4th November 2008
The first Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Friends of Information Resource Centre (IRC) was held on Tuesday in Auditorium, IRC. The meeting began with welcoming speech from Abi Aiman Ayoub, President of FiRC 2008/2009. Friends of IRC was proposed by UTP Management to assist UTP IRC in promoting the importance of IRC as an information hub for study and research. It was also established to inculcate leadership and long life learning capabilities among UTP students through selected IRC activities and planned Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program.
Highlights of the event are the official launching of FiRC logo and weblog by IRC Senior Manager, Mr. Sabri Abu Bakar. He hoped that FiRC will be able to assist IRC management on various aspects such as IRC promotion and usage of IRC facilities and collection.
Among the FiRC objectives are:
- To create independent and skillful clients who are information literate and knowledge savvy.
- To act as ambassador for promoting IRC services and facilities to UTP community.
- To attract a larger number of patrons by assisting new and current users in fully utilising IRC facilities and services.
- To assist IRC in organising CSR programs in relation to PETRONAS aspiration to give back to society.
The audiences were also impressed with the creative montage presented by FiRC committee. FiRC HICOM and 6 committee departments also presented their strategic planning for the next cycle of financial year. The departments namely, Public Relation & Marketing, Academic & Society, Activity and Training, Welfare and Technical as well as Promotion & Publication Department presented their proposal plans as scheduled.
During the AGM, Mr. Muhamad Md Haris, Head Customer Services announced the winner of Independence Quiz Competition. The quiz was held in conjunction with 51st Malaysian Independence Exhibition title “Perjuangan Perdana Kearah Kemerdekaan” organised by IRC in from 20th August to 30th September 2008. The winners are Azfar Mohd Nordin (Champion), Rifdi Zulfadhli Ruslan (1st Runner-up), Abi Aiman Ayoub (2nd Runner-up), Muhamad Siddiq Mahyildin (Fourth) and Mohd Khazaidi Kamarudin (Fifth).
Before the end of the meeting, Master of Ceremony opens the floors for Q & A session between member of FiRC and IRC Management. The AGM was adjourned at 5.00 pm with a group photo of FiRC members and IRC management staff. Weblog for FiRC is http://fircutp.blogspot.com/
FIRC Members Photo Session
