division n newsletter issue 2

8/7/2019 Division N Newsletter Issue 2

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MESSAGE FROM THE DIVISION N GOVERNOR

Dear Division N Members,

I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude to all my Division N Council

members and members for your support for the past nine months. There will be another three more

months for us to serve before the end of 2010/2011 term.

My sincere thanks to all club officers who attended the Toastmasters Leadership Training 2 (TLI)

held at USM in January as well as those who attended our recently concluded Division N

International Speech & Table Topics Contest 2010/2011 at Kompleks Masyarakat Penyayang.

With your constant effort and support, I am looking forward to your achievements for Club, Area &

Division N level. I am looking forward to our success at the 18th Penang Annual Convention 2011.

We definitely will be ACHIEVING GREATNESS together.

Best Regards,

Sutharat Nai Charm,ACS,ALS

Division N Governor

Volume: 1 Issue: 2 November 2010 April 2011 For Toastmasters Only

Another new club was chartered under Area N3

SGGS Toastmasters

Club (#1605257-51)


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REPORT FROM ASSISTANT GOVERNOR

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Finish the race

A great New Year and a great 2011 for Division N !Time flies and we are now at the 9th month of

term 2010/2011.We had our TLI2 successfully done under the guidance of our Area N1 Governor

Nithianandan and his team on 9th January 2011 to ensure that we will start this 2011 with a bang!

As far as Educational Goal are concerned, we have 34 CCs , 10 ACs and 1 DTM for Division N!(As off 1st April 2011). These are a remarkable statistics as 34 speakers had successfully improvedtheir communication skills by undertaking the competent communicator manuals training. The

break down is as follows:

Kudos to Area N3 especially USM Students Toastmasters Club for their effort in helping 21 mem-

bers to achieve the Competent Communicator title! This is how we are Achieving Greatness To-

gether! Toastmasters journey is a wonderful experience in life, how far have you ever walked in

this path of conquest? Halfway through your CC? at the beginning of your AC manual? Standing

at the cross roads after completing your CC and do not know which path to choose?

If you are at the halfway mark, keep going! You still have another 3 months to complete your

quest to success! You have started the race, you have come so far, keep the faith and the courage

to finish the race!

If you are pondering on where to go or what to do, ask for help! Your leaders in the club are well

equipped with the knowledge and experience, consult by asking for their guidance. There will be

light at the end of the tunnel! All you need to do is to keep moving forward!

When you are attending your club meeting, give each other a pat at the back and tell yourselves

Good job! We have come so far, lets finish the race together!

What is the resolution that you have made since the first day you join this wonderful organization?

What are the goals that you have set for this term?

Lets Achieve Greatness Together and finish the race!

Terence Lee,ACS,ALBAssistant Division N Governor

Education & Training

Area CC AC CL/AL DTM

N1 2 3 2

N2 1 3 6

N3 30 2 2 1

N4 1 2

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DIVISION N INTERNATIONAL SPEECH

&

TABLE TOPICS CONTEST 2010/2011

>>Highlights From The Speech Contest


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DISTINGUISHED CLUB STATUS

As at 1st April 2011

Select Distinguished Club ( 7 or 8 DCP Goals)

Distinguished Club ( 5 or 6 DCP Goals)

BAYAN BARU TOASTMASTERS CLUB - 8 DCP Goals

ACHIEVERS TOASTMASTERS CLUB - 8 DCP Goals

PTPL PENANG TOASTMASTERS CLUB - 7 DCP Goals

INTEL PENANG TOASTMASTERS CLUB - 7 DCP Goals

PENANG ALTERA TOASTMASTERS CLUB - 6 DCP Goals

YMCA TOASTMASTERS CLUB OF PENANG- 5 DCP Goals

PENANG TOASTMASTERS CLUB - 5 DCP Goals

EDUCATIONAL GOAL ACHIEVERS(As at 1st April 2011)

