So, all those good intentions I had on doing a video to send you, didn't pan out. Colour me blue!
First of all, it was very hard to give a sincere thank you to a camera. I NEED to see happy smiling faces to speak to. I must have done about 20 different recordings and I didn't like any of them.
Then, I found that the audio on my recording just quit and I heard all this static which was not good at all. Sheesh! What's with that? Anyone had that issue before?
I did set up a District 86 Governor Chanel on You Tube. Now I'm all set to upload with nothing to upload...yet! Still going to see what I can do. ... I do have until midnight June 30th..that is midnight Pacific time, right?
So, don't think I just simply didn't do it. I just simply didn't do it well. I am open to anyone who wants to walk me through this strange video land.
Till then...I'll keep talking to my lifeless cold camera....keep smiling and I'll be thinking of you.
Merri
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
District Governor Message:
Well, the year is fast coming to an end. It is exciting to see what will be accomplished this year within the divisions, areas and the clubs. There has been much success! And there is still more to come. Can you believe it!
I believe in miracles and that is what I am counting on to become a Distinguished District. I know WE CAN DO IT! but not without your help. Send in those awards and member applications by midnight Thursday June 30th so they count towards District 86's success.
Consider this: when you save submissions till next year, you are actually telling everyone that you don't have enough faith that you can do it again. It undermines everyone's belief in the future success of your club. You know you can do anything you set your mind to, so empty the vault and prepare to refill again and again.
I am planning to be really bold today and do a video message to send out to all members encouraging them to end strong and Be Bold and Courageous! I will be asking what you can do to help us reach our goals.
Join another club? Bring a new member in? Everyone single one is a great help and will be immensely appreciated.
Remember, there is still the WEEKEND GETAWAY to be won by either sponsoring or becoming a new member of a club. Send those applications in.... YOU and your guest may be the ones to enjoy a weekend in Kincardine at the home of the District Governor.
Everyone of the district team has put forth great efforts this year to give the very best they had to serve. It would indeed be most fitting that they left as their legacy that they served a Distinguished District. Please help me make that true for them!
Thank you.
Merri
I believe in miracles and that is what I am counting on to become a Distinguished District. I know WE CAN DO IT! but not without your help. Send in those awards and member applications by midnight Thursday June 30th so they count towards District 86's success.
Consider this: when you save submissions till next year, you are actually telling everyone that you don't have enough faith that you can do it again. It undermines everyone's belief in the future success of your club. You know you can do anything you set your mind to, so empty the vault and prepare to refill again and again.
I am planning to be really bold today and do a video message to send out to all members encouraging them to end strong and Be Bold and Courageous! I will be asking what you can do to help us reach our goals.
Join another club? Bring a new member in? Everyone single one is a great help and will be immensely appreciated.
Remember, there is still the WEEKEND GETAWAY to be won by either sponsoring or becoming a new member of a club. Send those applications in.... YOU and your guest may be the ones to enjoy a weekend in Kincardine at the home of the District Governor.
Everyone of the district team has put forth great efforts this year to give the very best they had to serve. It would indeed be most fitting that they left as their legacy that they served a Distinguished District. Please help me make that true for them!
Thank you.
Merri
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Win a Weekend Getaway!
WIN THIS WEEKEND GETAWAY AT THE HOME OF THE DISTRICT GOVERNOR for YOU and A Guest!
Enjoy Friday evening at the Kincardine Marina listening to the piper on the lighthouse pipe down the sun. Kincardine is known for the best sunsets in the world. See...
Best of luck everyone. Who will be spending an incredible weekend with the District Governor sharing her home, her boat and her town with you?
Enjoy Friday evening at the Kincardine Marina listening to the piper on the lighthouse pipe down the sun. Kincardine is known for the best sunsets in the world. See...
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Kincardine Sunset from our deck! Enjoy a lazy breakfast on the deck overlooking Lake Huron and then if the spirit stirs, you may stroll the 3 km of sand beach just seconds away offering incredible swimming over sandy bottom. Or spend the afternoon strolling the quaint shops of downtown. On Saturday afternoon, whether permitting, how about a cruise on a 30' CS Sailboat followed by anchoring for a sumptuous BBQ on board? At 8 pm, join the townspeople to see the Scottish Pipe and Drum band march through town. More of same can be enjoyed in the park at the end of town.   Another lazy breakfast on Sunday before heading home. And you will have had a weekend to remember! Now how do WIN this great prize: All new members to a club will get an entry into the draw. If you sponsor a new member to your club, you get to enter the draw, too. So, if you bring a friend to join the club, your friend gets a chance to win and so do you! Send a copy of your application to join a new club, or to sponsor a new member and you will be entered into the draw. Enter once. Enter often. There are no limits to the number of entries. Send to districtcampaign@gmail.com Forward the confirmation email from TI showing the membership has been submitted no later than July 5th. 2011. |
Will it be you?
