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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- <strong>2016</strong> 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 (<strong>magazine</strong>) 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 18 SERENDIB BREEZE
synchronized seamlessly confirming to the TEAM, “Together Everyone Achieves More” concept. As head of the project, I couldn’t have asked for more. We were privileged to have the company of His Excellency Mohamed Azmi Thassim, The Ambassador of the Social Republic of Sri Lanka in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the Chief Guest together with Madam Thassim. It also marked His Excellency Thassim’s first official engagement after starting his duties. We were touched by his acceptance of our invitation together with Madam Thassim to grace the occasion. Also I must mention the names of the guests of honor who graciously accepted our invitation and added colour to this all important annual event. They were District 79 Director, Distinguished Toastmaster Abdullah Al-Sharif, Area 6 Director Toastmaster Magesh Prabhakara and other distinguished dignitaries. The invitees were ushered according to rich Sri Lankan tradition. The ceremony was officially declared open by the Sergeant-At-Arms, followed by the welcome speech delivered by the Serendib Toastmasters Club President, Toastmaster Mohamed I.M. Zubair… President introduced the masters of ceremony SERENDIB BREEZE 19
Page 1 and 2: SERENDIB BREEZE 1
Page 3 and 4: Project Chair Kolitha Panditharatne
Page 5 and 6: Mike Storkey International Presiden
Page 7 and 8: Mohammed Yaseen Ali Division B Dire
Page 9 and 10: Ferasath Cassim Incoming President
Page 11 and 12: Mohamed I M Zubair Outgoing Preside
Page 13 and 14: Nishtar Moomin Past President (PY 2
Page 15 and 16: Saravanaraj Nadaraja Charter Member
Page 17 and 18: Sameena Mahmood Past President (PY
Page 19: Anver Mohamed Rizan Past President
Page 23 and 24: Time was up to release the 14th Ser
Page 25 and 26: The Awards went to our VPPR, TM Sam
Page 27 and 28: Sasirinda Waragoda Project Chair Ma
Page 29 and 30: The club conducted the speech marat
Page 31 and 32: Abdul Munaf Azees ”Life isn’t j
Page 35 and 36: SERENDIB TOASTMASTER CLUB CLUB AWAR
Page 37 and 38: AREA CONTEST WINNERS 2015-2016 Farh
Page 39 and 40: Riyaz Yousuff, CC,CL Outgoing Gavel
Page 41 and 42: SERENDIB BOYS GAVEL CLUB CLUB AWARD
Page 43 and 44: Dear Parents, Dignitaries, Presiden
Page 45 and 46: SERENDIB GIRLS GAVEL CLUB CLUB AWAR
Page 47 and 48: SERENDIB TOASTMASTERS Zakraf Shafee
Page 49 and 50: The Executive committee of the Sere
Page 51 and 52: SERENDIB BOYS GAVEL CLUB EXCOM 2016
Page 53 and 54: It is with great pleasure I write t
Page 55 and 56: TERRIFIC Tips & Tricks to ACE your
Page 57 and 58: What Toastmasters Really Helped Me
Page 59 and 60: Gav. Adithya Seram Toastmasters’,
Page 61 and 62: Final photo for the day before the

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