Meeting cancelled

The meeting on the 30th of October is cancelled. Date for next meeting TBC.

Next meeting

Please be informed that the date for our next meeting has not been confirmed yet. As the 1st Saturday of November falls during the festive season, we are trying to bring it forward to the 30th of October. Keep a lookout and be informed!

Roleplayers - 30th OCtober

Here are the role payers for the 19th meeting on the 30th of October.

TOE : Ivan
Word : Yoga
Thought : Soong Xian
Humour : Aarthi / Amitaesh
Table Topics : Nimesha
Grammarian : Simon
Ah Counter : Janani
Timer : Sean Khoo

Role players, gambateh! Gaveliers, hope to see you there! Philip, Dorcas and Nicholas, sincerely hope to have your sanguine presences in the hall on the day. Till then, cheers!

What happened.

On the 2nd of October...

Word: Phobia
* hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

• The fear of long words, ironically. It is literally the hippopotamus- and monster-related fear of very long words
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Birthday girl: Nimesha - Happy birthday!

Humour:

Amitaesh - You get Bluetooth from eating Blackberry phones

Thevesh: The kid couldn't find God?

Yoga: You iD10T

Dr.Asha: Water is H20 or H to O (h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o)?

Thought: Amitaesh - Anything can be achieved as long as you're determined to achieve it.

Teh De Jack: Don't Drop School

Prathik: A Healthy Diet

Thevesh: Run, Fat Boy Run!

17th October 2010

Roleplayers:
TOE: Irvy
Word: Soong Xian
Humour: Prathik/Teddy Bear
Grammarian: Thevesh
Timer: Ivan/Yoga
Table Topics: Yu Jun
Speakers: (by priority) 
18/2010 16/10/2010 Nicholas CC 1
18/2010 16/10/2010 Amitaesh CC 9 Special Edition
18/2010 16/10/2010 Sher-Lyn CC 1
17/2010 2/10/2010 May Lyn CC
18/2010 16/10/2010 Irvy CC 1
(What this means is that the 3 who arrive who are higher in the priority list will be eligible. Sorry for this but we have to maintain a maximum of 3 speakers to have an effective meeting)

Assignment Applications

Simplified form available here! https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDhOUV9OcUU4WGNSaTlOZ2xYcThFNGc6MQ

Still confused? Contact Thevesh Theva or Philip Khor via Facebook for help.

As from now on, please refrain from applying from assignments by e-mail/facebook/wall/word of mouth/phone to avoid missing out any key info that we may need in organizing an effective meeting. Use the form, please.

Junior Gavel Toastmasters Club Meeting No. 17/2010(updated)

Gaveliers, 

After a month in resting our rather worn-out gavel, here's another meeting to restart the momentum.

Junior Gavel Toastmasters Club Meeting No. 17/2010  

Sat, October 2, 3:30pm – 5:30pm

YMCA Penang

TOE

Yoga

Word 

Nimesha

Thought 

Amitaesh

Humour 

OTTF

Table Topics 

Simon

Grammarian 

Nicholas

Ah Counter

Dorcas

Timer

Ivan

Assignment Speakers

Thevesh AC#2, Teh De Jack CC#4, May Lyn CC?

WHAT SHOULD YOU EXPECT?

1. Some of our Gaveliers went together to Gurney Plaza to watch Vampires Suck. Would there be a vampire-themed table topic for them? Does Dog-Man have vampire fangs now?

2. 3 SPEECHES in one meeting after quite a long time of 1-speech meetings. The second project from the new Advanced Comm. Storytelling manual presented by none than our Thevesh 'Luther King' Theva, President. And speeches from both our favourite Teh 'Teddy Bear' Jack, VPPR and May Lyn.

3. And since Table Topics will be run by Simon 'Dog-Man' Gan, it would be a meeting you won't forget. Unless you hate superhero movies.

To those having PMR, sorry for the bad timing, but too bad you'll be forced to miss out. But hopefully you come anyway.

p.s. who wants to evaluate?

See you people!

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Assignment Speakers OCT10-JAN11

This is the current list for assignment speakers for the period stated above:

Committee Meeting

Hey guys! Just a short note, we will be having our first official committee meeting on the 21st August, right after the meeting. Please be there on that historical day because you don't want to miss the first ever official committee meeting of a Gavel Club in Malaysia!

