Toastmasters International District 51 Division S Area S6 website

Division S Final Newsletter is published!

2009-07-23T00:04:00.002+08:00

Get your copy here!

Area Governor Visit: Pentamaster Toastmasters Club

2009-07-10T21:25:00.008+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

I'm glad to join Pentamaster Toastmasters Club Meeting today.

Glad to have some Division Officers and Guests joined me visiting the clubs, they are:

1) Joanne Tan, ACS, CL (Division S Webmaster/Club Sponsor)

2) Andy Lim, ATMS, CL (Club Mentor)

3) Yeap Ai Li, CC (Gurney-Hydro Club VPM)

4) Chan Jyh Woei, CC (Gurney-Hydro Club President)

5) Ong Joo Jon (IPG1 Toastmasters Club)

Congratulations to award recipients today.

1) District Recognition Pin Award - Bobby Tan, ATM (Able-Toastmaster)

for contribution in successful setup of Pentamaster Club and contribution to Area S6 achievement of President's Distinguished Area

2) Area Governor Appreciation Award - Ong Joo Jon

for his passion & outstanding support to Area S6 by voluntary visiting many Area S6 clubs like Seberang Jaya Club and Pentamaster Club.

Meeting photos can view here.

Cheers,
Johnson Tang, CC, ALB
Immediate Past Area S6 Governor

Area Governor Visit: Dell Penang Toastmasters Club

2009-07-09T23:11:00.004+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

Congratulations to award recipients today.

1) New Member recognition – District Theme Pin

Surya Dharamdass

2) Area Governor Appreciation Award

Immediate Past President Ong Wai Yeong, CTM, CL - for leading Dell Penang Club achieved Select-Distinguished Club

Immediate Past SAA Lim Teik Lai, CC, CL – for contribution to Dell Penang Club achieved Select-Distinguished Club

Immediate Past Secretary Chan Bien Chye – for contribution to Dell Penang Club achieved Select-Distinguished Club

Immediate Past VPPR/VPM Lim Khee Seong, CC, CL – for contribution to Dell Penang Club achieved Select-Distinguished Club

Immediate Past VPE Jessica Ho, CC - for contribution to Dell Penang Club achieved Select-Distinguished Club & Area S6 achieving President's Distinguished Area

3) Toastmasters Outstanding Member Pin Award

Christopher Choong, ACB, CL - for guidance & contribution to President's Distinguished Area

Meeting photos can view here.

Cheers,
Johnson Tang, CC, ALB
Immediate Past Area S6 Governor

Announcement: Area Newsletter Final Edition published today!

2009-07-07T23:13:00.002+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

I am glad to announce the launch of our Final Edition Area S6 Newsletter!

You can download a copy here. (1.5MB)
Happy reading!!

Cheers,

Johnson Tang

Area Governor Visit: Seberang Jaya Toastmasters Club

2009-07-07T22:54:00.004+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

I'm glad to join Seberang Jaya Club Meeting tonight.

Glad to meet Division/Area Council & Guests joined me visiting the clubs, they are:
1) Christopher Choong, ACB, CL (Asst DvG Marketing)
2) Erik Ooi, ATMB, CL (Area S8 Governor)
3) Kenny Lee, CC,CL (Asst Area S8 Governor Marketing)
4) Jon Ong (IPG1 Toastmasters Club)

Congratulations to award recipients today.
1) Educational Award – Division S Courageous Pin
ACB Award – Jessica Tan, ACB

2) Educational Award – District Theme Pin
ACB Award – Jessica Tan, ACB

3) New Member recognition - Division S Courageous Pin
Justin (New SAA)
Tang Wei Kok
Teoh

4) Area Governor Appreciation Award
Jessica Tan, ACB - for contribution to President's Distinguished Area
Sue Chan, DTM - for guidance & contribution to President's Distinguished Area
David Choo, CC - for leading Seberang Jaya Club achieved Distinguished Club

5) Toastmasters Enthusiasm Award
Erik Ooi, ATMB, CL - for contribution to Seberang Jaya Club achieved Distinguished Club

Cheers,
Johnson Tang, CC, ALB
Immediate Past Area S6 Governor

Last Day in Area Governor Office 2008-2009

2009-06-30T22:28:00.004+08:00

Dear Team,

Today is the last day for Toastmasters International term 2008-2009.
Also last day of my Area Governor assignment in office.

Would like to express my sincere appreciation to all your support and assistance render to me and our Area Council members throughout the year. We still working on final version of Area Newsletter to wrap up all our achievement in this one term. It targeted to publish by this weekend.

Hope to see you again in your club meeting and upcoming JID Installation Dinner Night 1-Aug.
Let’s welcome our incoming Area Governors and Club Presidents onboard by tomorrow onwards. I wish you all the best on your new assignment.

Area S4
Area Governor: Eleanor Ooi, CC, CL
Bukit Gelugor Club President: Eric Yeoh, ACB, CL

Area S6
Area Governor: Jessica Ho, CC, CL
Dell PG Club President: Lai York Keong
Pentamaster Club President: Alan Teh

Area S8
Area Governor: Erik Ooi, ATMB, CL
Ann Joo Steel Club President: Khoo SW
Seberang Jaya Club President: Jessica Tan, ACB

Cheers,
Johnson Tang, CC, ALB
Area S6 Governor 08/09

TLI Club Officers Training update

2009-06-30T21:21:00.003+08:00

Team,

We have completed TLI-1 Club Officers Training last Sunday @ Disted College.
Here's some photos taken by Photographer Christopher Choong.
Feel free to download here.

Training material compilation in progress, will be shared once available.

Cheers,
Johnson Tang, CC, ALB
TLI Training Organizing Chair

Toastmasters International Announcement

2009-06-27T13:39:00.003+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

Glad to share with you, today, Toastmasters International report confirmed Area S6 completed the mission as PRESIDENT'S DISTINGUISHED AREA !!

Thanks to Area Council members, Club Officers & members for your commitment and team work in driving for result. It comes not easy and I am glad that we make this happened as a team!

Also thanks to Division Council and District Officers for your guidance and support to us!

Cheers,
Johnson Tang, CC, ALB
Area S6 Governor 08/09

Dell PG Club Award Meeting

2009-06-25T23:34:00.006+08:00

Fellow members,

Thank you for your participation.
Your presence make the event meaningful and fun.

Division Governor: Tan Chia Lih, DTM
Asst Division Governor Education Training: Christopher Choong, CC, ALB
Asst Division Governor Marketing: SH Lim, ACS, CL

Today we discharged outgoing club officers and installed new term club officers.

Congratulations to award recipients:

CC Education Award: Yeoh Hui Kiang, CC
Toastmasters Of The Year 2009: Jessica Ho, CC
Area Governor service award: Johnson Tang, CC, ALB
Division S Courageous Pin for new member: Ong Lee Lee
Division S Courageous Pin for new member: Chan Pooi Yan

More event photos can view here.

Announcement: Hooray, Area S6 is President's Distinguished Area now!!

2009-06-25T00:11:00.002+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

Would like to share with you, today, Area S6 completed the mission and submitted all achievement online, we are now PRESIDENT'S DISTINGUISHED AREA !!

Thanks to Area Council members, Club Officers & members for your commitment and team work in driving for result. It comes not easy and I am glad that we make this happened!

Also thanks to Division Council and District Officers for your guidance and support!

Cheers,

Johnson Tang, CC, ALB

Area S6 Governor 08/09

Welcome Pentamaster Toastmasters Club be part of Area S6 club

2009-06-20T15:06:00.004+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

Let's welcome new club chartered and joined Area S6 - Pentamaster Toastmasters Club onboard !!

Cheers,
Johnson Tang, CC, ALB
Area S6 Governor 08/09

Announcement: Toastmaster Of The Year 2008-2009

2009-06-20T13:58:00.009+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

I'm pleased to announce our Club Level "Toastmaster Of The Year" Award recipients. Join me to congratulate them!!

Club Level winner:
Bukit Gelugor Club: Fong Chooi Fuoi, CC

Dell Penang Club: Jessica Ho, CC

Seberang Jaya Club: Jessica Tan, ACB

Cheers,
Johnson Tang, CC, ALB
Area S6 Governor 08/09

Area Governor Visit: Bukit Gelugor Toastmasters Club

2009-06-12T22:24:00.005+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

I'm glad to join Bukit Gelugor Club Meeting.
Thanks to Guests joined me visiting the clubs, they are:
1) Tan Chia Lih, DTM (Div S Governor)
2) Eleanor Ooi, CC, CL (Incoming AG)
3) Carmen Loo, ACB, CL (Incoming Asst AG)

Congratulations to award recipients on that evening.
1) District Club President Award plaque: Sunny Foo, CC, CL

2) Outstanding Member Pin Award for Area Newsletter contributors: Sunny Foo, CC, CL

3) District DOSE Membership Voucher recognition:
USD$20 Voucher - Bukit Gelugor Club
USD$10 Voucher - Sunny Foo, CC, ALB & Goh Su Yin

4) Educational Award – Division Courageous Pin
ACB Award – Eric Yeo, ACB, CL
CC Award – Fong Choon Fuoi, CC

5) Educational Award – District Theme Pin
ACB Award – Eric Yeo, ACB, CL
CC Award – Fong Choon Fuoi, CC

Division S Courageous Pin Winners update

2009-06-12T22:18:00.001+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

I am proud to update the winners of Division S Courageous Pin. Join me in congratulate recipients below for their achievement.

Area S6 winners are:

1) CL Award - Sunny Foo, CC, CL (Bukit Gelugor Club)

2) CC Award - Ch'ng Ewe Ghee, CC (Bukit Gelugor Club)

3) CL Award - Christopher Choong, CC, CL (Dell Penang Club)

4) CL Award - Johnson Tang, CC, CL (Dell Penang Club)

5) ALB Award - Johnson Tang, CC, ALB (Dell Penang Club)

6) CC Award - Jessica Ho, CC (Dell Penang Club)

7) ALB Award - Sunny Foo, CC, ALB (Bukit Gelugor Club)

8) CC Award - Lum Chee Poh, CC (Bukit Gelugor Club)

9) ACB Award - Eric Yeo KM, ACB, CL (Bukit Gelugor Club)

10) CC Award - Fong Choon Fuoi, CC (Bukit Gelugor Club)

11) CC Award - Seanz Cham, CC (Seberang Jaya Club)

12) CC Award - David Choo, CC (Seberang Jaya Club)

Area Governor Visit: Seberang Jaya Toastmasters Club

2009-05-20T00:32:00.006+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

I'm glad to join Seberang Jaya Club Meeting tonight as Advanced Speech Evaluator and Grammarian.

