Two things, one for the pattern teams and the other for the nominees:

1. Pattern teams:

a. Mirror room will be available at the following days, time and location. We thank Dr Siva mightily. Please settle with your teams/ pairs/ self and get down there; using the mirror seriously helps.

b. For this week, Celest will be coming down from 1.30 onwards tomorrow (Wed) and 3.30 onwards on Friday. Do come if you wish to train/ aren’t running for exco (esp J2s who were discriminated against today !!1)

2. Exco nominees, please resubmit your exco forms after the event on Friday, and by Sunday latest. This is not due to our losing the forms or anything like that but more because we feel that 1. the initial exco form submission gave you all a rough idea of what you would like to run for but 2. now that some time has passed, perhaps you guys have thought more deeply about the different roles and their functions, as well as where you can best serve. Think it over and submit by Sunday should you want to resubmit, if not, the forms stand as initially submitted.

Chris

Labels: Competitions

This year’s election will be carried out in four phases.
1. Candidate-Organized Activity
2. Interview
3. Speech and Voting
4. Release of Result


1. Candidate-Organized activity

The candidate organized activity will take place on 2nd May, Friday from 4pm to 8pm. All Exco nominees are to form ONE organizing committee and meet to plan for this event after CSM on Wednesday, 30th April, in school (outside TKD room) at 1pm (go for lunch beforehand). The current Exco will be down to observe the discussion and planning process.

The purpose of the activity is to bond the batch. The event should consist of:
• Team-bonding activities
• Dinner
• After dinner entertainment

Note: There will be C2 Parent-Teacher-Meeting taking place from 6pm onwards at the canteen, auditorium, hall and various classrooms. The activities planned must cause no disturbance.


2. Interview

The interview will take place on 19th May 2008, Monday (Vesak Day Public Holiday). Interviewers will consist of the current Exco and likely our coaches and grand seniors.

Candidates will be allocated 10-15 minutes each. The specific time slot for each candidate will be up soon.


3. Speech and Voting

This phase will be carried out on 21st May 2008, Wednesday.

Each candidate will be given 3 minutes for their speech and 2 minutes for Q&A, and will also have to randomly choose a scenario question to be answered in a limited time. Actual voting will be carried out on the same day.


4. Release of Result

Results of the election will be announced on 23rd May 2008, Friday during the last training (official) of Term 2.



Please read the above thoroughly and contact any of the Exco members or Christine at 92380098 if you have any enquiries.

Labels: Exco

ALL members of hctkd, please take note of the following-

Attendance policy:

100% attendance on Wednesdays.

Absence without valid excuse => official dismissal letter
Absence once with excuse/MC => telephone warning
Absence twice with excuse/MC => official warning letter
Absence trice with excuse/MC => official dismissal letter

Points to take note of:

1. Attendance will be taken once at 3.25pm and another time at the end of training, so please be early for training.
   
2. If you are NOT there for any ONE of the attendance takings without telling your section leaders beforehand, you will not be counted as present.
   
3. MCs and Parent's Letter (for absence from school and household emergencies only) are to be handed in to your section leaders by the NEXT training. Any MCs or Parent's Letter not handed in within one week of the absence will not be accepted. Only MCs are allowed for medical reasons.

V. importantly: for those who have 2nd ccas, inform your section leader in writing before April 30th; excuses will then be considered on a case by case basis wrt each absence.

Also, for those with school events falling on training days, also inform your section leader BEFORE the training itself to have it approved.

This is w.e.f Wednesday, Apr 23rd's training onwards.
Please adhere to the above-mentioned points strictly.
Thank you.

Labels: Announcements, Rules and Regulations

hey people,

Labels: Club Item

Just to confirm: the people running for exco are as follows

Weili
Eric
Angela
Celia
Felix
Elizabeth
Rachel
Peiwei
Zhang Xiao
Jackie
Audrey
Eileen
Zhuyun
Pohting
Shinyi
Xinyi
Pekyee
Junxin
Jaime
Melesa
Yuqin

If your name is supposed to be here; you submitted the form to Jieying but didn't submit it online to hctkdexco@gmail.com or.. any other reason, please write in ASAP with form attached and explain, else we'll be taking this list as final.


Anyway, guys, just to say: I'm glad that many of you are running. It'll be really rewarding (yes, they always say that, but this is realer than reality) and regardless of the eventual result, no matter who gets in, everyone will be the closer for it. You'll all get to see your tkd mates in more situations than just the quintessential target kicking pt sharing etc; it might be slightly painful but 1. pain helps us grow! and 2. WE LOVE PAIN WE LIVE TO TRAIN

For those who are running: think about why you're running, why you want the post, and how you want the club to be. I understand that most of you have mostly been exposed to just the practical workings of the club; if you want more information, we're always available for asking. There is such a lot more than what's on top, lovelies. And just to tell you guys: despite how much we fool around (okay, me), these elections are serious; we need to know that you guys can work as well as play, so don't be fooling around when the time comes. Everything to do with the elections should be taken very, very seriously; if you can't handle that, best that you withdraw.

For those of you who aren't running: it should still matter greatly to you because your exco influences the way the club works, the mood and spirits and essentially, everything that you currently care about in tkd. So in the period of time before the elections, you guys should be watching closely and thinking about what you want the club to be, and who you best think can represent you. Current skill level - really doesn't matter, it's more the passion involved and sustained, and the accountability of the people you're thinking of voting in to the club. Zhihao sucked when he started. I sucked when I started. Skills can be built up as long as there's passion and love involved, this we promise.

Also v importantly, you guys need to remember that this voting of people in isn't the only way you can influence the club. We're all hctkd and thank goodness we're (relatively) small; it's up to you to tell the exco (new or old) re changes you want to see implemented, changes you think can benefit the club. Regardless of who's elected into exco, we're all one tkd club - without everyone, we're nothing. Ensuring everyone's happiness isn't just a cliche; tell us if you're upset and for what reason and I swear we'll listen and do things.


