Kick Off Meeting - Minutes of Meeting 11 July 2016

Minutes of Meeting 11 July 2016

Theme:

Kick-Off Meeting

Word Of The Day: Inception

Opening Remarks: M. F. Akbar Datau, CC

Toasmasters Of The Meeting: M. F. Akbar Datau, CC

General Evaluator:  TM Derip Pratomo

GE TEAM:

Grammarian: TM Theresa O’Mahony-Heer

Timer: TM Martha Trisan

Ah/Wod Counter: TM Nalal Muna

Ballot Counter:  TM Much Rosidi

Prepared Speech Session

1. Basic Manual # 2: Organize Your Speech

Speaker: TM Edho Pramana

Speech Title: "Shifting definition of happiness"

TM Edho talked about the shifting definition of happiness between our era, our parents’ era and our grandparents’ era, caused by new environment and values due to economic growth and globalization. He then talked about how to face those changes with a better attitude. Happiness is about the reality exceeding expectations, thus we need to set realistic, not hyperbolic, expectations.  We need to then struggle to be successful. He also highlighted that we should ignore the ‘bragging’ that happens in social media, should not be taunted and envious by someone else’s achievements. He concluded saying that what matters is not the problems which came up but how we dealt with the problems.

Evaluated: TM Reza Rizky Pratama

2. Basic Manual # 5: Your Body Speaks

Speaker: TM Fhardian Putra

Speech Title: "Control them, do not let them control you"

TM Putra talked about the benefits from playing video games. He highlighted the benefits of video games. The first benefit is that it can be used to release or express negative emotions, such as anger, in a less destructive manner. He also emphasized that games can shape and sharpen analytical, organizational, management and planning skills, as many games forces the player to make quick decisions in a short time span. The final benefit is that games can shape good character and persistence. They teach the players to start over again after every failure. He then reminded the audience that video games can give many benefits as long as we can control its usage and not get addicted.

Evaluated By: Richie Jimmy Walia, ACS, ALB

Table Topic Session

The table topic session was led by TM Maria Yulianti.

Edu Speech Session

Speaker: M. F. Akbar Datau, CC

Speech Title: "Contest Introduction and Rehearsal"

TM Akbar introduced the different speech contests available in Jakarta Toastmaster Club, namely International Speech Contest, Table Topics Contest, Humorous Speech Contest, Evaluation Contest and Tall Tales Contest. He introduced each of the contests and highlighted on the Humorous Speech Contest, Evaluation Contest and Tall Tales Contest. The Humorous Speech Contest will be held on July 25th , must be thematic in nature and must not be a monologue. The Evaluation Contest will be held on August 1st and its contestants must evaluate a sample speaker. Tall Tales Contest is a newly held contest and will be held on August 1st. An Education Session on Tall Tales will be held on July 18th. He then introduced the contest officers and contest venue for the 3 contests, Mercantile Athletic Club, WTC Building, 18th floor.

Hall of Fame

Congratulations to the winners:

Best Speaker: TM Edho Pramana

Best Table Topic Speaker: TM Utama (Metropolitan Toastmasters Club)

Best Evaluator: Richie Jimmy Walia, ACS, ALB

Special Announcement

Our next meeting, on July 18th, will be held at WTC, 18th floor,  Mercantile Athletic Club,  HSBC building, Sudirman (https://goo.gl/maps/6uKEjGoag6x).

We will be having the Humorous Contest (25 July), Evaluation Contest (1 August), and Tall Tales Contest (1 August). We kindly encourage your participation and attendance.

We would like to thank all the members and guests who have come. This meeting was done at Rempah Iting, and we’d like to thank them for the wonderful venue. We would also like to give special appreciation and gratitude to the TOM And GE, who have successfully prepare the meeting and assign meeting roles to members and also to all the speakers and role takers for helping to run the meeting smoothly.

Made By:

TM Cindy Gamal

Club Secretary

Jakarta Toastmasters Club 2016-2017