Thanks to Guests joined me visiting the clubs, they are:
1) Hong Tze Wei, CC (IPG1 Toastmasters Club)
2) Jon Ong (Mid-Valley Toastmasters Club)
3) AG Ang Eng Chai, ACG, ALB (Intel Kulim Toastmasters Club)

Congratulations to award recipients today.
1) Outstanding Member Pin Award for newsletter contributors:·
Jessica Tan, CC

2) Educational Award – Division Courageous Pin
CC Award – Seanz Cham, CC
CC Award – David Choo, CC

3) Educational Award – District Theme Pin
CC Award – Seanz Cham, CC
CC Award – David Choo, CC

Announcement: Toastmasters Picture Your Face Here

2009-05-18T22:00:00.003+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

Today featured the 100th updates for our Area Website updates.
Would like to share an exciting news with you.

Faces of District 51 Toastmasters are featured in TI website recently. WOW!!
To find out more about Picture Your Face Here, click here.

Award Announcement

2009-05-17T20:49:00.004+08:00

1) Area S6 named as 1st Place Winner in District 51 “The Best Area/Division Newsletter Award”.
· Area Governor : Johnson Tang, CC, ALB
· Chief Editor: H’ng Sinew Lee, CC, CL
Outstanding Member Pin Award for newsletter contributors:
· Johnson Tang, CC, ALB
· H’ng Siew Lee, CC, CL
· Jessica Ho, CC
· Sunny Foo, CC, ALB
· Khoo Shiou Wenn
· Jessica Tan, CC
http://www.tmdistrict51.org/material/S6Newsletter1.pdf
http://www.tmdistrict51.org/material/S6Newsletter2.pdf
http://www.tmdistrict51.org/material/S6Newsletter3.pdf

2) Membership DOSE Campaign Voucher winners
USD $10 Voucher Winners (recruited at least 3 members in the compaign)
· Sunny Foo, CC, ALB
· Goh Su Yin
USD $20 Voucher Winners (minimum net growth of 8 members in the compaign)
· Bukit Gelugor Toastmasters Club

3) District 51 Club President Appreciation Award (Awarded to Club President achieved Distinguished Club status before 10-Apr-2009)
· Sunny Foo, CC, ALB (Bukit Gelugor Club)

4) Educational Award – Division Courageous Pin
· ACB Award – Eric Yeoh,ACB, CL (Bukit Gelugor Club)
· CC Award – Seanz Cham,CC (Seberang Jaya Club)
· CC Award – David Choo,CC (Seberang Jaya Club)

5) Educational Award – District Theme Pin
· ACB Award – Eric Yeoh,ACB,CL (Bukit Gelugor Club)
· CC Award – Seanz Cham,CC (Seberang Jaya Club)
· CC Award – David Choo,CC (Seberang Jaya Club)

Who are the Area S6 Delegates registered to Genting Convention 2009?

2009-05-16T20:58:00.003+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

We have returned from Kuching Convention. Many of us been inspired and would like to move on to Genting Convention 2009! Who are those delegates from Area S6 who registered to next convention at Genting?
Congratulations to Area S6 Delegates below for signed up for Genting Convention full package:-

Dell Penang Club
1) Christopher Choong, CC, ALB
2) Johnson Tang, CC, ALB
3) Jessica Ho, CC
4) Yeoh Hui Kiang
5) Yam Chew Chong
6) Lai York Keong

Seberang Jaya Club
7) Ooi Seng Chai, ATMB, CL
8) Sue Chan, DTM
9) Jessica Tan, CC

Who are the Area S6 Delegates to Kuching Convention 2009?

2009-04-11T23:40:00.005+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

Kuching Convention 2009 is just round the corner!
Who are those delegates from Area S6 are attending the convention this round?

Congratulations to Area S6 Delegates below for signed up for convention full package:-
Dell Penang Club
1) Christopher Choong, CC, ALB
2) Johnson Tang, CC, ALB
3) Jessica Ho, CC
4) Pauline Sia, ACS
5) Lim Khee Seong, CC, CL
6) Tan Poh Ai, CC
Seberang Jaya Club
7) Ooi Seng Chai, ATMB, CL

In fact, we are the largest full package registered group in Division S!

Kuching Convention Registration Report as at 6-Apr:-

Division S Courageous Pin Winners update

2009-04-10T23:34:00.003+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

I am proud to update the winners of Division S Courageous Pin. Join me in congratulate recipients below for their achievement.

Area S6 winners are:
1) CL Award - Sunny Foo, CC, CL (Bukit Gelugor Club)
2) CC Award - Ch'ng Ewe Ghee, CC (Bukit Gelugor Club)
3) CL Award - Christopher Choong, CC, CL (Dell Penang Club)
4) CL Award - Johnson Tang, CC, CL (Dell Penang Club)
5) ALB Award - Johnson Tang, CC, ALB (Dell Penang Club)
6) CC Award - Jessica Ho, CC (Dell Penang Club)
7) ALB Award - Sunny Foo, CC, ALB (Bukit Gelugor Club)
8) CC Award - Lum Chee Poh, CC (Bukit Gelugor Club)
9) ACB Award - Eric Yeo KM, ACB, CL (Bukit Gelugor Club) new!
10) -open to grab-
11) -open to grab-
12) -open to grab-

Announcement: Best Area/Division Newsletter Award Winners

2009-04-02T21:44:00.004+08:00

Fellow members in Area S6,

Would like to share an exciting District announcement which named Area S6 as The Best Area/Division Newsletter Award Winners.

Thank you to those council members for your collective efforts and dedication in making our Area Newsletters a success one and be role model for the rest in this district.

Best Area/Division Newsletter First Place Winner (Platinum Scroll)
Area S6 Governor: Johnson Tang
Editor: H'ng Siew Lee

Full announcement can refer to District website.

Area S6 DCP Report as at 28-March-2009

2009-03-30T23:48:00.004+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

New progression of clubs in our area DCP achievement!
Congratulations to early achievers below:

7 DCP points achiever:
Bukit Gelugor Toastmasters Club WOW!!
1 point for 2 CC Award achieved by Ch'ng Ewe Ghee,CC & Lum Chee Poh,CC
1 point for CL Award achieved by Sunny Foo, CC, CL
1 point for ALB Award achieved by Sunny Foo, CC, ALB
2 points for 16 new members recruited (Sponsors are: Sunny Foo, Tan Saw Hoon, Goh Su Yin & Toh Chin Leong)
1 point for Oct Renewal submission by Treasurer Shuy Yau Leng,CC
1 point for attending Club Officers Training

5 DCP points achiever:
Dell Penang Toastmasters Club WOW!!
1 point for CL Award achieved by Christopher Choong, CC, CL
1 point for ALB Award achieved by Johnson Tang, CC, ALB
1 point for October renewal submission by Treasurer Lai York Keong
1 point for 5 new members recruited (Sponsors are: Yeoh Hui Kiang, Johnson Tang, Jeffrey Ong & Tan Pei Yin)
1 point for attending Club Officers Training

3 DCP points achiever:
Seberang Jaya Toastmasters Club
1 point for October renewal submission by Treasurer Ng Wei Jern
1 point for 4 new members recruited
1 point for attending Club Officers Training

3rd Edition of Area Newsletter is published today!

2009-03-21T23:55:00.005+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

I am glad to announce the launch of our Third Edition Area S6 Newsletter!

Highlight of exciting featured update in this edition:-

Area progression update in DCP
Know your leaders series
Area S6 Hall of Fame
Kuching Convention updates
Interview with Area Contest Organizing Chair

You can download your copy here. (770kb)

Happy reading!!

Division S Courageous Pin Winners update

2009-03-13T22:40:00.004+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

I am proud to update the winners of Division S Courageous Pin.
Join me in congratulate recipients below for their achievement.

Area S6 winners are:
1) CL Award - Sunny Foo, CC, CL (Bukit Gelugor Club)
2) CC Award - Ch'ng Ewe Ghee, CC (Bukit Gelugor Club)
3) CL Award - Christopher Choong, CC, CL (Dell Penang Club)
4) CL Award - Johnson Tang, CC, CL (Dell Penang Club)
5) ALB Award - Johnson Tang, CC, ALB (Dell Penang Club)
6) CC Award - Jessica Ho, CC (Dell Penang Club)
7) ALB Award - Sunny Foo, CC, ALB (Bukit Gelugor Club) new!
8) CC Award - Lum Chee Poh, CC (Bukit Gelugor Club) new!
9) -open to grab-
10) -open to grab-
11) -open to grab-
12) -open to grab-

Announcement: Division S Speech Contest Winners

2009-03-13T22:32:00.004+08:00

Team,

Here's the Division S Int Speech & Table Topics Contest 2009 winners.

More contest photos taken by Lim Pei Gee can view here.

Where are we in Division S ? (March check point)

2009-03-12T22:22:00.002+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

This is status update for clubs in Area S6 listed in Division S DCP achievement.

2 out of 4 clubs in Area S6 are ranked at top of Division S DCP Performance Stack Ranking.

Let's continue our courage to conquer and be recognised with Division Courageous Pin when you achieve any CC, CL, AC, AL Awards!
There are only 48 pieces of Division Pin in stock.
HURRY UP!

Area S6 DCP Report as at 7-March-2009

2009-03-09T12:35:00.004+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

New progression of clubs in our area DCP achievement!
Congratulations to early achievers below:

5 DCP points achiever:
Bukit Gelugor Toastmasters Club WOW!!
1 point for CL Award achieved by Sunny Foo, CC, CL
2 points for 16 new members recruited (Sponsors are: Sunny Foo, Tan Saw Hoon, Goh Su Yin & Toh Chin Leong)
1 point for Oct Renewal submission by Treasurer Shuy Yau Leng,CC
1 point for attending Club Officers Training

Dell Penang Toastmasters Club WOW!!
1 point for CL Award achieved by Christopher Choong, CC, CL
1 point for CL Award achieved by Johnson Tang, CC, CL
1 point for October renewal submission by Treasurer Lai York Keong
1 point for 5 new members recruited (Sponsors are: Yeoh Hui Kiang, Johnson Tang, Jeffrey Ong & Tan Pei Yin)
1 point for attending Club Officers Training

3 DCP points achiever:
Seberang Jaya Toastmasters Club
1 point for October renewal submission by Treasurer Ng Wei Jern
1 point for 4 new members recruited
1 point for attending Club Officers Training

March Edition: TIPS For Clubs

2009-03-09T11:09:00.002+08:00

March 2009 TIPS e-Newsletter is available now!

Toastmasters April 2009 Dues Renewals

2009-03-04T20:10:00.003+08:00

Greetings Club Officers,

Toastmasters International are pleased to inform you that a copy of your dues renewal membership list is now available on the Toastmasters International Web site.

You will be able to submit renewals online through the Club Business page at

Renewal starting the first week of March 2009.

Important notes for processing membership payments:

Renewals can be submitted online, by mail or by fax.

TI WHQ do not suggest submitting renewals by e-mail because it is not secure.If paying by credit card, dues renewals can be paid online.

At least six members must pay dues; 3 must be renewing.
If paying by cheque, you can print the list with the renewing members checked and mail it, along with payment, to World Headquarters.

