Meeting Review (22nd October, 2007)

TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL Day 2007 Celebrations.

Theme	:	CELEBRATIONS
Word of the Day	:	REJOICE

Attendees

BANGSAR

Chandran

Ivan Fong

Jessy Mak

Lee Chor Wah

Maureen Ong Swee Kin

Michelle Ong Swee Jin

Muhendaran Suppiah

Sham Sunder Lakhiani

Shanmugam Ganesan

Wan Siew Onn

KL ADVANCED

Bill Sim

* Lakhmichand, M.A.

* Rema Paul

Renganathan

* They are members of both Clubs!

Div W & Guests
Azmi Shahrin	(DVG)
Azizah	(MELAKA)
Delbir Singh	(DEL)
Dr Devi Menon	(SAI)
Kwong Chee Seong	AGP4)
Lim Yeong Chuan	(EXTOL)
Raja Ahmad Muzamir	(KPMG)
Satchit A K	(KPMG)
Shane	(SUNWAY)

Role-Players
SAA	-	Muhendaran
TME	-	Lakhmichand, M.A.
Invocation	-	Satchit A K
General Evaluator	-	Azmi Shahrin
Ah Counter	-	Raja Ahmad Muzamir
Grammarian	-	Kwong Chee Seong
Timer	-	Shane

22nd October, 2007 – it was a special day – Toastmasters International Day!

BANGSAR & KL ADVANCED TM Clubs celebrated the occasion with the support of Div W Council!

The evening was CHARGED with anticipation of fun. Muhendaran, ATMG, led the meeting with reading of the Toastmasters Promise. VPE, Shanmugam, CTM, on behalf of BANGSAR TM Club President, Ranjit Singh, ATMB, welcomed the attendees & surrendered the lectern to the TME, Lucky.

Immediately after the introduction of guests / Toastmasters, Satchit A.K. of KPMG, CC, made a TOAST to Toastmasters International, a befitting gesture. The presentation was part of Invocation as well as his FIRST advanced speech.

The table topics session was replaced with testing of skills! Bill Sim, ATMG, of KL Advanced, demonstrated his skills at instructing via the telephone (assumed). Following his instructions was Jessy of BANGSAR TM Club. She successfully tied the knot of her neck-tie! It was her FIRST experience!


Part of the FUN was also to test HOW FAST can one tie the Windsor Knot. Delbir Singh, Lee Chor Wah & Wan Siew Onn were the Top Three.


Maureen from BANGSAR delighted everyone with "From Lawyer To Therapist", her CL project #6. Veteran, Rema Paul, ATMS, delivered "Loving & Being Loved", a poem, as her project #2 from the Interpretive Reading Manual.


Before the general evaluation session, DVG(W) Azmi Shahrin, DTM, helped to complete the celebrations by cutting the cake.


The evaluators, Ivan Fong, Renganathan & Chandran gave their evaluations with their usual ‘honesty’. So did the grammarian, ah counter and the timer. In spite of the fun-atmosphere, everyone was very alert and executed the roles with enthusiasm and flair.


GE, Azmi Shahrin was full of praise for the function. He took advantage of his presence, and awarded a Soaring Eagle Gold Pin to VPM (BANGSAR), Sham Sunder for BANGSAR having increased the membership by 5 members.


All speech evaluators & participants in the tests of skills were presented with Ties, while the GE & the speakers were presented with other tokens of appreciation.


Ties / tokens were contribution of BANGSAR Charter Member, Baiju.


It was a fun-filled evening and certainly worth attending.

VPE, Lakhmichand, ATMB , on behalf KL ADVANCED TM Club President, Rohijas Md Sharif, ATMS, thanked the DVG, role-players and attendees for making it a lovely evening.

by Lucky