Blog of the IEM Toastmasters

The meeting was call to order by our SAA at 8.00p.m. There were a total of twenty three attendees which includes five walk in guest. Attendees were:-

1. Alex Lu
2. Anthony
3. Andrew
4. Lee Meng Tze
5. Chia Meng Yee
6. Kanagaraj Pillay
7. Robert Ram
8. Hanna Razif
9. Dr. Hoh See Min
10. Tan Hok Eng (MIM PJ TMC)
11. Gina Lim (MIM PJ TMC)
12. S.K Ratnam (MIM PJ TMC)
13. Brayan Soo (MIM PJ TMC)
14. Hong Soon Loong (MIM PJ TMC)
15. Lim Gim Kim (MIM PJ TMC)
16. Michael (MIM PJ TMC)
17. Rosliza Mohd Said (MIM PJ & Peremba TMC)
18. Mohd. Shukri (Peremba TMC)
19. Yuvaraja (Guest)
20. Sean Lim (Guest)
21. Mark Looi (Guest)
22. Chong Ee Lian (Guest)
23. Jan Liew (Guest)

The Theme of the meeting was Chinese New Year and it was announced that the best dressed man and woman for the occasion will receive a special gift at the end of the meeting.

After a round of introduction by all attendees, the TME called upon the Table Topic master to take control for the Table Topic session. The Table Topic master, Hanna Razif selected “Chinese New Year” as the Table Topic Theme and five people volunteered to participate in the Table Topic with each having different title to present.

After the Table Topic Session, the TME called for a 15 minutes break. We had Yee Sang or the Prosperity Toss during the break.

There were 5 Project Speeches in which four of the speeches were from the Competent Communication Manual and one from the Advance Communication Manual. The order of the speeches with the respective speakers is as follows:-

1. Project No. 5 from Competent Communicator – “Bitter to Better” Lee Meng Tze, ACG, ALB.
2. Project No. 5 from Competent Communicator – “Live & Learn” by Anthony, TM.
3. Project No. 3 from Competent Communicator – “Will You Do It” by Gina Lim, DTM.
4. Project No. 5 from Competent Communicator – “Lessons from Learning How to Jungle 3 Balls”, by Gim Kim.
5. Project No. 2 from Advanced CLP – “Climate Change – Is there Hope” by Andrew, CC.

The General Evaluator Hong Soon Loong took over control after the Project Speech session. He called upon the speech evaluators to present their report and the order for the speech evaluation is as follows:-

1. Gina Lim, DTM.
2. Tan Hock Heng
3. S.K Ratnam, DTM.
4. Chia Meng Yee, CC, ALB.
5. Robert Ram, ACG, ALB.

After the project speech evaluation, the General Evaluator called upon the role players such as Timer, “Ah” Counter and Grammarian to present their report. Upon receiving their report, the General Evaluator presented his comments and it was time for awards for the best table topics speaker, best speech evaluator and best project speaker, also included was the prize for the best dressed man and woman.

There were a few announcements before the meeting ended at 10.30pm.

This was a joint meeting with Les Francophones Toastmasters Club.  

The meeting was called to order by our SAA sharp at 7.44p.m. There were a total of twenty one attendees which includes five walk in guest.

Attendees were:-

1. Lee Meng Tze
2. Chia Meng Yee
3. Robert Ram
4. Anthony
5. Alex Lu  
6. Ismail Omar
7. Mac
8. Aimran
9. Andrew
10. Kanagaraj
11. Dr. Yim Poh Wah   
12. Ridzwan   
13. Kol. Nik Zaki (Les Francophones TMC)
14. Rhoda Omar (Les Francophones TMC)   
15. Ong Siew Meng (Stamford College & Les Francophones TMC)        
16. Bushra Al-Gefry (Stamford College & Les Francophones TMC)
17. Amirah (Guest)
18. Hamdi (Guest)
19. Munna (Guest)
20. Omer (Guest)
21. Jared Chi (Guest)

Word of the Day: merci (Thank You)

The meeting was started with the presiding officer welcoming all guests followed by all attendees introducing themselves. After a round of introduction, the presiding officer handed over control to the Toastmaster of the Evening.

The TME briefed the guests about Toastmasters and its journey. After the briefing, the TME called upon the role players to introduce their roles before proceeding with the induction session.  

The first event was an induction session for new member Andrew Soosainathan, CC. The induction session was conducted by none other than the VPE Alex Lu, CC.

After the induction, the TME called upon the Table Topics Master to conduct the table Topics Session.

The table topics master called for volunteers from the attendees to participate the table topics session and the following are the respective participants:-

1. Omer
2. Amirah
3. Robert Ram
4. Jared
5. Andrew

The Table Topics Master requested the attendees to vote for the best project speaker before handing control to the TME.

The TME then called for a 10 minutes intermission.

The SAA called for the meeting to resume after the break and handed over control to the TME. It was time for Project Speech Session and there were 4 Project Speeches from Advanced Communication Manuals and Competent Communication Manuals.

The order of the speeches with the respective speakers is as follows:-

1. Project No. 3 from Competent Communicator – “Get Up” by Lee Meng Tze, ACS, ALB.
2. Project No. 2 from Competent Communicator – “Six Sigma” by Aimran, TM.
3. Project No. 1 from Specialty Speeches – “The Effects of Climate Change” by Andrew Soosainathan, CC.
4. Project No. 3 from Entertaining Speaker – “Before and After Marriage”, Ong Siew Meng, CC.

After the project speech session, the TME invited the General Evaluator CC, Mac to take control for the speech evaluation session. The General Evaluator invited the speech evaluators to present their findings and the order for the project speech evaluation is as follows:-

1. Robert Ram ACG, ALB.
2. Alex Lu, CC.
3. Ismail Omar ACS, ALS.
4. Kangaraj Pillay, CC.

After the project speech evaluation session, the General Evaluator called upon the Timer, “Ah” Counter and Grammarian to present their report. Upon receiving their report, the General Evaluator presented his comments and it was time for awards.

There were a few announcements before the meeting ended at 10pm.