Recap of Annual General Meeting 19th May 2011

Having joined the club just last year, i witnessed the first AGM of Tampines Changkat Toastmasters club yesterday evening. It was a great learning experience as our club is the only one that holds AGM to conclude the term and to elect its new office-holders. The structured process involved is almost akin to that of that of a corporate entity's. It is no wonder that our members acquire much coveted leadership skills by taking up active role within the club due to his similarity to a corporation. I myself had learnt alot.

After the presentation of the reports by the exco members, we were all set to nominate the new exco for the coming term. Following are the results:

President-elect: Shuan Li
VPE-elect: Ted Chong(me)
VPM-elect: Virginia Wong
VPPR-elect: Zamir Chew
Secretary-elect: Gim Leong
Treasurer-elect: Linda Huang
S-A-A-elect: Tay Cher Teck

With that, we have a new slate of officers next term to serve us. However, let us not forget our club's greatest objective as advocated by TI: to help people develop better communication skills to achieve self actualization.

Let us wish them all the best as they work together to bring our club to greater heights.

As we conclude the AGM, we begin to proceed with our usual chapter meeting. Due to time constraints, we have only 2 speakers tonight which was Angela and Me, both doing P9.

I spoke about the reality of life and attempted to persuade fellow toastmasters to be true to themselves.
Angela taught us to manage our time better with the 3Ps as she persuade us to be more efficient.

Our president, Coen ended off the meeting with an emotional speech by thanking everyone who have helped him in his term.
Over the term, I have been a big beneficiary of his benevolence as i see my communication skills improved by leaps and bounds. Although sad to see him step down, i wish that the renewal of leadership will allow our club to continue helping people like me. I also want to thank Coen for his relentless efforts in serving our club and its members. By taking up the role of VPE, i see our current president and VPE as the role model and aspire to do just as well as them!

With that, the AGM has come to a close. Let us look forward to a new and better term starting from July! See you at the next chapter meeting on 2/6/2011, thurs!