*To Be Continued Next Page*

NAME EDUCATIONAL

GOALS

CLUB

PATRICK CHEAH LIAT HIN CC PENANG TOASTMASTERS CLUB

TAN LEONG SHEN CC PTPL PENANG TOASTMASTERS CLUB

KOH KAI HONG CC INTEL PENANG TOASTMASTERS CLUB

TAN TEIK POH CC YMCA TOASTMASTERS CLUB OFPENANG

CLEMENT ONG TUN HEANG CC ACHIEVERS TOASTMASTERS CLUB

NG TIK LIANG CC ACHIEVERS TOASTMASTERS CLUB

KISHIN SHAM MAHTANI CC ACHIEVERS TOASTMASTERS CLUB

LOH E-JIAT CC ACHIEVERS TOASTMASTERS CLUB

NICHOLAS ACCARDI CC USM TOASTMASTERS CLUB

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MUTHURASU DEVARAJAN CC USM TOASTMASTERS CLUB

TAN BOON KHOON CC USM TOASTMASTERS CLUB

TAN SENG WAH CC USM TOASTMASTERS CLUB

NUR ILIANIS BINTI ADNAN CC USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

NURUL TASNIM BINTI SAARI CC USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

ERISHAHRAIZAL BIN RAZALI CC USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

ROSE NABIELLA BINTI MOHD RUSLI CC USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

ZUREZA BINTI AHMAD MOKHTAR CC USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

NURUL SHUHADA BINTI MOHD NOR CC USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

ZANISHAR BINTI ABDUL GHANI CC USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

ZAHIDAH BINTI ZAKARIA CC USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

NURUL SALWA BINTI WAHAB CC USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

YUZIANA BINTI YASIN CC USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

ESTHER HOOI CHEE MEI CC USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

PHOEBE BONG YIEN YUNG CC USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

ESTHER TONG YI ZHEN CC USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

NOEL WONG KIN LOON CC USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

LIM CHOON SEONG CC USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

TANG CHEW YONG CC USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

LOW KAR SUAN CC USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

WENDY WONG CC USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

HOW, MOON RAIN YUE ER CC USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

CHEAM SEOW FANG CC USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

PAULINE KHOO MUN YEE CC USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

NAVROSE KHAN HABIBULLAH KHAN CC YMSC PENANG BILINGUAL

TAN LEONG SHEN CL PTPL PENANG TOASTMASTERS CLUB

JOHN UNG CL BAYAN BARU TOASTMASTERS CLUB

CHNG YEE TEONG CL BAYAN BARU TOASTMASTERS CLUB

SEAH YEOW NGEE CL INTEL PENANG TOASTMASTERS CLUB

ONG HUI LEANG CL PENANG ALTERA TOASTMASTERS CLUB

MOH YUN HUI CL PENANG ALTERA TOASTMASTERS CLUB

COLIN LAMB CL YMCA TOASTMASTERS CLUB OFPENANG

PAULINE KHOO MUN YEE CL USM STUDENT TOASTMASTERS CLUB

JAGDEEP SINGH DHALIWAL ACB PENANG TOASTMASTERS CLUB

LIM KHENG YEW ACB BAYAN BARU TOASTMASTERS CLUB

EVELYN CHUAH HIANG SUAN ACB INTEL PENANG TOASTMASTERS CLUB

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LOH E-JIAT ACB ACHIEVERS TOASTMASTERS CLUB

KISHIN SHAM MAHTANI ACB ACHIEVERS TOASTMASTERS CLUB

HJ FARUK V. RAJU MOHAMED ACB YMSC PENANG BILINGUAL

HONG TZE WEI ACS PTPL PENANG TOASTMASTERS CLUB

MAH SIEW CHIN ACS BAYAN BARU TOASTMASTERS CLUB

HJ RAMZAN ALI ACS YMSC PENANG BILINGUAL

THANNIMALAI LETCHUMANAN ACG ORACLE ADVANCED TOASTMASTERSCLUB

TAN LEONG SHEN ALB PTPL PENANG TOASTMASTERS CLUB

SEAH YEOW NGEE ALB INTEL PENANG TOASTMASTERS CLUB

THANNIMALAI LETCHUMANAN DTM YMCA TOASTMASTERS CLUB OFPENANG

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By Jack Chng,CC,CLTHE GO GREEN CLUB !

