10 Dec 08, 6th Chapter Meeting@Dover

Toastmaster of the Evening
Theresa was the host for the meeting, giving her take after each speech is presented.







President's Address
Lye Sum made reference to 3 ladies who seemed not to be fluent in English but impressed him with their use of Language. He understood that they practiced & worked on proper use of English Language. Similarly, we should work & practice what we have learned in Toastmasters which might be difficult at first but we should aspire on.

Word of the Day
Merry
--- Language Evaluator, Siva (ITE TMC)

Memory Lane
James, our Charter President, gave an account on how the Club was first formed. He engaged the help of his schoolmate Patrick Oei (Sponsor & Mentor) to set up the Club & his friends in ITE to form the charter strengh of 20 members.

The first demo meeting was held on Fri 13 Oct 2002@ITE Yishun & ITE Toastmasters Club was chartered on 15 Dec 2002.

To guide us thru his Toastmasters journey, he used the following:
a) Unconscious Incompetence
b) Conscious Incompetence
c) Conscious Competence
d) Unconscious Competence - when he completes 30 speech projects (ACG)

He told a story of how the men from a boat seemed to be able to walk on water because they knew where the rocks were.
His greatest joy was growing in speaking & leadership skills.


Kay Teck, who was Club President after James, recalled his school days where he had stage fright during a storytelling competition despite being well prepared.
We must be willing to take the 1st step & it will change our life. Toastmasters certainly has transformed his life & glad to be on this journey of enhancing one's communication & leadership skills.

Prepared Speeches
1) Poh Lian, AP3 (Speech Title: My Neighbour Kim)
Spoke about her neighbour whose husband was blue collar worker, she was still cheerful & positive about life. Similarly, our Club should continue to be cheerful & merry spirited although we are slightly below charter strength.

2) Eng Kai, P10 (Speech Title: Santa Claus Bank)
There are 86,400 seconds in 1 day. He inspired us to invest time wisely in different areas using the acroymn:
T - Technology
I - Inspiration
M - Money
E - Explore, Experiment, Evolve
He has achieved the title of Competent Communicator.

3) Siva, AP2 (Speech Title: A compromise of one's integrity will backfire)
Told 3 stories which he heard in Toastmasters movement about the importance of upholding one's integrity.

Project Evaluation
Vimal (Leng Kee Adv TMC), Fangrui (Bukit Batok TMC) & Winson (S'pore Poly TMC) fedback on the areas done well and gave suggestions for improvement.












Language Evaluation
Siva highlighted figures of speech used & use of word of the day.

Ah Counter
Joey (Bukit Batok TMC) kindly gave a discounted Ah Counter's report.









Timer
Aloysius had to be alert throughout the mtg & monitored the time. He contributed a bottle of wine for the festive occasion.









Gift Exchange
We had gift exchange.





Thanks to Kay Chuan who bought food & souvenirs for visiting TMs.



















Best Prepared Speech Speaker: Suen Eng Kai (ITE TMC)
Best Evaluator: Winson Lim, ACS, CL, Divn S Governor (S'pore Poly TMC) & Tang Fangrui, CL (Bukit Batok TMC)

Siva, VPE