Soon it will be time to attend one of the most exciting events at the Spring Conference. Yes. It is indeed the Business Meeting: Saturday, April 9th beginning at 4:00 pm. Come, learn what goes on in the district and take part by adding your voice to the electoral process as we elect the officers for the coming 2011 - 2012 year.
The information regarding the business meeting has been sent out to all those who are eligible to cast a vote; the District Officers, the Presidents and Vice-Presidents of clubs. Please note that the information on the clubs is gathered from Toastmasters International so your information must be correct with them in order for you to receive your package.
Take care to read the instructions regarding the proxy. A club is entitled to two votes. These can be picked up at the Credentials Desk by either the President, Vice-President of education or any member of the club with the proxies signed over to them.
On a further note, the package contained the report from the Nominations Committee as written in my last blog. Know that this does not contain the names of anyone who has decided to run from the floor as a candidate. They must be nominated from the floor before the votes are cast. They are not part of the nominations committee process and therefore cannot be listed on the report. I hope that helps to clarify some questions that may be floating out and about.
Should you have any further questions, please feel free to use the comment section below.
Otherwise, I'll be seeing you at the conference and more importantly, at the business meeting.
Merri
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Meet the Candidates
In spite of all the snow that we received today in some corners of our world, it is spring. It arrived officially last Sunday and that means that we are good to go for the Spring Conference. I do hope you are all ready registered, got your room booked and are ready to have a blast. I know I am!!! Please join me.
As everyone knows, the ever exciting business meeting will be held starting at 4:15 pm and we will be presenting pretty important information for our Presidents and Vice Presidents of Education to vote on. The proxy package is imminently flying into your inbox. Do read and consider being there to cast your votes. If you cannot attend, then be sure to read the instructions on the proxy as to who can carry your vote.
As for who has been forward by the nominations committee for the elected positions, they are as follows:
District Governor - Avis Brodie
Lt. Gov. Education & Training - Carol Dowell
Lt. Gov. Marketing - Jim Foster
Public Relations Officer -
Division A Governor - Penny Batey
Division B Governor - Lynn Rabey
Division C Governor - Terry Kodybka
Division L Governor - Tony Bratschitsch
Division M Governor -
Division N Governor -
Division S Governor - James Noble
Division W Governor -
Check out the information about each candidate as it becomes available in the Candidates Corner. Go to the district homepage http://www.toastmasters86.org/ and click on the link on the right hand side.
Good luck to all candidates whether you are on this list or present yourself to running from the floor.
Merri
As everyone knows, the ever exciting business meeting will be held starting at 4:15 pm and we will be presenting pretty important information for our Presidents and Vice Presidents of Education to vote on. The proxy package is imminently flying into your inbox. Do read and consider being there to cast your votes. If you cannot attend, then be sure to read the instructions on the proxy as to who can carry your vote.
As for who has been forward by the nominations committee for the elected positions, they are as follows:
District Governor - Avis Brodie
Lt. Gov. Education & Training - Carol Dowell
Lt. Gov. Marketing - Jim Foster
Public Relations Officer -
Division A Governor - Penny Batey
Division B Governor - Lynn Rabey
Division C Governor - Terry Kodybka
Division L Governor - Tony Bratschitsch
Division M Governor -
Division N Governor -
Division S Governor - James Noble
Division W Governor -
Check out the information about each candidate as it becomes available in the Candidates Corner. Go to the district homepage http://www.toastmasters86.org/ and click on the link on the right hand side.
Good luck to all candidates whether you are on this list or present yourself to running from the floor.
Merri
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Promoting Toastmasters
It always does my heart good when I get emails that tell of some wonderful things that our fellow Toastmasters are doing to spread the news about us. Below is a copy of one such email I received. from Georgina Green:
On Thursday, March 3rd, Carolyn Hoxie, Janice McDonald and I participated in the Global Skills Conference. This day-long event was cosponsored by the Multicultural Centre, the Working Centre, the Region of Waterloo, Citizenship and Immigration Canada and more.
