My final message as a National President on 31st December 2005 which Francis Wong noted was my longest e-mail ever!!

My Dear fellow Board members, Lom Presidents, appointed directors and fellow Jaycees - greetings and well wishes from your National President!

Wow, one year has gone by with a blink of an eye. I have traveled to 15 installations, the Sabah / Sarawak / Peninsular Area Convention, the National Convention, ASPAC, World Congress, National and Lom projects and visits. I estimated it took 104 Jaycee working days (don’t inform my shareholders!) and at least 66 flights (more than one flight a week) that was as near as in KK and as far as Vienna, Austria.

In this journey the 2005 team and I have brought you Mission Glad, a message of Growth, Learning, being Active and Developing our Resources. So what have we achieved?

GROWTH

Our target was 10% growth, we achieved 7%. We recruited more than 200 new members in 2005, giving them an opportunity to enjoy all that JCI has to offer. A Membership Kit has been introduced to all members and delivered to Loms at the 2005 JCI Malaysia National Convention. This allows members to establish their expectation of themselves and the organization. Our target is 2000 members in 7 years (2012) and 2500 in 10 years. I truly believe we can achieve ahead of schedule if we organize ourselves better because we have an excellent product in JCI. Below is a table showing our growth since 1994 (data from JCI);

Year	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000
Membership	1130	1061	1122	1395	1377	1397	1393
Loms	35	34	32	40	38	38	38

Year	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994
Membership	1357	1495	1559	1443	1361	1294
Loms	38	38	37	36	35	35

We have an estimated population of 5 million between the ages of 18 to 40. We therefore have 0.02% of this population as our members, and doubling our membership will give us 0.04%. Therefore the potential for growth is tremendous.

Currently we have new provisional Loms in Mines (KL), Johor Bharu Entrepreneur and Batu Kawan (Penang) which are able to be affiliated in 2006. The re-introduction of Seremban and Kudat are also in the pipe line. I truly believe we can break the barrier of 1300 members and 40 Loms in 2006.

LEARN

I believe the work done by NTD JCI Sen. Ooi Hooi Kiang has created a foundation and structure that JCI Malaysia members will benefit many years to come.

JCI training programmes – JCI Prime (hosted by JCI Taiping and JCI Tanjung Aru. Thank You!!) and JCI Achieve has been introduced. Numerous training at Area and National Convention, the Area Sabah Training Marathon and Loms participated in training programmes.

This year the introduction of the JCIM Training Commission whose vision is to be resource centre in establishing professional standards, assuring top-quality training and providing effective services to develop and support the JCIM leaders and trainers. The commission will plan the short, medium and long term strategies and allow the NTD to implement for the current years programme.

I believe we will have one of the best training structure for our members in JCI in not the too distant future.

ACTIVATE

Participation of members overall is satisfactory. Attendance at Area Convention are as follows; Peninsular – 90, Sarawak – 79 and Sabah – 65.

The National Convention had approximately 250 members attended and about 20-25% were a new/first timer which is excellent. 65 members attended JCI ASPAC in Macau and 4 attended JCI World Congress in Vienna.

My observation is that chapters that have senior, current and new members that work well together seem to be successful in running projects, recruitment and training. This mixture is also excellent when attending convention, conferences and congresses.

DEVELOP RESOURCES

The collection of statistics by National Growth and Extension Director and the NVP’s has given us valuable data to analyze JCIM current membership standing. This allows us to plan for the future and advice chapters.

The secretariat has been renovated. And for the first time in more than a decade we had our NBOD meetings there (twice this year). We now have a JCIM HQ that can been a wonderful resource for service to members.

Majlis Belia Malaysia has granted JCIM full affiliation. This will give further opportunities for members to get involve and promotion of JCIM in MBM. Special thanks to the MBM Director Ralph.

We also have become a community partner to the Cradle Investment Programme with Malaysia Venture Capital Management Bhd (MAVCAP).

I happy to announce that ROS has approved all our application for changes in the Constitution and By-laws including our corporate identity.

CONCLUSION

It has been a great honor being the National President of JCIM for one year. The position is a lonely one but was alleviated by all of you.

This year’s success is due to everyone's contribution – NBOD, appointed Directors & LOM Presidents and its members.

I especially would like to thank;

· The NBOD, Alice, “Cool” Alex, “Any Other Business” George, Megane, Joe, Daniel, Kho, Sabrina, Francis, “Datuk” OTB, William, Joseph, Veronica, NP 2006 Ah Tat.

· NPSA’s – Kenny and Joe.

· The appointed directors – Hooi Kiang, Li Yuen, Cynthia, Bon, Suzzane, Angeline, Shirlenne, and Ralph.

· The National OC’s – Norbert (KK), Steven (Tanjung Aru), Kenny (Taiping), KL Mandarin, Miri, Penang, Tanjung Bungah, E-Metro, Penampang and Tawau.

· All Lom Presidents

· Past National President & Senate Chairman “the Professor”

· KKJC Past Presidents and members

· Members all over Malaysia.

(if I have forgotten anyone in this list, please forgive me)

Winston Churchill once said on taking office many years ago: “if we open a quarrel between the present and the past, we shall be in danger of losing the future.” Our duty now is to give our full support to 2006 team to ensure the continued success of JCIM.

My hope is that going through the year we have learnt our strength and weaknesses and have improve because of it.

Thank you for making this one of the most memorable part of my life and God Bless. May you have a meaningful and Joyous Christmas and New Year.

CHEERS!!!