385th Meeting: Bon Voyage!

 

        

Filcom International TMC

385th Meeting Summary

12th September 2020

“Bon Voyage!"

Word of the Day : Fervent

Filcom's 385th meeting was held on 12th September 2020 via Zoom.

The meeting began with the Sergeant-At-Arms Fouad reading out the club mission and meeting protocol. Right after, President Diana formally opened the meeting and warmly greeted the guests. Then the floor was handed over to the Toastmaster of the Day, Captain Rinku Saha who began with an "Ahoy!" took us through a beautiful Voyage of life!

Rinku introduced the theme "Bon Voyage!" and brought in a lot of laughter to us! Rinku introduced the role palyers for the night: Leo, DTM as the Timer, Felipe as the Ah-Counter, and Stella as the Grammarian.

PREPARED SPEECHES

Three Filcomites took over the reins of this segment.

1. Joseph, DTM began his journey in pathways by reintroducing himself and took us through a journey from "Toastmaster to Distinguished Toastmaster - what Changed?

2. Deepti enlighted us the importance of having a mentor through her speech "Guru"

3. CJ gaves us a handful of tips and tricks on "Staying Green during Quarantine"

All the speaker spoke beyond the prescribed speech duration hence, the voting for Best Speaker couldn't take place.

TABLE TOPICS

Roberto, DTM took the baton of Table Topics Session. Five people proactively took up the challenge of this impromptu speaking session including one guest.

1. Caribean Cruise Bahamas / Antonia Harrison, DTM

2. Turkmenistan Hell’s Pit / Toastmaster Nadim

3. Mexico Cancun / Toastmaster Sajath

4. Space (Space X) /Toastmaster Hind

5. Belize Blue Hole / Hieu, DTM

EVALUATION

Dennis as General Evaluator introduced and called the evaluators, Diana, Hieu, DTM and Grace, DTM who gave their evaluations on their assigned speeches. Roberto, DTM also took up a challenge and gave a rapid evaluation of Table Topics. Thereafter, the role players delivered their reports and Dennis rendered his GE Report.

Best Evaluator – Grace, DTM

Best table topics speaker - Antonia, DTM & Hieu, DTM