Media Release
Jubail, Apr 7: Global Toastmasters Club, a prominent community club in Al Jubail, conducted ‘Smedley Evening Humorous and Evaluation Contests’ in a colourful and grand way at NESMA village, Al Jubail, recently.
Mangalorean president of the Toastmasters Club Shameer Ahmed presided.
In this season, Toastmasters Clubs around the globe have been involved in various toastmasters events. Al Jubail has been at the forefront of Toastmaster activities with many community and corporate clubs which help people hone their presentation and leadership skills.
Sergeant at arm TM Iqbal Raj began the meeting and invited Shameer Ahmed, to greet and welcome the audience. As per the Global Club tradition, he invited the dignitaries TM Abdullah Al Shareef, Area 63 governor, Dr Syed Hameed, principal, International Indian School, and many more stalwarts of Toastmasters to the stage, to honour them with bouquets. District Toastmasters annual conference (DTAC79) contest chairman TM Samer Younes from Jordan was the chief guest.
Presiding officer TM Shameer Ahmed reiterated the contribution of Dr Ralph Smedley, founder of Toastmasters International Forum.
‘Smedely Evening’ comprised many accolades, including the following:
i. Commemorating the contribution of Dr Ralph Smedley (founder of Toastmasters)
ii. ‘Global Glory’ newsletter release
iii. Completion of 200th Meeting Celebration
iv. 8th Anniversary of Global TM Club inception
v. GTAQ – (global Toastmasters annual quiz) competition
Global is the first-ever club in the division ‘L’ to conduct the Smedley Evening, the signature event of Global. This time Global invited division ‘F’ clubs to participate in the contest. Presiding officer quoted Dr Ralph Smedely - ‘We learn best in moments of enjoyment’ while delivering an inspirational presidential address.
TM Shameer Ahmed emphasized that Global TM Club produced many leaders and communicators. Many young men who were tongue-tied and awkward in their presentation, benefited and improved their skills. TM Club created an atmosphere where they could practice public speaking in an ambience of acceptance and assistance. The idea was success, the members' skills improved and the club quality enhanced. That’s the reason it is proud to celebrate the completion of 200 meetings and the eighth anniversary of its inception with a quiz competition related to toastmasters.
TM Ahmed further said that the Club is not only dedicated to provide service to toastmasters but has even conducted many events for the benefit of the students of Jubail. He cited the exampl of the Club's child development programme on career guidance for International Indian school students of 10, 11 and 12th that was conducted recently.
He then handed over the lectern to the master of ceremony TM Safare Mohammed, who conducted the entire programme with a touch of humour.
Shameer Ahmed and chief editor released the newsletter 'Global Glory', two copies of which were handed over to the chief guest and the guest of honour.
A spectacular cultural programme by children was conducted after the newsletter release.
The only professional quiz master of Jubail, DTM P G R Nair, splendidly conducted the signature event of Global, the quiz competition.
Certificates of participation were distributed to all the eight teams in the presence of president Shameer Ahmed and quiz master DTM Nair.
Presiding officer appreciated the event management team of Global for conducting the programme flawlessly. The team comprises TM Ramaswamy, TM Suresh Thanneru, TM Mohd Saleem, TM Huzaiffa Warorawalla, TM Asif Siddiqui, TM Budda Raju, TM Aziz Siddiqui and TM Safare Mohammed.
TM Asif Rajput for excellent photography and TM Abdullah Khalili (JTC) for superb video coverage of the event were also lauded.
Raffle draw was conducted by TM Asif Siddiqui, and the vote of thanks was proficiently proposed by TM Aziz Siddiqui.
The event was sponsored by Al Rashed Fasteners and Kanooz Industrial Services, who were thanked with a grand plaque, and co-sponsored by FLP (Forever Living Product). Sister club assignees were also thanked for their praiseworthy service rendered during the event.
The following were the winners of the quiz contest:
Winners - Jubail Toastmasters Club, Al Jubail
First runner-up: Discovery Toastmasters Club – div ‘F’ Dammam
Second runner-up: Global Toastmasters Club, Al Jubail