toastmaster-magazine-2016

14TH ANNIVERSARY AND ANNUAL AWARDS NIGHT
Another Delightful Evening
Serendib Awards Night is one of the best events in Riyadh
Toastmasters arena. It is the annual colours nite, an evening dedicated to
celebrate the achievements of its members covering a year just concluded.
Serendib Toastmasters Club which is affiliated to Toastmasters International
(TMI) comprises of three clubs. They are the main club which is Serendib
Toastmasters Club and the two Serendib Gavel Clubs. Despite the busy
professional and family schedules, members of Serendib Toastmasters Club
are a bunch of selfless, highly energetic, committed group of individuals
who work together for the community. The executive committee 2015-
2016 of the main club assigned me as the project chairman for the awards
night and immediately, with the EXCOM’s approval, I appointed one of the
dynamic Toastmasters, Mohamed Hilmy as the deputy project chair.
Like in many projects the club had implemented in the past, the senior
leaders of the club were the foundation and the consultative group for the
project. We had a fantastic blend of experienced and new Toastmasters to
work with. The energy levels were beyond expectations. It was a difficult
task to form the project steering committee and to assign roles. Yet, with
the guidance of Serendib’s past and present stalwarts, I was fortunate to
assemble a great team. We commenced the project sometime late in Sep
2015.
Anver Mohamed Rizan
Project Chair
Mohamed Hilmy
Deputy Project Chair
Project team leads 2015 were the following Toastmasters:
• Project Chair Anver M. Rizan • Chief Souvenir Committee Officer Subramaniam Thangasamy
• Deputy Project Chair Mohammed Hilmy • Chief Editor Ifthiquar Noohu
• Chief Program Officer Nirone Dissanayake • Project CFO Gayan Karunaratne
• Director Awards & Certificates Ferasath Cassim • Head of Logistics Abdul Munaf Azees
Accordingly the sub groups were formed to assist the leads. It was one cohesive exercise where
all the members contributed with utmost zeal and dedication. This great team not only drove the
project to perfection, they also achieved “togetherness”. To me it was more of a “team bonding” exercise,
which showed hidden “leadership” talents of the respective teams. The combination of a high quality
souvenir (magazine) backed by editing excellence, strenuous but successful campaign of advertisement
collection that saw cushioning project expenses, meticulous preparation of awards & certificates, the
creativity and entertainment which enchanted the audience, flawless logistical support from the beginning
to end, timely invitations and well managed ushering of guests, the expenditure within the budgets, all
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