Katong Toastmasters Club

Katong Toastmasters Club has achieved the Distinguished Club Award for the term 2009-2010! Under the Distinguished Club Program (DCP), clubs are given awards as follows: Achieve any five of 10 goals Distinguished Club Achieve any seven of 10 goals Select Distinguished Club Achieve any nine of 10 goals President's Distinguished Club These are the goals we achieved for the term 2009-2010: Membership Base: 17 Membership to Date: 20 GOALS ACHIEVED [1] 2 Competent Communicators - George Goh, Kenneth Tian [2] 1 Advanced Communicator (Silver) - Joni Siah [3] 5 new members - Jesslin Ong, Stephen Lim, Grace Tan, Malcolm Chen, Mantosh Bhasin (reinstated member) [4] Club Officers Training Attendance: June-August 5 officers Dec-Feb 4 officers [5] Club dues submitted on time both in October and April and Officer List submitted on time Keep up the good work, Katong TMC! Let's continue to grow from strength to strength.

Katong Toastmasters Club celebrated its 5th Anniversary during its chapter meeting on 20 May 2010. A total of 12 members, 4 visiting toastmasters and 2 walk-in guests attended the meeting. SAA Jesslin called the meeting to a start at 7.40 pm. She asked members to introduce themselves and to describe how they felt that day. TME Tarwin addressed the meeting by highlighting the evening’s programme changes. The club president, Joni Siah, then gave the opening address. She used an alphabet game to get the audience to unscramble given words. The final key phrases had a key message: “Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is more important than the outcome”. The special highlight for the 5th Anniversary celebration was a mini-workshop conducted by Wekie Tay (DTM, Telok Blangah), entitled “Lets Groove”. He spoke about the differences and preferences between men and women. He ended by using the acronym ACTS to encourage us to Acknowledge the differences between the two genders, Crea

President Nik Chua, CC VP Education Chew Teck Siong VP Membership Bruce Pei Asst VPM Ben Xu VP Public Relations Stephen Lim Asst VPPR Malcolm Chen Secretary Ida Lee Treasurer Elaine Tan, CC Sergeant-At Arms Tarwin Lim Asst SAA Jesslin Ong