was TM Kannan, he gave his CC #2 – Organise your Speech- Titled – “The Best Medicine”. Third speaker was TM Gopal, he gave his CC #3 – Get to the point – Titled – “Mind you Mind”. Final and fourth speaker of the day was Tm Bharathi Goel , she gave her CC #6 -Vocal Variety – Title – “Should I Quit?”

All the speakers did a great job, making the voting difficult.

By the end of this session, the TMOD took control.

10:52 AM – TABLE TOPICS SESSION

TMOD handed over the control to Table Topics Master for the day,TM Akshay, who played his role immaculately. 

TT Master TM Akshay called upon the members and guests for impromptu speaking on topics that were in line with the theme of day.

By the end of the TT session, control was handed back to TMOD.

11:27 A.M. – EVALUATION SESSION

The General Evaluator was called upon by the TMOD for an evaluation session. The GE and his team of evaluators presented their evaluations for the prepared speeches.

TM Udhay evaluated TM Kavin’s CC1 speech, TM Selvan evaluated TM Kannan’s CC2 , TM Rajesh evaluated TM Gopal’s CC3 and TM Shriram evaluated TM Bharathis CC6.

After the evaluations were done, the control was handed back to GE.

11:42 A.M. – GE & TAG TEAM REPORT

GE TM Manoj requested the tag team to present their report, following which he gave his report.

The GE later handed the control back to the TMOD.TMOD handed back the control to the President.

11:50 A.M. – ANNOUNCEMENTS OF WINNERS  

The President acknowledged the below winners based on the audience votes

Best Speaker –  TM Bharathi

Best Evaluator – TM Shriram

Best TT Speaker -  TM Guhan

Best Role Player – TM Sowmya

Best Tag Role Player- TM Farhan

Later the guest feedbacks were asked for their valuable feedbacks and The President made a couple of announcements

1.      Combined Meeting on July 9^th along with Chennai Communicators Forum.

2.      Requested everyone to submit their articles for the upcoming Newsletter.

3.      Officers Training Program to be held on July 15^th at TCS One.

4.      Requested new venue suggestions

Standing Ovation was given away to TM Kavin , who had embarked on the CC journey, to TM Selvan for completing his ACB Manual.

12:00 A.M. – MEETING ADJOURNED

The President adjourned the meeting to 16^th July 2017.

Meeting No 257 - Minutes

The 256th Chennai Speaker Forum meeting was conducted on June 25^th, at Trust Conference Hall, Nungambakkam.

Meeting Attendees

TM Nagaraj	TM Shriram	TM Satish Kumar	TM Siddarth
TM Akshay	TM Gopalakrishnan	TM Vivekanandan	TM Manoj
TM Arun	TM Karthik	TM Thyagarajan	TM Supraja
TM Selvan	TM Rajesh Velpandian	TM Srikar	TM Rajen Menon

10.00 A.M. SAA CALLS MEETING TO ORDER

Meeting was called to order by the Sergeant at Arms ,who explained the mission and vision of Toastmasters before introducing the President, TM Siddarth.

10.02 A.M.  PRESIDING ADDRESS.

The President addressed the gathering and declared the meeting open.

10:04 A.M.- GUEST INTRODUCTIONS.

The guests were called upon for their Introductions. 

10:10 A.M. – PRESIDENT INTRODUCED THE TMOD.

The President introduced the ToastMaster of The Day – TM Arun Kumar , who introduced the theme and the word of day .

Theme of The Day: “Be the best version of you!”

Word of The Day: “Incisive” – Quick and direct ; clear thinking.

The TMOD later handed over the control to the General Evaluator.

10:15 A.M. – GENERAL EVALUATOR INTRODUCTION.

The General Evaluator for the meet was TM Supraja , who explained her role and in turn announced the TAG Role Players of the day, as below

Timer – TM Venkat

Ah Counter - TM Karthik

Grammarian - TM Satish

Control was handed back to the TMOD.

10:20 A.M. – PREPARED SPEECH SESSION

The TMOD introduced the speakers and the requested the respective evaluators to read the project objectives before each speech.

We had four prepared speakers for the day –

TM Gopal and TM Vivekanandan were attempting Project 2 from CC manual , TM Manoj was attempting his Project 4 from ACS- Entertaining Speaker Manual and TM Rajen Menon was attempting Project 10 from ACG- Interpretive Reading Manual.

By the end of this session, the TMOD took charge.

