Muscat: Cyprian Misquith is New President of ABC Toastmasters Club
Report : Clarence Pinto
Photographs : Dilip Correa
Daijiworld Media Network - Oman
Muscat, Aug 9 : ACS CL Cyprian Misquith, a vibrant community leader and an active toastmaster of Oman has been elected as the new president of ABC Toastmasters Club (Club No. 1353103 – Area 67 – Division D) – Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman. The new committee members were installed by Area Governor CC CL Sreekumar Pai during the first anniversary function held at Celebrations Hall on Friday, 06th August 2010.
The program commenced at 6.45 p.m. with Sergeant At Arms - TM Boban Mathew calling the meeting to order. ACS CL Cyprian Misquith extended warm welcome to the audience, guests and fellow toastmasters. Toastmaster of the Day was past president of the club CC CL Louis Pereira was introduced by ACS CL Cyprian Misquith.
Jabson Varghese, director of Nadan Group of companies, well known organization in the Sultanate of Oman was the chief guest of the program.
The various role players were introduced by CC CL Louis Pereira and they were Time Keeper – TM S. Lekshmanan, Word Master – TM Mohammed Javed, Grammarian – TM Madam Celine D Souza, Ah / Umm Counter – TM Shankaran Nambissan and General Evaluator - ACS CL Alex Crasta.
Project Speeches were presented by TM Madam Patcy Lasrado and CC Donald Fernandes and evaluation of their speeches was done by TM Sanil Varghese and TM Dilip Correa. Table Topic session was humorously conducted by TM Raymond Rodrigues and the participants were TM Madam Ophelia Lazarus, TM Darryl Saldanha, TM Leyasuddin and CC Alexander Sequeira.
Panel of eminent judges consisting of ACS CL Madam Clita Crasta, ACS CL Trevor Fernandes and ACS CL Dr. Rajan Phillip selected best speakers in each category. The following were the winners :
Best Speaker : TM Madam Patcy Lasrado
Best Evaluator : TM Dilip Correa
Best Table Topic Speaker : TM Alexander Sequeira
Toastmasters Gavel Club aspirants Master Ashley D Souza and Master Vivian Monis presented their testimony showing a great interest in Toastmasters program and training sessions.
After the report session, ACB Thomas George conducted the business session. Installation ceremony was conducted by Area Governor CC CL Sreekumar Pai and the committee members were as follows :
President : ACS CL Cyprian Misquith
VP Education : ACB Thomas George
VP Membership : TM Madam Celine D Souza
VP Public Relations : CC Donald Fernandes
Treasurer : TM Raymond Rodrigues
Secretary : TM S. Leyasuddin
Sergeant at Arms : TM Boban Mathew
ABC Tidings – Newsletter of ABC Toastmasters Club was released by CTM Clarence Donald Pinto.
First Anniversary Cake cutting ceremony was performed by DTM George Thomas, Mr. Jabson Varghese – chief guest of the program, CC CL Louis Pereira – Past President of ABC Toastmasters Club, ACS CL Cyprian Misquith.
Vote of Thanks was proposed by TM Raja Govindan.
Entertainment program was presented by the Toastmasters children and it was anchored by TM Madam Karishma Gonsalves and ACS CL Madam Clita Crasta.
Mega Sponsor of the event was KHIMJI RAMDAS and the co-sponsors were NADAN TRADING LLC, DIVINE RESTAURANT, STAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC, HEALTH & GLOW LLC, GHUBRAH POWER AND DESALINATION CO., DIAMOND CROWN RESTAURANT. SPONSOR FOR THE GIFT ITEMS WAS AL NUHA AUDITING.
About President ACS CL Cyprian Misquith :
ACS CL Cyprian Misquith was born and brought up in Mumbai and got his basic education at St. Ignatius High School, Jacob Circle, Mahalakshmi. During his youthful days, he was actively involved with the St. Ignatius Youth Association (SIYA) for 3 years organizing cultural and social activities for the parishners. He was a member of the Legion of Mary for 5 years in the same Parish.