Cheque must be made payable to Toastmasters International.

If you have any questions, please contact the TI WHQ Member Services Department at renewals@toastmasters.org or call +1-949-858-8255.

April renewals dues must reach TI WHQ or submitted online before April 01st 2009 to get credit for DCP goal #10 (if this is not achieve in the earlier Oct-Mar renewal).

Refer from announcement by LGET Ritchie.

Looking for innovative meeting experience?

2009-02-28T22:25:00.007+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

Do you ever attend a Toastmasters club meeting with 40+ participants?
Why so many peoples like to join them?
The meeting content ranging from drama, debating to leadership presentation.

The way they run meeting will not bore you because.....

They presenting Toastmasters benefits to guests in drama style
They practising impromptu speaking skill by debating in Table Topics session
Prepared speech speakers ranging from fundamental assignment to advanced speeches
Variety of refreshment supplied with home-make jelly, rojak and sandwiches

Experience the innovative meeting style in Division S........

Join them @ Bagan Ajam Toastmasters Club

2nd and 4th Friday 8pm @

143B JALAN RAJA UDA, (Upstairs JJ Cafe), BUTTERWORTH, 12300 Penang.

Some meeting photos can view here.

Message from Division Governor Office

2009-02-28T22:13:00.004+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

Need some courage to conquer tough time?
Share with you some inspirational message from our Division Governor.

Click the article for larger view.

Invitation: DIV-S INT SPEECH & TABLE TOPICS CONTEST 08/09

2009-02-26T23:40:00.002+08:00

Dear Club exco members,

The next BIG Event in our toastmasters calender is our Division S International Speech and Table Topics contest 08/09.

This event will feature 7 best International Speeches and 7 Best Table topic speaker. These 14 contestants are the best of the best in Division S.

Come and witness this wonderful event and learn from the best !!!

The contest details as follows :

Date : 8th March 2009

Time : 2pm

Venue : Penang Adventist Hospital (Nursing College)

Fee : RM10 / person (with light refreshment)
-->GET THE TICKET FROM YOUR AREA GOVERNOR

Kindly help to promote this event among your club members and let us witness together the highest quality of International Speech and Table Topics Contest in Division S this term!

Thanks and Regards,

Wan AmiruddinPublicity Manager of

Division S International Speech and Table Topics contest 08/09

Announcement: S6 & S7 International Speech & Table Topics Joint Area Contest Result

2009-02-23T21:08:00.007+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

Our S6 & S7 Joint Area Speech Contest has been successfully held yesterday @ IJM Land Building, Penang. It is my pleasure to share some key updates from the event.

#1) This is the most happening Area Contest in Division S this year which attended by 75 members and guests !!
#2) This is one of the most high team-spirit demonstration event. We have some technical issue on timing device, five voluntarily timing devices immediately were delivered to the venue within an hours time to ensure the success of the event.

We cannot change the wind, but we can change the sail!
Congratulations to Area Winners and high team-spirit demonstration to all Division S members!!

More event photos can be viewed at:-
Joseph Chen's camera
Lim Pei Gee's camera

Club Presidents/VPPR,
Please share this good news to all your club members.

Thanks and Regards
Johnson Tang / Thiang Bee Nee
S6 & S7 Area Governor

Invitation: to S6 & S7 Joint Area Contest 2009

2009-02-19T21:08:00.005+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

You are invited to join us @ 222 !!

22-Feb is our S6 & S7 Joint Area Contest 2009.

Date: 22-Feb-2009 Sunday
Time: 2pm
Venue: Level 6 Cafeteria, IJM Land Building, E-Gate
OC: Jessica Ho, CC
Admission RM8 (Free for Contestants and Role Players)

Order tickets from your club presidents or respective Area Governors.

Announcement: S6 & S7 Joint Area Contest 2009

2009-02-14T16:21:00.002+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

You are invited to join our S6 & S7 Joint Area Contest 2009.

Date: 22-Feb-2009 Sunday

Time: 2pm

Venue: Level 6 Cafeteria, IJM Land Building, E-Gate

OC: Jessica Ho, CC

Admission RM8 (Free for Contestants and Role Players)

Announcement: See you face in print ?

2009-02-08T17:27:00.002+08:00

Send in a Photo Submission Today!

It’s about time you appeared in print! Be the model you were meant to be and submit a photo of yourself or a fellow club member in an exotic location. But here’s the hitch: You have to have the Toastmaster magazine in the picture.

Have you led a team up a mountain or guided a group across the Sahara? Have you tried Table Topics in Tokyo, Paris or Dubai? If you’re planning a foreign adventure that includes some aspect of leadership or communication (or a visit to a club), be sure to take along a copy of the Toastmaster magazine. Pose with it in your exciting surroundings – the more challenging and far-reaching, the better. One step further: Take a copy along when you visit a Toastmasters club in a faraway land and pose with the magazine and your new friends!

E-mail the image to photos@toastmasters.org. Check the Web site’s photo galleries page often to see if your photo was chosen for display!

(Source: News extracted from Toastmasters International website)

February Edition: TIPS For Clubs

2009-02-06T23:35:00.002+08:00

February 2009 TIPS e-Newsletter is available now!

Featured news --->

Recognize Your Speech Contest Participants and Winners
Staying in the Black is Going Green: April 2009 Dues Renewals
Watch Those Month-end Closing Dates
Looking for Ways to Build Membership?
Share Your Photos!
Globe-trotting Toastmasters in 92 countries can now share their great pictures. Submit a photo of your travels or unique meeting location for the Web site’s new Photo Gallery page!

Sharing: TLI-2 Moment Of Truth Presentation Deck

2009-02-05T21:02:00.001+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

Here's the sharing of recent TLI-2 Moment Of Truth Presentation Deck compiled by all Area Governors.

Download your copy here.

cheers

Where are we in Division S ? (Feb check point)

2009-02-02T23:11:00.003+08:00

This is status update for clubs in Area S6 listed in Division S DCP achievement.

2 out of 4 clubs are ranked at top of Division S DCP Performance Stack Ranking.

There are 10 clubs will achieve at least 5 DCP Goal when TLI-2 Attendance Report submitted.

Let's continue our courage to conquer and be recognised with Division Courageous Pin when you achieve any CC, CL, AC, AL Awards! There are only 100 Division Pin in stock. HURRY UP!

Talk-Up Toastmasters Membership campaign just started

2009-02-01T16:57:00.003+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters:

Today 1st of February is an important date in our term.

Why?

This is because another Toastmasters membership campaign is started today.

Talk-Up Toastmasters Membership Campaign just started from today 1-Feb to 31-March.

Take this opportunity to add more new members to your club.

How?

One of the simple strategic you may use is invite one of your friends to your club meeting!

Let's take the opportunity to let your friends know how toastmasters can help them as well!

Congratulations to all winners from club level contests in Area S6

2009-01-29T21:17:00.003+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

Joint me to congratulate all winners from club level contests in Area S6.
Two highest place winners will represent their club to Area level contest.

14-Jan Wed 6.30pm Bukit Gelugor Club Contest
Venue: Level 6 Cafeteria, Menara IJM Land, e-Gate
OC: Eric Yeoh, CC, CL

International Speech Contest:
Champion: Fong Choon Fuoi
1st Runner Up: Chuang Kuang Han

Table Topics Speech Contest:
Champion: Sunny Foo
1st Runner Up: Lim Boon Keng

15-Jan Thu 6pm Dell Penang Club Contest
Venue: Dell LnD Training Room, Dell Global Business Center Bayan Lepas
OC: Jessica Ho, CC

International Speech Contest:
Champion: Ong Wai Yeong
1st Runner Up: Yeoh Hui Kiang

Table Topics Speech Contest:
Champion: Gilbert Gomez
1st Runner Up: Lim Khee Seong

20-Jan Tue 8pm Seberang Jaya Club Contest
Venue: Safira Country Club, Seberang Jaya
OC: Tan Chun Tat

International Speech Contest:
Champion: Jessica Tan
1st Runner Up: David Choo

Table Topics Speech Contest:
Champion: Vivek
1st Runner Up: Ng Fook Chin

January Edition: TIPS For Clubs

2009-01-28T22:02:00.002+08:00

January 2009 TIPS e-Newsletter is available now!

Featured news --->

A variety of new products are available in our online store

"Talk up Toastmasters" Membership campaign is going to start by 1-Feb to 31-March
Member Survey Form

Thank-You Message from TLI-2 Organizing Chair

2009-01-23T21:06:00.002+08:00

To all committee members of TLI2,

Yesterday we have witnessed a successful TLI2 from the great team work of all of you. If not because of all your help, and team work, I alone will not be able to organize this event, Chia Lih and Pala/Eddie alone will not be able to have a great attendance for TLI. Sincerely, I want to THANK ALL OF YOU for your help, your dedication, your commitment, your perseverance, and your motivation to perform all your duties so flawlessly.

I want to thank my Co-OC Sutharat for providing all the support and help that I need, he never says no to me whenever I ask him to help to do something. Sutharat, thank you!

I want to thank my lovely Treasurer, June Lim, for being such a great treasurer. She was so detail in every thing, the expense list that she has prepared was so comprehensive that I think I have never seen such an expense report that can be break down into so detail. Furthermore, June always continuesly remind me things that I missed out, and she even stepped out further to help me to organize all the awards for the Hall of fame nicely. The idea of using the ang pao was GREAT!! When i was sitting there, Thanni actually commented that this was such a great idea! June, I really thank you so much for all your help.

To my dearest Emcee Lilian, you showed us the Courage to Conquer, though this was the first time you were Emcee for TLI, but you have showed us a great coordination of the overall flow of TLI and with flexibility with all the sudden changes. Even though you were always chasing me for my AR to send you the list that you need (^-^), but this was all because of your great commitment. You really commit yourself to excellence! Thank you so much, Lilian!!

To both of my Publicity Manager, Johnson, and Eng Chai, Thank you very much for all your help in preparing all the publicity for TLI2. Both of you were so creative in designing the email for the publicity, and were so dedicated as you continue to remind all the club officers. And when I kept chasing you two for the numbers, both of you were so patience and fast in response to get me the number. Thank you for your help! And to Johnson, I want to specially thank you for helping me to do the stage backdrop, and also the Hall of Fame last minute. Even though I gave you one day to prepare the slides, but you managed to design such a nice and powerful Hall of Fame slides for me. Furthermore, you were so accomodating in all my request to change the fond size and colors. You were still updating the slides for me, even until Saturday night 11pm. Thank you for all your dedication. Next time if I ever organized any event, I will know who to help to design slides :-).

