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Maverick celebrates 6th anniversary

Exactly one week after the Maverick Night Fever Media Gathering 2008, the Mavericks went partying again. This time it was a specially organized event for all Mavericks, from the support staff, media trackers, to associates and Partners, to celebrate Maverick’s 6th anniversary.

Held at Maroush, Crowne Plaza, the evening was full of nice surprises, including live performances from the Mavericks, a special guest from Gavin Anderson, and the distribution of copies of a book on Maverickism. And you know what? Inside each copy were free vouchers for everyone. The highlight of the night was, of course, the Maverick Annual Talent Award. All Mavericks, except the Partners, were divided into 7 groups, each to give a four-minute performance, either live or taped.

This year’s theme was “That’s So Maverick” and each group was required to interpret Maverick’s vision and values in an entertaining show. Maverick’s partner, Ong Hock Chuan and Lita Soenardi, were the judges, and set the following criteria:

1. Creativity, 20 points
2. Teamwork, 20 points
3. Understanding of Maverick’s vision/values, 30 points
4. End result, 30 points.

So, after blowing the birthday candles and enjoying the scrumptious Middle Eastern food, it was show time!

Each performance was unique, which made it difficult for the Partners to decide. Unfortunately, there could only be one winner, and this year, the Maverick Talent Award went to The Lenong Maverick Team who performed brilliantly with their Betawi dialog. There was no doubt that the audience enjoyed their performance very much as they all had a big laugh throughout the show. A great performance, indeed, from the group that consisted of Sharon (associate), Ida (media tracking staff), mba Lela (English editor), Pak Zaenal (admin) and our dear support staff member, Uki, who became the star of the night.

Towards the end of the program, copies of the book Maverickism were distributed to all Mavericks. The book is a collection of phrases and words frequently heard in Maverick, expressions of things that matter to the Mavericks, their values, attitude and ways of doing things. Those phrases help define what makes Maverick a maverick. Along with the words of

wisdom were vouchers placed inside the copies. A Rp500,000-Metro voucher was inserted between the pages on smart dressing while a Rp200,000-Aksara voucher was inserted between the pages on how we should never assume things. Everybody got different vouchers. The most coveted prize, a Sony MP3, went to our media tracking support staff member, Feni. Ang Shih-Huei of Gavin Anderson who was in Jakarta for a project commented, “All Mavericks are crazy and fun, the anniversary was great, thank you Maverick for inviting me”.

As the evening drew to an end, the Mavericks gathered for a photo session. Can you see all the happy and mischievous faces? Yups, that’s so Maverick all right!

Happy 6th anniversary, Maverick!