Bayan Baru Toastmasters Club held its regular meeting on 18 November, 2010 (Thursday). Our

club held a special event in conjunction with our clubs regular meeting.

It was a historical day for Bayan Baru Toastmasters Club as it was our first ever GO GREEN day.

Now we not only emphasize on Communication & leadership skills, but we are also going

GREEN to SAVE THE PLANET!!!!!

The purpose was to create awareness of recycling to preserve our precious environment.

The whole event showed to our guests, our leadership & communication style and substance. By

using our eloquence in speech making throughout the evening, we could save our mother earth

through being responsible club citizens and using our communication skills to spread the message,

and thus influence people around us. It was indeed a noble and honourable effort.

Members were excited and full of camaraderie to contribute their time, effort, resources to ensure

the success of the launch.

This event was open to all our members and member of public. We invited a special guest speaker

Mr. Don Theseira to share his knowledge on environment and recycling issues. He is an expert in

Household Recycling and has been featured in countless magazines and newspapers and

awardedEveryday Heroes by Readers Digest in 2002.

On a special note, this project was the idea of our distinguished member Dr. Janet Lim. Her contri-

bution of her precious time & resources are highly appreciated. We are so glad to have such a sup-portive & enthusiastic member.

On that day, members and guests received a special recycling bag each thanks to Dr. Janet.

Please visit our website to view the Go Green Song of the opening performance, Go Green Gallery

and Go Green newsletter.

Website: http://www.bbtmc.org/

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THE SKY IS THE LIMIT

During one of our Exco meetings in October 2010, we realized that one of the biggest issue that we were fac-

ing was members retention. Although we managed to get a few new members but if they were not retained, it

would be back to square one. We would like to make our club moreAttractive, Desirable and Energetic. We

knew that the only way we could achieve this was by thinking out of the box.Instead of having just a fort-

nightly meeting, we decided to organise something massive, interesting and what we were totally inexperi-

enced in. Something that most clubs would avoid to organize,a Teambuilding .

It took us almost 3 months of preparation to get things done. The journey was never smooth. We faced sev-

eral obstacles such as a lack of interest from PTPL students due to examinations and also lack of cooperation

within the Organising Committee itself. We thought that this event would be a major disaster. Two weeks

before the teambuilding, the total participants barely reached 10. -Disappointed, Yes , Demotivated, No -

The situation was so alarming that an emergency meeting was called. We solved all the disputes once and for

all and from then on, we were working as a TEAM. Everyone including normal members were chipping in

an effort to make it the best activity ever organized. We promoted the teambuilding to our university

friends,college friends, family members & Toastmasters from other clubs through all sort of possible com-

munication methods including Facebook. Within a few days, our participants doubled. From then on, we

never looked back. We had a remarkable 41 participants for our teambuilding, an achievement that we haddare not dream off earlier.

The teambuilding day itself was enjoyable and fun.We were glad that participants enjoyed playing at the

same time learning to cooperate and working as a team in completing challenges. It was a fruitful event as

we not only able to enjoy the activities but also learned from one and another. We even got new members

through the teambuilding. We get more than what we asked for. It is always possible to do anything to im-

prove our club as long as we remained optimistic and being committed as the sky is the limit. Within a

T.E.A.M, Together Everyone Achieves More. Never give up until the last minute when there is a will,there

is a way. Without the support from fellow Toastmasters such as Katigeyan, Karen Teh and our Division N

Governor, Sutharat, we would not have overcome the obstacles. We are proud that even though we are new

& young, we can Achieve Greatness Together. If young and energetic PTPL Penang Toastmasters memberscan achieve their goal, so can you !

