6th Chapter Meeting on 9 Dec 2009 @ ITE College West (Dover Campus)

The theme of this meeting is "If You Want the Rainbow, You have to Put Up With the Rain."
Poh Lian was the Toastmaster of the Evening.

Opening Address

President requested members to come forward to take part in the upcoming International Speech & Table Topics Contests. Since there are less than 5 clubs in our Area, each club is allowed to send 2 contestants for each contest. He cited his own experience in taking part in contests 2 terms ago where a lot of time & effort were spent in drafting & rehearing the speech. He got 2nd runner up in International Speech contest where the trophy was considered his rainbow, having put up with the rain. Taking part in contests is one of the training platforms in Toastmasters to improve on communication skills. He encouraged members to take the challenge to represent the Club in the Combined Area contests to be held on Sat 27 Feb 2010.

Siva presented "Creating the Best Club Climate" from the Successful Club Series. This is one of the requirements to achieve Advanced Leader Bronze. The main points covered were:

1) Set a Good Example for Others

2) Roll Out the Welcome Mat to Guests

3) Show Members That We Care

John Sih was the Language Evaluator. He gave us the Word of the Day "Impeccable".

Aloysius was the table topics master:-

• S'pore Idol:talent or popularity contest - Daya
• TalentTime - Eng Kai
• Std Chartered Marathon vs CAAS Charity Run - Ho Peng
• Most memorable Xmas event - Karl Sun

Prepared Speeches

Meng Choon presented his P2 speech titled "Finish Strong"

Karl Sun presented P3 speech titled "Googlegroups - Effective Communication Tool"

Ho Peng presented P6 speech titled "Emotional Bank Account"

Tokens of appreciation are presented to the visiting toastmasters

Alicia Yuen (Bukit Batok TMC)
Daya (Bukit Batok TMC)
Derrick Wong [UNSW(Australia) TMC]
Lim Lay Hong (Ulu Pandan TMC)

John Sih (Money Mastery TMC)

Ribbons presentation:
Best Table Topics - Daya (Bukit Batok TMC)
Best Prepared Speech - Eng Meng Choon
Best Evaluator - Daya (Bukit Batok TMC)