10:40 AM – TABLE TOPICS SESSION

TMOD handed over the control to Table Topics Master for the day,TM Thiyagarajan. He called upon the members and guests for impromptu speaking on fine topics.

By the end of the TT session, control was handed back to TMOD.

11:00 A.M. – EVALUATION SESSION

The General Evaluator was called upon by the TMOD for an evaluation session. The GE and his team of evaluators presented their evaluations for the prepared speeches.

TM Shriram evaluated TM Gopals CC2 and TM Siddarth evaluated TM Vivekanandhans CC2 speech.TM Rajesh evaluated TM Manojs speech and TM Selvan evaluated TM Rajen Menons speech.

After the evaluations were done, the control was handed back to GE.

11:10 A.M. – GE & TAG TEAM REPORT

GE TM Gopal requested the tag team to present their report, following which she gave her report.

The GE later handed the control back to the TMOD. The TMOD handed back the control to the President.

11:25 A.M. – ANNOUNCEMENTS OF WINNERS  

The President requested the guests for their feedback and later acknowledged winners based on the audience votes.

12:00 A.M. – MEETING ADJOURNED

The President adjourned the meeting to 2^nd July 2017.

Meeting No 256 - Minutes

The 256th Chennai Speaker Forum meeting was conducted on June 18^th, at Trust Conference Hall, Nungambakkam.

Meeting Attendees

TM Nagaraj	TM Shriram	TM Satish Kumar	TM Siddarth
TM Akshay	TM Gopalakrishnan	TM Vivekanandan	TM Saravana Kumar
TM Janani	TM Supraja	TM Archana	TM Satish Kumar
TM Thyagarajan	TM Kavin	TM Bharathi	TM Selvan
TM Pravin Mani	TM Rajesh Velpandian	TM Srikar	TM Rajen Menon

10.00 A.M. SAA CALLS MEETING TO ORDER

Meeting was called to order by the Sergeant at Arms, TM Supraja. She explained the mission and vision of Toastmasters before introducing the President, TM Siddarth.

10.02 A.M.  PRESIDING ADDRESS.

The President addressed the gathering and declared the meeting open.

10:04 A.M.- GUEST INTRODUCTIONS.

The guests were called upon for their Introductions. 

10:10 A.M. – PRESIDENT INTRODUCED THE TMOD.

The President introduced the ToastMaster of The Day – TM Akshay , who introduced the theme and the word of day .

Theme of The Day: “The obstacle is the path”

Word of The Day: “Ebullience” – The quality of lively or enthusiastic.

The TMOD after due diligence , handed over the control to the General Evaluator.

10:15 A.M. – GENERAL EVALUATOR INTRODUCTION.

The General Evaluator for the meet was TM Gopalakrishnan , who explained his role and in turn announced the TAG Role Players of the day, as below

Timer – TM Satish Kumar

Ah Counter - TM Thyagarajan

Grammarian - TM Kavin

Control was handed back to the TMOD.

10:20 A.M. – PREPARED SPEECH SESSION

The TMOD introduced the speakers and the requested the respective evaluators to read the project objectives before each speech.

We had four speakers attempting various projects from the Competent Communication Manual.

First speaker was TM Vivekanandhan , who gave his CC1 speech titled “Six Differences”, following which we had TM Saravana Kumar and TM Janani attempting their CC2 and the final prepared speaker of the meet , TM Supraja , attempted her CC4 – How to say it?.

By the end of this session, the TMOD took charge.

10:40 AM – TABLE TOPICS SESSION

TMOD handed over the control to Table Topics Master for the day,TM Archana.

TT Master TM Archana called upon the members and guests for impromptu speaking.

By the end of the TT session, control was handed back to TMOD.

11:00 A.M. – EVALUATION SESSION

The General Evaluator was called upon by the TMOD for an evaluation session. The GE and his team of evaluators presented their evaluations for the prepared speeches.

TM Bharathi evaluated the CC1 by TM Vivekanandhan , TM Selvan evaluated TM Saravana’s CC2 , TM Pravin Mani evaluated TM Janani’s CC2 and TM Rajesh Velpandian evaluated TM Supraja’s CC4.

After the evaluations were done, the control was handed back to GE.

11:10 A.M. – GE & TAG TEAM REPORT

GE TM Gopal requested the tag team to present their report, following which he gave his report.

The GE later handed the control back to the TMOD.TMOD handed back the control to the President.

