"TEAMWORK IS THE ESSENCE OF LIFE AND SUCCESS" - 15 October 2012

When we decided to sign up for Toastmaster International, we came ourselves as individuals who aimed for a self-development. Then, when we are finally being part of the Toastmasters family, we realise that we have actually been put in such a committed teamwork mechanism given by our sincere fellow Toastmasters who are willing, at all times, grant their supports. Therefore, last Monday, our Toastmaster of the Meeting (ToM), TM Syariful Alamsyah Lubis, went all out to appreciate teamwork with the meeting theme: “TEAMWORK IS THE ESSENCE OF LIFE AND SUCCESS”. TM Lubis was supported by the General Evaluator Team: CC/CL Kardinal as the GE; TM Arief Rasyad (from Sandoz Toastmasters Club) as the Grammarian; TM Suryani as the Timer; TM Bena as the Ballot Counter; and ACB/CL Imung Hikmah as the “Ah” and WoD Counter (the word of the day was “essence”).

Furthermore, JTC’s Vice President of Education, CC Neeraj Khiani and Vice President of Membership, CC Susanna Jahja took the opportunity in the prepared speech session to give their speeches on “Education and Mentoring” and “Information on Membership” respectively. CC Neeraj was evaluated by TM Bena while CC Susanna was evaluated by DTM Harlina Indra. The whole prepared speech session was clearly dedicated by our VPs to refresh the members’ knowledge and to effectively inform our prospective members a.k.a our guests on the communication track, leadership track, and membership mechanism.

Meanwhile the Table Topics Session was led by the Table Topic Master, TM George Arif. TM Arif threw the topics by showing some photos on the slides and asked the impromptu speakers to speak upon the photos. The impromptu speakers were TM Joko Purnomo, Guest Sari, Guest Fransisco, TM Jeff, TM Cynthia (from Maranatha Toastmasters Club, Bandung), and Guest Aday.

left-right-up-down: TM Joko, Guest Sari, Guest Fransisco, TM Jeff, Guest Aday, TM Cynthia (the Best Table Topic Speaker) - (photos by TM Kardinal)

At the end of the meeting the ballot counter announced that the visiting Toastmaster, TM Cynthia won the Best Table Topic Speaker while TM Bena won the Best Evaluator.

JTC Minutes of Meeting, 15 October 2012, prepared by Club Secretary 2012-2013, TM Bena.