July 2010 - District 73

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Welcome to the July edition of
Southern Cross.
What a hectic time it has been. With the Changeover functions across
the District, District Officer and Club Officer Training and then organising
dates for the Humorous and Table Topics contest it’s been busy, busy,
busy.
The Newsletter of District 73
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My partner Amanda has also been trying to pin me down to give her
some input on some decisions on our forthcoming wedding on 18th
September. Having picked Gilberts Winery at Kendenup just north
of Mount Barker in the Great Southern as the venue I thought my
work was done. How foolish was that? Helping to select a menu and
of course Gilberts wines I thought was going the extra yard. But no,
I was expected to have an opinion on wedding cakes, photographers
and even the colours of the table settings! I’ve been glad to escape to
Toastmasters meetings and Workshops.
I hope you have all set your goals for the forthcoming TMI Year. Last
year as an Area Governor for W28 I managed to get 3 of my 4 Clubs
to be President’s Distinguished and thus earned that distinction for my
Area. I’m working for a repeat in a different Area this year.
Gerry Prewett
ACS, ALB
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District Governor’s message:
District 73 ended the 2009-10 year exceeding expectations with
177 paid clubs (TI goal was 174 clubs),
7,246 membership payments (TI goal was 6,942 membership
payments),
275 CC awards (TI goal was 238 CC awards),
136 AC awards (TI goal was 68 AC awards,
172 Leadership awards (TI goal was 160). These results are
tabulated below:
District 73
TI Targets
D73 Stretch Targets
CC
238
330
AC
68
170
CL
Actual # as at 30/6/10
275
136
102
Actual % TI Targets
Actual % D73 Stretch Targets
116%
83%
200%
80% 70%
145
AL
160
80
250
53
173
108%
66%
69%
DTM
25
18
72%
The 2010-11 year has got off to a very busy start. These are
some of the activities that have been taking place:
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District Changeover Dinner West was held in Perth on
Friday June 25th;
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District Officer Training West was held in Perth on
Saturday June 26th with 94% attendance;
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District Changeover Dinner East was held at the
Buckingham Hotel in Cheltenham, Melbourne on Friday July
2nd;
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District Officer Training East was held in Melbourne on
Saturday July 3rd with 88% attendance;
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Many sessions of Club Officer Training (COT) sessions
have already been run. As attendance data has not yet
been fully updated it is not yet clear how we are travelling,
but attendance figures reported to date appear to be good.
Further COT sessions can be scheduled by Division Governors
and Area Governors to address gaps, but all COT sessions
must be completed by 31st August;
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The District 73 realignment of clubs for 2010-11 within
Areas was submitted to Toastmasters International WHQ
and will be implemented within Toastmasters International
reports shortly;
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District Secretary Adrienne Bowd worked very hard to
produce the <2010-11 District Calendar > so that everyone
in District 73 can be aware of the activities that have been
planned.
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Workshops are already starting including a judging
workshop in Victoria.
There are a number of developments on the new clubs
front including Glen Iris Toastmasters Club which is close to
chartering, and a club at Carrum Primary School that the
school council hopes will charter soon.
Another opportunity is the possibility of starting up a new
corporate club for staff with disabilities. Having a son with
an intellectual disability who has just joined Toastmasters
and recently presented his Icebreaker speech, I am excited
about the prospect of this new club, as I firmly believe that
the structure of the Toastmasters program will be particularly
helpful in enabling people who have an intellectual disability
to greatly improve their self-confidence and self–esteem.
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On 1st August Phil King, from PostMasters Club, is taking over
the role of District Treasurer from John Staunton. I would
like to thank John for agreeing to stay on as District Treasurer
until Phil returned from Europe and I wish Phil every success
as he takes up this role.
As the District Leadership team prepares for the training
sessions over in California preceding the International
Convention, we have already starting to review both the
District Success Plan and the District Budget for 2010-11.
Similarly, it is hoped that all club officers have either now
completed or are engaged in completing their own Club
Success Plans, including identifying those club members who
are aiming to achieve educational awards this year. I would
encourage all clubs to aim for greatness in terms of the
achievement of Distinguished Club Program goals in 2010-11.
When members achieve their success goals by completing
educational awards, their club achieves success. As a result
of members’ continuing efforts, clubs will achieve greatness
within the Distinguished Club Program, Areas and Divisions
will achieve greatness and District 73 in turn will achieve
greatness.
