Taha, Mubin delight in Division ‘A’ Toastmasters event

Mir Mohsin Ali Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The 15th Annual Conference of Division ‘A” was held in Al Faisal University auditorium recently. Under dynamic leadership of its organizing committee Chairman DTM Sanjay Mahat, who is a veteran member of Toastmasters International since year 2002, and supported by various other dynamic team of leaders who were instrumental to organize this mega event successfully and setting a new bench mark for the future leaders to follow. Division Director Toastmaster Samer F. Kamal, Advanced Communicator Silver/Advance Silver in leadership, has been a member of Toastmasters since 2012 and has held several leadership positions in the past, He was CEO whose guidance and support was the foundation for the successful Division “A” conference. The event was graced by the head of Toastmasters in Saudi Arabia, the District 79 Director, Distinguished Toastmaster, Abdullah A. Al Sharif and other dignitaries. Abdullah expressed that District 79 was declared the best District by Toastmasters International and is standing tall this year in maintaining the position. The main sponsor for the event was Dermabit, Saudi Arabia, represented by Monzir Mustafa, national head of sales and marketing and ex. chairman of Jordanian Engineers Association of Saudi Arabia. In a true toastmaster spirit, he not only engaged the audience but also conducted a short quiz which boosted the energy levels of the audience. In addition, the event was also sponsored by Panorama Gulf Group, who are fulfilling the needs of Healthcare market and especially addressing women needs in their everyday life. Contests were held in four categories, viz., Table Topics, Evaluation, Humorous Speech and International Speech. There were 8 contestants in each category and winners from 4 Areas were eligible to contest. The winners in each category were: Category 1st places in International speech Adam Taha, Humorous Speech TM Mohammed Mubin, Speech Evaluation TM Thom Banatao, Table Topics TM Anthony Menachery International Speech contest was also held for children and the winners were Gav. Amana Imtiyaz and Table Topics Contest was won by Gav. Aakif Imtiyaz. Overall it was a successful event which was made possible by the extensive support from Al Faisal University which played a pivotal role in making this conference a reality and a memorable one. Toastmasters including DTM Abdullah Al-Sharif, DTM Rashid Ali, DTM James Taruc, DTM Jun Roy, DTM Soliman Almadi, DTM Mufid Mustafa, DTM Saif Ali Shaikh, DTM Jovett Lopez, DTM Mohammed Mubin and Dr. Sayeed Mohiuddin (Media Committee Chair) all attended.