To my registration team, I can only say, you guys and gals, are such a great team. To Jessica, Hui Kiang, Grace, thank you for your committment to help, when I asked help for registration, you were the one that offered me your help in the very first beginning. And to Masz, Parthiban, Jim Ming I actually asked your help very last minute, but immediately, you just said YES to help me, thank you all so much!. And to Jim Ming, I also want to specially thank you for helping me in so many things, there were some last minute requests, like printing the cert, but you took up the task, and completed the task flawlessly. Thank you, Jim Ming! To Kenny, who has been attending all the meetings that I have called, and completed all the task on time, giving extra miles to prepare the template for the registration for me, I really thank you very much! But how can I forget my registration manager, Jing Wen. Even though he couldnt attend the meetings as he was in KM, but he called me after every meeting, to know what tasks had been assigned to him. He was so dedicated that he even designed an automatic calculation spreadsheet for registration, that immediately we could see the total number of attendance. This was never done in any previous TLI before. And he was the first one that arrived Intel in my committee team! He was practically running here and there, to get ready the latest and most updated registration list and numbers for me. Jing Wen, KUDOS to your dedication, your help and all your support to me. To all of you, thank you very much!

To my F&B Team manager, WHY YAP, why why tell me why :-)...tell me why you are so energetic, and so helpful, and so dedicated!. You have been like a star during the meeting, WHY? Because when you were there, everybody would laugh, and smile, and want to be with WHY yap who could cheer all of us up ;-). Thank you for all your help in ordering the food and drinks. I also want to thank Eng Chai for helping to order a very delicious vegetarian nasi lemak for all of us. I have received many good feedback regarding this vegetarian nasi lemak. Good job Eng Chai!

To my SAA team, I want to thank you all for your dedication. I want to thank my Chief SAA 1, Wei Qi for offering his help to book the auditorium, get all the air cond book, and all the prework. He was so detail that everytime he finished his action required, he would immediately send me an email. And he always asked me, "Anything else to do?"...Wei Qi, not only that you always bring laughter to us, but you have show us that what committment really is. Thank you, Wei Qi! Meanwhile, I want to thank my Chief SAA 2, Bernard. When I asked him to prepare the sign for the break out session, he immediately said yes, and he was so creative to use the calendar to put up the sign. Bernard was also so flexible to help me in all the task the I have assigned, and he completed all flawlessly. Bernard, thank you so much! To my another 2 SAA, Shih Jun and Joseph, you have also showed us what commitment really means, I saw Joseph everywhere I went during TLI, because he was practically helping everything, and Shih Jun, KUDOS to you in helping to make sure that no one actually enter the emergency exit. This is the first time ever that we have around 250 people, yet NO ONE, yes...NO ONE actually trigger the alarms! Thank you Shih Jun! To the whole SAA team, Great Job done!!

To my Timer, Queenie, Terence and Neoh, even though we started 30 minutes late, and also started late after the break, but you have managed to control the time so well, that we ended the event only 30 minutes late. To Queenie, I want to thank you for being so patience to me, as I kept telling you to change the time, yet you was so patience, and so attentive to all the changes. To my 2 tall handsome guys, Terence and Neoh, thank you so much for your help to carry the big timer board on time to warn everybody on the time!

To my Audio and lightning Manager, Wallace thank you for help. You were so flexible even though with your busy schedule, you will able to accomodate the last minute change of time for the mic testing, and performed your duty flawlessly on TLI2. Just one thing, as you were so busy with the audio and lightning, i have no time to introduce leng lui to you....hehehe...will do next time...:P

To both my Photographer, Neoh and Pei Gee, thank you for your help to be a great photographer on TLI. I can see both of you taking photos everywhere the excos went. Great job! And to Neoh, thank you for helping to prepare the special award CD, very creative cover on the CD. Well done!

Not to forget my Secretary Yew Jin, even though you cannot make it on TLI2 that day, but you have completed all your tasks flawlessly. Thank you very much.

To all the AGs, and facilitators in Div N and Div S, thank you all for your help in making this TLI a success, all of you have done a great job in the coordination. Even though i was also busy coordinating with my area, but I could hear people clapping, laughing, and a lot of talking. These really showed that you successfully encouraged the officers to speak-up, great job done. And to all the presenters, all of you were SIMPLY AMAZING, with only 30 minutes, you managed to summarize the findings, get ready the slides, and prepare a 5 minutes summary, WOW!...If I were you, I dont think I will be able to do what you have done! And special thanks to AG Ee Liang, I actually ask him to help to design the template for the AG presentation very very last minute, and the result, all of us can see that, it was a simple yet precise and effective presentation. My salute to you, Ee Liang!

To all my panel advisors Chia Lih, Pala, Kah Hin, Christopher, SH, Peng Yew and Clement. Thank you for all your guidance! You have been so patience and helpful in helping and showing the different best known methods to perform my duty. Even though i always emailed, called and SMS you day and night, but the response I got from all of you were immediate, and you never said 'NO' when I asked help. All of you have showed me what leadership really is, you all are the leaders that "Lead by Example". I have learned so much from all of you!. Meanwhile, I would like to specially thank Chia Lih and Pala, for I 'disturb' both of you the most :-). And to Kah Hin, thank you for your flexibility to change your time to suit my schedule when i asked help from you. Thank you Chris, and SH, for helping on TLI that day, helping to coordinate the AG discussion session, and helping us during the group discussion. Thank you Peng Yew, and Clement as since both of you sit very near to me, I always disturb you during office hour, yet you offer your help willingly. Thank you ALL!

Special thanks to SK, for your creative and effective stretch exercise, Chia Lih would like to invite you to all other Div S events as the stretch master :-)

Lastly, I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to all of you if I have been too bossy, demanding, forgetful, and etc when organizing this event. Please let me know area that I need to improve on, I would really appreciate that.

Again, I thank you all from my heart in helping Div N and Div S to make this TLI2 an inspiring and successful event. It has been a wonderful journey working with all of you. I hope that in the near future, we will have more opportunities to work together in other Toastmasters event.

I almost forgot one more person who is very cute - the Little tiny Penny ;-)...She offered her help in registration and arrived Intel so early. At first I was so worried that I might not have enough people for registration, but later everybody came to help. Thank you Penny and all those that offered your help!

KUDOS to all of you!

regards,
Bee Nee

You can view the TLI-2 photos here:-

From Pee Gee's camera

From Joseph's camera

Gentle Reminder for TLI-2 Club Officer Training!

2009-01-13T23:43:00.002+08:00

Fellow Club Officers in Area S6,

Please reminder to join this Sunday TLI-2 Training.

Your attendants are important to help your club achieve 1 DCP point.

Besides this, it is good opportunity for you to meet your District Officers, Area Governors and peer in discussing your club challenges, seek their opinion to help your club!

See you there!

Announcement: Congratulations to Division S Courageous Pin Recipients!

2009-01-10T12:01:00.003+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

I am proud to announce the winners of Division S Courageous Pin.
Join me in congratulate recipients below for their achievement.

Division S Courageous Pin introduced by Division S Governor, Tan Chia Lih, DTM in recognizing the efforts of Div S members in taking courage to conquer in their education achievement.
The quantity is limited to 100 pieces only!!
Each Area distributed with 12 pieces and the rest open to grab until stock last!

Qualifying period is from 1-July-08 until stock last for education achievement in CC, AC, CL & AL.

Area S6 winners are:
1) CL Award - Sunny Foo, CC, CL (Bukit Gelugor Club)
2) CC Award - Ch'ng Ewe Ghee, CC (Bukit Gelugor Club)
3) CL Award - Christopher Choong, CC, CL (Dell Penang Club)
4) CL Award - Johnson Tang, CC, CL (Dell Penang Club)
5) ALB Award - Johnson Tang, CC, ALB (Dell Penang Club)
6) CC Award - Jessica Ho, CC (Dell Penang Club)
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Sharing: Speech Contest Preparation Guides

2009-01-08T13:37:00.002+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

Table Topics & International Speech Contest is round the corner. Many clubs have started their preparation. This is some useful guides and documents I compiled from various speech contest preparation for Club level/Area level/Division level contests. Feel free to download and use it for your organizing team.

Would like to express my sincere gratitude to senior toastmasters for providing me your guidance through out the event preparation.

Contest Chair Documents

International Speech Contest Rules
Table Topics Speech Contest Rules
Misc Contest Forms
International Speech Contest Chair Script
Table Topics Speech Contest Chair Script
Contest Chair Working Guidelines

OC Guide

OC Checklist

Organizing Committee Setup
Meeting agenda sample
Budget planning
Action Items follow up
Information agreed by committee
Roles and Responsibility of Core Team Members
Contestants tracking
Program Cheatsheet
Guest invitation for publicity purpose
Tickets selling tracking
Souvenir inventory tracking
Clubs in Division S

2. Message to take note from OC

3. OC briefing agenda
4. OC Speech Script
5. Sample meeting minutes
6. Emcee Intro speakers
7. VIP Protocol
8. Stage backdrop samples

Printing template

Contest Agenda samples

Winner Certificates

Why Attend Club-Officer Training?

2009-01-07T23:15:00.003+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

Second Round of TLI (Toastmasters Leadership Institute) Club Officer Training for Division S and N will be held at 18Jan2009.

Some may asked why we attend club officer training?

There are so many good reasons to attend these events! Here are 9 good reasons shared by Shelia Spencer, DTM
1. Help your club earn a point in the Distinguished Club Program (DCP).
2. Get direct access to your district leaders
3. Share your own ideas and experiences
4. Achieve your goals by networking with members from other clubs
5. Revisit the goals you set in July, and determine the best use of your time and energy for the second half of your term.

Read on more at here.

Where are we in Division S ? (Jan check point)

2009-01-06T22:26:00.003+08:00

This is status update for clubs in Area S6 listed in Division S DCP achievement.
2 out of 4 clubs are ranked at top of Division S DCP Performance Stack Ranking.
There are 4 other clubs in the 4 DCP Goal achievement category.

Let's continue our courage to conquer and be recognised with Division Courageous Pin when you achieve any CC, CL, AC, AL Awards! There are only 100 Division Pin in stock. HURRY UP!

Area S6 DCP Report as at 25-Dec-2008

2009-01-05T21:00:00.003+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

Here's the Toastmasters International December month report.
Below are two of our Area S6 Clubs achieving 4 DCP goal.

Keep up your good work!

4 DCP points achiever:
Bukit Gelugor Toastmasters Club leading by Club President Sunny Foo, CC, CL

Dell Penang Toastmasters Club leading by Club President Ong Wai Yeong,CTM, CL

Club Level Speech Contests started!

2009-01-04T19:38:00.003+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

Table Topics and International Speech Contest for club level is started.

The first club conducting speech contest is Vista Penang Club.

Event: Vista Penang Club

Date: 6-Jan-2009

Time: 6.30pm

Venue: Mayang Mall Complex, Bayan Baru.

To contact:

Club President Koay Ee San, ACB, CL

Area Governor Thiang Bee Nee, ACB, ALB

Other club contest dates can refer here.

