fear is nothing but a sensation

All the petrol stations were shut down, protests were being launched and panic can be seen everywhere in the city. However, Professional Toastmasters were able to conduct the meeting on July 7^th, 2011. TM Adnan said that the contribution was little but it was strong. There were only four members so multiple roles were performed by everyone. The flow of the meeting was missing but each member tried his very best to perform the assigned role to the best of his abilities, with dedication and conviction.

The toastmasters pledge was observed by TM Jaan Ali. TM Shahrukh presided over the entire meeting. The theme of our meeting was ‘Economic Reforms.’

Toastmaster of the meeting was TM Shahrukh. Table Topics Master was TM Panjwani. TM Adnan was the General Evaluator. Table Topics were evaluated by TM Shahrukh.

Roles were performed by TM Jaan Ali as the Ah-Counter; TM Panjwani was the Vote Counter; TM Shahrukh was the Grammarian and TM Adnan was the Timer and the Word Master. Word of the day was ‘Creativity.’ TM Adnan said, ‘Fellow Few Toastmasters’ while he was explaining his role. That was literally true.

TM Panjwani assigned two topics to all the three speakers. Topics were related to the reforms and each speaker was asked to answer the four following questions:

a) Where are we now?

b) Where we want to go?

c) What is the ideal situation?

d) How to achieve it?

TM Adnan was asked to speak on ‘Electric Crisis.’ TM Shaharukh was asked to speak on ‘Good Governance.’ And TM Jaan Ali was asked to speak on ‘Inflation.’ TM Jaan had no idea what inflation was but he spoke brilliantly. The reason for this was that every topic was clearly explained by TM Panjwani and this facilitated all the speakers.

In the second round of Table Topics Session, TM Adnan was asked to speak on ‘Economic Growth.’ TM Shahrukh was asked to speak on ‘Law and Order Situation.’ And TM Jaan Ali was asked to speak on ‘Education for Everyone,’

We received a phone call from TM Khalid during our 20 minutes break. He informed us of the situation outside and asked us to be careful.

In our Prepared Speeches Session, three speeches were delivered. First speech was delivered by TM Adnan. He presented Project Six from the Competent Communicator manual. He was evaluated by TM Pajwani. The title of his speech was ‘Be Original.’ He said, ‘the easiest thing in the world is to be yourself.’ he concluded his speech by saying, ‘born original and don’t die a copy.’

TM Jaan Ali repeated his Ice Breaker from the Competent Communicator manual. He was evaluated by TM Shahrukh. He said, ‘I am the only child but my friends are my siblings.’ He also shared with us that he is learning Chinese and believes that in future, Chine will rule the world.

Last prepared speech was delivered by TM Shahrukh and it was evaluated by TM Adnan. He repeated Project Nine form the Competent Communicator manual and the title of his speech was, ‘My City Burns.’

As the General Evaluator, TM Adnan appreciated the courage of the members who were able to make it to the meeting and also hoped that all the members who weren’t able to attend the meeting were safe and have reached their homes safe and sound. He very rightly said that fear is nothing but a sensation.

Winner of the Table Topics session was TM Jaan Ali and TM Shahrukh was the runner-up. TM Shahrukh was the winner of the Prepared Speeches session and TM Adnan was the runner-up.