Club Officer Installation on 06 Jul 2010

Report by Tom Chen

Photos by Chor Chee Hoe

FTMC CLUB OFFICER INSTALLATION 2010

July 6th Friendship Toastmasters’ night was a special night, for it was that time of the year where club members meet, to explicitly show their appreciation to its current Exco members at the end of the term, and to welcome and install the newly elected Exco members.

Over 40 members and guests attended to celebrate two segments of the evening:-

- The official thanking of its prior EXCO and the installation of newly elected EXCO;

- The enjoying of an evening of fun and games;

The Installation Segment

Tom Chen, the Master of Ceremony for the evening set everyone in the mood, with a brief de-stressing and a visualization exercise. Then our immediate past Area Governor, Tan Lay Theng conducted the Installation Ceremony – thanking the current EXCO and installing the newly elected EXCO. They are:-

President Zaiton Zainal Abidin
Vice President Education Angeline Lee
Vice President Membership Chor Chee Hoe
Vice President Public Relations Alexandra Lau
Club Secretary Vincent Wong
Treasurer Chor Wai Yee
Sergeant-at-arms M Sivadass

Each member took their oath seriously and proudly to the applause of the entire audience.

President Zaiton taking her oath

Following the swearing and installation ceremony, the newly installed President, Zaiton made her maiden speech. She spoke about her journey and transformation over the last 3 years, acknowledging that she had improved significantly and has come a long way. She also asked members to do their best whether in their speaking or leadership role so that they will also achieve their own greatness. When everyone does their best, the club will also achieve its President’s Distinguished Club goals.

The Evening of Fun and Games

Instead of the usual prepared speeches and table topics; games, jokes and FTMC Idol programs was included for attendees to catch up with one another, to get to know each other better and just to enjoy the evening.

Our audience in laughter and enjoying the evening

The program included:

Singing - the FTMC theme song “Eagle” by ABBA.

Led by Grace Tan.

Games - Act it out (Communicating with your body)
Led by Grace Tan: Tongue Twister (Pronunciation skills)
Led by Daniel Teh: Listening and Communicating Skills

Lucky Dip Table Topics - Each lucky draw participant was given a gift for speaking on their feet.
Led by Vincent Wong

FTMC IDOL 2010 - Best dressed Male and Female categories
Led by Ben Fong

Lucky Draw - Numerous prizes were given.

The Event Details:

The fun began with everyone singing the FTME theme song “Eagle” (by Abba) led by our gracious, beautiful and multi-talented Grace Tan. Before the singing, Tom Chen relayed the origin of how FTMC adopted the “Eagle” song as the theme song. This was followed by the games segment. Grace started this segment with the following games:

1. So you think you can act – five volunteers came up and had to act out a story narrated by Grace. They were Richard, Tony, Nathan, Khoo Nee Wern and Victor.
The winner was the very expressive and talented Richard.

2. Psst, Pass and Piss – five volunteers came up and one had to communicate a procedure to another individual (with others waiting outside the room). As suspected when the procedure was finally communicated by the last volunteer, it had little semblance to the original procedure described by Daniel Teh. The participants were Tommy, Ling Keat, Freddie, Khairil and Katherine. The winner was Leng Keat.

3. Hey, Let’s Twist Again – tongue twisters with 5 volunteers. They were Jess, Winnie, Shamim, Rosalyn and James. It was an exercise of reading aloud a text that totally twisted one’s tongue. The winner was Shamim.

"So You Think You Can Act" contestants acting out the story narrated by Grace Tan

Our five volunteers being briefed by Daniel on the rules of the game

This was followed by Table Topics, where Vincent Wong conducted the Lucky Dip Table Topics. Each participant drawn took an item from his bag and talk about it. Zaiton had a green pillow, Angeline a soccer ball, Lorna a Detox book, Ling Keat a book on Miracle Food and finally Wai Yee with Sun Tzu “The Art of War” book. Everyone spoke eloquently and was awarded the item they picked. The attendees also picked Lorna and Ling Keat as best speakers.

The FTMC idol – male and female category for the best dressed in purple followed, and was conducted by Ben Fong. Three candidates were selected in each category. For the male category - Richard, Vincent and James were selected. Richard with his cowboy hat and effervescent personality won. For the female category, Grace, Rosalyn and Eunice were selected. Grace Tan, with her sexy purple dress and moves, won this category.

FTMC Idol Richard Solomon from AFC Toastmasters Club

FTMC Idol Grace Tan

Then we had lucky draw with the gifts donated by Ben, Grace, Freddie, Vincent and Zaiton.

Finally, Zaiton gave the closing address thanking everyone for coming and participating in this event. However before signing off, Tan Lay Theng came up and gave the award for the Toastmaster of the Year, recognized for her dedication and hard work. The award was given to Angeline Lee.

It was a long and fun evening.

Final thanks to Ben Fong and his team for organizing this very successful event and all the participants for attending and taking part in the activities. We wish the newly elected committee a successful year ahead.