Love, Chreees

Labels: Exco

uh because everything was pushed down so much,

chris: just a sidenote because people seem unfavourably disposed towards their aptitudes; please run for the position you want, first and foremost! we have eyes we can see your aptitude and place you accordingly. also the way this works: your clubmates will be voting you into exco (a fixed number of people - 12), and thereafter based on everything you've said and done we'll be allocating people to places. best to aim for the sky if you so desire! THEN AT LEAST YOU CAN TOUCH THE CLOUDS and stuff like that, yeah.

~celest~: haha..wah.. liwen wants me ah? okok..not there in person, but there in spirit k.. haha.. exams begin tmr! arghz.. i'm so dead.. but nvtheless, i'm so proud of u guyz! gd job at getting de indivs & teams organised & planning de AIs. as a suggestion, if u guyz want me to check certain of ur moves, can film it down & send de clip to me! =P p.s. work hard on ur front/side kicks!!

Labels: Miscellaneous

Role of Pattern AIs:

1. Liasing with you-peoples to fix dates between now and 18^th May,
2. where they come down and guide/ check on pattern/ prevent committing of suicide
3. Standardization of pattern within the belt (do not worry we do not discriminate)

Role of you-peoples:

1. Plan your schedule (and jolly well make sure you can make it!)
2. Organize extra trainings where your AIs aren’t around – so that you can impress them when you next see them (we are stingy with our Good Going!s)
3. Actively seek help from your AIs (if they are busy after school, and you-peoples are nice, we can do mornings. 7am. Seriously.)

mister ree says:

affirmative?

Yourfather says:

roger

Eh btw you can add us on MSN if you want (actually please do). Our emails are on the sidebar. We like young people they make us feel all zesty inside.

Labels: Competitions

and Names bolded and red are your Auxiliary Instructors (AIs). They will be in charge of teaching you your pattern, checking on your progress, guiding you, and ensuring non-committing of suicide before competition ends.

Note: 18^th May

Category	Individual (M) 3	Individual (F) 3	Pair (Mixed) 2	Team (M) 2	Team (F) 2
White	Junjie & Zhihao Cai Yitian Junjie & Zhihao Pei Wei Junjie & Zhihao Zhang Qin	Nicole Shin Yi Nicole Yongji Nicole Minhui	Junjie Jiahui and Peiwei Jocelyne Audrey and Eric Hu	Jocelyne Samuel Eric Hu Zhao Chen Junjie & Zhihao Cai Yitian Tseng Pei Wei Zhang Qin	Liwen Xiao Rui Melesa Yu Yue Nicole Shin Yi Eileen Angela
Yellow	Szeying Zhang Xiao Szeying Sylvanus Szeying Jackie Tan	Eugenia Pekyee Jieying Poh Ting Christine Celia	Jieying Zhu Yun and Sylvanus Szeying Rachel and Zhang Xiao	Christine Zhong Jianlin Felix Chew Koh Kai Jun Szeying Zhang Xiao Sylvanus Jackie Tan	Jieying Zhu Yun Poh Ting Ying Ying Eugenia Pekyee Yu Qin Elizabeth
Green	Zhiyi Yusiang Zhiyong	Eugenia Songping Meiying	Jocelyne and Zhiyi Songping and Yusiang	Marcus Yusiang Zhiyi Zhiyong Yongqiang Lee Yize	Huangrong Xiyu Songping Liwen Chelsea Cixin
Category	Individual (M) 2	Individual (F) 2	Pair (Mixed) 1	Team (M) 1	Team (F) 1
Blue	Zhihao Junjie	Szeying Cheryl	Zhihao and Szeying	Zhihao Junjie Yize	Lynn Shumin Cheryl
Brown	Ivan Junjie	Nicole Xiaojun	Ivan and Christine	-	Nicole Jieying Christine
Black	Kenneth Kahwee	Denise	Denise and Kenneth	-	-

Inspirational messages from your seniors:

태권도>[Junjie 林俊杰] Let your rain fall upon me ㋡ says:

hello world

kah wee says:

I srsly need to up my speed for triple turning

Yourfather says:

go ntu

태권도>[Junjie 林俊杰] Let your rain fall upon me ㋡ says:

go nuts

In any case WE TRAIN HARD K. As Celest (our imba zai pattern coach) says: for yourself, your momma, papa, school, club, and country.


<3, Chreees

Labels: Competitions

Category	Individual (M) 3	Individual (F) 3	Pair (Mixed) 2	Team (M) 2	Team (F) 2
White				Felis Chew Koh Kai Jun Samuel	Xiao Rui Melesa Yu Yue Eileen Angela Pekyee
Yellow				Eric Hu Pei Wei Jackie Tan	Zhu Yun Poh Ting Ying Ying Shin Yee Yu Qin Elizabeth

Labels: Competitions

To all J1s:

The following details will be essential to those who are running for the exco.

1. Exco election form

Here's a copy of the election form. It will only be available for 7 days or the first 100 downloads, so please download it fast.


2. Deadline for submission of form

All J1s running for the exco, please submit a hard copy of the form to jieying (07S6C) personally anytime from now till 16 April 2008(Wednesday). If you don't know who she is, it's time to find out.

Also, please email a soft copy of the form to hctkdexco@gmail.com by 16 April as well.

Late submissions will not be entertained.


3. Election process

Here's a brief outline of the election procedure:

16 April - Last submission of election forms
18 May - Inter-JC Poomsae Competition
19 - 20 May - Interview of candidates
21 May - Elections
23 May - Training, announcement of results, handover (grinz)


4. Executive Committee - Roles and Job scopes

The Exco consists of 12 positions, namely the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Training Coordinator, Welfare Representative, Quarter Master, Public Relations Officer and 4 Section Leaders.

