CBA Toastmasters Newsletter-Volume 2

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2022/2023

President

TM Sarath Kumara CC,CL,PW2 sarathpriyantha@gmail.com

T.P.0718101731

Vice President(Education)

TM Yasalanie AmarasinghePW5 yasalanie@gmail.com

T.P.0770877791

Vice President( Membership)

TM Nuwan Nishantha PW2 Nuwannishantha489@gmail.com

T.P.071-4214270

Vice President(Public Relation)PW5 PW2

TM Amani Jayasinghe amani.jayasinghe@gmail.com

T.P.077-4418443

Secretary

TM Thamara Fernando CC, CL, PW2 thamrakferando@gmail.com

T.P.077-7497093

Treasurer

TM Chaminda Samaranayake PW2 udithchaminda53@gmail com

T P 071-5362496

Sergeant At-Arms

TM Yohani De Silva PW2 yohani.desilva98@gmail.com

T.P071-8470346

Immediate Past President

TM Nayana Dharmaratne, CC, CL. PW5 nayanadharmatne@yahoo.com

T.P,071-6893067

Club News & Events

Volume 02

The Club was officially started in the year 2014 with the commitment & Enthusiasm of the first Executive Committee. The CA Sri Lanka's continues commitment & support to our Charter Members to form CBA TMC as a corporate club & continue till today has been a immense support to the members professional development

CLUB MISSION

WE PROVIDE A SUPPORTIVE AND POSITIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN WHICH MEMBERS ARE EMPOWERED TO DEVELOP COMMUNICATION AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS, RESULTING IN GREATER SELFCONFIDENCE AND PERSONAL GROWTH

JOIN WITH US JOIN WITH US

ON EVERY 1ST & 3RD THURSDAY AT CA SRI LANKA

Malalasekara Mawatha ,Colombo 07 & VIA ZOOM PLATFORM

EXCECUTIVE COMMITTEE

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

VP EDUCATION MESSAGE

MEMBERS' ACHIEVEMENTS

CLUB ACHIEVEMENTS

CLUB JOINT MEETING & THEME MEETING

CLUB EDUCATIONAL MEETING

MEMBERS' ARTICLES

JOIN WITH US

BENEFITS OF BEING A TOASTMASTERS

Improve Public Speaking Build Leadership Skills

maximize your potential Enjoy unlimited personal growth

Practicing writing speech & presenting in a group setting

Gain a competitive advantage in the work place build Self confidence & Self awareness

DEDICATION DEDICATION TO TO EXCELLENCE EXCELLENCE

PRESIDENT PRESIDENT

It is with great honour and pleasure I forward this massage today for the 2nd volume of the Newsletter of CBA Toastmasters club for the year 2022/2023.

“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself “

-HENRY FORD-

Act in accordance to the above quote, we could achieve 9 DCP points as at 31 st March 2023, because of excos and members working together.

The biggest challenge we had to face during the 1st term was to bring back the members from the online platform to physical platform. It got worse because of the fuel & economic crisis in the country had then and there. But, with the commitment encouragement of all members towards others, we were able to overcome that challenge & were able to get the 80% attendance for every meeting we conducted My sincere thanks go to all dear members for that.

After completing ten months in 22/23 toastmaster year, we have come to the last a couple of months with great happiness about the member’s & club’s performance during the year.

Joining to the CBA Toastmasters club is essential for our CBA members in improving communication and leadership skills, building confidence, networking, and gaining opportunities for personal and professional growth. And I encourage CBA members to join the CBA Toastmasters club and take advantage of the opportunities for personal and professional growth through improving communication and leadership skills.

May all members of the CBA Toastmasters club have a bright and successful future as they continue to develop their communication and leadership skills

TM Sarath Kumara President CBA Toastmasters Club

TM SARATH KUMARA PRESIDENT

MESSAGE FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT-EDUCATION VICE PRESIDENT-EDUCATION

Happy Toastmaster Year 2022/2023

It is with great pleasure I pen this message to the Newsletter Term II as the Vice President-Education of the CBA Toastmasters Club.

