171st Gavel Meeting

The 171^st meeting was another milestone of the Gavel history, because Gavel family was early waiting to welcome its new members from ’12 batch. The meeting was held at 4.00 pm at room 215, Sumanadasa building on 10^th of June 2013. It was the inaugural meeting for ’12 batch. The room was packed with new faces. All of them were really enthusiastic to get to know what the Gavel club is and how a Gavel meeting would be preceded.

The role players for the day were as follows:

Toastmaster – Nirmala Liyanachchi

Topic Master – Imesh LihiniKaduarchchi

 Timer- Vibhanu Arachchige

Ah counter – Sajith Asanka

Grammarian – Hasini Abeywickrama

CL Evaluator- Isuru Pasan

Table Topic Evaluator I- Damith Senanayake

Table Topic Evaluator II- Sachille Athapaththu

Prepared Speech Evaluator – Pasan Pethiyagode

General Evaluator – Sandareka Wickramanayake

The President of the club, Pasan Pethiyagode called the meeting to order and asked everyone to stand up for the national anthem. Then he gave a brief introduction for the Gavel club - what the Gavel is, what someone can gain from being a member and so on.  After that following the proceedings, the Toastmaster for this special meeting was introduced. He was the music personal of the club, Niramala Liyanachchi. The Toastmaster called each role player to introduce himself/herself. Letting the new crowd to get a clear idea about each role, every role player explained his/her role in a descriptive manner. Then time was to warm up the gathering – round robin session. “The girl/boy next to you at the two by to line” was raised as the round robin session in this special meeting. As usual the room was filled with laughter in this session. Then began the grand show of the day: Table Topic Session. It was amazing to see how new comers grab each and every chance to raise their voices. The audience was enriched with different views and thoughts. Topics Master would have done a great job in selecting such an array of topics that everyone was encouraged to talk. Unfortunately this session had to be closed because we were running out of time. Then the prepared speech session was supposed to be held. New comers were really impressed by a fabulous speech done by Dinesh Kenady, an experienced model speaker of the time. After all another memorable meeting was adjourned by the President.