Membership Drive

On the 15 and 16 July 2008 (Tuesday and Wednesday) IMechE UNITEN Student Chapter had its maiden membership drive at UPTEN food court from 5 pm to 11 pm during the Bazaar for Clubs and Societies. As a fellow member of this society I am proud to inform that it was a phenomenal success as we managed to capture students from various group ranging from foundation to final year mechanical engineering students amounting to 220 members and by the looks of it many would still like to become a part of this society as some of the committee are still being approached by students regarding registering for both the IMechE Uniten Student Chapter and IMechE UK. Through this event many committee members were able to spread and share the many benefits of the accreditation which UNITEN received last semester and the society plan of action throughout this semester which comprises visits to some major institutions and industries such as SIRIM, Pusat Tenaga Malaysia (PTM), Cabot Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., talks by prominent figures of industries and institutions such as Mr. Mathew Thomas, IMechE Malaysia Branch Chairman, Mr. Hadri (MBIPV – Project leader), collaborative workshops with other universities accredited by IMechE namely Nottingham and Monash, and finally having a dialogue session between students and lecturers at the close of this semester. Least to say all of the committee members put in their fair share amount time and effort to promoting the club, some even spending as much as 6 hours per day. On the first day (15 July 2008) of the bazaar we also received a visit from the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Alumni & Management, Professor Dr. Sheikh Ghazali Abod. The event came to a close at 11.00 pm on the 16 of July with souvenir presentation.

The committees
(From left: Andrew, Samuel, EuBeng, Ghokulesh, Tilibban, Dominic, Andy and Madhav)

The booth.

The booth deco.

Andy in action.

The people around the booth

Andy interacting with a student.

Huey Sun interacting with students at the booth.

Receipt being given to the new member of IMechE

The IMechE Army Team

A new member being guided by Dominic on how to fill in the registration forms.

A student being guided when filling up the forms.

A new member filling up the forms at the booth.

New member registering.

Sun interacting with students.

Receipt being issued upon payment for membership fee.

Adeline explaining to curious students about IMechE.

Adeline(left) and Sun(Right)

Nicholas interacting with students