Recognizing Outstanding Club Officer in Area S6

2009-01-03T11:04:00.006+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

I am writing this sharing to recognize one of the outstanding club officer in Area S6. She is one of the most aggressive Club Officer from Dell PG Club. She is passionate in bringing Toastmasters benefits to her friends & colleagues. A role model to us for constantly improving herself through Toastmasters Education Programs and actively participating in various leadership positions. Pauline Sia, ACS is leaving the club to pursue her career advancement in Miri, Sarawak. We wishes her continue success in the new assignment.

Member Name: Pauline Sia, ACS
Club Name: Dell Penang Toastmasters Club
Profession: IT Manager

Pauline’s Leadership Appointments & Recognitions Histories
2007-2008
· Dell Pg Club Evaluation Speech Champion
· Area S6 Evaluation Speech Contest Participant
· District 51 PG Annual Convention 2008 Educational Program Workshop Emcee
· ACS Education Award achievement
· Dell Pg Club First Advanced Communicator Award Recipient

2008-2009
· Elected as Dell Pg Club Vice President of Education
· Dell Pg Club Humorous & Evaluation Speech Contest Organizing Chair
· S3 & S6 Joint Area Speech Contest – Humorous Speech Contest Chair
· Division S Speech Contest Publicity Manager & Contest SAA Officer
· District Theme Pin recognition for voluntary support in Penang Career Fair 2008
· Excellence Award for outstanding service as Dell Pg Club VPE
· Area Governor Awarded Toastmasters Outstanding Member Pin

More farewell photos taken can view here.

Announcement: Club Level Speech Contests in Area S6

2009-01-02T18:34:00.004+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

Our Area S6 club level Table Topics & International Speech Contests are round the corner.
Mark your calendar and join us for learning and having fun!

14-Jan Wed 6.30pm Bukit Gelugor Club Contest
Venue: Level 6 Cafeteria, Menara IJM Land, e-Gate
OC: Eric Yeoh, CC, CL

15-Jan Thu 6pm Dell Penang Club Contest
Venue: Dell LnD Training Room, Dell Global Business Center Bayan Lepas
OC: Jessica Ho, CC

20-Jan Tue 8pm Seberang Jaya Club Contest
Venue: Safira Country Club, Seberang Jaya
OC: Tan Chun Tat

*** Organizing Team Preparation Guide can get from here.
*** Table Topics Contestants Preparation Guide can get from here:
Link1, Link2 & Link3.

Happy New Year 2009!

2009-01-01T20:40:00.003+08:00

Dear Fellow Toastmasters in Area S6,

Today marks the first day of year 2009.
I wish you and your family a joyous and blessed new year!

Warm wishes from,
Johnson Tang, CC, ALB
Area S6 Governor 08/09

Know more about our Division!

2008-12-30T19:57:00.009+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

Do you know what is the size of our Division S ?

How many clubs and members we serve?

Division S is one of 14 divisions in District 51.

We are serving 33 clubs in Penang and Perak state.

There are 7 Areas formed to service 550 members.

We are ranking as the 3rd largest group in District 51!

Another interesting findings.

Each Area Governor (AG) serves 4-7 clubs.

I sumed up all clubs in District 51 and divided by total of AG we have.

The result is averagely each AG is serving 4.71 clubs.

Coincidently Division S is also having the same number!

After all, you may wonder why I show you some much numbers?

The key message is just want to share with you more info about our Division.

As one of the largest division, success of District will co-relate much to division success.

So, each of you are contributed to our Division success and District success as a whole.

Area S6 Hall Of Fame

2008-12-28T12:25:00.001+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters in Area S6,

Area S6 serving 4 clubs with 77 members in our Area.
I'm proud to share with you Area S6 members achievement for the 1st half of this term.
Let's join me in congratulate Toastmasters below for their achievements. They are your role models to continue have the courage to conquer for the second half of the term.

Recognition for 2007-2008 achievement= 13 Award Recipients
Recognition for 2008-2009 achievement= 73 Award Recipients

Key Award Recipients are as below.

More award recipients can view from this link.

Second Edition of Area Newsletter is published today!

2008-12-20T16:00:00.004+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

I am glad to announce the launch of our Second Edition of Area S6 Newsletter!

Highlight of exciting featured update in 2nd edition:

Area progression update in DCP
Announcement of clubs changes
Know your leaders series
Bali convention experience sharing
Interview with Area Contest Champions
Area S6 Hall of Fame
Christmas meeting update from clubs
Season greeting from Area Council

Thank you to all Area Council members for put this together.
Special thanks to Asst. Area Governor of Education and Training, H'ng Siew Lee, CC, CL for leading the editorial tasks.

Feel free to download your copy here. (1.44MB)

Cheers,
Johnson Tang, CC, ALB
S6 Area Governor 2008-2009

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Feedback from District 51 Team:

Asst. Division S Governor of Education and Training, Christopher Choong, CC, CL:
Well done again AG Johnson and teamTo start something, it requires a little effort, To maintain and improvethe quality, it requires tremendous effort.You and your team have them all. Excellent job !

District 51 Public Relations Officer, Clement Pang, DTM:
Well done to Johnson and Siew Lee. The newsletter was filled with interesting fact, inspirational storiesand complemented by good visual layout. In fact those are theingredients to make a good newsletter and this second edition of C2Ccertainly have it all. Allow me to take a bow before both of you for such an inspirationalwork.

Announcement: Club Name Change

2008-12-18T23:57:00.015+08:00

From:

Sunny E. B. Foo

President 2008/2009

Bkt Gelugor Toastmasters Club

Club No. 931425 Dist. 51, Div. S Area S6

Dear all Toastmasters and esp fellow Bkt Gelugor Toastmasters:

Please be informed that i have today submitted in to Toastmasters International our request for change of name from MCA Bukit Gelugor Toastmasters Club to BUKIT GELUGOR TOASTMASTERS CLUB. (BGTMC in short).

Meeting venue, day , date and address remain same i.e 2nd & 4th Wednesday of every month @ 7.00pm to 9.00pm at IJM Land's Boardroom, Level 13 , Menara IJM Land, No. 1 Lebuh Tunku Kudin 3, 11700 Gelugor, Penang.

Henceforth, with immediate effect, Kindly refer, use and mention the club's new name in all your talks, correspondences and notices.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Christmas Meeting by Dell Penang Toastmasters Club

2008-12-13T19:20:00.007+08:00

THANK YOU FOR A SUCCESSFUL DELL TOASTMASTERS MEETING!

Date: 11-December-2008

Time: 12pm

Venue: Dell Penang, CR105 Room

Updated by VPE Pauline Sia, ACS

New announcement for new committee members, effective Jan 1, 2009
President : Ong Wai Yeong, CTM, CL
VPE : Jessica Ho, CC
VPM : Lim Khee Seong, CC, CL
VPPR : Lai York Keong, TM
Treasurer : Yeoh Hui Kiang, TM
Secretary : Chan Bien Chye, TM
SAA : Lim Teik Lai, CC, CL

Congratulations to the new appointments and may we have another successful 6 months for the term 2008-2009!

SEE YOU IN NEXT LUNCH MEETING JAN 8, 2009.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Gilbert with his speech "True Meaning of Christmas"

Christmas games – did the word "X’mas" with our posessions

Immediate Past Area S6 Governor Christopher Choong, CC, CL presenting "President's Distinguished Club Award 2007-2008" to Dell Penang Club, President Ong Wai Yeong, CTM, CL receiving on behalf

Immediate Past Division S Governor, Yoon Peng Yew, ACS, ALS presenting "District 51 Soaring Area Governor Award 2007-2008" to Christopher Choong, CC, CL

Immediate Past Division S Governor, Yoon Peng Yew, ACS, ALS presenting "Area Governor of the Year Award 2007-2008" to Christopher Choong, CC, CL

December Edition: TIPS For Clubs

2008-12-11T19:30:00.002+08:00

December 2008 TIPS e-Newsletter is available now!

Featured news --->

Speech Contest Questions? Check the Rulebook!
Earn your Competent Leadership Award the Easy Way
Is Your Club on Track?
Submit Your Club Officers List On-Line On-Time!.

You are belong to top ranking Area in Northern Region Malaysia!

2008-12-08T20:55:00.005+08:00

There are two Division Council serving 64 clubs in our Northern Region.

They are:-
Division N - serving 31 clubs in Penang and Kedah
Division S - serving 33 clubs in Penang and Perak

There are 14 Areas formed to serve members in 64 clubs. How are our Area doing thus far?

From Toastmasters International Area Report as at 5-Dec-2008, our area, Area S6 is ranked as one of the Top Achiever Area among 14 Areas in Northern Region Malaysia.

3 Area Goals we achieved so far:-
1) 75% Oct Renewal submitted on time to WHQ
2) First round of Area Report on Club Visit submitted to WHQ
3) 60% of clubs must have 20 or more members

Area S6 Team,
Keep up your good work!

Where are we in Division S ? (Dec check point)

2008-12-07T00:19:00.001+08:00

This is status update for clubs in Area S6 listed in Division S DCP achievement.

2 out of 4 clubs are ranked at top of Division S DCP Performance Stack Ranking.

Keep it up, team!

Area S6 DCP Report as at 5-Dec-2008

2008-12-06T15:07:00.002+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

Yesterday, Toastmasters International announced November month report.

Below are our Area S6 DCP program status.

Keep up your good work!

4 DCP points achiever:

MCA Bukit Gelugor Toastmasters Club

Dell Penang Toastmasters Club

1 DCP point achiever:

Seberang Jaya Toastmasters Club

Ann Joo Steel Toastmasters Club

Announcement: TLI 2 Club Officer Training at 18-Jan-2009

2008-11-25T21:52:00.005+08:00

Event: TLI 2 Club Officer Training
Date: 18-Jan-2009 Sunday
Time: 12pm - 5pm
Venue: Intel Penang PG12 Auditorium
Organizing Chair: Thiang Bee Nee, ACB, ALB
Who need to attend: 90% of Club Officers
Benefit: Club will earn 1 DCP points with at least 4 Club Officers attendance

Need help: Club Presidents to check how many club officers from your club will attend and revert to me the number before 22-Dec-2008.

Announcement: Visit Toastmasters Booth at Career Fair

2008-11-24T20:01:00.006+08:00

Event: Penang Career Fair Expo 2008
Date: 29-30 Nov 2008 Sat & Sun
Time: 10am - 6pm
Venue: PISA, Penang
Admission: Free
Lucky draw: 1000 pcs flight tickets to win

Help needed: Any Toastmasters who can come on duty in Sunday, kindly contact OC Cheah Ee Liang at 012-4881084.

Announcement: News of District Award from Bali Semi-Annual Convention

2008-11-20T02:04:00.014+08:00

Christopher and Peng Yew, congratulations to both of you!
We are proud of your achievement!!

District Toastmaster Of The Year 2007-2008: Mandy Ong Shiow Yee (Div P - Satu Hati Toastmasters Club)

District 51 Area Governor Of The Year 2007-2008: Christopher Choong, CC, CL (Div S - Dell Penang Toastmasters Club) wow !!

