29 April – 2 May, 2005: Mr Chow Thian Pow (Branch Honorary Secretary) & Mr Lim Kuo Shee (Branch Committee) represented Penang Branch to Kelantan for 4 days 3 nights attending the Organisation Development Forum at Perdana Resort, Kota Bharu.  The forum is organized by MRCS Headquarter and Yayasan Kebajikan Negara (YKN).  YBhg. Dato’ Syed Abdul Rahman CEO of YKN who is also MRCS former Secretary General, invited to officiate the opening ceremony of the forum.  12 out of 14 branches sent their representatives attended the forum to discuss on the development of the society.

The Organisation Development (OD) forum is held for sharing information and skills among the branches of Malaysian Red Crescent Society in serving the purpose of taking leadership in supporting integration programme, addressing branches OD issues, support implementation of OD activities, helping develop MRCS plans and strategies, promoting cooperation and knowledge sharing, matching and building upon the existing society capacities with the needs and working together as a society.

According to the idea of IFRC, Organisation Development (OD) is about managing change in a systematic and planned way. The purpose of change for a National Society is to evolve and to increase its positive impact on the lives of vulnerable people. The goal of changing is to become more effective, viable, autonomous and legitimate. In an organizational change process, it is important for a National Society to understand its current model, create a vision of where it wants to go and identify the steps to realise that vision.

The forum speaker, MRCS National Vice Chairman Tn. Hj. Wan Azhar also presented the 5-years OD Strategic Plan (2005-2009) to the MRCS branches.  With the arrangement by the host, Kelantan RC members act as the tour guides to bring the participants visit to MRCS Kelantan Branch Office and shopping at the famous market in Rantau Panjang.