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SRI LANKA CLUB SYMPOSIUM TOASTMASTERS Issue October-November 2013 EDITOR’S COLUMN THE EPITOME JOURNEY “ Toastmasters is one of the Issue October-November 2013 greatest investments you can make in yourself ” SRILANKA CLUB SYMPOSIUM niversary An 15 Years TOASTMASTERS 15 YEARS JOURNEY CONTINUES... CLUB 8286 | AREA 46 | DIVISION-C | DISTRICT-20 WITH PRESIDENT MISSION 11 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW 14 LIVE WITH&AVISION DOWN THE 07 MEMORY LANE AHAMED RIZVI DTM TM NIHAL SOORIYAKUMARA TM WASANTHA KAHADUWA 2nd Quarter Vol.1 15 YEARS ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION Image From Internet The Journey Team Editor TM Dushan Kanchana Associate Editor TM Wasantha Kahaduwa Production, Layout & Graphics TM Nihal Sooriyakumara Issue October-November 2013 2nd Quarter - Volume 01 SLCS E-Magazine http://www.joomag.com/en/Sign_In#add_new_issue http://issuu.com/home SLCS TM Website http://slcs.toastmastersclubs.org SLCS FB Page http://slcs.toastmastersclubs.org CONTACT President-Nihal Sooriya 39163060 VPPR-Wasantha Kahaduwa 39172103 Editor-Dushan Kanchana 39231125 It’s a privilege to write this editors Column at a time when the Sri Lanka Club Symposium is celebrating their 15 years wonderful journey. It has often been said that Toastmaster is a journey not a destination. Being a partner of a prestige organization like Toastmasters International with a history of 15 years is without doubt an amazing achievement. SLCS did not have a journey with rainbows and butterflies. We were the 3rd toastmaster club established in Bahrain and it is the only TM club for Sri Lankan community living in Bahrain. Throughout these 15 years, our mother club, Sri Lanka Club Bahrain has given us a tremendous support to reach our goals. SLCS would like to take this opportunity to give our sincere appreciation to all the SLC presidents & members for their support, understanding and encouragement. Our veteran toastmasters, likes of DTM Clement Fernando and late Mr.Chandara laynarachchi did all the hard work to start the SLCS in April 1998 and up to now it has served more than 100 professionals. There are no words to describe the team work, contribution, productiveness & elegance of our toastmasters. There were good times and the bad. Each and every experience is shaped up by certain events or situations combined with how we react to them. The most important thing is not to just stay ahead at all times, but also to ensure that team shares true passion of toastmaster’s journey. In the past 15 years SLCS was led by true leaders who showed us path to success by being consistent and simply keep moving. Experiences shape the people we become in the future and the future can be as near as tomorrow. What’s important to remember is to decide what is worth doing for and who you’re doing it for, toastmaster program help us to reach our goals in leadership & communications. Membership in Toastmasters is one of the greatest investments you can make in yourself. I have been a part of SLCS for the last two years and the experience what I got cannot be compared with any other place. SLCS is the place where competitive professionals must constantly innovate to stay ahead of competition in a very dynamic system. I wish SLCS all the best & prosperous future. “ Ours is the only organization I know dedicated to the individual, we work together to bring out the best in each of us and then we apply these skills to help others" Ralph C. Smedley Founder of Toastmasters Dushan Kanchana Godage SLCS EDITOR 2013-2014 SRI LANKA CLUB SYMPOSIUM TOASTMASTERS http://slcs.toastmastersclubs.org http://slcs.toastmastersclubs.org JOURNEY OCT-NOV 2013 03