TM YASALANIE AMARASINGHE VICE PRESIDENT EDUCATION

In my term-1 message I mentioned few of my goals that I would like to achieve during my tenure With the blessings & assistance of our mentors and members enthusiasm, we were able to complete 12 pathways levels. Five members were recognized as a Toastmasters Wears Many Hats who played all meeting role during the period. Member retention ratio was 96% in the term II.Member’s courage and dedication were cleary visible during Theme/Joint & Outdoor meetings.Therefore, The CBA TMs were able to achieve the President Distinguished Status within ten months periods

Stepping into 11th months in the 22/23 TM year gives us the signal of a new Toastmaster years’ beginning. As the stepping down exco team, we have already identified the new energetic, young CBAs who have showed interest to take up the challenge. Dear fellow members, keep up your enthusiasm towards toastmasters. Get around the new excos and do your best. Keep a target/goal for yourself, what you would like to achieve within the new TM year. Work towards it. It would definitely make you an excellent Public Speaker.

Thank you very much for all the support given and hope you would cooperate with the next team of leaders in the 23/24 TM year.

Wishing you all the best!

TM Yasalanie Amarasinghe VP Education

MEMBERS' ACHIEVEMENTS RECOGNITION

OF MEMBERS

TRIPLE CROWN WINNER

TOASTMASTERS WEAR MANY HATS

MEMBERS' ACHIEVEMENTS MEMBERS' ACHIEVEMENTS

YEAR 2022/2023

OUR SHINING STARS IN THE CLUB

INTERNATIONAL SPEECH AND TABLE TOPIC CONTEST -2022/2023

Shining Shining Stars Stars

The International Speech and Table Topic Contest was held on 13th October 2022 at CA Sri Lanka Successfully. The Contest Chair was TM Dulhan Nanayakkara and Contest Master was TM Shirani De Silva while Chief Judge was TM Tharindu De Silva.

International Speech Contest winner was the TM Sarath Kumara and First Runner up was TM Nuwan Nishantha likewise Evaluation Contest Winner was TM Nalinda Muthukumara and first Runner up TM Amani Jayasinghe.

winners of the International Speech Contest TM Sarath Kumara & Nuwan Nishantha and the Table Topic Contest Winners TM Nalinda Muthukumara & Amani Jayasinghe were represented to the Area contest. It was held in NDB Bank Auditorium on23rd March2023.

International Speech contest Winners Club Level

Table Topic Contest winners Club Level

Contest Chair & Contest Master

Our President TM Sarath Kumara was 2nd Runner up in Area 4Division E International Speech Contest.

At Division Conference

JOINT MEETING & THEMED MEETINGS

JOINT MEETING

Joined with Wednesday 7 Toastmasters Club and conducted a successful meeting on 16th February2023 from 5.30 P.M. onwards at CASL as Hybrid meeting. The Challenges of organizing the join meeting was vested entirely on the capable hands of President and Vice President Education

Meeting was organized in such a manner so that the all meeting roles and educational projects were mutually shared between the two clubs giving opportunity to shuffle the various talents with each other.

THEME MEETING

SINHALA & TAMIL NEW YEAR THEMED SINHALA & TAMIL NEW YEAR THEMED MEETING MEETING

The Sinhala and Tamil new year themed meeting was held on 06th April 2023 at CA Sri Lanka . Club members were in traditional attire The new year table decorated by traditional oil cakes and other new year sweets. Toastmaster of the day TM Thamara Fernando invited Charter President TM Bandara to lighting the oil lamp to start the themed meeting. It was filled with enjoyable events and wonderful speeches themed on Sinhala and Tamil New year.

CLUB EDUCATIONAL MEETING

AREA DIRECTOR VISIT

EDUCATIONAL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

Area Director Toastmaster Vaughn Ernst visited CBA Toastmaster Club on 19th January2023 while the Toastmaster Samantha Lakmahal contacted the MOT session.

CLUB EDUCATIONAL MEETING

VISITING TOASTMASTERS MEETING

Visiting Toastmasters Meeting was held on 16th March 2023 successfully and visiting Toastmaster was Toastmaster TM Zulfa - President of Wednesday 7 Toastmaster Club.

LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE SEREIES

successfully.

Past Area Director Senior Toastmaster Anura Shantha conducted a speech under the Leadership Excellence series on 02nd February 2023

MEMBER'S ARTICLES

ReSourcer Banking - “Recyclable-EconomicSource Orientation, by Urban Residents to a Circular Economy”

This community-based model addresses the urban garbage disposal issue while integrating it to a process of resource recovering and contributing to livelihood improvement while urging to change the behavior of throwing out household garbage along the streets/irresponsibly.