Let us make a real effort to achieve greatness for our
members, our Clubs, our Areas, our Divisions and our District
this year.
Tom Peters on Motivation
Tom Peters and Nancy Austin, authors of A Passion
for Excellence, state that “the number one managerial
productivity problem in America is, quite simply, managers
who are out of touch with their people and out of touch with
their customers.” I think one possible explanation is that
some managers don’t value people. But that isn’t always
true. Many people care about others, but they still remain
out of touch. In those cases, I think the problem is that they
don’t understand people.
If you desire to improve your understanding of people so that
you can build positive relationships, then keep in mind the
following truths about people - and actions you can take to
bridge the gap often caused by them:
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People
People
them
People
People
People
People
People
win.
are insecure...give them confidence.
want to feel special...sincerely compliment
desire a better tomorrow...give them hope.
need to be understood....listen to them.
are selfish...speak to their needs first.
get emotionally low...encourage them.
want to be associated with success...help them When you understand people, don’t take their short-comings
personally, and help them to succeed, you lay the groundwork
for good relationships.
Toastmasters: Achieving Greatness Together
Bruce Hill
D73 District Governor 2010-2011
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Mobile Manners
Toastmasters is probably one of the few places left in the
universe where mobile phones are not tolerated. We have our
priorities straight – or do we?
Communication devices are everywhere these days and
peace and privacy are no longer a given. Once you could
take the phone off the hook if you wanted quiet and nobody
would disturb you. These days, however, to have a peaceful
evening, you need to take the phone off the hook, disconnect
the answering machine, turn off the mobile phone and switch
off the computer to prevent Skype, Twitter and Facebook
messages slipping through. When you go back “online” again
with your various devices, chances are you have several
messages from people asking where you were and why your
mobile was switched off!
It is hard to believe that we are all so much more important
than we were 15 years ago. Back then, you called somebody
and if they weren’t at home, you left a message and they
would call you back later. Is it our memories or attention
spans that are the cause of the need for instant connection? If
we leave a message, we have forgotten what it is all about by
the time they call us back.
I remember a time when the exciting thing about reaching a
destination by plane was to meet the person at the other end.
These days the excitement seems to be reaching the terminal
so you can switch your mobile phone back on.
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As much as the above gives me cause for concern it doesn’t
worry me half as much as the way our manners are heading
when it comes to mobile phones. Common courtesy doesn’t
stand a chance against a mobile phone ringing. Those of us
born before the birth of the mobile phone remember a time
when you could have coffee or dinner with a friend without
getting interrupted. Ahh yes, I can almost feel you reminiscing
along with me. Those were the days.
I am not against technological advances. On the contrary.
However, I do mind the importance we place on that tiny
device and the way we allow it to interfere with our very lives.
If I have invited friends over for dinner, I would not expect
them to be on the phone to somebody else while munching
away on my roast lamb. If I take time out of my schedule to
have coffee with a friend, I expect that friend to honour that
commitment and be present with me. If the mobile phone
rings, by all means answer it. But rather than having a twenty
minute conversation there and then, tell the caller that you
are busy and will call back later.
An interesting thing about the mobile phone is it seems to
turn people into dummies. Suddenly, they are invisible and
inaudible. They talk openly about people standing right behind
them in a queue. “He is really creepy the way he is watching
me. Like I don’t know he is there!”
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Do we have our priorities all screwed up? Nobody likes being
ignored and yet we keep ignoring others as we rush to answer
that all important mobile call. Perhaps it is time to take stock
and realise that 99% of the mobile calls you receive could
probably wait until you are alone or at least in a space of not
ignoring or interrupting a friendly chat.
Ladies and gentlemen, please help me bring back manners
to society and let’s put a stop to this extreme dependency on
mobile phones.
Enough is enough! I need your help to expand the
Toastmasters’ rule for mobile phones to the greater
community. It is time to stand united and stop the slavery
to the mobile phone. We need to help people gain back their
personalities and realise life is worth living even if the mobile
doesn’t ring or receive text messages at least once every hour.
Triple Crowns
The mobile phone is used for evil. Once you step outside your
front door, you are fair game to anybody with a mobile phone
camera or video. Before you know it, your private life is all
over Facebook and Twitter and there is very little you can do
about it.
