Tr. Venkataramani, Area 2 Chairman (Elect)
AREA 2 TEXT
The Area 2 TExT program was conducted on 9 th and 10 th of
June at Ocean Spray Resorts, Pondicherry. The program was
facilitated by Sq Leg Narendar Agarwal, Past President Tr
Harish Shenoy and Tr Kartic Ramesh. The entire event was
flawless organized and executed by Tr Anand Moorthy.
dancing et al. PP Tr Harish Shenoy then took over to give a
brief insight into how RTI works which was a true eye opener
for many of us. There were also discussions on how motions
in AGMs and the RTI Trust work. Post this was an intense
session of planning for the year in groups led by Sq Leg
Narendar Agarwal. This threw in a lot of new ideas and
everyone has some interesting thoughts on what they have
planned to achieve in the tabling year.
The lead up to the event saw extensive planning and
discussions between the facilitators and organizers in order
to clearly understand and design the module in line with the
vision of incoming Area Chairman Tr Venkatramani
Nadarajan. The goal of the program was to ensure that
tabling as such shouldn’t become a burden on oneself but
instead should be a fun and enjoyable experience where
Tablers can complement each other and not compete against
one another. As the classroom session came to an end, there was more
outdoor activity planned. One such activity was the Diamond
Cricket game – a cross of cricket and baseball. The game
revolves around teamwork and supporting your next in line. It
turned out to be a great experience for everyone involved.
Finally it was that time of the evening that everyone was
looking forward to – The Party. It was one fun filled evening
involving high voltage music, sheesha and food that one just
cannot forget.
It was also decided to make the TExT program itself quite
relaxed and chilled out as against trying to finish way too
many modules in turn affecting the mindset by cramping
them up with too much information which many times turns
out to be counterproductive. As a part of the Area Chairman’s
‘Go Beyond’ theme for the year, it was also decided to
encourage Inter-Area fellowships. Day 2 of the training program started with Sq Leg Varinder
Singh also joining us to do a few activities like TV style
interviews and Lap Sitting. After this, the team was split with
Chairman module being conducted by Naren and Harish
while the secretary module was conducted by Kartic. This was
essentially a deep dive in to the specific roles and
responsibilities of the Chairmen and Secretaries respectively.
In line with the ideas discussed above and to create a more
friendly and relaxed program, it was decided to ferry
everyone to and from Pondy in an AC Coach bus instead of
the usual drive your own car which turned out to be
something unique and was well appreciated. The sessions
started bang on target in the afternoon of Saturday the 9 th of
June with the introduction of special guests and the area
chairman’s vision speech. We were honored to have
incoming National Secretary Tr Akshay Dugar with us and his
speech outlining the big responsibilities that everyone was to
look forward to was highly entertaining and motivating.
Moving on, there was even more entertainment during the
ice breaker session which included crazy tasks like pole
A complete introduction to the newly re-designed MOMO
was also given with demos of a few sample reports. After this,
the session duly came to a close with the Area Chairman
felicitating everyone.
In a nutshell, the program was a huge success because the
message of the Area Chairman’s vision was clearly
understood and communicated to everyone. In addition, the
flawless planning, organizing and execution of the event was
also a big hit with everyone getting their personalized invites,
linen shirts and themed t-shirts. The Area Chairman’s
touching gift to everyone with a beautifully framed group
picture from the first day is surely to be stuff of legends that
we will all be talking about for many more years to come.
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