Thursday, August 13, 2009

Aug 15 - D-Day for SAM

I wish to urge existing members of the Sportswriters Association of Malaysia (SAM) to attend Saturday's annual general meeting not only to elect a new set of office-bearers but also to show that the fraternity is indeed united in the need to revive a once-respected NGO. Those who have yet to register as members can do so ahead of the meeting at 3.0pm to be held at the Wisma OCM and are entitled to vote. Exercise your right!

Berita Harian's Ahmad Khawari Isa is challenging TV3's Abu Bakar Atan for the presidency. Two key posts are uncontested as Ibrahim Abu Bakar, a former tennis official and radio sports commentator, was the sole candidate as deputy president while the new secretary is Rahim Lajis, whose status at Utusan Malaysia is vague.

Rahim, 48, was a sports journalist at Berita Harian and covered the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi alongside the then sports editor, Zainuddin Bendahara. A youth goalkeeper for Malacca, he left BH in 1989 to pursue law before joining Utusan Malaysia in 1991. Apparently now stationed at the Umno HQ, his last designation at Utusan was assistant editor.

Kampung Baru-born and bred Ibrahim, 68, was a match official at the Australian Open in 1988 and was team manager of the Malaysian tennis team to the SEA Games in 1977, 1985 and 1997.

Rahim Lajis and Ibrahim Abu Bakar won their posts uncontested

Wan Alimi Wan Mahmood (left) of RTM and Asan Ahmad, Kosmo!'s sports editor, are vying for the vice-presidency

Yu Nee Kong may or may not cast his vote for Alimi on Saturday...

The Star's Eric Samuel and Kosmo!'s Asan Ahmad are vying for the vice-presidency with incumbent RTM's Wan Alimi Wan Mahmood for the two seats.

The key in reviving SAM is the co-operation and understanding from the sports editors from the various media houses, particularly the Star and the New Straits Times.

SAM those days was driven by mainly sportswriters from Jalan Riong. A pity that sports editors of major newspapers, with the exception of a few, give scant regard to SAM these days.

10 comments:

epain said...

sepatutnya makna "Persatuan penulis Sukan" perlu di jelaskan...

Kenapa tidak menjemput penulis majalah sukan?...atau mungkin penulis buku sukan?...mereka bukan penulis?...

sekarang ni kefahaman atau hendak difahamkan, SAM dikhususkan utk pekerja media...atau lebih tepat, pekerja akhbar dan tv/radio sahaja...maknanya, juruteknik, juruteknik percetakan juga layak untuk jadi ahli SAM...tapi, apa "penulisan" yang dihasilkan?...

lagi satu, SAM seharusnya mampu menjadi "watch dog" kepada suasana sukan Malaysia...

perbanyakkan majlis ilmu macam forum, seminar atau persidangan...atau mungkin dialog atau "sembang kopi"...

kemudian hasilkan penerbitan atau ada kolum tertentu untuk SAM dalam akhbar tempatan....

sekang ni yang ada, SAM menganjurkan Anugerah SAM dan family day....berbaloikah?...dengan nama SAM?

**sy bg komen kat Tumpang Sabtu, sy akan pilih mana-mana calon yg dirasakan berkemampuan...tp masalahnya sekarang, pukul berapa AGM akan dibuat?...sy ada rasmi pada hari Sabtu sampai jam 2.00 petang

sukankini said...

MESYUARAT AGUNG LUAR BIASA (SAM)

Tarikh:
15 Ogos 2009

Masa:
3.00 Petang

Tempat:
Level 2C,
Indoor Sports Arena,
Wisma OCM,
Jalan Hang Jebat,
Kuala Lumpur.

to all members...
datang jgn x datang...
ada door gift..., t-shirt kenang- kenangan... and makan-makan...

Anonymous said...

sdr epain,

AGM akan bermula pukul 3.00 ptg. sempat tu...

Anonymous said...

Selamat Bertanding kepada semua dan saya akan 'reconsider' untuk menyertai SAM semula sekiranya SAM berada di landasan sebenar tak kira sapa yang menjadi Presidennya.

XABI ALONSO
LARKIN

Anonymous said...

Moga moga berjaya Khawari!!!!

Anonymous said...

jangan lupa kepada orang lama..kosmo editor.....

Anonymous said...

SAM - orang yang sama, kroni yang sama..

Anonymous said...

sdra rizal.

sdra apa kurangnya di segi idea dan kaliber memacu SAM lebih ternama lagi.

sdra sepatutnya bertanding kerusi setiausaha atau timbalan presiden atau presiden SAM tapi barangkali sudah terlambat kini menawarkan diri.

rahim lajis bukan lagi di utusan malaysia. dengar-dengarnya di ibu pejabat Umno.

rahim ada keupayaan menaikkan lagi martabat SAM tapi susahlah sikit sekarang kerana dia dah ada imej politik tak kiralah parti mana sekalipun.

MEGAT TAM

Anonymous said...

SAM no longer has any sense of identity. Worse still, it no longer is able to identify with sportswriters! Pray tell me, hos is SAM serving the interest of sportswriters or even the profession today. All the money we had in the kitty from the sale of the building is now almost gone. Under Bakar Atan's tenure, SAM went from being a pacesetter to a laggard.Until today, no one has questioned the way Johnson Fernandez and friends presented the financial report of the IPS Congress staged in KL. No one can say why the likes of Geroge Das continue to play a prominent role in ASPU when they are neither active sportswriters or even remotely associated with the profession. Writing press releases does not constitute being a sportswriter. Can someone make a careful scrutiny of the SAM accounts, please. In a nutshell, this SAM is just a pale shadow of its former self. Basically, SAM sucks!!!

rizal hashim said...

Megat Tam, zaman saya sudah berlalu. Lagipun saya berpegang kepada prinsip kita boleh menyumbang idea dari luar, ikhlas tak payah rebut jawatan. Setakat pegang jawatan tapi tak buat kerja, semua orang boleh...