FOY MoM 425

Unique
by TMOD TM Reena
Yes, FOY is Unique, Why?
We meet at 8AM every
Friday!!!!
Visit us to find out how
unique we are!
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TM Vinod Mehra
Early Table Topics Session
Conducted by TM Sashi
TMOD Address by TM Sonali
TM Chandrashekar
When TM Sonali takes up the TMOD role, one can be
sure ‘Something that this unique will end up in a feast to the hears. The
TMOD introduced her theme ‘Hope’ ‘FOY is sharing a unique personal club,
you have done’
stories of her friends who are ‘hoping’. what are TM the Sonali advantages’ made
a fantastic effort to keep the theme alive throughout the
meeting. All the role players were introduced with their
say on the theme. Amazing TM Shankar preparation!
‘Describe 3
phases of your
life’
TM Don
‘What you wish you
would have learned
before’
TM Soumya
‘Imagine yourself
as a guest
lecturer in FOY’
JUNE 26, 2015
DR. SHANKAR’S POLYCLINIC, DEIRA
CLUB 946137, AREA 66, DIVISION F, DISTRICT 20 PREPARED BY SECRETARY TM EMMA BRUNEAU 1

Word of the Day: Unique
by TM Reena
Presidential Address
General Evaluator: TM Shanil
Presidential Address
This is it, the last Presidential Address of our dear President, TM
Chandrashekar! Back to his old days as SAA, our President also
opened the meeting... Unique meeting, readers please
remember! TM Chandrashekar was feeling nostalgic and
thanked TM Shanil and TM Reena for insisting to carry on with
the meeting. Low attendance was expected due to the COT,
Adv. Project Entertaining vacations Manual and by TM Ramadan. Sashi All’s well that ends well as we could
‘Corporate Lessons’ - TM Sashi
say.
surely
Our
picked
President
the
was
right Advanced
extremely pleased to see one of our
Manual. As a pure core entertainer, mentors TM the Vinod speaker Mehra. knows how The to President then introduced our
turn any story into an entertaining TMOD one who even has if been the moral the pillar of the for reviving our What’sApp
story turns into a corporate group lesson like his advanced project.
‘Today if I do what others don’t, tomorrow I can do what others
can’t’ is the lesson we learned from the speaker taught via the
two main characters in his story, FOY’s the renowned dog and the writer/poet/dancer donkey. We are conducted the last meeting
looking forward to his next projects of the from current this manual. Excom... Her theme ‘Unique’ matches the
character:) The word of the day was also ‘Unique’ meaning sole
Project 5 - Interpersonal
example,
Communication
incomparable,
by TM Kiruba
unusual... The TMOD introduced
throughout the meeting various ‘unique’ famous people. The
TMOD motivated, encouraged and inspired us to also make the
best out of our uniqueness. TM Reena advised to find our inner
talents and work on them.
Prepared Speeches Session
TMOD Address
Educational Session by TM Vinod Mehra
Induction Ceremony
Only Senior Toastmasters with a passion to serve, lead and
guide members can take up an educational session at the
last minute. It is always a treat to have TM Vinod attending
our meetings. Below is what we learned:
1. Believe in yourself
2. Be in the Present of what you are doing
The induction ceremony 3. was Plan conducted your day by in advance Area 66 (weeks Director even) - THINK - you’ve
Elect, TM Wilson Lewis. gotta The to Area exercise Director those released thinking muscles the
current Excom from their 4. Take duty small (post steps, June 30th). improve TM day Wilson by day
followed the TMI protocol and read the responsibilities of
5. Step out of the comfort zone (no postponing)
each Excom Role which each Excom member accepted. At
6. Welcome your wins (yes, celebrate your achievements!)
the end of the ceremony, the President Elect, TM Saju, gave
7. Keep a journal, diary
a brief speech on his plan for the upcoming TM year.
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Table Topics Session hosted by TM Soumya
The ever enthusiastic TM
s o u m y a c o n d u c t e d a
unique TT session with an
u n u s u a l n u m b e r o f
participants:)
‘Time is like a
flowing river, you
cannot step twice
in the same water’
TM Kutty
‘ A g o a l i s a
d re a m w i t h a
deadline, do you
agree?
‘ We l l d o n e i s
better than well
said’
TM Sashi
TM Murugesh
‘Good decisions
c o m e f r o m
e x p e r i e n c e a n d
experience comes
from Type bad to decisions?
enter text
‘ L o s e r s m a k e
excuses, winners
make changes’
TM Sayed
TM Chandrashekar
TM Don
TM Shiba
Without mistakes
‘Remember the
there is no
past but don’t
Evaluation progress’ for Speech #1 by TM Don
live in it’
TM Don was impressed by the amazing performance of the speaker. The
evaluator enjoyed the story and the moral of the story ‘today if do what
others don’t, tomorrow I can do what others can’t’ which means if we go the
extra mile, it pays off. Motivating TM and Shruti brilliant evaluation by TM Don!
‘ S o m e t i m e s
‘Growing old is
silence is the
m a n d a t o r y ,
TM Murugesh best answer’ appreciated the effort of the speaker and provided valuable
feedbacks to the advanced speaker. The evaluator confirmed growing that the up speaker is an
had met the objectives of the project. For the evaluator, the option’ interaction with
the audience was the most successful part of the speech. TM Murugesh
highlighted that the speaker has an instinct for perfection:) and that he could
let go a bit of this instinct. Fantastic TM evaluation! Shankar
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TERIMA KASIH TM SAJU
FOR THE MEMENTO FROM MALAYSIA
General Joke Evaluation Master
General Evaluation
Closing Session
Grammarian Report
Our General Evaluator TM Karthik
Here
was happy
comes the Joke Master, TM Don. TM Don has always a
with the change of timing (15mn earlier) and
unique way of sharing stories and this time again he did it
the reminders sent by our President prior to the
meeting. TM Karthik congratulated the TMOD
for not going overtime:) The GE gave some tips
to the upcoming SAA. TM Karthik enjoyed the
meeting. TM Karthik, the upcoming Division B
Director, went over all the sections of the
meeting. As always, TM Karthik has his way to
pass on an important message with humor. Look
at that smile on the pic!!
with a ‘serious’ joke session. TM Don made us realize with
humor that what we are being taught ‘based on facts written
by ‘winners’ may not be the reality hence we should always
see the other side of the story. He used an example of a man
in India who appeared a be a ‘hero’ and was recognized for
his achievements whereas he had not
TM
done
Manu
much:)
from ICAT as he
would say did an audit on
the language at FOY:) The
Grammarian highlighted the
Awww, our Immediate Past President, good usage TM Shanil, as well is as soon the
going to lose this title and will ‘just’ areas be a Past of improvement.
President:) No
Great job TM Manu, please
more Excom meetings Mr. IPP! TM
visit
Shanil
us again
reminded
TM Manu!
us of the
initial days of FOY during which the meetings were conducted
in a park hence low attendance or not
Silent
the show
Role
went
Players
on. Our
IPP was pleased with the number of attendees despite the
Timer: TM Deepti
COT happening on the same day. Our General Evaluator
provided his feedbacks on the meeting which were all
positve:) Happy Finale for the last meeting of the TM Year:)
TM Shanil thanked the members of the current Excom for their
work.
See who was there...
Shoot Master: TM Rajesh
EIDI
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