Njc Interact Club

Monday, May 31, 2010 3:51 AM

Exco Positions

Arghh ... changed the skin to accomodate the photos, but the alignment is still off >=(

Okok ignore me haha...

Hi guys, the positions for the 41st Exco are out. In case you are interested to know:

President: Chandel Tan
(oversees the entire club)

Vice President : Tiffany Goh
(supports the president)

Secretary: Madeline Chia
(records minutes and admin matters)

Treasurer: Hoon Si Hui
(take charge of accounts)

Community Service Director: Bernadette Liew
(CIP/Schemes related work)

Club Service Director: Ye Xiao Jun
(Bonding Activities & Club Internal Affairs)

International Understanding Director: Margaret Low
(Overseas Cip/ Working with other schools)

They are now recorded on the left. Good luck!

Friday, May 14, 2010 11:06 PM

AGM 2010

I am going to use an informal style this time. Let me bring you through what we had went through for the whole exco election process.

In the beginning of April, the exco application was opened. 30 people applied. I would want to think this is because Orientation is very good so a lot of people applied but okok, is most likely because the j1s are really very enthusiastic this year. Anyway, the current exco had interviews with them to get to know their personality, why they wanted to become an exco member and what visions they have for the club. In the end, 20 people were shortlisted to enter the next round

.The 20 people selected were officially deemed the exco elects. And they then had to undertake an even harder task this time-- to plan a bonding event for the club. As the saying goes, actions are louder than words. What was intended was for the exco elects to show us what they said they can do, and 'us' includes everyone this time. As there were many candidates this year, the 20 elects were separated into two groups, and they decided to plan two different projects.After two weeks of planning, we saw what they have came up with. In the last week of April, we had an amazing race and a party for the club. Both events were pretty well received by club members. And through them, the members see for themselves who they think can lead the club.

Another week passed, during which we had the Evaluation day, a day for the 20 leaders to share their opinions on their projects, and certain other unspeakable stuff. Finally! On the second week of May, AGM arrives................Annual General Meeting (aka AGM) is a yearly event for Interact Club whereby our club members will elect their new exco after seeing how each candidate performed during their bonding project. It falls on a friday this year.

At 4.30pm in the afternoon, exco elects started to gather at the meeting point. All of them were pretty nervous. Some were pacing around nonstop, some were looking intensely at their scripts and some were sweating profusely. Of course, there were also some who remained completely at ease.At 5pm, interactors, both j1s and j2s started filling in the LT. And soon, the rotarians arrived and AGM commenced.

Response was pretty good. Though it is compulsory haha, it still proves interactors do see interact as a CCA :)

Cheryl giving her speech,

WahLim also,

and Madeline too.

Group B elects waiting for their turns.

Tiffany with her multi-language slide

Haoqin with his passion~

Junhao being posed a question

Elects talking during their item

They clapped,

they cheered,

and they told stories?

Zi Heng (sheepish look haha)

Should be starting the video.

Video of Bonding sessions by ZiHeng

j2s

j2 Exco

3 random j2s haha

Wahlim and Choon Ling

Haoqin and LiZhu

ZiYing and Margaret

Interactors waiting for the results at 8pm

elects too...

Joan announcing the results!

and alas, the 41st Exco is out!

From Left to right: Margaret, Tiffany, Si Hui, Madeline, Bernadette, Chandel, Xiao Jun

And that officially concludes NJ Interact's 41st Exco election! Thanks to everyone and especially the elects who ran and gave their best for the club. It was a hard situation this year given that only 7 positions are available, yet there are so so many capable people. Nevertheless, we hope all of you continue to love Interact, be passionate and help your friends in the Exco to bring Interact to greater heights!

This is dedicated to all of you:

The people who worked hard :)

To Serve, to lead, to connect- Interact

Sunday, May 2, 2010 3:35 AM

April UPdates!(Part II)

... (Read previous post) they came up with 2 activities for the club.....

1) Amazing Race (28 /04/2010)
This time, the interactors were divided into 2 groups and they play station games against each other. Personally, i wouldn't call this an 'amazing race' haha, more of station games. Ok, whatever haha. Anyway, here is the recap of some of the games I can remember:
Keep the ball airborne- Keep a moonball in the air while the other group tickles you>.>
Blindfold puzzle game- Get blindfolded and arrange letters. Interlocking fingers haha. oh some rumours started on facebook~
Burst the balloon -Answer questions with numbers 1-9, step on corresponding balloons.
Skit- Not sure! Someone fill me in!
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2) One Night underStand (30/4/2010)
Haha, the name was weird. And the poster in the amphi which flashed the name drew a lot of attention from stunned passer-bys. But just so you know, they simply want us to understand one another hah. Okay again, recap:
Splat- Draw and splat(duh). Reflexes!!! (and long names) "SPLATTSSSS!"
Jigsaw Puzzle- Find hidden jigsaw puzzle pieces within the room and identify the location on them.
Muted Advertisement- dub the guy and and the shark haha
Don't Forget the lyrics-Wow this was cool. Whoever made this likes the same songs as me haha
Eat- Nuggets, PandanCakes, Hashbrowns, Potatochips, fishballs, marshmallows, softdrinks(eww)
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Woahhhhh~ 2 fresh bonding sessions in one week, thanks to the exco elects, and of cos all of the interactors! However, that's not all yet! I would upload some of the 'interesting' photos here soon ^^and remember to come down for Annual General Meeting(14May, Fri, LT3)to support your favourite elects!
So check back and see ya soon!

April UPdates!

Weeeeeeee it had been a month since the last update! Dun blame me, april had been a busy month for Interact, you see haha.

Basically, this is the exco election process month. We did a looot of stuff like briefing, interviews, bonding sessions and etc etc.

First up was the Exco briefinggggggggg, aka the tell-you-what-does-the-exco-do session. The response was pretty good, over 30 J1s turned up. Super enthu. Was it because Orientation was fun? Haha. Anyway, in the end, 30 J1s applied and 20 successfully made it to the next round. The interviews were pretty funny, with many different types of people-some were nervous, some stunned and some super high etc. Anyway, here are some tips for interviews : 1) Breathe deeply 2) Calm down 3) Don't eat any Pocky! 4)Ohh remember to attach a photo next time! I am gonna upload all those who didnt this time, muahahahahaha

Second week into the election, the 20 elects who passed the the first round were split into two groups! Based on their interviews, 10 in each, to compete with one another! Haha just kidding, is to do two separate projects. Each group were told to design and carry out a bonding session for Interact, through which they will be accessed on. The elects organised meetings within their groups and brainstormed on ideas for their bonding projects. Finally, after 2 weeks, they came up with 2 activities for the club.....