Merri
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Presentation of the Data Projector
Congratulations Orangeville Toastmasters on winning the grand prize of the Data Projector for our April and May membership and education awards drive. The presentation of the prize to the President, Anne Bradley, took place at our District BBQ for outgoing and incoming District Officers on Sunday June 12th. Present also was Tina Gaisin from Tech Data Toastmasters as Tech Data Canada Corporation donated the prize to the district.
An Award of Appreciation was presented by me on behalf of the district to the President, Rick Reid, of Tech Data Corporation at their all employee meeting on June 2, 2011 to thank them, once again, for their ongoing support of the Toastmasters program within their company and the district.
It was great to see that over 60 clubs participated in this drive and that 173 new members joined our clubs bringing lots of new growth and excitement. A total of 115 educational awards were earned during that period and that is a lot of expertise that clubs have to share with these new members.
Congratulations to all for a job well done!
Now... let's move on to the June drive ...the Weekend Getaway... to bring home the membership goals to make District 86 Distinguished. We have some clubs to bring to charter as well. Let's all work together to achieve this success. With District 86 being Distinguished 3 years in a row, since inception, that will mean we'll earn the Excellence in Leadership Award from Toastmasters International.
Let's Do It!
Best of luck to all....
Merri
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| Anne Bradley, Tina Gaisin, Merri Macartney |
It was great to see that over 60 clubs participated in this drive and that 173 new members joined our clubs bringing lots of new growth and excitement. A total of 115 educational awards were earned during that period and that is a lot of expertise that clubs have to share with these new members.
Congratulations to all for a job well done!
Now... let's move on to the June drive ...the Weekend Getaway... to bring home the membership goals to make District 86 Distinguished. We have some clubs to bring to charter as well. Let's all work together to achieve this success. With District 86 being Distinguished 3 years in a row, since inception, that will mean we'll earn the Excellence in Leadership Award from Toastmasters International.
Let's Do It!
Best of luck to all....
Merri
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Honours Awarded to 2 of Our Area Governors
Shishir Lakhani is Divison A Area 26 Governor. He not only is a dedicated Toastmaster volunteering much of his time to perform area governor duties and mentor others, he is a very involved volunteer with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario.
In fact, Shishir has been named winner of their 2010 Award for Volunteer Excellence. David Sculthorpe, CEO, said this, "Shishir possesses a rare combination of personal charisma, interpersonal savvy and business expertise, and he has applied his many gifts to advancing our Foundation's work with tremendous passion and energy. Shishir is truly a wonderful and accomplished individual and we are privileged to be working with him towards a future that is free of heart disease and stroke."
Congratulations Shishir. What an accomplishment indeed!
Bill McCallum is Division S Area 73 Governor. On June 14, 2011, in an unprecedented move, the Union of Taxation Employees will be honouring Bill in naming him for a second time as the recipient of their National Humanitarian Award in recognition of his compassionate efforts in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake. Bill was also the first ever recipient of this award in recognition of his compassionate efforts in the 2005 Hurricane Katrina recovery mission in New Orleans.
Bill was recognized earlier this month by the London Council for Lifelong Learning for this work that he did in New Orleans and Haiti.
Bill has directed the $5,000.00 monetary gifts that accompany these tributes to be donated to International Children’s Awareness Canada, to assist in their commitment to relieving the suffering of children living in the poorest regions of the world, and providing indigenous groups with the resources to be self sustaining at the village level.
Congratulations Bill. What a remarkable difference you make in the lives of others!
Kudos to our Toastmasters. It goes to prove what I have been saying all along. We rub elbows with incredible people.
Thank you for all you do to serve your fellow man/woman.
We salute you!
Merri
In fact, Shishir has been named winner of their 2010 Award for Volunteer Excellence. David Sculthorpe, CEO, said this, "Shishir possesses a rare combination of personal charisma, interpersonal savvy and business expertise, and he has applied his many gifts to advancing our Foundation's work with tremendous passion and energy. Shishir is truly a wonderful and accomplished individual and we are privileged to be working with him towards a future that is free of heart disease and stroke."
Congratulations Shishir. What an accomplishment indeed!
Bill McCallum is Division S Area 73 Governor. On June 14, 2011, in an unprecedented move, the Union of Taxation Employees will be honouring Bill in naming him for a second time as the recipient of their National Humanitarian Award in recognition of his compassionate efforts in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake. Bill was also the first ever recipient of this award in recognition of his compassionate efforts in the 2005 Hurricane Katrina recovery mission in New Orleans.
Bill was recognized earlier this month by the London Council for Lifelong Learning for this work that he did in New Orleans and Haiti.
Bill has directed the $5,000.00 monetary gifts that accompany these tributes to be donated to International Children’s Awareness Canada, to assist in their commitment to relieving the suffering of children living in the poorest regions of the world, and providing indigenous groups with the resources to be self sustaining at the village level.
Congratulations Bill. What a remarkable difference you make in the lives of others!
Kudos to our Toastmasters. It goes to prove what I have been saying all along. We rub elbows with incredible people.
Thank you for all you do to serve your fellow man/woman.
We salute you!
