162nd meeting marked the dawn of a new era of Gavel history. It was the first
meeting done by the newly appointed board which was held on 24th of
December, at CSLR of CSE.
meeting done by the newly appointed board which was held on 24th of
December, at CSLR of CSE.
People all around the world were preparing to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas Day is a day everyone is celebrating
regardless of the religious faiths they have.
Then why Gavel would miss it? Therefore this meeting was declared as “A
Silver Christmas at Gavel”. It was a
candle night at Gavel in which the hall was nicely decorated with a Christmas
tree and other decorations. The new President Pasan Pethiyagoda, called his
first meeting to order mentioning importance of that meeting. Then everyone
stood up for the national anthem lead by Schile Athapaththu.
regardless of the religious faiths they have.
Then why Gavel would miss it? Therefore this meeting was declared as “A
Silver Christmas at Gavel”. It was a
candle night at Gavel in which the hall was nicely decorated with a Christmas
tree and other decorations. The new President Pasan Pethiyagoda, called his
first meeting to order mentioning importance of that meeting. Then everyone
stood up for the national anthem lead by Schile Athapaththu.
The
toastmaster for the Silver Christmas was Hasini Abyewickrama. She did a wonderful job by conducting round
robin session in a different way. A plate containing strips of paper was passed
around. Each member had to take one strip from the plate. Each strip had a name of an item which would
be the gift decided by Santa to be given to that particular person. Each person
had to talk why Santa had decided to give that item to him/her. The round robin
session was really enjoyable, but at the end making everyone surprise
toastmaster was suddenly interrupted by Santa who came all the way to our
meeting with a bag of presents. Then the control was handed over to Santa to
carry out the table topic session. He had come up with a nice set of topics
relating to Christmas, so it couldn’t stop members of the house coming to the
stage. Every member wanted to have a gift from Santa, it seemed. After the
table topic session Santa went and it was time for the prepared speech session.
The author of the club Samawath Mallawarchchi broke his ice delivering a
sincere and a marvelous speech. After having evaluator’s report once again
Toastmaster was interrupted by Santa. This time he came to do something he had
forgotten to do last time. He wanted us to sing carols with him. Thanushan was
invited to assist the crew with music. It was a fantastic moment when everyone
was singing carols having a lightened candle in their hands.
toastmaster for the Silver Christmas was Hasini Abyewickrama. She did a wonderful job by conducting round
robin session in a different way. A plate containing strips of paper was passed
around. Each member had to take one strip from the plate. Each strip had a name of an item which would
be the gift decided by Santa to be given to that particular person. Each person
had to talk why Santa had decided to give that item to him/her. The round robin
session was really enjoyable, but at the end making everyone surprise
toastmaster was suddenly interrupted by Santa who came all the way to our
meeting with a bag of presents. Then the control was handed over to Santa to
carry out the table topic session. He had come up with a nice set of topics
relating to Christmas, so it couldn’t stop members of the house coming to the
stage. Every member wanted to have a gift from Santa, it seemed. After the
table topic session Santa went and it was time for the prepared speech session.
The author of the club Samawath Mallawarchchi broke his ice delivering a
sincere and a marvelous speech. After having evaluator’s report once again
Toastmaster was interrupted by Santa. This time he came to do something he had
forgotten to do last time. He wanted us to sing carols with him. Thanushan was
invited to assist the crew with music. It was a fantastic moment when everyone
was singing carols having a lightened candle in their hands.
Next,
the President took control and adjourned the meeting. The gathering was served
with small refreshment.
the President took control and adjourned the meeting. The gathering was served
with small refreshment.