President

The President of HCTKD club oversees all matters across every aspect in the club. Below are some of the important roles of the President:

• Distribution of any executive committee work (on top of their respective duties) among executive committee members according to their strengths, and supervision of them whenever necessary.
• Serving as the direct communication link between all members, the coach and the teacher/s-in-charge. It is the job of the President to update the teacher/s-in-charge, coach and members regarding any updates of the club promptly.
• Being responsible for all actions carried out by the executive committee. He or she will be making the final decisions for the club whenever applicable.
• In the absence of any executive committee members, the President will have to act accordingly to ensure that the job of that particular Exco member is done and the welfare of the club not jeopardized.
• Planning of executive committee meetings regularly to reflect on the happenings in the club and to plan for upcoming events.
• Ensuring that discipline is always maintained during trainings.
• Keeping of proper records on events carried out in the course of his/her term as President.
• The President should, at all times, be aware of the club's current standard and possibilities for progress. He or she is responsible for the performance of the club.

The priority of the President is to maintain the standard of the club - by ensuring that goals are set that allow for the club's improvement, that the executive committee carries out its duties accordingly, and that there is a consistent feedback loop with which the club's progress can be ascertained. Each step forward should be taken for the club's good - but of course, "good" can be redefined.

Vice President

The Vice-President, as the title suggests, is a sub-role of the President. This implies that he or she must be prepared at all times to take over certain tasks of the President whenever such circumstances arise and constantly share the President's burden. Some specific roles are as follows:

• Assist President and other executive committee members whenever necessary, especially during major events such as Open House, CCA exhibition, CCA CIP etc.
  
• Be ready to take on any responsibility or lead at all times.
  
• Befriend club members.
• Take charge of grading and grading card.
• Communicate with and update teacher/s-in-charge about matters of the club (alongside the President) whenever necessary.

It must be noted that most of the time, jobs do not find their way to the Vice-President. Instead, he or she must be spontaneous and always offer to help the other Exco members. The Vice-President must also be approachable and sociable and most importantly, it is imperative that he or she be able to establish close bonds within the TKD club members, thereby creating indelible memories.

Secretary

This is a deceivingly simple job in the Exco. The secretary is expected to handle all administrative matters of the club, namely:

• Overall attendance of all club members - the secretary has to work with section leaders to collate attendance every training. He or she is accountable for attendance and has to communicate with the teacher/s-in-charge regarding attendance regularly.
• Membership of club members, especially during orientation period.
  
• Contact information of club members - this includes basic and personal information.
  
• Minutes of executive committee meetings
• Club Forms
• All other administrative work
• Inheriting all plans/minutes/attendance/information of the previous batches of HCTKD
  

On top of that, the secretary has to be the ultimate Know-It-All regarding matters of the club. He or she is expected to have all the compilations and information regarding every event in the club. As a result, the secretary also helps to helm/co-helm quite a number of the bigger events of the club and is the database for all Exco members to refer to.

Due to all these huge amounts of administrative work which involves interaction with club members, ideally, the secretary should be cool-headed, friendly and approachable as well.

Treasurer

The treasurer is in charge of all monetary matters regarding the club and is responsible for the TKD accounts at all times. The following are the duties of the treasure:

• Collection of club fund from members once every term.
• Registering club members for grading with the coach and collecting grading fee from all going for grading every three months.
• Ordering TKD equipments such as the Gi, guards, planks etc
  
• Managing the TKD account and safe-keeping all money
• Ensuring that the account always has a healthy reserve of cash
• Be in charge of all expenses or payments of the club
• Reporting regularly to teacher/s-in-charge about the account and coming up with the budget.
• Taking charge of any other miscellaneous fees for non-official events e.g. seniors' farewell, JTS etc

It should be noted that collection of money and forms will be assisted by the section leaders. However, the treasurer is the overall-in-charge and thus has to be a very responsible and accountable person who is logical, clear and rationale so as to be able to handle the money of the club wisely and most efficiently for the benefit of the club.

Training Coordinator

The fundamental pre-requisite for the training coordinator is to be adequately skilled in TKD, learning everything in his or her own time so as to teach others and plan trainings. He or she is the leader of the training committee and oversees trainings alongside the coach, assiting the coach in wherever is lacking. He or she must:

• Liaise closely with the coach and plan for all trainings ahead of time.
• Lead the training committee and be in charge of teaching section leaders.
  
• Always be ready to lead training should the coach be unable to make it.
• Be very skillful in all aspects of TKD (patterns, kicks, sparring, plank breaking etc).
• Be motivational to other club members in inspiring them to train.
• Be hardworking and able to control large hordes of peers.
  

In short, the Training Coordinator has to put in extra effort to know and perfect all TKD moves, and is able to connect with members and teach well. He or she is accountable for the standard of the club and should always seek to improve all club members skills and maximize the club to its fullest potential.

Welfare Representative

The Welfare Representative must look after the general welfare of club members during training, especially when the coach and teacher/s-in-charge are not around. He or she has total control over the first aid kit and has to ensure that it is not misused and restock it whenever necessary. It will be good for the welfare representative to know first aid. General duties include:

• Paying close attention to the actions of every member; he or she must not be oblivious to the safety of club members.
  
• Providing appropriate medical care should any member be injured or any accident occur and know where to seek help if the situation is too serious.
• Having proper contacts at hand at all times, including and not restricted to those of teacher/s-in-charge, coaches, ambulance, fire brigade, police etc.
• Keeping the first aid kit constantly well-equipped in case anything happens. The first aid kit may include the following:
• adhesive tapes, alcohol wipes, antacid, antibiotic ointment, charcoal pills, cotton swabs, diarrhea medication, disinfectant cream e.g. Dettol, elastic bandages, gauze pads of various sizes, hypoallergenic tape, needles, non-adhesive dressings, over-the-counter pain medication e.g. aspirin, paper and pencil, paper drinking cups, plasters of assorted sizes, self-adhering roller gauze, safety pins, scissors, smelling salts, oral and rectal thermometer, triangular bandages, tweezers, waterproof tape.