Merri
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Update on the Draw!!
Congratulations to all those clubs who caught fire and have been adding new members. Great job!
To date, I have received a total of 52 new members to our clubs. The Toastmasters opportunity has been shared with new people and they, too, will now reap the benefits of learning and practicing communication and leadership skills. Not only that but they will benefit from networking with other Toastmasters.
As for the clubs, there is new life and enthusiasm being breathed into them. More people always causes more excitement as new members learn to take on roles, share their Ice Breakers and provide new leadership. What a Win-Win for all!
Educational Awards are coming in too. To date, there are 21 educational awards entered. Amazing, eh?Remember, every time an award gets submitted to TI, your club gets entered into the draw. If you had planned to finish up a manual by the end of June, why not do it before the end of May and take advantage of the opportunity to win that data projector donated by Tech Data Canada Corporation?
We, at the District level, are so thrilled to see that you have taken up the challenge to energize your clubs. Well done!!!
To those newly forming clubs, I say this. If you get the club chartered by May 31st of this year, your club will have one entry for every founding member. Imagine if you were to win that projector! What a way to begin a new club!! You can do it! There are exactly 4 weeks from today....YOU CAN DO IT! I dare ya!!
Looking forward to seeing this challenge ramp up as May progresses. So ask yourself this: how many entries will your club have in this draw? Want more? Well, you know what to do. As Nike would say:
Just Do It!
Merri
To date, I have received a total of 52 new members to our clubs. The Toastmasters opportunity has been shared with new people and they, too, will now reap the benefits of learning and practicing communication and leadership skills. Not only that but they will benefit from networking with other Toastmasters.
As for the clubs, there is new life and enthusiasm being breathed into them. More people always causes more excitement as new members learn to take on roles, share their Ice Breakers and provide new leadership. What a Win-Win for all!
Educational Awards are coming in too. To date, there are 21 educational awards entered. Amazing, eh?Remember, every time an award gets submitted to TI, your club gets entered into the draw. If you had planned to finish up a manual by the end of June, why not do it before the end of May and take advantage of the opportunity to win that data projector donated by Tech Data Canada Corporation?
We, at the District level, are so thrilled to see that you have taken up the challenge to energize your clubs. Well done!!!
To those newly forming clubs, I say this. If you get the club chartered by May 31st of this year, your club will have one entry for every founding member. Imagine if you were to win that projector! What a way to begin a new club!! You can do it! There are exactly 4 weeks from today....YOU CAN DO IT! I dare ya!!
Looking forward to seeing this challenge ramp up as May progresses. So ask yourself this: how many entries will your club have in this draw? Want more? Well, you know what to do. As Nike would say:
Just Do It!
Merri
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Welcome to Our Newest Clubs!
As Distict Governor, one of my greatest pleasures is to welcome new clubs to the district. Sometimes I even get to visit the people who have taken all the steps that leads to handing in the charter paperwork. Such was the case on the Friday of our conference when I visited our two newest clubs with our International Director, DTM Gina Cook.
At our first stop, we were introduced to Robert Achtemichuk, President of DiverseCity by Georgina Green, the Division W Marketing Ambassador. It was good to hear how this club is meeting the needs of the people in the K-W area who are in transition, as well as those who are on track in their employment. Each has come to realize the importance of having communication and leadership skills and have found this Toastmasters club to provide them with the knowledge and practice to enhance them.
Our next stop was to visit Com Dev in Cambridge. There we were met by Scott Weitzel, President and Philip Bennett, Sergeant-at-Arms of the new Com Dev club. We were escorted to a second floor board room which usually holds their meetings. There we learned how Com Dev has been a great encourager for the club to form and is now supporting the members.
Both of these clubs presented their charter papers to the International Director. As this was on Friday, April 8th, both clubs will have 20 entries into the draw to win the Data Projector donated by Tech Data Canada Corporation. Congratulations DiverseCity and Com Dev. Good luck!
Is your club on the verge of chartering? Can you get it processed by May 31st? If so, then your club will likewise have an entry for every new member of this new club put into the draw.
Best of luck to you all!
At our first stop, we were introduced to Robert Achtemichuk, President of DiverseCity by Georgina Green, the Division W Marketing Ambassador. It was good to hear how this club is meeting the needs of the people in the K-W area who are in transition, as well as those who are on track in their employment. Each has come to realize the importance of having communication and leadership skills and have found this Toastmasters club to provide them with the knowledge and practice to enhance them.
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| Gina, Georgina, Robert, Merri |
Our next stop was to visit Com Dev in Cambridge. There we were met by Scott Weitzel, President and Philip Bennett, Sergeant-at-Arms of the new Com Dev club. We were escorted to a second floor board room which usually holds their meetings. There we learned how Com Dev has been a great encourager for the club to form and is now supporting the members.
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| Scott, Gina, Phillip, Georgina |
Is your club on the verge of chartering? Can you get it processed by May 31st? If so, then your club will likewise have an entry for every new member of this new club put into the draw.
Best of luck to you all!
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