P.S. For committee and mentors only. :)

Well, the picture tells it all, doesn't it?

Meeting No.16/2010 (21-8-2010)

T.O.E: Simon
Word: Yoga(Senior)
Thought: Dorcas Choo
Humour: Jack
Grammarian: Yu Jun
Ah-counter: Irvy
Timer: Icthus
Table Topics Master: Thevesh
T.Topics Evaluator: Nicolas

 

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Contact Info

Gaveliers, please enter your contact info here or in the tab "Contact Info', even if you have already filled up the registration form.: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFhOOVFXemFMYnBqRkQwdF9fTXdKQUE6MQ

Roleplayers: 3rd July

TOE: AMITAESH

WORD: SHER-LYN

THOUGHT: ICHTUS

HUMOUR: SIMON

GRAMMARIAN :THEVESH

AH-COUNTER: NICHOLAS

TIMER: SOONG YANG

TABLE TOPICS MASTER: WILL.I.AM SR.

TABLE TOPICS EVALUATOR: DORCAS

GENERAL EVALUATOR: ANANYA

ASSIGNMENTS

ICHTUS #1

SIMON #1

THEVESH #2.1

19 June 2010 Role players

TOE: Philip/Chris
Word Master: Yoga
Thought: Ananya
Humour: Philip
Table topic Master: William
Ah-counter : Ananya
Grammarian : Chris
Timer: Soong Yang
General Evaluator: Philip

Report on Gavel Club meeting, 05 June

The meeting started at 3.40 p.m. which was 10 minutes behind the actual time. Due to the lack of Gaveliers in the meeting, our mentor, Dr. Asha decided to give us an educational session about communication. During this meeting, we welcomed 3 new guests : Emily, Sher-Lyn and William.
From this session, we know that the 3 main points of communication are: the Speaker, the Audience and Audio Visuals.
We also discussed about the factors we want in a speaker such as
interesting characters, confidence, knowledge and friendliness.
Some of the not-so-good factors would be:
not acknowledging audiences, impolite, bad body language, lack of loudness, no interaction and hypocrisy.
To cut the long story short, we had everyone including newcomers to prepare a speech and Dr. Asha evaluated us. Since there was no acting role-player present, Thevesh was the Grammarian, Amitaesh was the Timer and Jessie was the Ah-Counter. Every person in the room spoke well and the meeting ended on a high note despite not being a proper meeting.


To all Gaveliers who were not present, please take time to inform the Vice President Education whether you can make it to the meeting. Don't take things for granted, please.

Roleplayers: 15th May 2010

GAVELIERS OF PENANG
Gavel Meeting 10/2010 
15th May 2010


VENUE: YMCA PENANG

TIME: 3.30-5.30PM

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TOE: Simon
Word: Nicholas
Thought: Thevesh
Humour: Jack
T/T: Aarthi
Grammar: Amitaesh
Ah C: Yoga
TImer: Ichtus
Ass: Speakers: Chris, Jack, Aarthi (according to waiting list. Please inform if you are not available.)

1st May 2010 - A Report

The meeting began with President Thevesh's presidential speech. TOE Jessie began with asking the Gaveliers to introduce themselves and talk about what they have conquered since the last meeting. Notable conquerers include De Jack, who defeated someone in a chess tournament on his birthday, Amitaesh, who won a public speaking competition and Aunty June, who braved a public speaking competition too.
The Word of the Day was from Simon, with veto.

veto /v'iːtoʊ/ 

Synonyms:
verb: ban, prohibit
noun: prohibition

vetoes plural, 3rd person present; ; vetoing present participle; ; vetoed past tense, past participle;

1. If someone in authority vetoes something, they forbid it, or stop it being put into action. Verb
   • Synonym block
   • De Gaulle vetoed Britain's application to join the EEC. V n
   • The President vetoed the economic package passed by Congress. V n
   • Veto is also a noun. Noun (countable)
     • The veto was a calculated political risk.
2. Veto is the right that someone in authority has to forbid something. Noun (uncountable)
   • ...the President's power of veto.

The thought of the day was from Ichtus.

