WonderLife 1.0, July 2018, Issue 1 | Page 31

Tr. Alok, Area 10 Chairman (Elect) AREA 10 TEXT The Area X TExT – FOCUS, this time was a 2 night and 3 days affair. And was held at Whistling Woods, Dandeli from 8-10 June 2018 with Lead Facilitators – Tr. Manish Goliyan & Tr. Pashu Chellur and Co – Facilitators – Tr. Siddharth Nayak & Tr. Gaurav Khullar and ably lead by TExT Convenor – Tr. Tushar Kavlekar. Before the TExT, all the participants were asked to carry a small gift for the person who would introduce them but no more details were given. When they reached the hall, they were asked to form pairs as per their room-mates and they were supposed to introduce and speak about their room- mate; with whom they had just spent the last hour. The take away was that when you meet someone for the first time how much attention do you give to this person to try to know him. This was followed by an ‘Expectation Audit’ by MG (Manish Goliyan) and all the participants shared what they would like to learn in the next two days. Post the Expectation Audit, the participants were divided into teams of 5 each and they were given a task to prepare a Govinda style group dance where-in all members would have to take part. We took a break of 45 minutes and the teams scattered throughout the property to prepare. We assembled back late evening for dinner and drinks and all the teams performed their choreographed dances. The party did not stop there as we enjoyed live singing performance by a few Tablers till late night. ESSENCE OF TABLING – Tr. Pashu started the proceeding with a talk on the very essence of tabling and what it means to be a TABLER & the BROTHERHOOD between the TABLERS. against the ethics on how to achieve the same. It’s not always the destination but the journey that makes the difference. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT – The Rule of 69 – GK, talked about arguments, what leads to arguments and how to resolve them by understanding that two people saying different or opposite things can both be right at the same time. It’s about perspectives and how to understand someone else’s view point. This was followed by Team Building exercise. All the teams were given some material and a fixed time to build the longest standing tower that should also take the weight of a pen at the top. It was nice to see different teams using different approaches to this exercise. Some of them went with strong foundations and shorter towers but that stood well whereas some teams took a greater risk with the height only to see their towers fall down at the end of time. 5 different Tabling specific case studies related to the issues that were being faced in Area X were discussed post which the participants took a break for the Nations High Tea. All the participants had got some snacks from their cities and we all enjoyed tasting some lovely food from all over Area X. This was followed by the Chairmen, Secretary & Convener Modules. Participants were later divided into two teams and played the ‘KERALA BOAT RACE’ which was quite hilarious. The entertainment for the night was quite special with a live band performing for some time followed by some Tablers who performed in a cross-dressing show and were quite a sport. Setting up a MARKETPLACE - Every convenor went individually to all the chairmen and they shared each other’s plans for the year followed by HEART TALK with all the participants to motivate them for the year ahead and everyone bid their goodbyes. RESULTS vs ETHICS – MG talked about the journey that we shall all undertake as Tablers and there are results that every table and chairman would want to achieve and weighed that 31