Monday, August 31, 2009

Malaysia's National Day


August 31st 2009 -
Today is Malaysia 52nd Independence Day -
"Hari Merdeka ke-52" - National Day.
Wishing fellow Malaysians Toastmasters wherever you may be,
" Selamat Hari Merdeka".
" Happy 52nd National Day "
The 2009 theme is =
1 Malaysia, Rakyat Didahulukan, Pencapaian Diutamakan
(1 Malaysia, People First, Performance Now)

Sunday, August 23, 2009

District 51 Division Humorous & Evaluation Contest 2009

Division Contest Finals for District 51 - 2009
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Div P Contest - September 05th 2009

Div S Contest - Oct 4th 1-5pm Renesas Penang

Div K Contest - Oct 11th

Div G Contest - Oct 3rd

Div N contest - Oct 3rd Fairview Int. School, Bkt Jambul

Div H contest - Oct 3rd Medan

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Interdistrict Speech Contest A & B Results 2009




On AUG 11th evening, the Interdistrict Speech Contest for DISTRICT NOT ASSIGNED To REGIONS was held at the MGM Grand Foxwoods, Connecticut.

ISC Results: DNAR A:
Hermie Garrobo 1st (D75-Philippines)
Douglas Kruger 2nd (D74 South Africa)
Donald Yee 3rd (D80 Hong Kong)

DNAR B: Mark Hunter 1st (D69 Australia)
Anika Stapleton (D81 Carribean)
George O' Keeffe (D73 Australia)

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Smedley award August 01st 2009-September 30th 2009

Membership Building Contests

Recognize membership-builders for their performance."The deepest joy of belonging comes as one learns to cooperate, contribute and help . . ." - Dr. Ralph C. Smedley Founder, Toastmasters International

During the 2008-2009 program year, only 820 clubs out of over 12,000 clubs worldwide were awarded the Smedley Award for their achievements during Toastmasters membership building contest.

Smedley Award Program Dates: August 1 – September 30
It all began in 1924. Ralph Smedley invited a few men to meet in the Santa Ana, California YMCA where he conducted the first meeting of what would eventually evolve into Toastmasters International. One person initiated a program that would go on to affect millions of people. In his honor, can your club add five new, dual, or reinstated members between August 1 and September 30?
By doing so you’ll qualify to receive a "Smedley Award" ribbon to display on your club’s banner. Effective July 1, 2009, in addition to the ribbon, qualifying clubs will also earn a special discount code for 10% off their next club order.

241 New Members for D51 July 2009!

District 51 would like to welcome onboard 241 new members to our district in the month of July 2009! We sincerely hope that these new member will soon find the learning journey enjoyable and fun just like for most of us and they will soon experience the benefits of Toastmasters program as they speak their way to magical transformation!

Out of these 241 new members, 21 were from INTEL MSSC of Penang!
Congratulations for being the club with the most new member for the month of July 2009!

In addition to the 241 new members, 02 new clubs were chartered in July 2009 with 68 chartered member from ING Leadership of Kuala Lumpur Division W and Politeknik Tuanku Sultanah Bahiyah of Kulim Division N.

Monday, August 3, 2009

Beat The Clock Report District 51 2008-2009

Beat the Clock Program Dates: May 1 – June 30

Toastmasters are taught to run meetings on time, finish speeches on time and make membership goals on time. "Beat the Clock" is about finishing the year on schedule -with a bang! Clubs adding five new, dual or reinstated members during these two months receive a "Beat the Clock" ribbon to display on the club’s banner.
Congratulations to these 37 Clubs in D51 that achieved this during the just concluded term.

Effective July 1, 2009, in addition to the ribbon, qualifying clubs will also earn a special discount code for 10% off their next club order.

Club Divison/Area - New Member
444 P 01 Satu Hati Club 5
754 I 02 Essential Club 8
1472 J 04 Kebayoran Club 5
2968 H 02 Polonia 5
3949 D 02 Twintech 5
4934 C 03 Extol 5
5058 C 04 Summit 10
6365 K 02 Sandakan Pidato 5
6376 K 06 The Brunei Speakers' 6
8969 B 04 Shah Alam 6
627611 P 02 Maxis 5
693567 N 06 Institut Perkim-Goon 1 5
693895 N 01 Sg Bakap 5
763429 I 01 The British Toastmasters Club 8

763432 J 03 SCBD TMC 6
789320 W 04 WIM TMC 12
791322 N 03 Achievers 7
798899 A 02 CIMA Johor 5
810576 C 01 INTELLIGENT Speakers 5
849962 C 02 Klang Bilingual 5
856876 A 03 MMHE 5
912815 K 01 Politeknik Kota Kinabalu 5
984614 W 02 Hasil 7
989349 S 03 Gurney-Hydro 13
1024975 W 06 HP Malaysia 6
1059572 D 01 INTI 7
1062062 B 01 Unitar 7
1066107 N 04 Intel Kulim 6
1166612 P 02 Tiger 9
1197998 J 03 Universitas Indonesia 10

1205355 D 02 Sarawak Women 11
1285147 W 04 Y.S.P. 8
1341086 E 02 Agile Performance Culture 6
1347384 B 04 Kelab Pidato Kuala Lumpur 16

1350324 N 03 Oracle Advanced 19
1357680 I 01 Academia 12
1358084 S 07 Helping Hand Advanced 16


Total Number of Clubs Getting Awards: 37