With about 300 attending, this event gave us the opportunity to promote the benefits of the Toastmasters communication and leadership program to Internationally Trained Professionals looking to find work in their field.
Our workshop on Networking titled “Face Time: Opening Up Possibilities” was well attended by over 50 participants and rated highly for energy, value of information and delivering more than expected.
As well, we hosted an information booth with the help of Toastmasters from Black Walnut club in Kitchener.
You may want to post this on your blog.
Georgina
GeorginaGreen
Toastmasters District 86
Division WMarketing Ambassador
Thank you so much to all of you for taking the information about Toastmasters to those who may want to investigate more fully the benefits our programs offer.
If you have anything you'd like to share here, please send it to me at district86governor@gmail.com We'd really like to hear all about the happenings in your corner of the world.
Merri
On Thursday, March 3rd, Carolyn Hoxie, Janice McDonald and I participated in the Global Skills Conference. This day-long event was cosponsored by the Multicultural Centre, the Working Centre, the Region of Waterloo, Citizenship and Immigration Canada and more.
With about 300 attending, this event gave us the opportunity to promote the benefits of the Toastmasters communication and leadership program to Internationally Trained Professionals looking to find work in their field.
Our workshop on Networking titled “Face Time: Opening Up Possibilities” was well attended by over 50 participants and rated highly for energy, value of information and delivering more than expected.
As well, we hosted an information booth with the help of Toastmasters from Black Walnut club in Kitchener.
You may want to post this on your blog.
Georgina
GeorginaGreen
Toastmasters District 86
Division WMarketing Ambassador
Thank you so much to all of you for taking the information about Toastmasters to those who may want to investigate more fully the benefits our programs offer.
If you have anything you'd like to share here, please send it to me at district86governor@gmail.com We'd really like to hear all about the happenings in your corner of the world.
Merri
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Online Newspaper
So, did you find it? Did you even realize that it was there? If you didn't, it is all my fault. I don't know what I was thinking; or not!!!
The spring newsletter is up on our website. If you haven't taken the time to peruse it, may I suggest you do so. We have endeavoured to put all kinds of info in it that will give you pause to reflect as well as move on to reach those goals. Come Soaring to Excellence with the whole district.
Find it on the home page. Scroll down and you will find the Spring Edition of the Pulse of 86 on the left. Click here for quick and easy access: http://toastmasters86.org/user/docs/News86_Spring%202011.pdf
Don't have time to read it now, then download it and save it for when you do. Just to let you know, we are still looking for those success stories. Got one? Why not send it on to us so we can all celebrate together?
As for the Scavenger Hunt, there was clearly two winners... they actually responded. The first eligible person to send in the correct responses was Phil Lococo of Lakeshore InDepth Advanced Toastmasters and the second eligible person was Janice McDonald of Brant Toastmasters. Congratulations!
Wonder what the next big contest will be? Stay tuned to find out...
Merri
The spring newsletter is up on our website. If you haven't taken the time to peruse it, may I suggest you do so. We have endeavoured to put all kinds of info in it that will give you pause to reflect as well as move on to reach those goals. Come Soaring to Excellence with the whole district.
Find it on the home page. Scroll down and you will find the Spring Edition of the Pulse of 86 on the left. Click here for quick and easy access: http://toastmasters86.org/user/docs/News86_Spring%202011.pdf
Don't have time to read it now, then download it and save it for when you do. Just to let you know, we are still looking for those success stories. Got one? Why not send it on to us so we can all celebrate together?
As for the Scavenger Hunt, there was clearly two winners... they actually responded. The first eligible person to send in the correct responses was Phil Lococo of Lakeshore InDepth Advanced Toastmasters and the second eligible person was Janice McDonald of Brant Toastmasters. Congratulations!
Wonder what the next big contest will be? Stay tuned to find out...
Merri
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