May 2005                                                 “Changing Lives One Step at a Time”

 

Please share this letter with your clubs!  Thanks!

 

Dues Were Due on April 10, 2005 – Thirteen clubs have not yet paid dues for the April – September 2005 time period. Three clubs paid dues but have issues that need to be fixed. If your club needs help, please contact me for assistance.

 

State of the District (Four Critical Success Factors) -

1)       CLUBS: District 6 needs to charter fourteen clubs to reach our goal of 267 clubs by June 30, 2005.

2)       ATMS: GOAL WAS ACHIEVED!!

3)       CTMS: 13 away from achieving the goal. 

4)       MEMBERSHIP PAYMENTS: The membership goal will be within reach once the club goal is reached.

 

Spring Convention: The “Art of the Matter” took place last month. A great time was had by all. Congratulations to the contest winners: District Tall Tales Winner, Thomas Rogers and International Speech Contest winner, Roger Revak.

Go to www.d6tm.org to see pictures and read the recap. Did you know that Elvis made an appearance at our conference?

 

2005-06 Realignment Passed– During the business meeting on April 30^th, the realignment of clubs was approved. The new alignment will take effect on July 1, 2005. To see what the new alignment will look like, go to www.d6tm.org.

 

2005-06 District Officers Elected: Congratulations to the newly elected District Officers:

Theo Black, DTM - District Governor
Jeannette Bauch, DTM - Lt. Governor of Education & Training
Pat Croal, DTM - Lt. Governor Marketing

Division Governors

Garry Teigland - Central			Harriet Beadell - Northern
Frank Mayers, DTM - Eastern			Anne Groetsch - Prairie
Ann Sullivan - Frontier			Kirk Johnson - Rivers
Henry Korpela - International			Brian Hinton - Southern
Joan Estenson - Metro			Mark Forsberg - Western

 

Regional and International Proxies – Every club president should have received a mailing from WHQ that contained two postcards. One postcard is the proxy for the Regional Business meeting that will take place in June in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. If the President and Vice President of Education are not able to attend, they can give me the authority to vote on their behalf. To do so, the postcard needs to be filled out and mailed to me. My name and address are preprinted on the back of the postcard. All that is needed is the postage. The other postcard is for the Toastmasters International Annual Business meeting that will be held in August in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. On this postcard are the three proposals that will be voted upon during the annual meeting. In addition, we will be electing the top officers and International Directors that will lead us in 2005-06. Please note that Proposal A is the dues increase that has been recommended by the Board of Directors. If Proposal A passes, our dues will increase starting October 1, 2005. If you want Theo Black, 2005-06 District Governor to vote on behalf of your club, please affix postage and put into the mail. It will be mailed to me. I will turn over all International Convention proxies that I receive to Theo after July 1^st. Please feel free to contact me with any questions regarding the proxies or what is being voted upon.

 

Region IV Conference, June 9-11, 2005: Radisson Hotel Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The theme for the conference is Building Bridges. There will be the great educational sessions, the International Speech contest,

a business meeting, and lots of fun. Why not come to support our speech contestant, Roger Revak? Go to

http://www.regioniv.net/conference2005.htm to learn more.

 

International Convention, August 24-27, 2005: Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, Canada. Go to www.toastmasters.org to learn more and to register.

 

Distinguished Club Program (DCP): There are just over 45 days for your club to earn Distinguished Club status (or higher). Make sure that everything is completed and the applications submitted no later than June 30, 2005. This means that WHQ must have received it on or before 6-30-05.

 

Checklists – Here is the May checklist of tasks for club officers to do in order to help their club be successful:

 Follow up on outstanding club paperwork: semiannual dues, officer lists, proxies, CTMs, ATMs.

 Clubs select Toastmaster of the Year.

 Review club progress against report at www.toastmasters.org for your club.

 

Mary Swanson  2004-05 District Governor