Minutes No - 237 Minutes

Attendees

TM Siddharth	TM Rajesh Velpandian	TM Kishore
TM Shriram	TM Karthik	TM Pratima
TM Selvan	TM Umashanker	Guest Gopal
TM Praveen	TM Pranav	TM Basheer
TM Sowmya	TM Supraja	TM Janani

The 237^th Chennai Speaker Forum meeting kick started on 15^th Jan’17, at Trust Conference Hall, Nungambakkam.

Meeting started with a 10 minute delay after 10 am on an energetic note.

10.10 A.M. SSA CALLS FOR MEETING.

Meeting was called to order by the Sergeant at Arms, who explained the mission and vision of Toastmaters and control was handed t the sergeant at arms.

10.15 A.M. PRESIDENT ADDRESS.

President TM Sidharth delivered his address and declared the meeting open.

10:22 A.M. – PRECIDING OFFICER INTRODUCED THE TMOD.

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

Theme of the day was – Harvest.

Word of the day was -  Delectable.

10:25 A.M. – GENERAL EVALUATOR INTRODUCTION.

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

Grammarian – TM Shriram

Ah Counter – TM Shriram

Timer – TM Kishore

GE who was in a joyous mood excited the audience with his promised for a surprise treat by the end of the meet.

10:30 A.M. – PREPARED SPEECH SESSION

TM Supraja was the first speaker , she performed her project 2 from the CC Manual. She delivered an energetic speech recalling her instance with her school teacher.

TM Basheer was the second speaker , he was doing the project 4 from CC Manual, where he kept the audience thrilled while he narrated his rather very interesting story on his flight journeys.

TM Rajesh Velpandian delivered his project 3 from ACB Humorously speaking Manual, where he enthralled the audience with his story on how he grew as tall as he is now.

11:00 A.M. – TABLE TOPIC SESSION

TMOD introduced the TT Master of the day TM Janani , who took control and conducted a TT session where everyone who attended the meeting was given an opportunity to perform an impromptu speech on spoke on a topic given to them. Topics that were as follows

[ ] Capital punishment is unjust and degrading.

[ ] Jallikattu to be banned

[ ] TV and films influence children more than parents.

[ ] Money is the biggest motivator of people at the workplace.

[ ] Corruption, the abuse of public power for private gain, cannot be eradicated.

[ ] A concrete reorientation of agrarian policy is crucial to stopping this depressing trend of suicide amongst farmers.

[ ] Festivals like pongal serve as a reminder to pledge our gratitude to the farmers

[ ] Social networking technologies will bring about great changes in educational methods

[ ] Euthanasia's justified

[ ] Peer pressure is harmful than beneficial to individuals

[ ] Natural calamities serves as reminders to wat we do to nature!!

11:25 A.M. – EVALUATION SESSION

 The General Evaluator called upon his team of evaluators to present their evaluations

TM Pravin evaluated TM Suprajas speech – Project 2 from CC Manual. The evaluator praised TM Supraja for delivering a inspiring and well connect speech and advised her on limiting the detailing she provided for each instance in her story.

He also encouraged her to take up many projects soon.

TM Uma Shanker evaluated TM Basheers speech, he was in all praise for Basheers speech and helped TM Basheer notice that he was clasping his hands during the speech. This level of evaluation would would have been a boost to the speaker.

TM Rajesh evaluated TM Karthiks humours speech. He suggested that the best humour can be brought about with a little bit of exaggeration and good vocal variety.

11:40 A.M. – GENERAL EVALUATOR’S REPORT

 General Evaluator was all in praise of the VPE as the VPE had circulated an agenda that seemed to have induced curiosity among the members, which lead to a higher attendance for the day.

GE also took time to congratulate the first time role players and also insisted that all members to be available for the meetings on time.

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

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

Best Speaker –  TM Basheer & TM Supraja

Best Evaluator –  TM Karthik

Best Table Topics Speaker – TM Praveen

Best Role Player – TM Janani & TM Selvan

Best Tag Role Player- TM Shriram

12:00 P.M. – MEETING ADJOURNED

Presiding officer adjourned the meeting to 22^nd of Jan’17. Meeting ended on a sweet note, with TM Selvan distributing sweet treats , celebrating his recent promotion with the club members.