BY TAN LEONG SHEN,CC,ALBBY TAN LEONG SHEN,CC,ALBBY TAN LEONG SHEN,CC,ALBBY TAN LEONG SHEN,CC,ALB

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Website : http://ptplpgtoastmasters.blogspot.com


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A Miracle Story

The miracle...Lying on the bed of ICU, Achievers Toastmasters Club was on the brick of

falling apart. However, under the dedication of Dr. Tan Teik Poh & his team,Achievers Toastmasters stands before you, stronger than before...

BY LOH E-JIAT,ACB

Last June 2010, Achievers Toastmasters Club had a

serious crisis, having only 6 active members attend-ing their meetings. Double roles, Triple roles were

what they did during their meetings. Committee

members positions had to be filled by members who

were very busy. There were calls to give up on it, but

the Achievers dedication, enthusiasm, passion to

Toastmasters was that drug that kept it alive until

now.

Meetings went on as usual, although a burden to the

members present. The president asked the members

by e-mail, sms and calls weeks and days before themeeting to bring friends, family or colleagues to at-

tend. The attendance increased and poof, it just

seemed like magic, the fate of Achievers Toastmas-

ters Club changed on 28 October 2010 when 9 out of

13 guests signed up to be members on the spot. Due

to an increment of 17 new members to the club in

the past 6 months, Achievers Toastmasters Club has

now closed its membership, to promote quality.

Im sure everyone is wondering the secret to this

miracle. Just 3 words - Cash Back Guarantee .

Achievers Toastmasters Club offer cash back guar-

antee for any member who feels that Toastmasters is

unable to provide them learning opportunities. Of

course, under a condition that they attend meetings

and do assignments.

However, those 3 words werent what Achievers

Toastmasters Club showed the guests, Achievers

showed them their passion towards Toastmasters

meetings. The room is always packed with members

who enjoy speaking, and listening to speeches. Pas-

sion is like virus, it spreads. If you have passion, it

will spread on to the guests or Toastmasters-to-be.

Achievers Toastmasters Club has shown that having

low membership does not mean the end. With dedi-

cation, enthusiasm and passion, miracles can happen.If Achievers can, why not you?

The success was not because of Achievers Toast-

masters Club alone. They would like to express their

appreciation to members of YMCA Toastmasters

Club, Area Governor Dr. Theva and wife Dr Asha

and other Toastmasters friends for their all out sup-

port attending our meetings and helping to play roles

to pull us through our critical stage.

Innovating InductionIt is normal for clubs to have an induction ceremony

for new members. However, Achievers Toastmas-

ters Club tries to add some twist by having Santa

Clause to induct the new members during a Christ-

mas Dinner meeting. This does add to the variety as

well.


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Editorial Team

Editor : Hong Tze Wei,ACS,ALB (PTPL Penang Toastmasters Club)

Advisor : Karen Teh,ACB,ALB (YMCA Toastmasters Club of Penang)

*Articles are from their respective contributors

*Photographs are from all clubs, Yogeswaren & Jeremy Hiew

*Feedbacks & suggestions are always welcomed

All schedules & information are correct at the time of compiling this newsletter.Information is subjectto change. Kindly check with club Presidents for verification. If there is any error in any form of photos

or information,it is unintentional. Please accept our sincere apologies Editor

Tamil international speech &Tamil international speech &Tamil international speech &Tamil international speech &

table topics contest 2010/2011table topics contest 2010/2011table topics contest 2010/2011table topics contest 2010/2011

Date: 2nd April 2011

Location : Disted College, Penang

International Speech Contest

Champion : Hj Ramzan Ali1st Runner Up: Julaiha Begum2nd Runner Up: Hj Farok Raja

Table Topics Contest

Champion : Anbil Tharmalingam1st Runner Up: Hj Abdul Rahim

2nd Runner Up: Abdul Hakkeem

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