In addition, the Welfare Representative is in charge of organizing events and activities to bond the club, such as birthdays, outings etc and promote attendance for such events. It will be good for the him or her to continue the club's traditions such as the tkd club's birthday and start new ones to make the club a more homely place. He or she is also in charge of organizing at least 1 CCA CIP in his or her term to allow club members to give back to the society, such as through selling items to fund a cause, performing, conducting self-defense courses etc.

The Welfare Representative should also be constantly aware of the needs of the club members and get feedback from members regularly, striving to make the club a happier place to train in.

Quarter Master

The Quarter Master has to take care of the TKD Room, including all the training equipments and any property of HCTKD. Administrative work also has to be done to keep a record of all property in the TKD room. Here are what he or she has to do:

• Ensure mats, targets, paddings, the first aid kit and other necessary equipments are brought down before every training, with the help of club members.
• Ensure all items brought down for training are returned to the TKD room in proper condition after training and keep the room securely locked.
• Air the paddings regularly, at least once a week to prevent them from smelling and air-dry the mats if they get wet.
• Clean the mats if they get dirty, with help from others.
  
• Keep the TKD room in a neat and tidy fashion at all times, cleaning the room whenever necessary.
  
• Be in charge of spring cleaning of TKD room.
• Keep an account of new equipment purchased, lost, spoiled or used (for planks).
• Be in charge of stocktaking every year.
• Order new planks, together with the treasurer.

Thus, the Quarter Master should be responsible, willing, neat and orderly.

Public Relations Officer

The Public Relations Officer is in charge of all external events of the club, as well as public communications, the TKD shirt and team items. He or she should be the database of all videos and pictures of the club to be passed down from generation to generation. The Public Relations Officer is in charge of:

• Updating the TKD Notice Board with information of regular and holiday trainings
  
• Open House and CCA Orientation - organizing it with Exco and in charge of all forms of publicity including banner, posters, flyers, CCA public performance and CCA booth.
  
• TKD Shirt - making a new one every year for the club
• TKD Blog - updating it regularly and whenever needed to keep members well-informed of events.
• Acquiring and keeping pictures and videos of club members, competition patterns etc for future reference.
• Team items - any common item for own batch of members.
  
• Media in general - printing plaques of appreciation, notices, cameras to take pictures and videos during events especially during competition, Exco form for the following year's elections.

The job scope of the Public Relations Officer sometimes overlaps with the Welfare Representative and both should work together to ensure good communication internally and externally and actively bond the club. The Public Relations Officer should be friendly, enthusiastic, organized, fluent and outgoing to be best suited for the role.

Section Leader

The section leader's job is split into two aspects, administrative and training. He or she has to facilitate administrative procedures, sharing the treasurer and secretary's burdens and are also required to possess a certain level of skill in TKD so as to help the training coordinator in carrying out training for the club.

Administrative:

• Collection of any money and forms from own section.
• Taking section's attendance before and after every training.
• Disseminating notices to members in each's own section to inform them of any updates, usually after training or through the form of smses.

Training:

• Default member of training committe, working with the training coordinator to conduct training, especially in the absence of the coach.
• Self-practise and learn tkd skills from training coordinator so as to facilitate training their members.
  
• Monitor progress of own section.
• In charge of own section's standard in TKD.

In short, the section leader has be in charge of the specific administrative work of his or her own section, reporting back to the secretary and treasurer as quickly as possible as well as be responsible for the section members' tkd standard, ensuring improvement in skills.

Note: The training committee comprises of the training coordinator, 4 section leaders and 4 other exco/non-exco members who are better skilled in tkd and have the ability to assist in training others, especially J1s.

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The above are all the job scopes of Exco members. Do read through carefully before making a decision as to whether to run for Exco and what position to run for. All applications are welcome. :)


-PRO

Labels: Exco

Labels: Events

Hi all. happy post blocks to all j2s! (hur as if there's a diff.)

few important announcements to be made to j1s and j2s.

J1s:

EDIT: SATURDAY (4th april) - training at 0900, attire is track pants and shirt. (don't wear ur gi cos it's needed for sunday's grading)

exco elections - i know we said we'll upload the form and information up by tonight, but due to some delays, the relevant information will be uploaded by sunday night, after grading. do check the blog then for the job descriptions and application form. meanwhile, take some time to ponder seriously as to whether you want to run for the hctkd exco 08/09.

J2s:

Those coming for self defence (the actual thing) on saturday, attire is track pants and tkd shirt (don't wear gi - grading the next day).

J1s AND J2s:

Sunday, 6th april - GRADING. bring full gi, belt, pen, white t-shirt (for girls), neat hair and no accessories like ear studs, colourful hair accessories etc. meet at toa payoh MRT station at 0800 or toa payoh sports hall at 830 if you're going there yourself. GUARDS for J2s (esp groin guards for guys.)

Tuesday, 8th april - pattern competition training, celestine (our imba zai coach) is coming down to teach. meet at 1500 outside tkd room for all involved in the competition. J1s who want to go for the competition come down, we'll figure something out. attire: track pants and shirt (again, don't wear ur gi pants unless you are able to wash it by the next day for training. )

Wednesday, 9th april - normal training. FULL GI and WHITE t-shirt inside for girls. i emphasize this as we notice that there is an increasing number of people not wearing proper attire - i.e. full gi or white shirts inside the gi. the tkd shirt is not white, neither is it a gi. i know it's pretty, but wear it out of formal training please. thanks.

alright that's all for now. take note of all the dates, timings and attire and see you there!

remember to practise your patterns AND basic kicks for grading!

