Meeting #83

The 83rd Educational Meeting was held on the 17th of December 2022 under the theme "Christmas"

Role Players:

• Toastmaster of the day - Saai Syvendra

• General Evaluator – Ragavi Ratnaranjan

• Grammarian – Bhagya Herath

• Ah Counter – Gayan

• Timer - Rimesh Rimzan

• Round Robin Master - Samuel Arulanandan

• Table Topic Master - Ammar Jawfer

The following speakers were judged the winners for the day in their respective categories.

• Best Prepared Speech - TM Komin Karunasekara

• Best Evaluator - TM Ammar Jawfer

• Best Table Topics Speaker - TM Saai Syvendra

The meeting started with the TMOD, TM Saai introducing the General Evaluator, after which she introduced the role players for the day. Next, the role players gave a brief introduction of their roles, and the word of the day "Exuberant" was introduced by the Grammarian, TM Bhagya Herath.

An interactive Round Robin session was held by TM Samuel in which everyone present had to share what they love the most about the Christmas Season. It was an interesting session with everyone present giving their unique perspectives of what they love about the Christmas Season.

There were 3 wonderful prepared speeches given by TM Abarnah, TM Samuel, and TM Komin. TM Komin's speech was especially significant as it was his Level 5 Project 2 speech, thus marking the completion of his Dynamic Leadership Pathway.

The TMOD then carried out a special session in which everyone present participated in an exciting and fun-filled game of "Taboo"

A wonderful Table Topics session was held by the President, TM Ammar going in line with the general theme of Christmas. It was a very unique and interactive session as speakers were chosen through the answering of riddles given by the Table Topic Master.

The meeting concluded with a guest sharing his experience of his first meeting at Dehiwala Toastmasters and how much he was able to enjoy and gain from the speeches given.

The President concluded the meeting by handing over Pathway completion certificates to all the members who had completed pathways over the past year. He also thanked all the members for all their hard work and support throughout the year and stated that this will be the final meeting for the year.

Overall it was a very interesting and enjoyable meeting, which saw the active participation of all the members and guests present and everyone was definitely able to learn a lot! Looking forward to many more such meetings!