Meeting of 14 Dec 2011 at Melia Hotel

Our meeting was a joint meeting with the Melia Hotel TM Club:

Place: Melia Hotel

Date: 14-12-2011

Time: 18:00

In the Picture L-R: Richard Toh President 2011-2012, Cyril Jonas and Shaun Kwong (both Past Presidents)

The following TMIKL members were there:
President Richard Toh (Evaluator)
VP - M Anthony de Souza (Project Speaker Speech #5)
VP - PR Mary Lourdes
SEC - Ismail Omar (TT Speaker)
SAA - Col Nik M Zaki (Evaluator)

Record of meeting 22-11-11

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Meeting started sharp at 19:30 as scheduled

19:30 SAA – Calls meeting to order Col Nik Zaki CL
19:32 8 President’s Welcome address:
Introduce Guests Richard Toh, TM
Introduce TME - Cyril Jonas CC, CL
Invocation Sandra Ghouse, CTM
Table Topics Anthony de Souza, TM
Joke/Game Master Anuja, TM
Table Topics Evaluation, Sandra Ghouse, CTM
BREAK
SAA Reconvenes Meeting
TME takes over Cyril Jonas, CC, CL
Project Speeches:

1. Ismail Omar, ACS, ALS: Interpretive Reading #4, The Play

Title: 221B Baker Street.

General Evaluator takes over
GE - SK Ratnam, DTM
1. Evaluator #1 Lim Kah Soon
4. AH Counter: Richard Toh, TM
5. Grammarian: Shaun Kwong, ACB
6. Timer: Sidney Ng CC
7. GE Remarks

Two New Members Lena Lim and Hairul joined the Club tonight.

We welcome them to our Club.

We also welcome Asieh and Keith as visitors to the Club.

Good Night by President Richard Toh, TM

Ten reasons I keep coming back to Toastmasters

(With Thanks to Baton Rouge Toastmasters Club)

Ten reasons I keep coming back to Toastmasters Sometimes life gets too busy and I can't make it to a Monday evening meeting. But whenever I can, I'm going to hop in the car at 6:40 pm and head to the meeting of GSU Baton Rouge Toastmasters.  I keep coming back for ten reasons. For the same ten reasons, you should consider visiting your local Toastmasters club.

1.  I can still get better at public speaking. In fact, I have a long way to go before I can consider myself a master of the art.  I go to Toastmasters because it is a supportive and positive learning environment. 
2.  I like seeing my friends there. Our local Toastmasters club draws 15 to 20 attendees each week. I wouldn't know any of these very cool folks if not for Toastmasters. The club has become a circle of friends who only want two things: to improve their own speaking, and to help me improve mine. 
3.  The speeches are great. It doesn't matter if we are hearing a member's first speech, or her 50th speech. Every speech gives me a window into the life of the speaker. I'm fascinated by people, so every speech feeds my curiosity.
4.  I get the chance to introduce new people to the wonders of public speaking, whether it's by chatting with them at a meeting, or mentoring them as they work through the speaking projects. 
5.  It helps my hone my ability to speak clearly and succinctly on surprise topics. All of us have the need, at times, to respond quickly and intelligently to unexpected questions.  The Table Topics portion of each meeting gives me the opportunity to practice that skill. 
6.  It helps me more clearly and quickly explain what I do (business and leadership coaching) to others. The more practice I have with Table Topics (see #5) the easier it is to tell folks what I do. 
7. It sharpens my ear. When I take on one of the ancillary roles (ah counter, grammarian, word-master) it sharpens my ear. I'm on high-alert throughout the meeting, listening for specific things. In turn, that listening practice has improved my ability to listen closely and carefully to my coaching clients. 
8.  It tones my critical thinking muscles. When I take on an evaluator role (evaluating one of the speeches, or evaluating the entire meeting), I practice spotting positives and negatives and feeding those back to the speaker in a positive and supportive manner. This mirrors the sort of analysis and feedback every supervisor should be giving to his team members - timely, specific and supportive. 
9.  It gives me a place to be helpful. I don't currently hold any formal leadership roles in our chapter, so I am not required to do anything but show up. But I get great pleasure arriving early on occasion, and helping get the room set up. And I love to greet visitors and show them the ropes. I like to help others, and our chapter meetings give me the opportunity to do that. 
10.  Okay, the real reason I keep coming back: It's a ton of fun. That's it - it's just plain fun. 

 You might enjoy Toastmasters. It doesn't cost anything but your time to find out. If you are in the Baton Rouge area, visit GSU Baton Rouge Toastmasters any Monday at 7 pm. If you live away from here, go to the Toastmasters International site to find a club near you. We're all over the world, so there is sure to be one near to you. If nothing else, I can promise it will be fun.

If you are in Kuala Lumpur you need not have to go to Baton Rouge. Just drop in at TMIKL at Bankers Club Jalan Imbi. See previous item.

Report of Meeting of Tuesday 8-11-11

What happened at our meeting on Tuesday 8-11-11 Evening at 19:30
Venue: Bankers Club Floor 21 AMODA Building in Jalan Imbi

In all 18 people including 9 guests attended the meeting

Members present:

1. President Richard,
2. VPE Sandra, (Grammarian)
3. VP-M Anthony, (AH Counter) (TT Speaker)
4. Secretary Ismail Omar, (Project Speaker)
5. SAA Nik M Zaki (TME)
6. Former President Cyril Jonas (Evaluator)
7. Former President Shaun Kwong (TT Master)
8. IPP Sidney Ng
9. Former VP-E Yik Sookling (TT Evaluator)

Former Members:

1. Dr. Gurnam (Evaluator)
2. Louis Gan (Time keeper)

Toastmaster Guests

1. Geoff Andrew, DTM A1 Area Governor (GE)
2. Meng Tze, ACS,CL C2 Area Governor (Project Speaker)

Non TM Guests:

1. Asieh Sardabi (TT Speaker)
2. Choong Siong
3. Lena (Voted Best TT Speaker)
4. Bridget
5. Ting Ting

20:00 SAA – Calls meeting to order

President’s Welcome address:
Introduce Guests
Introduce TME

TME Introduces Toastmasters International and Introduces Role Players
Invocation by Dr Gurnam
Table Topics Shaun Kwong

Table Topics Evaluation by Sookling
Happy Birthday Song for TME Col Nik Zaki
BREAK
SAA Reconvened Meeting
TME conducts Project Speeches:

1. Meng Tze: Specialty Speeches, #4 Reading Out Loud, Title: Pride and Prejudice
2. Ismail Omar: Interpretive Reading, #3 Monodrama, Title: Death in Sirte

GE Geoff Andrew conducted Evaluation Session

Evaluator: Dr Gurnam

Evaluator: Cyril Jonas

Grammarian: Sandra

AH Counter: Anthony

Time Keeper: Louis Gan

Remarks by GE

Awards: Lina was voted the best Table Topics Speaker with her plea to be kind to animals.

Closing remarks by President Richard Toh

Good Night Richard Toh, TM