Labels: Events

Two things, one for the pattern teams and the other for the nominees:

1. Pattern teams:

a. Mirror room will be available at the following days, time and location. We thank Dr Siva mightily. Please settle with your teams/ pairs/ self and get down there; using the mirror seriously helps.

b. For this week, Celest will be coming down from 1.30 onwards tomorrow (Wed) and 3.30 onwards on Friday. Do come if you wish to train/ aren’t running for exco (esp J2s who were discriminated against today !!1)

2. Exco nominees, please resubmit your exco forms after the event on Friday, and by Sunday latest. This is not due to our losing the forms or anything like that but more because we feel that 1. the initial exco form submission gave you all a rough idea of what you would like to run for but 2. now that some time has passed, perhaps you guys have thought more deeply about the different roles and their functions, as well as where you can best serve. Think it over and submit by Sunday should you want to resubmit, if not, the forms stand as initially submitted.

Chris

Labels: Competitions

This year’s election will be carried out in four phases.
1. Candidate-Organized Activity
2. Interview
3. Speech and Voting
4. Release of Result


1. Candidate-Organized activity

The candidate organized activity will take place on 2nd May, Friday from 4pm to 8pm. All Exco nominees are to form ONE organizing committee and meet to plan for this event after CSM on Wednesday, 30th April, in school (outside TKD room) at 1pm (go for lunch beforehand). The current Exco will be down to observe the discussion and planning process.

The purpose of the activity is to bond the batch. The event should consist of:
• Team-bonding activities
• Dinner
• After dinner entertainment

Note: There will be C2 Parent-Teacher-Meeting taking place from 6pm onwards at the canteen, auditorium, hall and various classrooms. The activities planned must cause no disturbance.


2. Interview

The interview will take place on 19th May 2008, Monday (Vesak Day Public Holiday). Interviewers will consist of the current Exco and likely our coaches and grand seniors.

Candidates will be allocated 10-15 minutes each. The specific time slot for each candidate will be up soon.


3. Speech and Voting

This phase will be carried out on 21st May 2008, Wednesday.

Each candidate will be given 3 minutes for their speech and 2 minutes for Q&A, and will also have to randomly choose a scenario question to be answered in a limited time. Actual voting will be carried out on the same day.


4. Release of Result

Results of the election will be announced on 23rd May 2008, Friday during the last training (official) of Term 2.



Please read the above thoroughly and contact any of the Exco members or Christine at 92380098 if you have any enquiries.

Labels: Exco

ALL members of hctkd, please take note of the following-

Attendance policy:

100% attendance on Wednesdays.

Absence without valid excuse => official dismissal letter
Absence once with excuse/MC => telephone warning
Absence twice with excuse/MC => official warning letter
Absence trice with excuse/MC => official dismissal letter

Points to take note of:

1. Attendance will be taken once at 3.25pm and another time at the end of training, so please be early for training.
   
2. If you are NOT there for any ONE of the attendance takings without telling your section leaders beforehand, you will not be counted as present.
   
3. MCs and Parent's Letter (for absence from school and household emergencies only) are to be handed in to your section leaders by the NEXT training. Any MCs or Parent's Letter not handed in within one week of the absence will not be accepted. Only MCs are allowed for medical reasons.

V. importantly: for those who have 2nd ccas, inform your section leader in writing before April 30th; excuses will then be considered on a case by case basis wrt each absence.

Also, for those with school events falling on training days, also inform your section leader BEFORE the training itself to have it approved.

This is w.e.f Wednesday, Apr 23rd's training onwards.
Please adhere to the above-mentioned points strictly.
Thank you.

Labels: Announcements, Rules and Regulations

hey people,

Labels: Club Item

Just to confirm: the people running for exco are as follows

Weili
Eric
Angela
Celia
Felix
Elizabeth
Rachel
Peiwei
Zhang Xiao
Jackie
Audrey
Eileen
Zhuyun
Pohting
Shinyi
Xinyi
Pekyee
Junxin
Jaime
Melesa
Yuqin

If your name is supposed to be here; you submitted the form to Jieying but didn't submit it online to hctkdexco@gmail.com or.. any other reason, please write in ASAP with form attached and explain, else we'll be taking this list as final.


Anyway, guys, just to say: I'm glad that many of you are running. It'll be really rewarding (yes, they always say that, but this is realer than reality) and regardless of the eventual result, no matter who gets in, everyone will be the closer for it. You'll all get to see your tkd mates in more situations than just the quintessential target kicking pt sharing etc; it might be slightly painful but 1. pain helps us grow! and 2. WE LOVE PAIN WE LIVE TO TRAIN

For those who are running: think about why you're running, why you want the post, and how you want the club to be. I understand that most of you have mostly been exposed to just the practical workings of the club; if you want more information, we're always available for asking. There is such a lot more than what's on top, lovelies. And just to tell you guys: despite how much we fool around (okay, me), these elections are serious; we need to know that you guys can work as well as play, so don't be fooling around when the time comes. Everything to do with the elections should be taken very, very seriously; if you can't handle that, best that you withdraw.

For those of you who aren't running: it should still matter greatly to you because your exco influences the way the club works, the mood and spirits and essentially, everything that you currently care about in tkd. So in the period of time before the elections, you guys should be watching closely and thinking about what you want the club to be, and who you best think can represent you. Current skill level - really doesn't matter, it's more the passion involved and sustained, and the accountability of the people you're thinking of voting in to the club. Zhihao sucked when he started. I sucked when I started. Skills can be built up as long as there's passion and love involved, this we promise.