The mobile phone also kills. People, who are responding to
calls, looking for their phone or responding to text messages,
are not paying attention to the traffic and will cause accidents.
They may directly or indirectly kill your family or friends.
Please help me introduce mobile manners into our society and
reintroduce sanity when it comes to ringing phones. Ask your
visitors politely, but firmly to switch off their mobile phones
when they visit. When you have coffee with friends or family
members, ask them to either be brief and call back rather
than have 10 minute conversations while having coffee with
you.
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Vicky Post
One of the great aspects of the Toastmasters Educational
Program is that members can work on multiple awards
concurrently. And sometimes members can be closer to
achieving awards than they realise. As Vice-President of
Education it pays to keep members informed about the credits
they can earn as they undertake tasks in Toastmasters and to
be aware of what members have accomplished- particularly if
you have dual members in your club.
Part of the way through the 2009/2010 year I was chatting
with one of my members, Vivien Ellard and told her that not
only could she complete her Competent Communicator Award
and her Competent Leader Award but she could also complete
her Advanced Leader Bronze Award because of the work she
had done when Club President in a previous year. The result
was a highly motivated member and a triple crown by the end
of June 2010.
Congratulations to Vivien on her achievement and
congratulations to all the members of District 73 who gained
multiple awards in the 2009/2010 year.
Trish Brown
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Club Officer Training, Perth, Thursday 8th July
2010
On the day that Perth’s cold clear days was broken by wild
and windy weather a new venue was used for Club Officer
Training and very popular it proved too. The new Victoria Park
Club hosted the event at their venue at The Homestead in
Mackie Street in Victoria Park. An attendance of up to 100 was
anticipated but Club Officers kept rolling in throughout the
event.
Vivien Ellard
Saturd’y Arvo Communicators (SAC)
SAC no longer meets at the North Melbourne Library. As of
July 17, 2010 we have an exciting new venue, a new leader
in PDG Geoff Morrissey, and a dedicated group of advanced
Toastmasters looking forward to the next Toastmaster’s
year as we reinvent our advanced club to fully utilize the
accumulated experience of our members.
Find us, now, on the third Saturday of each month, except
November and December, in our new digs: The Liardet
Community Centre at 147 Liardet St., Port Melbourne.
Melways ref. 2J F6. The building is on the Nott St. corner. Our
entrance is on Nott St. Our meetings begin at 1:30 pm and
finish at 3:30 pm. Almost everyone in the club adjourns then,
to fine coffee and pastries at one of Bay Street’s delightful
coffee shops. Look forward to seeing you later this year.
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Sgt at Arms Maree Pickens got things underway introducing
the Toastmaster for the evening Peter Law whose sartorial
elegance set the tone for the night.
Robyn Richards conducted the first session, “Creating a
Buzz” which emphasised how important it was to get that
essential ’something extra’ into your meetings to make them
fun and enjoyable. Robyn provided lots of useful advice to all
assembled.
Mark Richards followed his wife to the front of the audience
and used the IT display set up by Martin Lindsay to show Club
Officers how to log onto and navigate around the TMI Website.
Mark’s presentation was especially relevant to Club Officers
who have to log returns with TMI.
Inner City Divisional Governor Kristin McIntosh then explained
to us all what the 10 goals were in the DCP (Distinguished
Club Programme) and why they were so important to running
a successful club. Like Robyn, Kristin gave some hints and
tips as to how the goals could be achieved and illustrated
how easy some of them were by pointing out that everyone
present was contributing towards their club’s DCP by attending
COT!
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minutes to present David was only able to brush the surface
but he certainly whetted the appetites for information if not
for food!
After a splendid supper, and you could tell it was splendid
because there was nothing left, we were treated to an
introduction to a “Swansong on the Swan”. Lynette Delane
presented a talk about the 2011 District Convention, the last
of District 73 with Western Australia included, which is to be
held in Perth, hence the title.
The meeting then moved on to a series of ‘break out’ sessions
for each Club Officer Role. This proved to be the real ‘meat
and veg’” for the new Officers as they were able to leverage
off those who had performed the role before.
