UNITAR Toastmasters Meeting

On the 26th of August, the UNITAR Toastmaster had a regular meeting at 5pm in TR7B, Block C, UNITAR. Below is the list of role players:

Toastmaster of the Evening: Jess Foong, CC
Time-keeper: Syahiran Ismail, TM
Ah-Counter: Lukreiza,TM
Grammarian: Lim Hui Shan, TM
Table Topics Master: Lim Hui Shan, TM
Table Topics Evaluator: Julian Gan, CC
Assignment Speakers: Jocelyn Goh, TM (1st Assignment Speech)
: Syahiran Ismail,TM (6th Assignment Speech)
Speech Evaluators: Lim Hui Shan, TM
: Jess Foong, CC
Humour Master(s): Jess Foong, CC and Lim Hui Shan,TM
SAA: Syahiran Ismail, TM

Two members were absent during the meeting - Hafiz and Mugilan due to unforseen circumstances. Congratulations to Jocelyn Goh for presenting her Virgin speech entitled, "One Thousand Pieces of Dumpling." It was a very interesting story which enlightened all of us. As for TM Syahiran Ismail, he has completed his 6th assignment speech entitled,"Going Green" leaving only 4 more assignments before succeeding in becoming a Competent Communicator.

Thank you to all the guests who participated in the Table Topics Session as it was refreshing to hear new ideas and see new people in action. It was very brave of them to take center stage for the first time. In a nutshell, the meeting was conducted successfully and that Hafiz will recover from his illness to join us in our next meeting.

Our next meeting will be on the 9th of September 2008 at Executive Training Room from 5 pm to 7 pm. Come one come all.

UNITAR Club & Society Day

The Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNITAR) Club & Society Day was organized by the university's student body a.k.a the Majlis Persatuan Mahasiswa (MPM). The event was held in the Student Lounge on the 21st until the 22nd of August (Thurs-Fri).The two days event was held to promote all the clubs and societies available in UNITAR.

UNITAR Toastmasters Club was one of the clubs present on that day. Other clubs and societies which took part included the UNITAR Recreation and Adventure Club (URAC), Student in Free Enterprise (SIFE), UNITAR Chinese Students' Association (UCSA), Persatuan Mahasiswa India UNITAR (PMIU), Wawasan Club, Borneo Students' Society (BSS) and many more. The opening ceremony was graced by the Center for Student Development respresentative, En.Zulkifli. The event was then followed by performances from SIFE and PMIU.A competition of the most creative booth was announced and winners will earn prizes for their own club.

All the clubs and societies were allocated tables and chairs to set up their own booth.Some of the clubs were giving away gifts as a strategy to attract new members, while others decorated their own booth with colourful items including their committee organization chart,phamplets and so on. The UNITAR Toastmasters Club displayed newsletters,members' starter kit,certificates and used gadgets like laptops to display pictures of previous events.

Other than that,the UNITAR Toastmasters Club sent a representative - Jess Foong, CC who made a speech entitled,"Mother's Love" and was evaluated by Julian Gan, CC. The presentation was made to give students a glimpse of what the Toastmasters International is all about.

Unfortunately, the UNITAR Toastmasters Club did not manage to grab the attention of the judges for the most creative booth as the announced winners were URAC and SIFE.The two days event ended with a closing ceremony on Friday evening.

1st Speech Marathon

Today was our 1st Speech Marathon with 6 speakers presented their assignment speeches. K. Shan, CC from Deloitte Kassim Chan Toastmasters Club were one of the evaluators present. These were the speakers.

1. Syahiran, TM (5th assignment speech)

2. Mugilan, TM (1st assignment speech)

3. Hafiz, TM (3rd assignment speech)

4. Hui Shan, TM (5th assignment speech)

5. Lukreiza, TM (6th assignment speech)

6. Jess, TM (1st advance module)

Thank you to all that were present especially K. Shan, CC for making this event a success.

Annual General Meeting

12th August 2008 saw the new UNITAR Toastmasters Club officers installed by Area B1 Governor Meyyappa Manickam, ACS, CL. Prof Lynne and Pn Suzie were amongst the former officers present to hand over their duty to the new officers.

President Julian Gan, CC

VP Education Jess Foong, CC

VP Membership Lim Hui Shan, TM

VP Public Relations Lukreiza, TM

Secretary Jocelyn, TM

Treasurer Hafiz, TM

Sergeant at Arms Syahiran, TM

Thank you to the former officers who has brought this club to new heights especially Prof Lynne and Pn Suzie. And thank you also to all the guests that were present and making the event a success. We are hopeful and looking forward to make UNITAR Toastmasters Club the best club in area B1.