Also v importantly, you guys need to remember that this voting of people in isn't the only way you can influence the club. We're all hctkd and thank goodness we're (relatively) small; it's up to you to tell the exco (new or old) re changes you want to see implemented, changes you think can benefit the club. Regardless of who's elected into exco, we're all one tkd club - without everyone, we're nothing. Ensuring everyone's happiness isn't just a cliche; tell us if you're upset and for what reason and I swear we'll listen and do things.


Love, Chreees

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uh because everything was pushed down so much,

chris: just a sidenote because people seem unfavourably disposed towards their aptitudes; please run for the position you want, first and foremost! we have eyes we can see your aptitude and place you accordingly. also the way this works: your clubmates will be voting you into exco (a fixed number of people - 12), and thereafter based on everything you've said and done we'll be allocating people to places. best to aim for the sky if you so desire! THEN AT LEAST YOU CAN TOUCH THE CLOUDS and stuff like that, yeah.

~celest~: haha..wah.. liwen wants me ah? okok..not there in person, but there in spirit k.. haha.. exams begin tmr! arghz.. i'm so dead.. but nvtheless, i'm so proud of u guyz! gd job at getting de indivs & teams organised & planning de AIs. as a suggestion, if u guyz want me to check certain of ur moves, can film it down & send de clip to me! =P p.s. work hard on ur front/side kicks!!

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Role of Pattern AIs:

1. Liasing with you-peoples to fix dates between now and 18^th May,
2. where they come down and guide/ check on pattern/ prevent committing of suicide
3. Standardization of pattern within the belt (do not worry we do not discriminate)

Role of you-peoples:

1. Plan your schedule (and jolly well make sure you can make it!)
2. Organize extra trainings where your AIs aren’t around – so that you can impress them when you next see them (we are stingy with our Good Going!s)
3. Actively seek help from your AIs (if they are busy after school, and you-peoples are nice, we can do mornings. 7am. Seriously.)

mister ree says:

affirmative?

Yourfather says:

roger

Eh btw you can add us on MSN if you want (actually please do). Our emails are on the sidebar. We like young people they make us feel all zesty inside.

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and Names bolded and red are your Auxiliary Instructors (AIs). They will be in charge of teaching you your pattern, checking on your progress, guiding you, and ensuring non-committing of suicide before competition ends.

Note: 18^th May

Category	Individual (M) 3	Individual (F) 3	Pair (Mixed) 2	Team (M) 2	Team (F) 2
White	Junjie & Zhihao Cai Yitian Junjie & Zhihao Pei Wei Junjie & Zhihao Zhang Qin	Nicole Shin Yi Nicole Yongji Nicole Minhui	Junjie Jiahui and Peiwei Jocelyne Audrey and Eric Hu	Jocelyne Samuel Eric Hu Zhao Chen Junjie & Zhihao Cai Yitian Tseng Pei Wei Zhang Qin	Liwen Xiao Rui Melesa Yu Yue Nicole Shin Yi Eileen Angela
Yellow	Szeying Zhang Xiao Szeying Sylvanus Szeying Jackie Tan	Eugenia Pekyee Jieying Poh Ting Christine Celia	Jieying Zhu Yun and Sylvanus Szeying Rachel and Zhang Xiao	Christine Zhong Jianlin Felix Chew Koh Kai Jun Szeying Zhang Xiao Sylvanus Jackie Tan	Jieying Zhu Yun Poh Ting Ying Ying Eugenia Pekyee Yu Qin Elizabeth
Green	Zhiyi Yusiang Zhiyong	Eugenia Songping Meiying	Jocelyne and Zhiyi Songping and Yusiang	Marcus Yusiang Zhiyi Zhiyong Yongqiang Lee Yize	Huangrong Xiyu Songping Liwen Chelsea Cixin
Category	Individual (M) 2	Individual (F) 2	Pair (Mixed) 1	Team (M) 1	Team (F) 1
Blue	Zhihao Junjie	Szeying Cheryl	Zhihao and Szeying	Zhihao Junjie Yize	Lynn Shumin Cheryl
Brown	Ivan Junjie	Nicole Xiaojun	Ivan and Christine	-	Nicole Jieying Christine
Black	Kenneth Kahwee	Denise	Denise and Kenneth	-	-

Inspirational messages from your seniors:

태권도>[Junjie 林俊杰] Let your rain fall upon me ㋡ says:

hello world

kah wee says:

I srsly need to up my speed for triple turning

Yourfather says:

go ntu

태권도>[Junjie 林俊杰] Let your rain fall upon me ㋡ says:

go nuts

In any case WE TRAIN HARD K. As Celest (our imba zai pattern coach) says: for yourself, your momma, papa, school, club, and country.


<3, Chreees

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Category	Individual (M) 3	Individual (F) 3	Pair (Mixed) 2	Team (M) 2	Team (F) 2
White				Felis Chew Koh Kai Jun Samuel	Xiao Rui Melesa Yu Yue Eileen Angela Pekyee
Yellow				Eric Hu Pei Wei Jackie Tan	Zhu Yun Poh Ting Ying Ying Shin Yee Yu Qin Elizabeth

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To all J1s:

The following details will be essential to those who are running for the exco.

1. Exco election form

Here's a copy of the election form. It will only be available for 7 days or the first 100 downloads, so please download it fast.


2. Deadline for submission of form

All J1s running for the exco, please submit a hard copy of the form to jieying (07S6C) personally anytime from now till 16 April 2008(Wednesday). If you don't know who she is, it's time to find out.

Also, please email a soft copy of the form to hctkdexco@gmail.com by 16 April as well.

Late submissions will not be entertained.


3. Election process

Here's a brief outline of the election procedure:

16 April - Last submission of election forms
18 May - Inter-JC Poomsae Competition
19 - 20 May - Interview of candidates
21 May - Elections
23 May - Training, announcement of results, handover (grinz)


4. Executive Committee - Roles and Job scopes

The Exco consists of 12 positions, namely the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Training Coordinator, Welfare Representative, Quarter Master, Public Relations Officer and 4 Section Leaders.

