From: Angeline Lee [mailto:angeline.lee.sl@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 9:23 PM
Subject: Friendship 18 Jan 2011 Meeting - The Courage to Conquer
Dear Friendship Members,
It has been one week since our last meeting and soon, it will be time to meet again. For your entertainment pleasure and learning experience, we have secured two experienced Toastmasters for this The Courage to Conquer meeting.
Our Past President Freddie Yap, an eloquent speaker and evaluator, is our courageous TME.
Our GE is Ho Fong Ming, DTM, our District Governor for 2003/2004. She was District 51's CEO when there were 7 countries in the District. Her dedication to service is unquestionable as she stopped working for one year and worked full time as our District Governor during her one-year tenure. If you wish to know why she was willing to devote one year of her life to Toastmasters, I strongly suggest that you talk to her before or after our club meeting. I’m sure she is more than willing to share her experiences with us. She is also eager to guide us on areas of improvement for our club meetings.
Invocation speaker Wai Yee, Table Topics Master Alexandra, Grammarian Susan, Ah Counter Emily, Timer Andy, speech evaluators Tony and Kim have also fearlessly said ‘yes’ to their respective meeting roles. For project speeches, Lay Theng will be doing her third speech, and we have Jess Fong from Unitar Toastmasters Club, and yours truly, doing speeches from two advanced manuals.
Every meeting is an opportunity to learn, to grow, to conquer our fear of failure. Although there are butterflies in my stomach, I am looking forward to conquering my fears of "Will I be ready in time for my project speech?" and "Will I be able to give a blockbuster performance?" one more time. During our last meeting, Kim has reminded us about the 3 P (prepare, practise, perform) for any meeting assignment that we undertake. Thank you, Kim for that timely reminder.
Last but not least, I would like to take this opportunity to thank our Past Presidents. Thank you Ben, Freddie, KC, Kim, Lay Theng and Tony for attending our meetings regularly and helping the members continuously to conquer their fear of public speaking and taking up leadership roles in the club. Without your support, it would be harder for us, and I hope the rest of Friendship members will join me in recording our appreciation to our courageous Past Presidents.
See you on the 18th for another great meeting!
Your VPE,
Angeline
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