5th AGM Report
Friday, 25 June 1999

reported by: Christopher Yap Secretary (Term 1998/99)
All photographs by Robert Soo, Gerd Meier, Angie Soo & Anna Jacob

On Friday, 25 June 1999 at 7.00 pm, 24 members and 21 guests of the AES Singapore Section gathered at Amara Hotel for the section’s 5th Annual General Meeting cum Annual Dinner.

Singapore’s very own veteran radio personality Mr Norman Lim was the Master of Ceremonies for the night. Lim kicked off the night with his familiar welcome voice. Following that was the membership talk by the section secretary, Mr Christopher Yap, who provided informative insights of the society’s origin & structure along with the  membership subscription & privileges.

In the Chairman’s Report for the Term 1998/1999, Mr Jibby Jacob, the outgoing Chairman outlined the past activities and membership of the Singapore Section. Jacob noted that membership strength has quadrupled since 1994 when the section first started with only 20 members.

To date, the Singapore section has grown to a total membership of 70 members, of which 62 are members/associates, 5 are student members, 2 are sustaining members, and last but not least, we are honoured to have in Singapore a Life Charter Associate Member. This is an increase of 5 from the previous term with a membership strength of 64 members.

The Singapore Section conducted a total of 8 activities in the Term 1998/1999, and these activities consisted of talks, tutorials, technical tours and seminars. On publications, Jacob reported that 6 bi-monthly newsletter issues were distributed  in the last term to the members, and gave due recognition to the efforts of its editor, Mr Lim Ban Thian.

The Singapore Section Web Site was launched in May 1997 and hosted by Media Village, has now 76 HTML pages including 30 Section Reports, utilising 6MB of storage space, and garners about 40 hits per month. Thanks to Mr Gerd Meier who maintains the web site.

Going on to highlight each activity, Jacob gave special mention to the talk by Mr Robert Soo, “Challenges in Church Sound Design”, which boasts a record breaking attendance of 10 members and 47 guests, the highest total attendance to date. Acknowledging the Section Officers for the Term 1998/1999, Jacob extended a sincere appreciation and warm gratitude to his fellow committee members for a fruitful and memorable term.

Mr Amir Wan, Senior Manager of the Radio Corporation of Singapore, next conducted the elections for the AES Singapore Section Officers for the Term 1999/2000. The new committee that was voted in are:

       Post                            Elected                         Proposer
       Chairman                     Jibby Jacob                    Dr. Roland K C Tan
       Secretary                     Christopher K.C. Yap      Jibby Jacob
       Treasurer                      Robert Soo                    Jibby Jacob
       Committee Member 1    Michael Teh                   Christopher K C Yap
       Committee Member 2    Eric Wong                      Michael Teh
       Committee Member 3    Rafael Oei                      Jibby Jacob
       Honourary Auditor 1       Richt Teo                       Eric Wong
       Honourary Auditor 2       Kenneth Delbridge          Jibby Jacob

Following the elections was the presentation of mementoes to the past committee members. This year, the Singapore section also awarded long service members with 10-, 20-, and 30-year membership awards to recognize their faithful years of service to the AES. The committee hopes that by presenting the award, members will experience a sense of belonging and pride. In the long term AES members will be the leaders in the audio industry of Singapore.

In the vote of thanks address by the elected Chairman, Jacob  (who continues a 2nd term) said that the Singapore Section can look forward to the AES seminar on “Breakthroughs in Loudspeaker Technologies” at PALA 99 on 8 July 1999, and further the members can expect a varied and an exciting line up of activities in the coming term of 1999-2000. The meeting ended with a photograph session of the guests and the new committee.

Pictures
Master-of-Ceremonies, Mr. Norman Lim says 'Welcome AES members and guests.to the 5th annual dinner & AGM...	Jibby Jacob says 'The Singapore Section is growing & growing...' in the Chairman's report.
Become an AES member ...' says the Secretary Christopher Yap in his  membership talk.	Don't worry our accounts are in the black', says Michael Teh in his Treasurer's report.
Maurice Bong - Member for 21 years	Arthur Ngiam - Member for 24 years
Ronald Goh - Member for 26 years	Murphy Preston - Member for 36 years
At the Amara Hotel Ballroom 2 on 25th June 1999. AES SINGAPORE SECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS TERM 1999-2000. (L to R standing) Lim Ban Thian-Honorary Editor, Gerd Meier-Honorary Webmaster, Kenn Delbridge-Honorary Auditor, (l to r seated) Richt Teo- Honorary Auditor, Chris Yap-Secretary, Jibby Jacob-Chairman, Robert Soo-Treasurer, Michael Teh-Committee member (absent Eric Wong -committee member, Rafael Oei -committee member)."
45 members and guests at the 5th AGM cum Annual Dinner of the AES Singapore Section at the Amara Hotel.