Blog of the IEM Toastmasters

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.

This was a unique meeting as we hold our meeting outside our normal meeting venue. It was the first time in IEM Toastmasters history where we gathered at the Pizza Hut of Bangunan Ingenieur to hold a regular Toastmasters meeting.  

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

Attendees were:-

1. Lee Meng Tze
2. Chooi Jia Hoong
3. Chia Meng Yee
4. Robert Ram
5. Anthony
6. Alex Lu
7. Hanna
8. Tan Ken Wayne
9. Kanagaraj
10. Dr. Yim Poh Wah   
11. Lim Terk Yiang  
12. Francis Ng (Money Mastery TMC)
13. Jade Lim (Tmn Indrahana TMC)  
14. Ricky (Puchong Mandarin TMC)        
15. Lee Tong Fong (Puchong Mandarin & AFC TMC)
16. Ken Chan (Money Mastery TMC)
17. Serena Kong (Money Mastery TMC)
18. Sandy (Guest)

Word of the Day: Gastronomic

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 welcomed all guest and briefed the history of Toastmasters and IEM Toastmasters for the benefit of our guest. The TME then invited 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. Lee Tong Fong
2. Robert Ram
3. Alex Lu
4. Lim Tery Yiang
5. Ricky

After the table topics sessions was over, the table topics master handed over control to the TME who then called for a 15 minutes break.

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 3 Project Speeches from both Competent Communication & Advanced Communication Manuals. The order of the speeches with the respective speakers is as follows:-

1. Project No. 3 from The Entertaining Speaker – “Make Them Laugh: Dare To Fail” by Lee Meng Tze, ACS, ALB.
2. Project No. 3 from Competent Communicator – “Why I do Year End Reviews” by Chooi Jia Hoong, TM.
3. Project No.1 from Specialty Speeches – “Speak off the Cuff” by Ken Chan, ACB.
 
After the project speech session, the TME invited the General Evaluator Jade Lim, CC 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. Dr. Yim Poh Wah, ACB, CL.
2. Hanna Razif, TM.
3. Robert Ram ACG, ALB.

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 her comments and it was time for awards.

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