District 51 Division Governor Of The Year 2007-2008: Yoon Peng Yew, ACS, CL (Div S - Vista Penang Toastmasters Club) wow !!

(News Source: This is District news extended from LGET Ritchie's blog - http://ritchierc.blogspot.com/)

Reply message from Immediate Past Division S Governor, Yoon Peng Yew, ACS, CL:

Thank you everyone!
This is the combines achievement of Division S and every one of you. May this inspire the new Division S team to keep our ship sailing and the momentum going for this term so that members and clubs can continue to benefit even more from the Toastmasters program.

Here's the Bali Convention in brief.
1. Contests
Our Division S Evaluation Champion Lilian demonstrated a commendable effort in the Run Off B (semi-finals) on Saturday. We are proud of you, Lilian!
Meanwhile, May Cheah from Taiping, using Sukhdev Singh as a human prop, emerged 3rd in Humorous Speech Contest Finals.

Humorous Speech Contest Winners:
1st: Stephen Fernando -- Division C
2nd: Roger Charles McGowan -- Division W
3rd: May Cheah -- Division S

Evaluation Contest Winners:
1st: Michael Xavier -- Division N
2nd: John Lee -- Division W
3rd: Ahmad Fakri -- Division P

2. Keynote Speakers
International Director for DNAR (Districts Not Assigned to Regions, i.e. outside USA) Poh Kim Siong, DTM and World Championship Runner-Up Loghandran were featured. Loghandran imparted his personal experience and words of wisdom about not giving up after failures, and about his victory being a milestone for all of us "rice-eating people" -- we have the ability to be World Class. The video recording of Loghandran's winning speech "Finding The Rhythm" was also played.

3. Hall of Fame
The District will be delivering trophies to winning clubs for Distinguished Clubs, Select Distinguished Clubs and President's Distinguished Clubs.
Toastmaster of the Year went to Mandy Ong of Division P, Area Governor of the Year went to our Christopher Choong of Division S, and Division Governor of the Year went to someone you know. Division S nearly made a clean sweep of these awards!

4. Coming Conventions.
Apr 2009 Annual Convention: Kuching.
Nov 2009 Semi-Annual Convention: Jakarta .
Apr 2010 Annual Convention: Lutong, Miri
(the Final Convention before D51 splits to two districts) .
The 2010 International Convention's venue has been changed from Sydney, Australia, to Palm Springs, California, USA. (otherwise, it would have been the first one outside North America)

5. Sight-Seeing, Shopping & Photos
More about this later.. Our LGET's blog captures some of the moments (http://ritchierc.blogspot.com/).

Once again, thank you for your dedication in serving the members and clubs of Division S.

Regards,
py

Announcement: District 51 Website Surf and Win Contest #1 Winner

2008-11-12T22:45:00.007+08:00

There are 3 winners who contributed the most number of postings to the forum.

First prize winner: Johnson Tang (Dell Penang TMC)
Second prize winner: Soh Fong Wai, DTM (D’Utama TMC)
Third prize winner: SL Liew, DTM (Bayan Baru TMC)

First prize winner will receive a competent leadership manual.
Second prize winner will receive a new member orientation kit for clubs.
Third prize winner will receive a Toastmasters publicity pack.
All prizes are purchased from Toastmasters International.

First 50 Toastmasters who signed up as forum member. They will each receive a district pin.
Winner in Area S6 are:

1) Ng Wei Jern (Seberang Jaya)
2) Johnson Tang (Dell Penang)
3) Ong Wai Yeong (Dell Penang)
4) Lai York Keong (Dell Penang)
5) Yeoh Hui Kiang (Dell Penang)
6) Leong Pooi Mun (Dell Penang)
7) Lim Khee Seong (Dell Penang)
8) Keamalatha (Dell Penang)
9) Jessica Ho (Dell Penang)
10) Christopher Choong (Dell Penang)

Congratulations to all winners!!

Announcement extracted from District website.

November Edition: TIPS For Clubs

2008-11-11T21:01:00.007+08:00

November 2008 TIPS e-Newsletter is available now!

Featured news ---> Help in Hard Times
There’s no doubt that many Toastmasters are facing challenging times. With corporate cutbacks, Wall Street woes and other worldwide financial difficulties, we’re all feeling the stress of the day.....read on from TIPS e-newsletter.

(Toastmasters International is publishing monthly e-newsletter since May 2008.
It is a monthly publication to Club, Area and District Officers for circulation to members.)

Division Calendar is up!

2008-11-09T21:42:00.006+08:00

Team,

You can view all club meetings and Division activities in one page now! It helps to better plan your schedule and you will not miss any learning opportunity now.....
Click picture below to our public calendar for all years.

Kindly contact AG Johnson Tang if you want to add your activity to the public calendar.

Tips for Table Topics Preparation #3

2008-11-08T23:16:00.003+08:00

Another useful article found from Toastmasters website.

Some techniques to prepare Table Topics Speech, read here.

Announcement: District Soaring Area Governor 2007-2008 Award

2008-11-07T22:11:00.012+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

Join me to congratulate Immediate Past Area S6 Governor, Christopher Choong, CC, CL on his achievement!!

District Soaring Area Governor 2007-2008 Award wow!!

Cheers,
Johnson Tang, CC, CL
S6 Area Governor 2008-2009

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Best wishes to Christopher:-

Motorola Penang Toastmasters Club President 2007-2008, Lim Wei Cheang, ACS, CL :
Heartiest congrats to you, as you definitely deserve this award and honour :)

Motorola Penang Cyber-Speakers Toastmasters Club President 2008-2009, BT Loh, CC :
Hear ye hear ye!!! Indeed you are an asset to us all!

S6 Area Governor 2008-2009, Johnson Tang, CC, CL :
Congratulation to you and we're proud of you on this award!!
You've been my roles model in toastmasters journey.

S7 Area Governor 2008-2009, Thiang Bee Nee, ACB, ALB :
Congratulations on your achievement :-).

Division S Treasurer 2008-2009, Joanne Tan, ACB, CL:
Great news for a celebration. Dinner on u tonite? Everyone's invited? hehe...
Indeed it is great to have a Toastmaster friend like you, and you've touch many in their journey to reach higher in their confidence. Congratulations!!

Asst Division S Governor of Marketing 2008-2009, SH Lim, ACS, CL:
Christopher, Congratulation, you sure deserve it.
Proud to be part of your team mate.

Dell Penang Toastmasters Club Treasurer 2008-2009, Lai York Keong:
Pride and Joy of TI and Dell Pg Toastmaster Club.
Congrats on your achievements!!

Dell Penang Toastmasters Club, Vice President Public Relations 2008-2009, Lim Khee Seong, CC, CL:
Congratulations ！！！
Tahniah ！！！
恭喜你！！！
おめでとうございます！！！

Dell Penang Toastmasters Club member, Azmy Taufeck:
Good on ya Chris!

Dell Penang Toastmasters Club member, Tan Poh Ai, CC :
Christopher, Congrats to you on this big achievement!

Asst Area S6 Governor of Education & Training 2008-2009, H'ng Siew Lee, CC, CL :
Awesome, Christopher, very inspiring! Congratulation!

BM BigFoot Toastmasters Club President 2007-2008 ARTHUR KOLANDASOO, CC, CL:
Syabas Chris,
You are THE guy…….. . You deserve this award my man….. Take care.
Arthur

Dell Penang Toastmasters Club Immediate Past Vice President of Education, Jeffrey Ong, CC,CL :
Congratulations ChrisTopHer , way to go .Kudos…all DPTM members.

Dell Penang Toastmasters Club, Sergeant-At-Arms 2008-2009, Lim Teik Lai, CC, CL :
Congratulation! :)

Announcement: District 51 Club 90% Renewal Submit On Time Recognition

2008-11-04T23:46:00.005+08:00

District 51 Club 90% Renewal Submit On Time Recognition Winner:

MCA Bukit Gelugor Toastmasters Club - all 26 members awarded with District Theme Pin

Congratulation to Club President Sunny and the Team!
Area S6 proud of your achievement!

Tips for Table Topics Preparation #2

2008-11-02T00:04:00.005+08:00

Found this article is very useful for new member in prepare for Table Topics Speech.

The author is Jack M. Kantola, DTM, a Toastmaster for more than 30 years, is a member of Riverside Breakfast Club 1348-12 in Riverside, California. He was runner-up in the District 12 Table Topics Contest in 2004.

"......Maybe we should change our expectations for Table Topics. Instead of going for a perfect response we should strive for perfect learning. ...." read on more....

Where are we in Division S ? (Nov check point)

2008-11-01T00:16:00.002+08:00

This is status update for clubs in Area S6 listed in Division S DCP achievement.
2 out of 4 clubs are ranked at top of Division S DCP Performance Stack Ranking.

Keep it up, team!

Area S6 DCP Report as at 31-Oct-2008

2008-10-31T23:04:00.004+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

New progression of clubs in our area in DCP achievement!
Congratulations to early achievers below:

4 DCP points achiever:
MCA Bukit Gelugor Toastmasters Club WOW!!
1 point for CL Award achieved by Sunny Foo, CC, CL
2 points for 10 new members recruited
(Sponsors are: Sunny Foo, Tan Saw Hoon, Goh Su Yin & Toh Chin Leong)
1 point for Oct Renewal submission by Treasurer Shuy Yau Leng,CC

Dell Penang Toastmasters Club WOW!!
1 point for CL Award achieved by Christopher Choong, CC, CL

1 point for CL Award achieved by Johnson Tang, CC, CL
1 point for October renewal submission by Treasurer Lai York Keong
1 point for 4 new members recruited
(Sponsors are: Yeoh Hui Kiang, Johnson Tang, Jeffrey Ong & Tan Pei Yin)

1 DCP point achiever:
Ann Joo Steel Toastmasters Club
1 point for October renewal submission by Treasurer Ooi Eng Ling

Seberang Jaya Toastmasters Club
1 point for October renewal submission by Treasurer Ng Wei Jern

Details report published by Toastmasters International can view as below.

Area S6 November Activities Calendar

2008-10-30T20:08:00.004+08:00

Following our newsletter publishing, we are called to connect.

Hereby we display all activities in Area S6, mark your calendar and visit our sister clubs.

Let's start your club networking and let's learn from each other.

November activities:-

Launching our first edition of Area S6 Newsletter

2008-10-28T19:01:00.006+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

I am glad to announce the launch of our First Edition of Area S6 Newsletter!
Thank you to all Area Council members for put this together.
Special thanks to Asst. Area Governor of Education and Training, H'ng Siew Lee, CC, CL for leading the editorial tasks.