Mark Richards shows us how to navigate around the TMI
Website
Martin Lindsay as the Perth Governor then presented a
Workshop on how to run Speech Contests. With the Club,
Humorous Speech and Table Topics contests due in August
this was very timely advice for the many new Club Officers in
attendance. Martin pointed out some of the extremely good
resources available and advised Clubs on how they could get
their own members ‘up to speed’ on acting as Judges.
The last presentation before supper was given by David
Nicholas and David told everyone about toastmasterwa.net
and what resources were available on the site. With only 15
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We were then welcomed back by Ross Wilkinson who told us
all about “YOUR Future in Toastmasters” and Ross set out very
clearly where the path towards becoming a better speaker, a
leader and ultimately a Distinguished Toastmaster lay. Ross
reminded everyone that by becoming a Club Officer they were
on the first steps of this exciting leadership journey.
Public Relations both within the District and within Clubs
was covered by the ubiquitous Pascale Amberville-Colby, the
man with more clubs than Tiger Woods. Pascale reminded
everyone of the importance of their Website as a promotional
tool and ensuring it was up to date. Pascale also related some
initiatives that were being taken within WA.
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The Fear of Flyering!
10.00 a.m. Sunday 11th July and 6 hardy souls from the soon
to be relaunched Belmont Toastmasters Club in Perth meet up
at the club Headquarters at 275 Abernethy Road. Their aim?
To distribute 5,000 of the 10,000 flyers that have been printed
off to publicise a demonstration meeting.
Belmont Toastmasters is a rebirth of the ailing Powertalk. The
club had previously been resuscitated but refused to recover!
In a final attempt to revive the club the Committee (and
there are not many members who are not on the Committee)
decided to make some changes.
The thought was that Powertalk did not give any idea of the
location to this community based club, it was also based in an
unwelcoming hard surfaced hall in a dark street. It met on a
Thursday night also which not only clashes with many other
Toastmaster Clubs here in WA but also, more importantly, with
late night shopping. So it was a change of name, a change of
venue and a change of night. All in all time for a relaunch.
Ross Wilkinson reminded everyone of the importance
of working to their Manuals and getting them signed
off
The information and fun packed evening was wound up by
Mark Richards relating the future Training opportunities that
were available over the coming year. Overall a fantastic
evening packed with information and with Club Officers. Well
done to everyone but especially to Robyn Richards for her
wonderful organisational abilities.
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Club VP PR Vicky Post drew on a well established Flyer which
has been used in WA and adapted it with some testimonials
and the rather catchy idea of asking whether you wanted a
“Free Personal Coach for your Brain”. Great idea Vicky. So
it was that we needed to get the Flyers delivered and what
better way than DIY?
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As we huddled around the map of the area, Vicky had used
her Real Estate Agency knowledge to determine pockets of
population and divided our patch into 6 areas. So off we all
headed armed with 1,000 Flyers each. My patch covered the
outlying area of Redcliffe, to give you some idea of the suburb,
the ‘entertainment’ at the local Tavern consists of “Jelly
Wrestling”.
Report on High Performance Leadership (HPL)
project
Co-ordinating Club Officer Training (COT)
The project started with a call to action by the Division
Governor. A leader was required to co-ordinate the next COT
for the incoming club executives starting their term on the
1st July 2010.
As I plodded around it was obvious that I was going to get
nowhere near the 1,000 Flyers delivered. Then as I left a
property with a ‘No Junk Mail” sign on the box the expected /
unexpected event came to fruition. Like a scene from “Keeping
Up Appearances” out leapt the Rottweiler from the rusting
hulk of a car in the front yard. I turned and stared at the grisly
beast. She stood her ground and barked, I stood my ground
and continued the stare. The stand off continued and then I
gradually shuffled forward and she backed away still barking
loudly. Eventually she ran back to the property,
For the last year I have been the Vice President Education
for Northern Exposure Toastmasters Club and through the
encouragement from one member I chose to volunteer for
the role of co-ordinator. I felt apprehensive and questioned
myself – could I complete the project?
Reading the HPL manual and working through the exercises
made me realise that I was mostly a follower. Through the
study of the manual it became clear I had to focus on the
task at hand. The training was in five weeks time and this did
not allow for procrastination.
After 3 hours my mobile rang. We had all had enough. We had
each managed about 500 Flyers, nowhere near the amount we
expected but we were all wet and miserable by that time. A
meet up at McDonald’s for a coffee soon had us reviewing our
plans.