President

The President of HCTKD club oversees all matters across every aspect in the club. Below are some of the important roles of the President:

• Distribution of any executive committee work (on top of their respective duties) among executive committee members according to their strengths, and supervision of them whenever necessary.
• Serving as the direct communication link between all members, the coach and the teacher/s-in-charge. It is the job of the President to update the teacher/s-in-charge, coach and members regarding any updates of the club promptly.
• Being responsible for all actions carried out by the executive committee. He or she will be making the final decisions for the club whenever applicable.
• In the absence of any executive committee members, the President will have to act accordingly to ensure that the job of that particular Exco member is done and the welfare of the club not jeopardized.
• Planning of executive committee meetings regularly to reflect on the happenings in the club and to plan for upcoming events.
• Ensuring that discipline is always maintained during trainings.
• Keeping of proper records on events carried out in the course of his/her term as President.
• The President should, at all times, be aware of the club's current standard and possibilities for progress. He or she is responsible for the performance of the club.

The priority of the President is to maintain the standard of the club - by ensuring that goals are set that allow for the club's improvement, that the executive committee carries out its duties accordingly, and that there is a consistent feedback loop with which the club's progress can be ascertained. Each step forward should be taken for the club's good - but of course, "good" can be redefined.

Vice President

The Vice-President, as the title suggests, is a sub-role of the President. This implies that he or she must be prepared at all times to take over certain tasks of the President whenever such circumstances arise and constantly share the President's burden. Some specific roles are as follows:

• Assist President and other executive committee members whenever necessary, especially during major events such as Open House, CCA exhibition, CCA CIP etc.
  
• Be ready to take on any responsibility or lead at all times.
  
• Befriend club members.
• Take charge of grading and grading card.
• Communicate with and update teacher/s-in-charge about matters of the club (alongside the President) whenever necessary.

It must be noted that most of the time, jobs do not find their way to the Vice-President. Instead, he or she must be spontaneous and always offer to help the other Exco members. The Vice-President must also be approachable and sociable and most importantly, it is imperative that he or she be able to establish close bonds within the TKD club members, thereby creating indelible memories.

Secretary

This is a deceivingly simple job in the Exco. The secretary is expected to handle all administrative matters of the club, namely:

• Overall attendance of all club members - the secretary has to work with section leaders to collate attendance every training. He or she is accountable for attendance and has to communicate with the teacher/s-in-charge regarding attendance regularly.
• Membership of club members, especially during orientation period.
  
• Contact information of club members - this includes basic and personal information.
  
• Minutes of executive committee meetings
• Club Forms
• All other administrative work
• Inheriting all plans/minutes/attendance/information of the previous batches of HCTKD
  

On top of that, the secretary has to be the ultimate Know-It-All regarding matters of the club. He or she is expected to have all the compilations and information regarding every event in the club. As a result, the secretary also helps to helm/co-helm quite a number of the bigger events of the club and is the database for all Exco members to refer to.

Due to all these huge amounts of administrative work which involves interaction with club members, ideally, the secretary should be cool-headed, friendly and approachable as well.

Treasurer

The treasurer is in charge of all monetary matters regarding the club and is responsible for the TKD accounts at all times. The following are the duties of the treasure:

• Collection of club fund from members once every term.
• Registering club members for grading with the coach and collecting grading fee from all going for grading every three months.
• Ordering TKD equipments such as the Gi, guards, planks etc
  
• Managing the TKD account and safe-keeping all money
• Ensuring that the account always has a healthy reserve of cash
• Be in charge of all expenses or payments of the club
• Reporting regularly to teacher/s-in-charge about the account and coming up with the budget.
• Taking charge of any other miscellaneous fees for non-official events e.g. seniors' farewell, JTS etc

It should be noted that collection of money and forms will be assisted by the section leaders. However, the treasurer is the overall-in-charge and thus has to be a very responsible and accountable person who is logical, clear and rationale so as to be able to handle the money of the club wisely and most efficiently for the benefit of the club.

Training Coordinator

The fundamental pre-requisite for the training coordinator is to be adequately skilled in TKD, learning everything in his or her own time so as to teach others and plan trainings. He or she is the leader of the training committee and oversees trainings alongside the coach, assiting the coach in wherever is lacking. He or she must:

• Liaise closely with the coach and plan for all trainings ahead of time.
• Lead the training committee and be in charge of teaching section leaders.
  
• Always be ready to lead training should the coach be unable to make it.
• Be very skillful in all aspects of TKD (patterns, kicks, sparring, plank breaking etc).
• Be motivational to other club members in inspiring them to train.
• Be hardworking and able to control large hordes of peers.
  

In short, the Training Coordinator has to put in extra effort to know and perfect all TKD moves, and is able to connect with members and teach well. He or she is accountable for the standard of the club and should always seek to improve all club members skills and maximize the club to its fullest potential.

Welfare Representative

The Welfare Representative must look after the general welfare of club members during training, especially when the coach and teacher/s-in-charge are not around. He or she has total control over the first aid kit and has to ensure that it is not misused and restock it whenever necessary. It will be good for the welfare representative to know first aid. General duties include:

• Paying close attention to the actions of every member; he or she must not be oblivious to the safety of club members.
  
• Providing appropriate medical care should any member be injured or any accident occur and know where to seek help if the situation is too serious.
• Having proper contacts at hand at all times, including and not restricted to those of teacher/s-in-charge, coaches, ambulance, fire brigade, police etc.
• Keeping the first aid kit constantly well-equipped in case anything happens. The first aid kit may include the following:
• adhesive tapes, alcohol wipes, antacid, antibiotic ointment, charcoal pills, cotton swabs, diarrhea medication, disinfectant cream e.g. Dettol, elastic bandages, gauze pads of various sizes, hypoallergenic tape, needles, non-adhesive dressings, over-the-counter pain medication e.g. aspirin, paper and pencil, paper drinking cups, plasters of assorted sizes, self-adhering roller gauze, safety pins, scissors, smelling salts, oral and rectal thermometer, triangular bandages, tweezers, waterproof tape.