11:25 A.M. – ANNOUNCEMENTS OF WINNERS  

The President requested the guests for their feedbacks and later acknowledged the below winners based on the audience votes

Best Speaker –  TM Vivekanandhan

Best Evaluator – TM Pravin Mani

Best TT Speaker -  TM Shriram

Best Role Player – TM Gopal

Best Tag Role Player- TM Satish

12:00 A.M. – MEETING ADJOURNED

The President adjourned the meeting to 25^th June 2017.

Meeting No 255 - Minutes

The 255th Chennai Speaker Forum meeting was conducted on June 11^th, at Trust Conference Hall, Nungambakkam.

Meeting Attendees

TM Nagaraj	TM Shriram	TM Satish Kumar	TM Uday Kiran
TM Srikar	TM Selvan	TM Karthikeyan	TM Mukush
TM Kavin	TM Sowmya	TM Arun Kumar	TM Archana
TM Bharathi	TM Arun	TM Akshay	TM Rajesh Velpandian
TM Anuj	TM Rajan Menon	TM Manoj	TM Siddarth
TM Karthik D	TM Supraja	DTM Saro	TM Vivekanandhan
TM Uma Shanker	TM Sowmya

Meeting started at 10 am.

10.00 A.M. SAA CALLS MEETING TO ORDER

Meeting was called to order by the Sergeant at Arms. TM Supraja. She explained the mission and vision of Toastmasters before introducing the President , TM Siddarth.

10.02 A.M.  PRESIDING ADDRESS.

The President addressed the gathering and declared the meeting open.

10:04 A.M.- GUEST INTRODUCTIONS.

The guests were called upon for their Introductions. 

10:10 A.M. – PRESIDENT INTRODUCED THE TMOD.

The President introduced the ToastMaster of The Day – TM Rajesh Velpandian.

Theme of The Day: “Nothing is impossible”

Word of The Day: “Endeavour” – A sincere attempt.

He later handed over the control to the General Evaluator.

10:15 A.M. – GENERAL EVALUATOR INTRODUCTION.

The General Evaluator for the meet was TM Manoj , who explained his role and in turn announced the TAG Role Players of the day, as below

Timer – TM Thyagarajan

Ah Counter - TM Karthick

Grammarian - TM Supraja

Control was handed back to the TMOD.

10:20 A.M. – PREPARED SPEECH SESSION

The TMOD introduced the speakers and the requested the respective evaluators to read the project objectives before each speech.

First speaker for the meet was TM Archana attempting project 5 from ACB- Story Telling Manual – Bringing History to Life.

Following that, we had TM Selvan attempting project 1 from the same manual – The Folk Tale.

By the end of this session, the TMOD took control.

10:40 AM – TABLE TOPICS SESSION

TMOD handed over the control to Table Topics Master for the day,TM Bharthi Goel.

TT Master TM Bharathi called upon the members and guests for impromptu speaking.

By the end of the TT session, control was handed back to TMOD.

11:00 A.M. – EVALUATION SESSION

The General Evaluator was called upon by the TMOD for an evaluation session. The GE and his team of evaluators presented their evaluations for the prepared speeches.

TM Vivekanandhan evaluated TM Archanas Project 5 from ACB manual. TM Uma Shanker evaluated TM Selvans project 1 from the ACB manual.

After the evaluations were done, the control was handed back to GE.

11:10 A.M. – GE & TAG TEAM REPORT

GE TM Manoj requested the tag team to present their report, following which he gave his report.

The GE later handed the control back to the TMOD.TMOD handed back the control to the President.

11:20 A.M. – ANNOUNCEMENTS OF WINNERS  

The President acknowledged the below winners based on the audience votes

Best Speaker –  TM Archana

Best Evaluator – TM Vivekanandan

Best TT Speaker -DTM Saro  

Best Role Player – TM Rajesh Velpandian

Best Tag Role Player- TM Karthick

Later the guest feedbacks were taken into account and the President assumed the role of a Chairman for the most awaited part of the meet – Elections!

11:30 A.M. – EXCOMM ELECTIONS

The Election Chair, TM Siddarth, conducted the elections immaculately amidst a crowded room full of eager members.

The new EXCOMM that got elected are as follows

POST	Winner
President	TM Shriram Sridhar
Vice President – Education	TM Rajesh Velpandian
Vice President – Membership	TM Akshay
Vice President – PR	TM Arun
Treasurer	TM Pratima Jain
Secretary	TM Satish Kumar
Sergeant at Arms	TM Nagaraju Mudium

12:00 A.M. – MEETING ADJOURNED

President TM Siddarth adjourned the meeting to 18^th June 2017.