IEM Toastmasters Meeting #199 on 29 May 2014

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By Ng Yee Chia:

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IEM Toastmasters Meeting #199 on 29 May, 2014 was called to order by Sergeant-At-Arms Seyed Mohsen, TM at 7.45pm with sixteen attendees coming from near and far:-
1. Anthony
2. Seyed Mohsen
3. Chong Ee Lian
4. Steven Yong (Dell TMC)
5. Alex Lu
6. Suresh Kumar
7. Ng Yee Chia
8. Lim Juleen
9. Lim Suleen
10. Tan Ken Wayne
11. Oumar Alansares
12. Yogaraj Rajalingam
13. Lee Meng Tze
14. Mok Zhen Yick
15. Patrick Lee
16. Lim Wei Keong
17. Victorine Lee Su-Ling
18. Mahendran
19. Jayaram Krishna
20. Indra Renchathan
21. Rhoda Omar

This meeting commenced with the Presiding Officer, Alex Lu, ACB, ALB welcoming all guests followed by attendees introducing themselves. After completing a round of introduction, the Presiding Officer then handed over control to the Toastmaster of the Evening (TME), Ng Yee Chia, CC. He introduced Toastmasters International (District and Club), meeting program and role-players.

Next came the table topic session where the following members and guests practised their impromptu speaking skills:
• #1 Su Ling
• #2 Indra
• #3 Mok Zen Yik
• #4 Mahendran
• #5 Yoga
• #6 Omar

The Project speeches session then began with five public speakers presenting project speeches:
• #1 Aaron Ho, TM: CC#2: “4 tips for a New Toastmaster”
• #2 Lim Juleen, TM: AC#7: Organize Your Speech – “Engineering with EHS (Environment, Health, Safety)”.

An intermission of 15 minutes was announced. The meeting was resumed by Sergeant-At-Arms Seyed Mohsen, TM after which the General Evaluator, Steven Yong, ACS, ALB took control.

He invited the following evaluators to present their evaluation of the speeches:
• Table Topics Evaluator: Andrew Nathan, ACB, ALB
• Speech Evaluator #1: Rhoda Omar, CC, CL
• Speech Evaluator #2: Lee Meng Tze, DTM

The timer’s report was presented with all speech evaluators speaking within time to be qualified in the voting for the best evaluator. The general evaluator then invited other role players to present their report.
• Grammarian : Chong Ee Lian, TM
• Ah Counter : Seyed Mohsen, TM

Upon receiving the comments from the evaluators and role players, the general evaluator presented his comments. After he concluded, Timer Patrick Lee, TM presented her report for all speakers and role-players, including the general evaluator.

The President then presented appreciation to the general evaluator. He also presented awards to the following:
• Best Table Topics Speaker: Mahendran

There were a few announcements on the upcoming events as set out below, before the President delivered his closing remarks for this wonderful Meeting. Meeting adjourned at 10.30 pm.

• The next club meeting #200 is on 12 June 2014 at 7.30 pm, at 2nd Floor, Wisma IEM.