He has completed his Masters in Commerce from the Mumbai University and attained a Diploma in Computer Science and is currently employed with W. J. Towell & Co. LLC (Building Materials Division) as the Finance Manager.
Cyprian is happily married to Gladys, a teacher by profession at the Indian School, Muscat and they have two lovely daughters, Chelsea and Gretel.
He represented the Petrus Toastmasters Chapter No. 5969 – District 79, Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Ruwi. His charismatic approach and leadership qualities were proved by his election as the Vice President – Education for the year 2004 and during this period he created a platform for members to develop their leadership potentials. The Youth Leadership Program, which he coordinated and conducted during April – May 2004 for the youth of the Parish, benefited the teenagers, immensely.
He was also a mentor for the “Taste the Toast” first of its kind public speaking workshop conducted by MCCP during October/November 2008 for its members. The successful workshop was attended by 35 participants from the MCCP community. He was an executive committee member of MCCP last year and served as Honorary Treasurer during 2009 – 2010. During this year 2010 – 2011, he is elevated to the post of Vice President – Sports and Finance Committees
Cyprian Misquith is an established and recognized Toastmaster. He has achieved the Advanced Communicator Silver Award (ACS) and the Competent Leader Award (CL) during this year. Last year, he was the Club Sponsor and Mentor of ABC Toastmasters Club. He was also the Associate Editor of the club newsletter that is being released every quarter and has been actively involved with the growth and well being of the club.
Commenting on the formation of ABC Toastmasters Club, ACS CL Cyprian Misquith narrated the following details to www.daijiworld.com :
“Taste the Toast” workshop conducted by the Mangalorean Catholic Centre of the Parish during October/November 2010 under the wise leadership of the then President, Mr. Clarence Pinto was the originating factor of ABC Toastmasters Club. This workshop was attended by 35 members and after the Grand finale of the event, some of the members wanted to improve upon their public speaking skills. ABC Toastmasters club was finally born on 9th March 2009 with only 6 members. The initial days were harrowing as if we were like hindi films heroes, doing more than one role during a meeting. Advanced Business Consultants were kind enough to give us a meeting place free of cost and as the membership increased, there was no place in the hall where we used to conduct our meetings. Again the greatness of communication and public speaking skills got us another sponsor, the Divine Restaurant managed by Nadan Trading LLC. They are our current sponsors and we hold our meetings regularly on Mondays at 8.15 pm to 10.00 pm. I fully believe that the Toastmasters movement can influence many people to join, because the meetings are highly motivating and inspiring. It is just over a year after the birth of this club and we are 32 very enthusiastic members who regularly attend the club meetings.
The new committee took charge of the club from 1st July 2010 with 29 registered members and has been able to increase the membership by adding 6 new members within a short span of time. The work put in for the annual day celebrations has been hectic and we expect a great response, however, my immediate focus is on the need for training and coaching our younger generation into developing their public speaking skills and to become leaders in this world. These refinements will help them grow in their career and achieve higher results. The Gavel Club should be an ideal platform to display their skills and that is on my mind. It will be the first ever Gavel Club in Oman.
At present, we have fairly experienced Toastmasters. Certifications achieved from the Toastmasters International, USA during the past one year include five Competent Communicators, one Advanced Communicator Bronze, three Advanced Communicator Silver and four Competent leaders. My aim is to motivate and inspire these speakers live their true potential and to push them to give their peak performance in every assignment they take up. The quality of every meeting, variety and the opportunity given to every Toastmaster for his personal development will motivate them in more interested members. I don’t like setting up too many goals for myself, my attitude or nature is show the people your quality of work and that will speak for yourself. However, if we keep these simple fundamentals on line, I can assure you that ABC Toastmasters club will soon be pregnant to deliver a new born baby club.”