Media release

Al Jubail (Saudi Arabia) Jul 5: The last and final meeting of a successful year for Area 63, Division ‘E’, District 79, council and Excom members was held recently at the residence of TM Shameer Ahmed Kudroli, the Mangalore based energetic Governor of Area 63.

The area 63 club presidents TM Asif Siddiqui, TM Suresh Thanneru, TM Khaled Al Mutairi attended the meeting along with area office bearers. TM Shameer presided over the meeting. A jubilation prevailed in the meeting as Area 63 bagged the coveted ‘Distinguished Area’ distinction.

 This is the only area in both the Division E and L of Jubail fraternity that could charter a new club in the term under the dynamic leadership of Governor Shameer at Jubail Industrial Collage (JIC). Delivering his message in the

concluding meeting, the Area governor thanked his team and said ‘your support and encouragement has been the fuel for me to strive harder and as it is often said, “hard work never goes unrewarded!! And with all your support we succeeded to charter only a new club in this term in Jubail Industrial College (JIC) TM Club as it was my dream to offer the toastmasters benefit to the students as they are the future leaders of the community or country.

He further added that ‘It’s indeed worth mentioning that our efforts have definitely made a significant contribution towards achieving the goal of Division ‘E’ as President’s Distinguished Division.  Area 63 has 5 clubs under its belt. They are Global TM Club, Royal Commission TM Club, TM Club, GAS TM Club and newly inducted Jubail Industrial College Toastmaster Club.

Subsequently, certificate of recognition were awarded to honor the executive committee that included Asst. Area Governor - Edu. & training TM Dr. Iqbal Raj,  Asst. Area Governor-Marketing TM Khaled Al Mutairi, Public Relation officer TM Mohd. Saleem, Secretary TM Bader Al Telmesani and Treasurer TM Ibrahim Al Aqili.

DTM Basker Patel, Area 17 governor (2012-13) praised the effort and contributions of Area 63 for toastmasters’ fraternity in particular and community in general. TM Aziz Siddiqui, the Governor elect, emphasized the need to take the vibrant area 63 legacy

further and achieve greater height in the years to come. TM Shameer thanked his team for supporting him during his tenure and promised his full support to the new committee.

Area 63 club Presidents TM Suresh Thanneru, TM Asif Siddiqui, TM Khaled Mutairi and TM Iqbal Raj spoke on the occasion and wholeheartedly praised energetic leader TM Kudroli for his contribution in taking the area to the pinnacle of success. The old Excom was discharged of their duties and the mantle was passed on to the newly elected Area Governor. The ceremony was concluded with a sumptuous dinner.

Division E & L Conference Concluding Ceremony

First Ever Joint Division E & L conference concluding ceremony was conducted on 2/07/2013 at royal Regal Classic Restaurant, Al Jubail. Conference Chairman TM Shameer Ahmed Kudroli invited all the committee chairs, vice chairs, advisor as well as both division governors to grace occasion. Thanks giving event was organized to express gratitude to the teams for making the conference (held on 14th the 15th March 2013 at Royal Commission Fanateer Auditorium) a grand success.

The conference was attended by the past international director DTM Ted Corcoran and International Champion of Public Speaking (2005) DTM Lance Millar who offered valuable tips on leadership and public speaking. It is noteworthy that for the first time a director and world champion taking time to attend a conference held here in Jubail. This unique conference was an ultimate success thanks to efforts of Conference chairman in conducting the Joint Conference of Division E & L within a budget which was in fact utilized for solo conference last year. At the same time, the number committees were bare minimum this time in comparison to Jumbo committees of previous years.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Division ‘E’ Governor  TM Abdullah Al Shareef and Division ‘L’ Governor TM Javed Ansari for the tremendous support extended to me to conduct successfully the joint division conference as it was a daunting task for me as first ever joint conference chairman, indeed it’s a memorable era of my life. As per the conference theme ‘Exceeding Excellence’ we meticulously ‘exceeded the excellence’ with all your wholehearted support and encouragement said Conference Chairman Shameer in his concluding speech.

TM Shameer conclude the speech by reminding the audience a famous quote on leadership from Dr Ralph Smedley “Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do in order to achieve what they want to achieve.’