Media Release

Al Jubail, Jul 10: Global Toastmasters Club members and their families gathered to celebrate their first meeting titled ‘Eid Milan’ for the term with new executive committee and members on Friday July 7. The proceedings began at 7.00 pm.

The first meeting was a whooping success. This was an Eid Milan meeting in Mortco where celebration and education went together. With three advanced speeches, a milestone speech of TM Jeyasankar, four new inductions and an attendance of more than 50 members, took the meeting to new heights.

The meeting was opened by SAA TM Syed Abbas. He read out the mission of TMI and then introduced the presiding officer Uzma Siddiqui. She welcomed the members and their families and gave a short glimpse into what the future meetings would comprise of. She introduced the entire Excom and then introduced the vibrant and dynamic TMOD, DTM Aziz Siddiqui. He then introduced the team of the evening namely: Word master and grammarian - DTM Asif Siddiqui, general evaluator- DTM Safare Mohammed, timer- TM Ibrahim, table topic master- MTM Saadia Siddiqui, vote counter- TM Khalid Siddiqui.

The speakers and their evaluators were TM Jeya Sankar ACB 10 evaluated by TM Huzaiffa M Warorawalla, TM Abdul Rahim- ACS1 evaluator- TM Abul Khasim, TM Nagu Arasu ACG, evaluator- DTM Shameer Ahmed Kudroli. The table topics were evaluated by TM Mesfer Syeed.

The winner of the prepared speech was TM Abdul Rahim. The winner of table topics was a tie between MTM Zareen Abbas and MTM Madhura and best evaluator was DTM Shameer Ahmed Kudroli.

The four members inducted were TM Rajendra Singh, TM Nilesh, MTM Madhura and MTM Zareen Abbas who showcased their speaking skills in the table topics.

The milestone cake was cut by TM Jeyasankar with family and the meeting adjourned for dinner.

It was a memorable evening of fun, celebration and education. The dress code for the meeting was ‘your Eid attire’.