Feel free to download your copy here. (818k)

Cheers,
Johnson Tang, CC, CL
S6 Area Governor 2008-2009

Feedback from District 51 Team:

District 51 Public Relations Officer, Clement Pang, DTM:

Well done Johnson. Please convey my best wishes to Siew Lee for leading this effort. Area S6 has been enrolled for the best area/division newsletter contest. All the best to Siew Lee and area S6!

Immediate Past Division S Governor, Yoon Peng Yew, ACS, CL:
My hats off to you and your team, Johnson! It is certainly an informative and meaningful Area newsletter.

Asst. Division S Governor of Education and Training, Christopher Choong, CC, CL:
An excellent newsletter. Being a Division newsletter editor before, I would like to express this newsletter has greater success. Colorful, informative and very easy to navigate. What’s more, it’s link to the website for Area S6 – Simply Amazing!
AG Johnson and Editor Siew Lee and team, Congratulations and I am looking forward for your 2nd edition in near future Keep the courage burning hot and conquer all obstacles.

Just me,
Chris

Area N3 Governor, June Lim, CC, CL:

Thank you for sharing this awesome creation with me.

It was well written and I can see that you and your team have put in more than 100% heart and soul in creating this newsletter.

Congratulations for a great job done. I look forward to receive the 2nd edition of your newsletter.

cheers,

june lim

Sharing: "The Magic of Toastmasters"

2008-10-28T18:47:00.007+08:00

Testimonial by President's Distinguished Area 2007-2008 Award Winner, Area S6 leaded by Immediate Past Area Governor, Christopher Choong, CC, CL.

July 1st 2007 may be an ordinary Sunday for most families, waking up in the morning, going out for breakfast and spending a good family day together.

For me, this day marked the day I started to spread my wings wide open at a span of 6 feet across. As I began to flip it faster and increased the frequency, I realized my legs were no longer touching the ground – It was a lift off ! Just like the golden eagle of District 51, this day has marked a day for me to fly high and serve the community of the Toastmasters.

All in a sudden, my inbox was flooded with enquiries, requests, suggestions and lots of action items to follow up. I was scared and nervous at the same time. New terms and phases sounded so complicated such as “Area Governor’s visit”, “Area Governor’s report” and “DCP report & goals”. The experience was like a different Toastmasters program compare to what I knew about Toastmasters. Then later I realized, this was part of Toastmaster’s leadership program.
It’s an opportunity of wider learning experience and not many companies or college can provide this learning - “Learning on the fly”

Just the other day, I was observing my nephew enjoying his coloring session with some crayons. I then realized there were some colors used almost to the end but there were some colors doesn’t show any sign of usage. But they were placed together to make a complete box of crayon.

This analogy is quite similar to our Toastmasters club. Some of the members were very bright and actively participating in every session and event. While some members chose the slower learning pace. Some are just guests that visits and still weighing to decide whether to join the club or not. But at the end of the day, what made it unique was all these members joined up to have a common goal – to have a fun learning experience.

I have witnessed many events and programs whether it is a club, area or division level. They always have lots of hurdles and problems before the event date. But comes to the last 2 hours before the event, things will always fall into the right place and the members will ignite to work together and make the event successful. I call this the “Magic of Toastmasters“. This magic has helped everyone including myself to be strong to SOAR high in the sky. With the courage to conquer our fear and limit and resulted us to be the President’s Distinguished Area for 2007/2008. Last but not least, these 12 months was indeed one of my most memorable flight and surely we wouldn’t fly high if wouldn’t be a team of Simply Amazing people supporting and motivating each other.

I would like to thank all the Club Officers of the SEVEN clubs in Area S6 for their great leadership and the members of Area S6 for supporting and making the Magic of Toastmasters a reality. I would like to thank the District and Division officers for guiding and supporting the AGs when we were lost, show us the way and share without boundaries.

Once again, thank you for making the Magic of Toastmasters a reality.

Christopher Choong, CC, CL
IP Area Governor S6, 2007/08
(Photos are courtesy from Christopher Choong)

Tips for Table Topics Preparation#1

2008-10-26T21:47:00.002+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters:

Our Humorous & Evaluation Speech Contest for Club/Area/Division Level have completed recently. Champions will proceed to District Level at our Semi-Annual Convention, Bali, Indonesia.

Next speech contest is International & Table Topics Speech Contest. Club Level contest should be started at Jan 2009 month. Which means there are only 2 more months or 4 club meetings for preparation.

I will start posting some Table Topics preparation articles from today onwards.

Use these tips and you will become a more confident communicator.

Tackling Table Topics

Announcement: Smedley Award Report 2008

2008-10-25T23:39:00.007+08:00

Congratulations to MCA Bukit Gelugor Toastmasters Club for being recognised as Smedley Award 2008 Winner.

Smedley Award is recognizing club which adding five new, dual or reinstated members during August 1 through September 30!

District 51 announcement on Smedley Award can view here.
Smedley Award Worldwide Report 2008 can view here.

27 Courageous Area Governors !

2008-10-24T11:31:00.008+08:00

There are 3 Area Governors in Division S recognised as the 27 Courageous Area Governors.
We are of the them. Message extracted from District Officers as below.

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From
Richard Chong @ Ritchie ACS, ALB
Lieutenant Governor Education & Training 2008/2009
Toastmasters International District 51

Dear fellow Area Governors,

Please join the district in congratulating your fellow area governors below ( 27 out of 70 AG's) for successfully meeting their area goal no #06, 1st club visit meeting their area club visit goals.

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From:
Tan Chia Lih, DTM
Division S Governor
Toastmasters International District 51

Hi AGs,
Bee Nee, Johnson and Ee Liang, what a great performance thus far!!
Keep it up Courageous AGs.

Area Governor Club Visit Sharing #5

2008-10-23T22:18:00.004+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

This is my club visit sharing from Area S5.

Club: Equator Toastmasters Club
Venue: Equator Academy of Art and Design
7 Leith Street, Georgetown,Penang
Date: 15-Oct-2008 6PM
Club website: http://eaatmc.blogspot.com

I have learned one very good practice from this club.
They distribute tracking form for Role Players.

There are forms for:
- Time Keeper
- Grammarian
- Ah Counter
- Table Topics Evaluator
- General Evaluator

Should you find this practice is useful to your club, just implement it!
Thank you to Club VPE Jessica Ang for sharing this useful form to me.

What's New on In the News!

2008-10-22T00:06:00.002+08:00

What's New on In the News!

Since October 1, 2008 World Headquarters proudly announces the arrival of a scrolling newsfeed on the Toastmasters Web site. Now you’re only a click away from viewing the latest worldwide headlines about our organization.

Toastmasters International Worldwide Headlines newsfeed !

October Edition: TIPS For Clubs

2008-10-18T23:02:00.004+08:00

October 2008 Tips E-Newsletter is available now!

Toastmasters International is publishing monthly e-newsletter since May 2008.

It is a monthly publication to Club, Area and District Officers for circulation to members.

Division S Contest 2008 Video DVD and Photos

2008-10-15T23:16:00.008+08:00

Humorous Speech Contest DVD Disc RM5
Evaluation Speech Contest DVD Disc RM5
To order, kindly contact your Area Governors or Organizing Chair, Johnson Tang 016-483 2505

Division S Humorous and Evaluation Contest 2008 Photos for free download

By Photographer Pei Gee:

Division S Contest Photos part1
Division S Contest Photos part2

By Photographer Shih Jun:

Division S Contest Photos

Thank you to our voluntarily photographer, Lim Pei Gee, TM and Chong Shih Jun, CL.

Division S Humorous and Evaluation Speech Contest 2008

2008-10-13T20:47:00.011+08:00

Finally Division S Speech Contest successfully held yesterday.
Congratulation to Champions who will be representing Division S to District 51 Contest at Bali, Indonesia by November.

Humorous Contest Winners:
1st Place: May Cheah Joon Bee
2nd Place: Andrew Oon Poh Joo
3rd Place: Muthukumaran Kodiappen

Evaluation Contest Winners:
1st Place: Lilian Teh
2nd Place: Carmen Loo
3rd Place: Phang Wai Kheong

Thank you to all organizing committees and toastmasters who involved and helped direct or indirect contributed to success of this event. Thank you for all your support to us!

Organizing Team for Division S Humorous &Evaluation Speech Contest 2008:
Organizing Chair: Johnson Tang, CC, CL
Chief Judge: Tan Chia Lih, DTM
Emcee: Koay Ee San, CC
Contest Chair (Humorous): Thiang Bee Nee, ACB,ALB
Contest Chair (Evaluation): Cheah Ee Liang, CC,CL
Ticket Marketing Manager: Johnson Tang, CC, CL
Publicity Manager: Pauline Sia, ACS
F&B Manager: Jessica Ang
F&B Officer 1: Mien Tan
F&B Officer 2: Regina Yee
F&B Officer 3: SH Neoh, CC
Registration Officer: (Chief) SP Kay, CC
Registration Officer 1: Ong Sui Ling
Registration Officer 2: Huan Hui Yi
Contest SAA: (Chief) Ong Wai Yeong, CTM, CL
Contest SAA1: Lai York Keong
Contest SAA2: Alex Li
Contest SAA3: Chua Hooi Boon
Contest SAA4: Pauline Sia, ACS
Time Keeper1: Yeoh Hui Kiang
Time Keeper2: Wong Chee Leong
Tally Counter1: Nazir
Tally Counter2: Wan Amiruddin
Prize Manager: Eleanor Ooi, CC, CL
Audio Manager: SH Neoh, CC
Sound Effect Manager: Lim Khee Seong, CC, CL
Program Sheet Design: Jessica Ang
Certificate Manager: Joanne Tan, ACB, CL
Photographer1: Lim Pei Gee
Photographer2: Chong Shih Jun, CL
Video Manager: Ewe Thean Hock

More photos can view from our voluntarily photographer from Equator Toastmasters Club.

Area Governor Club Visit Sharing #4

2008-10-08T22:10:00.009+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

This is my club visit sharing from Area S7.
I learned some good practices from the club and shared our practices to them.
Should you find any of the practices useful to your club, just implement it!

Club: Vista Penang Toastmasters Club
Venue: Mayang Mall, Bayan Baru
Date: 7-Oct-2008 7PM

A) Meeting setup:
1) Good U-Shape layout, each member can see stage clearly
2) Guests name display on board, this will make guests felt welcome in new environment and existing members can pronounce their names correctly
3) Perhaps Role Players Name Tag can be displayed on the desk, good practice to let everyone know who is doing what

B) Program agenda:
1) Toastmasters-Of-The-Evening (TOE)
a) She started the meeting with roll call. The roll call is very creative. She asked members to introduce themselves and give view point on what friendship means to them. This is good practice to warm up the meeting atmosphere.
b) Perhaps she can add-on to explain each role player purpose. This will help new members understand what each session can benefit them.
c) Besides leading the meeting agenda, another important role for TOE is make sure meeting start and end on time, she make this happened.