The only source of knowledge is experience. (Albert Einstein)

Assignments were done by Dorcas (Myself) and Yu Jun (Icebreaker). Evaluators were Thevesh and Philip respectively.

After a 5-min break, the TOE resumed with Table Topics from Nicholas. Speakers are :Thevesh, Ichtus, Philip, Soong Xian, Amitaesh, Yu Jun, Aarthi, Ananya, NImesha and Soong Xian.

The final program was conducted by Aunty June - an Education Session about the 4 Core Values of Toastmasters. They are:

• Integrity
• Dedication to Excellence
• Service to Members
• Respect for the Individual

After the formalities, the meeting was concluded at 5.30pm.

 

Gavel Meeting 9/2010 - 1st May 2010

GAVELIERS OF PENANG
Gavel Meeting 9/2010 
1st May 2010


VENUE: YMCA PENANG

TIME: 3.30-5.30PM

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TOE: Prathik
Word: Simon
Thought: Icthus
Humour: Ananya/William
Table Topics: Nicholas
Ah Counter: Dorcas
Timer: Vincent
Grammar: Yoga
Assignment Speakers (Evaluators): Chris (Thevesh), Dorcas (Philip), Yu Jun (Jack) (to be confirmed)
Table Topics Evaluator: Jack

Report for the 17th of April 2010

The meeting began with a presidential address from President Thevesh Theva, who emphasized the importance of being in the meeting to 'have fun'. Toastmaster Aarthi then invited the Gaveliers to introduce themselves and say about what they wanted to be when they grew up. The word of the day was antipathy, from Ananya.

antipathy /ænt'ɪpəθi/

Synonyms:
noun: aversion, dislike, repugnance, distaste, repulsion

1. Antipathy is a strong feeling of dislike or hostility towards someone or something.N-UNCOUNT usu N prep formal
   
   
   
   
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     She'd often spoken of her antipathy towards London.

Thought of the day was given by Aarthi, with a quote from Mahatma Gandhi.
This was followed with an assignment speech from Gavelier Prathik - 14 Keys to Likeablility.


Ananya: Then from Gavelier Ananya - Non-violence Versus Violence, followed by Aarthi's.

Table topics was run by Jack. Loads of laughs from Chris.
With that the meeting was adjourned to the 1st of May 2010.

17th April 2010

TOE: Aarthi  

Word: Ananya | Thought: Aarthi | Humour: Jack  

Table Topics: Jack  

Grammarian: Jessie | Timer: Simon | Ah Counter: Yoga 

Assignment speakers:

Aarthi
Ananya
Jessie

Gaveliers: Please confirm your roles for the 17th April 2010.

Current waiting list for assignments:

• Dorcas Choo
• Tay Yu Jun
• Prathik
• Jack
• Amitaesh
• Nimesha

Please contact me @ philip10khor@gmail.com if you have any enquiries.
Yours, 
VPE

If anyone is interested in looking, look.
From http://www.toastmasters.org/websiteApps/policyProcedures/SectionVIH3point1.pdf


Toastmasters International
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Origin Date: November 9, 1957
Last Updated: August 22, 2001

PROCEDURES, RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR GAVEL CLUBS

Eligibility
A Gavel Club is one which is unable to comply with provisions of the Bylaws of Toastmasters International and the Toastmasters Club Constitution and Standard Bylaws for clubs requiring that:
(a) Toastmasters clubs shall be composed of members eighteen (18) years of age or over; and
(b) Toastmasters clubs shall have a minimum of twenty (20) members to charter; and
(c) Toastmasters club members, to be in good standing, shall pay prescribed dues and fees.

Request for Certification
A group, subject to any of the limitations rendering it ineligible for chartering as a Toastmasters club, may apply for a "Certificate of Affiliation" as a Gavel Club with Toastmasters International upon accepting the following principles and conditions and complying with the following procedures:

A. In every case, the policies and procedures of the Gavel Club shall be consistent with the policies and regulations of the institution or organization, if any, of which the Gavel Club members are a part and also with the principles and ideals of Toastmasters International.

B. If, at any time, the policies or operation of the institution, organization or the Gavel Club are in conflict with the basic principles of Toastmasters International, or with the functioning of a Toastmasters club or other unit, the Certificate of Affiliation is subject to cancellation by Toastmasters International.

