Minutes from the Meeting – October 6th 2008

Alana Coleman was the Toastmaster for meeting no. 457.

I think you’ll all agree she did a wonderful job 🙂

Word of the day

Carlos provided us with the word of the day ‘laconic’. Thanks to Carlos for keeping it short and sweet.

Round Robin

Topic: Ben jumped into the fray and challenged us to respond to “how does space influence your day to day life”.

Table Topic

Tania then grabbed the reigns and lost no pace with 6 quick fire table topics.

1. Kevin was asked for his highlights of 2008 which included a trip to capetown and a challenge to look to local holiday destinations.
2. Neekho was asked what he would do with a little extra time. His response was split between: Work, friends and swimming.
3. Robert Horvath gave us all a glimpse into academic underpinnings of ‘Money makes the world go round’
4. Ajit was queried for his wishlist superpower and responded with his desire to ‘travel through time’.
5. Nadhira gave us a bit of insight into the world of love in response to the quote “diamonds are a girls best friend”
6. And finally Mimi gave us her take on the water crisis problem/solution and explored the use of desalination plants to solve the problem.

Speeches

1. Jasmine told us her tale of a river cruise in China – Jasmine  Zhang (evaluated by Ben Maslen)
2. Ross gave us his pitch on domain name speculation – Ross Turetsky (evaluated by Ajit Ravindran)
3. Tram Tao performed her icebreaker – Tram Tao  (evaluated by Robert Horvath)
4. Robert Lu gave us an insight into the credit crisis and its historical precedents – Robert Lu (evaluated by Nadhira Razack)
5. Jon Scheele re-broke the ice with his icebreaker – Jon Scheele (evaluated by Amellia Xie)

Supporting roles

1. Guests: Selena, Ben, Amy, Sarah and Helen.
2. Neekho stumped us all as Harkmaster
3. Kevin kept us honest as Gruntmaster
4. Carlos kept the peace as both timer and word of the day.

Prize winners

Ajit – best evaluator
Ajit – best table topic
Jon Scheele – Best speaker

Executive meeting.

Capping policy will be suspended pending further review of the clubs membership and goals.