The new system

So, in the throes of my Chinese New Year celebrations, I have neglected to keep this blog updated for a week. Well, Cuddly Wuddly is about to check up on me to see if I've been slacking in about 6 hours' time, so I guess I better start yapping about what went on at the meeting two Mondays ago.

Everyone was warned that our nice, cozy spot as the winner of last year's competition might not remain ours because other schools like Seafield and Putrajaya have bounced back stronger than ever and if we keep our slacky attitude up, we might have to kiss this year's competition goodbye. The room immediately sensed that our dear president might have something looming on the horizon to keep us from slacking, but the hopeful few managed to convince themselves that it was just their paranoia speaking. Oh, how wrong they were.

Farhanah has made it compulsory for every member, both new and old to choose a segment to be in. She also introduced a new segment called the networking segment which would be in charge of finding plant sponsors. Also, the 'Ecopoints' system was introduced to drive the fear of God into the members which would in turn, motivate them to start being more committed to the club. Ah, drastic methods. The Ecopoints system works like a merit/demerit system. Muerit points are called Ecopoints while demerit points are called Waste Points. Members who have collected 10 waste points or more wouldn't get any marks for 'penglibatan' when their co-curricular marks are given while those who have collected above 20 Waste Points wouldn't get any marks for 'pencapaian' on top of 'penglibatan'.

Another system introduced is the TER passport system which would commence after the Chinese New Year break. Tomorrow, I guess. Every member would be given a tiny notebook which would have two columns on every page. Whenever any member attends an Eco Ranger related event or activity, she could request for a signature from either Farhanah or Atikah. The member who has collected the highest amount of signatures would be crowned 'Best Club Member' when this program ends sometime around June next year. 

To end the day's meeting on an extremely high note, every member forbidden to be in another club other than this one unless the other clubs conducts their meeting on a day which doesn't clash with Eco Ranger's. Thus, members who have joined more than other clubs on top of Toyota Eco Rangers have to choose between their other clubs and this one. We have lost a great number of old members due to this new rule. 

People who are still interested in going for the FRIM trip are requested to give their names to Atikah.

-Angela Chong