In addition, the Welfare Representative is in charge of organizing events and activities to bond the club, such as birthdays, outings etc and promote attendance for such events. It will be good for the him or her to continue the club's traditions such as the tkd club's birthday and start new ones to make the club a more homely place. He or she is also in charge of organizing at least 1 CCA CIP in his or her term to allow club members to give back to the society, such as through selling items to fund a cause, performing, conducting self-defense courses etc.

The Welfare Representative should also be constantly aware of the needs of the club members and get feedback from members regularly, striving to make the club a happier place to train in.

Quarter Master

The Quarter Master has to take care of the TKD Room, including all the training equipments and any property of HCTKD. Administrative work also has to be done to keep a record of all property in the TKD room. Here are what he or she has to do:

• Ensure mats, targets, paddings, the first aid kit and other necessary equipments are brought down before every training, with the help of club members.
• Ensure all items brought down for training are returned to the TKD room in proper condition after training and keep the room securely locked.
• Air the paddings regularly, at least once a week to prevent them from smelling and air-dry the mats if they get wet.
• Clean the mats if they get dirty, with help from others.
  
• Keep the TKD room in a neat and tidy fashion at all times, cleaning the room whenever necessary.
  
• Be in charge of spring cleaning of TKD room.
• Keep an account of new equipment purchased, lost, spoiled or used (for planks).
• Be in charge of stocktaking every year.
• Order new planks, together with the treasurer.

Thus, the Quarter Master should be responsible, willing, neat and orderly.

Public Relations Officer

The Public Relations Officer is in charge of all external events of the club, as well as public communications, the TKD shirt and team items. He or she should be the database of all videos and pictures of the club to be passed down from generation to generation. The Public Relations Officer is in charge of:

• Updating the TKD Notice Board with information of regular and holiday trainings
  
• Open House and CCA Orientation - organizing it with Exco and in charge of all forms of publicity including banner, posters, flyers, CCA public performance and CCA booth.
  
• TKD Shirt - making a new one every year for the club
• TKD Blog - updating it regularly and whenever needed to keep members well-informed of events.
• Acquiring and keeping pictures and videos of club members, competition patterns etc for future reference.
• Team items - any common item for own batch of members.
  
• Media in general - printing plaques of appreciation, notices, cameras to take pictures and videos during events especially during competition, Exco form for the following year's elections.

The job scope of the Public Relations Officer sometimes overlaps with the Welfare Representative and both should work together to ensure good communication internally and externally and actively bond the club. The Public Relations Officer should be friendly, enthusiastic, organized, fluent and outgoing to be best suited for the role.

Section Leader

The section leader's job is split into two aspects, administrative and training. He or she has to facilitate administrative procedures, sharing the treasurer and secretary's burdens and are also required to possess a certain level of skill in TKD so as to help the training coordinator in carrying out training for the club.

Administrative:

• Collection of any money and forms from own section.
• Taking section's attendance before and after every training.
• Disseminating notices to members in each's own section to inform them of any updates, usually after training or through the form of smses.

Training:

• Default member of training committe, working with the training coordinator to conduct training, especially in the absence of the coach.
• Self-practise and learn tkd skills from training coordinator so as to facilitate training their members.
  
• Monitor progress of own section.
• In charge of own section's standard in TKD.

In short, the section leader has be in charge of the specific administrative work of his or her own section, reporting back to the secretary and treasurer as quickly as possible as well as be responsible for the section members' tkd standard, ensuring improvement in skills.

Note: The training committee comprises of the training coordinator, 4 section leaders and 4 other exco/non-exco members who are better skilled in tkd and have the ability to assist in training others, especially J1s.

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The above are all the job scopes of Exco members. Do read through carefully before making a decision as to whether to run for Exco and what position to run for. All applications are welcome. :)


-PRO

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Hi all. happy post blocks to all j2s! (hur as if there's a diff.)

few important announcements to be made to j1s and j2s.

J1s:

EDIT: SATURDAY (4th april) - training at 0900, attire is track pants and shirt. (don't wear ur gi cos it's needed for sunday's grading)

exco elections - i know we said we'll upload the form and information up by tonight, but due to some delays, the relevant information will be uploaded by sunday night, after grading. do check the blog then for the job descriptions and application form. meanwhile, take some time to ponder seriously as to whether you want to run for the hctkd exco 08/09.

J2s:

Those coming for self defence (the actual thing) on saturday, attire is track pants and tkd shirt (don't wear gi - grading the next day).

J1s AND J2s:

Sunday, 6th april - GRADING. bring full gi, belt, pen, white t-shirt (for girls), neat hair and no accessories like ear studs, colourful hair accessories etc. meet at toa payoh MRT station at 0800 or toa payoh sports hall at 830 if you're going there yourself. GUARDS for J2s (esp groin guards for guys.)

Tuesday, 8th april - pattern competition training, celestine (our imba zai coach) is coming down to teach. meet at 1500 outside tkd room for all involved in the competition. J1s who want to go for the competition come down, we'll figure something out. attire: track pants and shirt (again, don't wear ur gi pants unless you are able to wash it by the next day for training. )

Wednesday, 9th april - normal training. FULL GI and WHITE t-shirt inside for girls. i emphasize this as we notice that there is an increasing number of people not wearing proper attire - i.e. full gi or white shirts inside the gi. the tkd shirt is not white, neither is it a gi. i know it's pretty, but wear it out of formal training please. thanks.

alright that's all for now. take note of all the dates, timings and attire and see you there!

remember to practise your patterns AND basic kicks for grading!

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