OBJECTIVES:

Promoting the source segregation habit and proper disposal practices of the targeted households

Making HH responsible for their litter/garbage disposal

Providing a decent, accessible, convenient and accepted place to handover the HH waste

Rolling out a Rewarding mechanism as an incentive to members

Formation of a business model to cater the livelihood improvement of the operators

Providing inputs for recycling industry & contributing to circular economic process

Addressing to the health issues created through ad hoc disposal

Contributing to a clean & green environment foot prints

Creating an opportunity for leveraging the CSR interventions

Outcomes

An incentive/Rewards to the households

Changed Behavior

Responsible disposal

Attempt to address multiple issues

Self-discipline

Support to Livelihood

Contribution to Circulation of resource

Opportunity to innovation

Leveraging Social Responsibility Process

The Resource collectors are introduced with this Resource Banking (RB) process to do the collection from the surrounding neighborhoods specially. The RB operating process is just a simple mechanism practiced to reward the households. Here when the HHs bring their liter as in the manner required they are compensated with reward points. (1 point equals to Rs.1/=) The collected materials are price based on the market demand.

For instance assume, if a 1kg plastic is brought by a HH and if value of it is Rs.30/=, theHH is rewarded with 30 points. Every registered HH has been assigned an account atthe RB/RA ledger and a passbook is given to the HH to record their transactions. Oncea HH has collected 1000 points he/she could cash out. The collection of the RA/RBs are sold to the MRFs & industries after some steps for value additions through “furthersegregation”. Refer to the diagram given bellow.

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Drive-through Concept of RB; RB Drive-through concept means a converted container to a RB and locating along the main road where the access is given for moving motorists to handover their HH liter. For this we have partnered with the local authorities to make the process easier/possible;

Our Interventions/Contributions

Coordinating/negotiation with Local Authorities for:

To sanction a place to locate the ReSource Bank

To get the required utilities

To allocate a ReSource Bank Operator

To get the service for disposal of any residuals

Giving public awareness and improving LA’s Collection systems

Providing Technical Training and Know-How for the ReSource Bank operator

Training for further segregation of different Plastic (HDP, HDPP, etc. Polythene

Linking the Market/Industry to sell the stocks collected

Introducing new products & Exchanging system for reward points

Materials Collected:

Wastepaper

Cardboard

Newspapers

PET Bottles

Plastic (HDP, HDPP, etc)

Polythene

Metal -Aluminum/steel

Glass

Coconut shells

E-Waste

Operation Process:

[1] Segregation & Sorting None

degradable Waste at Home

[2] Registered/None registered

Households take their litter to RBk

[3] Receipt & further Segregation at RBk

[4] Further segregated materials Sold to Industry

[5] Reward Points to Members

TM Hemantha Jayamanne CBA Toastmasters Club

Benefits of Practicing Yoga daily.

Yoga is a centuries-old practice that involves a combination of physical postures, breathing techniques, and meditation. It is a popular form of exercise that has become a part of many people's daily routines due to its numerous physical and mental benefits. Yoga can help in achieving a healthy and balanced lifestyle, which is essential for leading a happy life.

Another benefit of practicing yoga is improved flexibility and strength. The physical postures in yoga, also known as asanas, help in stretching the muscles and increasing flexibility. The different poses also help in strengthening the muscles and improving the body's overall balance and posture

One of the primary benefits of practicing yoga is stress reduction. Many people today lead stressful lives, and the effects of stress can have serious consequences on their mental and physical health. Yoga provides a way to reduce stress by relaxing the mind and body. It helps in calming the nervous system, which helps in reducing stress and anxiety.

Yoga also helps in improving respiratory health. Breathing techniques, known as pranayama, are an essential part of yoga practice. Pranayama involves slow, deep breathing that helps in increasing lung capacity and improving the overall functioning of the respiratory system. It also helps in improving oxygen flow to the brain, which helps in increasing mental clarity and focus.

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Regular yoga practice can also help in improving cardiovascular health. The physical postures and breathing techniques in yoga help in improving blood circulation, reducing blood pressure, and reducing the risk of heart disease.

Yoga is also an effective way to manage weight. Regular practice helps in reducing stress levels, which is one of the primary reasons for weight gain. It also helps in improving digestion and metabolism, which helps in maintaining a healthy weight.

In addition to physical benefits, yoga practice also helps in improving mental health. Meditation and mindfulness practices in yoga help in reducing anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues. It also helps in improving overall well-being and increasing positive emotions.

In conclusion, practicing yoga regularly can provide numerous physical and mental health benefits that are essential for leading a healthy and balanced lifestyle. With regular practice, anyone can experience the benefits of yoga and achieve a healthier and happier life.

TM Sarath Kumara President CBA Toastmasters Club