3) Table Topics Session
a) Table Topics Master explained purpose of TT session and time allocation. This is good approach to help new members and guests to follow the program easily
b) Table Topics session is very creative. Good variety and mixture of easy and tough topics. Good practice as different level of participation can adopt. Members enjoy the fun while learning.

4) Timer
a) Good tracking of time alert to speaker in both Table Topics and prepared speech sessions
b) Perhaps he can comment if overall Table Topics Speakers are within or out of time allocation

5) Grammarian
a) Able to detect grammatical error and provide example of correction
b) Able to catch good phrases used
c) Also comment on use of Word of the Day
This is the best Grammarian I met before.

6) Ah Counter
a) Able to catch filler words like “ah” and “err”.
b) Suggest Ah Counter to sum up all filler words to help speaker easily understand how many total filler words used

7) Speech Evaluation
Prepared Speech receiving proper evaluation -> Speech Evaluator explain well on evaluation, which part is good, quote the speech part and explain why that part is important in speech delivery.

C) Other practices observed:
1) "The Best Table Topics" Ribbon presented by members voting. Good encouragement on Table Topics participation.
2) The club may consider providing some refreshment or drinking water. This will enable people focus on meeting.
3) Suggest the club to assign Silent Evaluator for Role Players.
4) Invite comment for meeting improvement from the new members. Good approach to include new member’s needs.

Overall rating by Area Governor: "Exceptional Meeting" rating.

Below are some photos taken during the visit.
More photos can view here.

You are belong to top ranking Area in Northern Region Malaysia!

2008-10-07T23:01:00.006+08:00

There are two Division Council serving 63 clubs in our Northern Region. They are:-

Division N - serving 30 clubs in Penang and Kedah
Division S - serving 33 clubs in Penang and Perak

There are 14 Areas formed to serve members in 63 clubs.
How are our Area doing thus far?

From Toastmasters International Area Report as at 3-Oct-2008, our area, Area S6 is ranked as one of the Top Achiever Area among 14 Areas in Northern Region Malaysia.

3 Area Goals we achieved so far:-
1) 75% Oct Renewal submitted on time to WHQ
2) First round of Area Report on Club Visit submitted to WHQ
3) 60% of clubs must have 20 or more members

I am proud of being in this area together with you!
Keep up your good team work!

Tips E-Newsletter direct from Toastmasters International

2008-10-06T20:02:00.004+08:00

Dear Club Officers,

Are you aware Toastmasters International is publishing monthly e-newsletter since May 2008?
It is a monthly publication to Club, Area and District Officers for circulation to members.

August/September 2008 Tips E-Newsletter

Cheers,
Johnson Tang, CC, CL
S6 Area Governor

Where are we in Division S ? (Oct check point)

2008-10-04T18:39:00.004+08:00

Team,

This is status update for clubs in Area S6 listed in Division S DCP achievement. 2 out of 4 clubs are ranked at top of Division S DCP Performance Stack Ranking.

Area S6 DCP Report as at 3-Oct-2008

2008-10-03T20:51:00.002+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

Great progression of clubs in our area in DCP achievement.
Congratulations to early achievers below:

4 DCP points achiever:
MCA Bukit Gelugor Toastmasters Club WOW!!
1 point for CL Award achieved by Sunny Foo, CC, CL
2 points for 10 new members recruited
(Sponsors are: Sunny Foo, Tan Saw Hoon, Goh Su Yin & Toh Chin Leong)
1 point for Oct Renewal submission by Treasurer Shuy Yau Leng,CC

3 DCP points achiever:
Dell Penang Toastmasters Club
1 point for CL Award achieved by Christopher Choong, CC, CL
1 point for October renewal submission by Treasurer Lai York Keong
1 point for 4 new members recruited
(Sponsors are: Yeoh Hui Kiang, Johnson Tang, Jeffrey Ong & Tan Pei Yin)

1 DCP point achiever:
Ann Joo Steel Toastmasters Club
1 point for October renewal submission by Treasurer Ooi Eng Ling

Seberang Jaya Toastmasters Club
1 point for October renewal submission by Treasurer Ng Wei Jern

Details report published by Toastmasters International can view as below.

Announcement: 100% completion of clubs renewal

2008-10-02T13:55:00.004+08:00

Fellow Members in Area S6,

Would like to announce that all fours clubs in our Area S6 have completed their club renewals. Which means all clubs have received one DCP point towards this achievement, congratulations to all Club Presidents and their committed team !

From,
Johnson Tang, CC, CL
S6 Area Governor 2008-2009

Toastmasters 2nd Quarter started!

2008-10-01T21:46:00.009+08:00

It is been a quarter since we installed in office, being as either District Officers or Club Officers.
It’s time to pause a while to review our plan and strategize how to proceed in second quarter.

I suggest you to do this:-
1) Read Toastmasters mission, vision & values once. This will help you refresh what you are busy doing are they still align with our initial purpose and mission

2) Then review your Club Success Plan progression. Your club should be at least at about 25% progression. Congratulations if you have achieved it! In case, your club still far behind, call your Club Executive Meeting to discuss your challenges and revise the plan accordingly.

3) Call your Area Governor should you need any assistance.

Toastmasters International Mission, Vision & Value

Congratulations to winners!

2008-09-30T23:27:00.013+08:00

1) Toastmasters International One DCP Point for October Renewal Due Submission
Ann Joo Steel Club

Dell Penang Club
MCA Bukit Gelugor Club
Seberang Jaya Club

2) Toastmasters International Smedley Award
MCA Bukit Gelugor Club

3) District 51 Club 90% Renewal Submit On Time Recognition
(result pending verification)

4) DISTRICT 51 MEMBERSHIP DOSE CAMPAIGN
Club Award: (USD 20 voucher)
MCA Bukit Gelugor Club

Sponsor Award: (USD 10 voucher)
1) Goh Su Yin (MCA BG Club)

2) Sunny Foo (MCA BG Club)

3) Tan Saw Hoon (MCA BG Club)

New Member Toastmasters Pin:
(15 names pending verification)

What makes 30-Sep-2008 so important to Toastmasters?

2008-09-30T20:26:00.009+08:00

1) October Renewal Due
2) Smedley Award Due
3) District 51 Club 90% Renewal Submit On Time Recognition
4) District 51 Membership Dose Campaign Due

Yes, today is an important date for us, multiple programs cut off today. Which means after some hard works, it’s time to enjoy the recognition.

I am waiting for Toastmasters International to publish the final report tonight.

Learn from the BEST

2008-09-29T23:38:00.010+08:00

Humorous Speech Contests are held from Club level to Area level lately. Next month, Area Champions will proceed to Division Level.

I noticed some Area Champions are attending all other area contests to learn from their competitors. We always learn from the best! All the best to upcoming Division Contestants.

Found a very good video clip about one Humorous Speech Champion from other District.
View online here:
http://www.toastmasters.org.tw/d67web/ch/speech/06hs-e01-c.html

Should you cannot view online, may download from this link
http://www.toastmasters.org.tw/d67web/ch/convention/video/hs/06hs-e01-all.wmv

Perak Trip: Area S2 Speech Contest & Joint Installation Dinner at Teluk Intan

2008-09-28T21:04:00.007+08:00

Divsion Council was invited to Perak toastmasters activity, this time the event was held at Teluk Intan.

This is a dual event program:
1) Teluk Intan Toastmasters Club & Langkap Toastmasters Club Joint Installation Dinner
2) S2 Area Humorous & Evaluation Speech Contest

Officers attended the event were:
· Division Governor, Tan Chia Lih, DTM
· Asst Division Governor Education & Training(PG), Christopher Choong, CC,CL
· S1 Area Governor, Praba, CTM
· S2 Area Governor, Ong Kok Cheng , CL
· S3 Area Governor, Cheah Ee Liang, CC, CL
· S6 Area Governor, Johnson Tang, CC, CL (myself)

Will update some photos taken once available.

Area S6 DCP Report as at 26-Sep-2008

2008-09-27T10:27:00.005+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

Great progression of clubs in our area in DCP achievement.

Congratulations to early achievers below:

4 DCP points achiever
MCA Bukit Gelugor Toastmasters Club WOW!!
1 point for CL Award achieved by Sunny Foo, CC, CL
2 points for 8 new members recruited
(Sponsors are: Sunny Foo, Tan Saw Hoon & Goh Su Yin)
1 point for Oct Renewal submission by Treasurer Shuy Yau Leng,CC

2 DCP points achiever
Dell Penang Toastmasters Club
1 point for CL Award achieved by Christopher Choong, CC, CL
1 point for October renewal submission by Treasurer Lai York Keong

1 DCP point achiever
Seberang Jaya Toastmasters Club
1 point for October renewal submission by Treasurer Ng Wei Jern

Details report published by Toastmasters International can view as below.

Area Governor Club Visit Sharing #3

2008-09-25T22:24:00.010+08:00

Fellow Toastmasters,

This is my club visit sharing.
Should you find the practices useful to your club, just implement it!

Club: Dell Penang Toastmasters Club
Venue: AP1 Cafeteria
Date: 25-Sep-2008 6.15PM

A) Meeting setup:
1) Good U-Shape layout, each member can see stage clearly
2) Role Players Name Tag display on the desk, good practice to let everyone know who is doing what
3) Perhaps the club can write new member’s name on board, this is to make new member felt welcome in new environment and existing members can pronounce new member’s name correctly

B) Program agenda:
1) Club President urged everyone strike their best involving in the meeting to practice their skill and learn something from the meeting. This is good approach as President set the tone for the meeting and reminds members on their purpose in meeting.

2) Toastmasters-Of-The-Evening (TOE)
a) He started with roll call. This is good practice to warm up the meeting atmosphere and everyone know who-do-what
b) TOE encouraging the team to include Word of The Day in their speech. Good encouragement as team members learned one new word today and immediately practices it on the spot.
c) Avoid apology for mistake happened, instead try to recover it and present the best to your audience
d) Besides leading the meeting agenda, another important role for TOE is make sure meeting start and end on time

3) Table Topics Session
a) Table Topics Master explained purpose of TT session and time allocation. This is good approach to help new members and guests to follow the program easily
b) Table Topics are in good variety and mixture of easy and tough topics. Good practice as different level of participation can adopt

4) Timer
a) Good tracking of time alert to speaker in both Table Topics and prepared speech sessions
b) Perhaps he can comment if overall Table Topics Speakers are within or out of time allocation

5) Grammarian
a) Able to detect grammatical error and provide example of correction
b) Also able to catch good words used

6) Ah Counter
a) Good catch of all filler words including “ah”, “er”, “hmm”
b) Suggest Ah Counter to sum up all filler words to help speaker easily understand how many total filler words used

C) Other good practises:

1) Meeting started after work 6.15pm. Some light refreshment provided to temporary fill the stomach will enable people focus on meeting.

2) "The Best Table Topics" Ribbon presented by members voting. Good encouragement on Table Topics participation.

Overall rating by Area Governor: "Exceptional Meeting" rating.

More photos can view here.