C. The Gavel Club shall submit a Request for a Certificate of Affiliation setting forth:

1. That it is ineligible to charter as a Toastmasters club;
2. That there is no conflict between the basic policies of the Gavel Club, the institution or organization and Toastmasters International and that the group subscribes to the principles of Toastmasters International;
3. That the Gavel Club has the approval and endorsement of its institution or organization; that a representative of the institution or organization will serve as coordinator and will counsel the Gavel Club and assume responsibility for its continuity, stability, and compliance with the policies of the institution or organization and of Toastmasters International;
4. That the Gavel Club intends to use and apply the program, methods, procedures, materials and services of Toastmasters International insofar as its circumstances permit;
5. That the Gavel Club accepts the financial arrangements adapted to its needs and abilities, and consistent with the interests of Toastmasters International, as agreed upon between the Executive Director of Toastmasters International and the Gavel Club with the approval of the institution or organization;
6. That the Gavel Club has adopted a Constitution and Bylaws adapted to its circumstances and consistent with the basic principles of Toastmasters International and has submitted a copy to Toastmasters International;
7. That the Gavel Club agrees to submit to Toastmasters International annual reports, due November 1st of each year, on its membership and activities;
8. That failure to submit such reports or to comply with the basic principles of Toastmasters International may, in the discretion of the Executive Director of Toastmasters International, result in cancellation of the Certificate of Affiliation; and
9. That the Gavel Club desires to be known as "__________ Gavel Club, an affiliate of Toastmasters International."

D. The Executive Director, at that individual's discretion, may issue a Certificate of Affiliation to a Gavel Club meeting all of the above requirements.

Certificate of Affiliation
Upon issuance of a Certificate of Affiliation, which shall constitute a grant of authority to it, the Gavel Club:
(a) Shall be authorized to use the name issued to it;
(b) Shall be authorized to proclaim its affiliation with Toastmasters International;
(c) Shall be authorized to possess, display and use Gavel Club emblems and insignia owned by Toastmasters International and authorized for its affiliated groups; and
(d) Shall be authorized to receive and use such educational materials, methods and services of Toastmasters International as are made available to affiliated Gavel Clubs subject to terms and conditions agreed upon between authorized representatives of the proposed affiliated Gavel Club and the Executive Director on behalf of Toastmasters International, within policies established and subject to review by the Board of Directors.

If the affiliated Gavel Club is suspended or in any way rendered inactive by authority of the institution or organization of which it is a part, or if the Gavel Club or its institution or organization ceases to cooperate with Toastmasters International, in the interests of Toastmasters International the Executive Director, in his or her sole discretion, may suspend or cancel its Certificate of Affiliation.

District and Club Involvement
With the approval of the sponsoring institution or organization, if any, local Toastmasters clubs, areas or districts shall be encouraged to assist in the formation and to work with Gavel Clubs within their geographic jurisdiction as an opportunity for public service. Lines of communication shall be available for visitations by district officers.

A Gavel Club functioning as a Youth Speech Club may be established upon the initiative of local Toastmasters provided its operation does not encroach upon the functioning or continuity of a Youth Leadership Program. In case of conflict between the creation of a Youth Gavel Club and a Youth Leadership Program, a Certificate of Affiliation shall not be granted.

3rd April 2010

Today was a day without assignments. Again.
Loads of Table Topics, however.
This time around, we had a visitor, Mr. Ken. Aunty June ran the show.
Actually, it was Toastmaster Yoga - toastmaster of the evening.
Let's see - everyone did their table topics except two little boys sittiing at the back.
Rather fun - I think I did badly. Onions and garlic - what the *#@$?
Thevesh not here, amitaesh not here, attendence of about 20 - could do better.
Pages have been updated.

Philip

Updates from Education

1. As you all know we are now on Facebook (duh!). For those who are still 'blur-blur', search for 'Gaveliers of Penang'.
2. Of course the next meeting is on March the 6th.
3. There will now be a maximum of 3 assignments per meeting. Those who want to do assignments please contact me by writing on the guestbook in the sidebar.
4. List of assignment speakers in 'Assignment Speakers' tab