NORTHERN BEACHES TOASTMASTERS CLUB

PRESIDENTS REPORT 25TH MARCH 2008

HAWKESBURY DIVISON INTERNATIONAL SPEECH & EVALUATION CONTESTS

Held Saturday 1st March 2008 – evening dinner at Balgowlah Golf Club.

Winners: International –Moheb Moses – Evaluation – Nigel Bryan

NBTC EXECUTIVE MEETING

18th March meeting was postponed – new date TBA

NBTC COMING MEETINGS

30th March – 10 speeches and evaluations plus pot luck dinner at Jan's (see reverse of agenda for details

22nd April – Chairman: Frank Elmes

DISTRICT 70 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

The 2008 Annual Conference will be held at Panthers World of Entertainment ,
Mulgoa Road, Penrith from Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 April, 2008

Booklets available – if you missed out please contact Laurel

$50 subsidy for members registering as members of NBTC

SPECIAL SUPPLIES OFFER – 10% DELIVERY WAIVED IF ORDERED AND PICKED UP AT CONFERENCE. Jan & Laurel attending so maybe you could sweet talk one of us to pick up.

NBTC EXECUTIVE

Time to consider Executive for next Toastmasters year. Elections will be held at our April/May meeting. Please say yes when approached to take on a position.

Laurel intends standing for Area 22 Governor and as well as being an active Immediate Past President of NBTC.

DISTRICT 70 SUNDAY SEMINAR

Sunday 4th May, Bankstown Sports Club

RIBBON FOR BANNER

Ribbon for 2006/2007 Select Distinguished Club received from IPP Donald Millar and will be sewn on banner

PHONE TREE

Plan to introduce Phone Tree to confirm assignments – emails will be sent giving full details – Laurel done some work towards this

MEMBERS PROGRESS SHEETS

Distributed at February meeting – Greg will make available on website – all members requested to complete – none yet received.

CONFERENCE SURVEY

Please complete survey and either post to Kaye Segelov or return to Laurel for joint posting. From can be downloaded from District 70 website: http://www.d70toastmasters.org/newsletters/0802/ConfSurvey.pdf

INVITATION

Received from Roberto Corpuz to attend ordination as Deacons in Catholic Church on 18th April of himself, Kevin Hale and David McKenzie – all three were Speechcrafters along with 2 of their wives in the course which Greg Fuller also attended.

DISTINGUISHED CLUB PROGRAM

Following are the 10 Goals that Clubs should strive to achieve during the year.

1 Point Two CCs -> Greg Fuller, Maggie Keon

1 Point Two more CCs -> Laurel Holterman, Jan Vecchio

1 Point One ACB, ACS, or ACG -> Jan Vecchio AC-G

1 Point One more ACB, ACS, or ACG -> Laurel Holterman AC-B

1 Point One CL, AL or DTM -> Jan Vecchio CL

1 Point One more CL, AL or DTM -> Sharon Austin old CL

1 Point Four new members -> Leisl Holterman, Josie Gallagher, Annie Richards & Mike Richards

Four more new members -> Alison Lavick Peter Tebbutt Beverley Barber Steve Barber

1 Point Minimum of four club officers trained during each of two training periods

COT Y ACOT Y

1 Point
One semi-annual membership report and one club officer list submitted on time Y

In addition to achieving the goals, clubs must meet a membership requirement. At year-end (June 30), a club must have at least 20 members or a net growth of at least 5 new members. Y

 

= 10 Points – this is an incredible achievement at this stage of the Toastmasters year for a club meeting only once a month!

Congratulations NBTC

 

Recognition

Clubs that meet the membership requirement and also do the following are eligible for Toastmasters International recognition at year-end:

Achieve 5 of 10 goals Distinguished Club

Achieve 7 of 10 goals Select Distinguished Club

Achieve 9 of 10 goals President's Distinguished Club ===> NBTC

Laurel Holterman

President