Graduates & Professionals Toastmasters Club Club No. 161/District No. 51

Venue: Police Officers’ Club, Causeway Bay, HK (seaside, opposite World Trade centreExcelsior Hotel)

Date: April4, 2003 (Friday) Time: 7:00 – 9:00pm Meeting No: 39th

We meet every 1st Friday of the month (except public holidays) [Please switch OFF mobile phone and/or pager]

Tonight’s Theme:Peace & WarApril 4, 2003 (Friday)
Time / Activity /

Min

/ Speaker / Diary
Next gathering : May 2, 2003 (Friday)
Remember to register in the 2003 Year Planner for various roles in the forthcoming meetings or e-mail to Henry Kong or Claudia Yeung.
7:00 / Reception / 15 / All
7:15 / Introduction / 3 / Toastmaster of EveningHenry Kong

Table Topics Session

7:19 / Topic: Peace & War
(1 to 2 mins for each speaker) / 15 /
Table Topic Master
Alex Lai, CTM

Assigned Speech

7:35 / Project #2 / 5-7 /
Flora Ng
/ #2 Speak with sincerity: to convince the audience of your earnestness, sincerity , and conviction on a subject you thoroughly understand.
7:43 / Project #6 / 5-7 /
Mary Lau
/ #6 Work with words: to select precisely the right words required to communicate your ideas clearly and vividly.
7:51 / ATM speech /
Claudia Yeung, CTM
8:02 / Introduction of guests / 3 /
Henry Kong
/ Message board:
Half-year membership fee (Jan03-Jun03)
Please renew your membership ($400):
(for new members: $500)
-by cash,
-transfer to HSBC account:
004-198-281123-001 and give the bank pay-in slip to Henry Kong; or
-crossed cheque payable to:
“Graduates & Professionals Toastmasters Club”
GAP’s Mission:
For Better Listening, Thinking, Speakingand for the Betterment of Society
Evaluation
8:06 / For Table Topic Session / 5 / Tbc
8:12 / For Flora Ng / 3 / Tbc
8:16 / For Mary Lau / 3 / Kitty Wong, ATM-B, CL
8:20 / For Claudia Yeung / 3 / Tbc

Facilitators’ reports

8:24 / Time keeper / 3 / Wildon Cheng
8:28 / Ah Counter / 3 / Tbc
8:32 / Language Evaluator / 5 / Tbc

General Evaluation

8:38 / General Evaluator / 7-10 / Deborah Yu, CTM
8:49 / Closing remarks / 3 / Claudia Yeung, CTM
Dinner together in a cosy yet inexpensive restaurant in Police Officers' Club

Timing Rules:

Table Topics
(allowable time is 1minute to 2 minutes 30 seconds) / Assigned Speeches
(allowable time is 30 seconds before and after the speech time) / Individual Evaluations
(should be +/-30 seconds of allowed time)
Green card = 1 minute
Yellow card = 1 minute 30 seconds
Red card = 2 minutes
30 secondsafterwards, Timer will lead the applause. / Green card = 2 minutes left (5 minutes)
Yellow card = 1 minute left (6 minutes)
Red card = time’s up (7 minutes)
30 seconds afterward, Timer will lead the applause.
(example for a 5-7 minutes speech) / Green card = 1 minute left
Yellow card = 30 seconds left
Red card = time's up;
30 seconds afterwards, Timer will lead the applause.

Executive Committee (ExCom ) (From July 2002) : (* Contact email for TMs/Guests)

Title / Name / Phone / Email address
Hon Advisor / Angela Lee, DTM / 9329 4687 / mailto:
Immediate Past President / Myra Siu, CTM / 9423 1126 /
President / Claudia Yeung, CTM / 9339 3784 / *
VP(Education) / Henry Kong / 9383 6035 / *
Co VP(Education) / James Yu / 9288 7483 /
VP(Public Relations) / Mary Lau / 9864 3589 /
Co VP(Public Relations) / Wildon Cheng / 9687 7336 /
Sergeant At Arms / Henry Fung, CTM / 9722 2793 /
Treasurer / Jane Won / 9327 1132 /