The first task was to recruit my Guidance Committee that I
could use for assistance. This would require some meeting
time, and due to time constraints the meetings were
conducted over the phone as conference calls. This worked
best and it could be done in the evening after work. The
main focus for the training was to give the new incoming club
officers some guidelines and confidence for their new role on
the executive team.
And so it was that very afternoon that I was on the phone to
“Pound the Path’ to see if they could deliver the remaining
7,000 Flyers. Job done!
Gerry Prewett ACS, ALB
Area I41 Governor
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Secondary Mission:
To promote and develop new Club Officers with active and creative
minds, a sense of understanding for others, and the courage to act
on their beliefs.
The vision/mission statement was send to the session leaders to
give them the opportunity to use their style and knowledge to
provide the training.
The best training plan is not useful without any people to train.
How to get the message to as many members as possible was my
next task. Defining the task I decided to send out emails to all club
leaders in the greater area of Melbourne and the District. I used the
email list provided by the Division Governor, who was one of my
guidance committee members.
The next task was to develop and define my Vision & Mission
statement, which I shared with my Guidance Committee.
Vision:
To provide Club Officers with quality education in a learning
atmosphere, that respects and values the guidelines of
TMI and where all Club Officers have the opportunity to
share, learn and improve in a safe, supportive and caring
environment.
Mission:
To serve, engage and promote the core values of TMI, which
in turn empowers and enables Club Officers to complete their
year in office successfully with personal growth and fulfilment.
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The emails had to convince club officers to attend this training on a
precious Sunday afternoon and to give up five to six hours of family
time. Every week for four weeks emails where sent out before the
training. The message in the emails stated the benefits to be gained
by the potential participants if they attended the training.
Although, there were negative comments coming back about
one week before the training such as – ‘We did not receive any
notification of this training. The notices are too late.
When was it first advertised?’ The messages where answered and
the first notification attached to the responding emails.
I am not sure why this occurred, but it is possible that their spam
filters deleted the messages, as it was coming from someone not in
their address book.
The Toastmaster for the day was provided with a brief introduction,
the names of the presenters, but he had control over the content
and the meeting on the day.
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would be great. Not knowing what to expect, how many members
would attend I had made 100 copies of the agenda and evaluation
forms. The catering team were told to cater for 70 to 90 members who
might attend the training.
With anticipation and butterflies in my stomach, I arrived at the
training venue one hour before to set up. I had some willing helpers to
move chairs and tables. The registration forms where lying at the front
counter and slowly the club officers arrived for the training. The room
was filling up and more chairs had to be found around the training
venue. All the agendas and evaluation forms where handed out but
more club officers arrived looking for chairs. At the start of the training
there was only standing room left and some members were sitting in
the corridor next to the doors.
The room was full of excitement and anticipation. Seeing so many faces
looking at me made my heart race and my head spin. It was obvious
that the advertising had worked even with some of the negative
comments I had received.
The last email about the upcoming COT training was sent six
days before. All in all, I received five or six emails from club
officers who wanted to attend the training, mostly from other
Areas/ Divisions. Each email was answered and club officers
encouraged to attend and also to promote the training in
their own club. Before making my way to the training venue
I checked for any last minute apologies from my presenters
for the day and there were none, but there were 189 emails
sitting in this special folder COT – Training I had created.
Members had travelled from all over the greater area of Melbourne and
there were club officers who had travelled all the way from Bendigo.
The rooms for the special groups had to be rearranged as some of the
allocated spaces were too small for the group.
Overall the training received very positive feedback with praise for
the session leaders on their willingness to share their experience and
information. There is always same negative feedback and mostly this
time about the lack of space, and that the club officers had to take
their chair with them to the special group session.
This project has been an exciting undertaking, and I learnt
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70 club officers, this I was told by my guidance committee. If we would get the same numbers of club officers, that
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To have confidence in yourself
Ask for advice and help
Give the team members the opportunity to use their own style
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Communicate frequently with the team
Be there for the team to step in if required
Comments I received after the training from different club
officers:
‘I congratulate you on a fantastic event yesterday. It is
so great to see everyone enjoying themselves and so
enthusiastic about learning more. Well done.’
‘Congratulations again. I hope you are justly proud of the
result after all the planning and work you put into this
project. Well Done. It was a privilege to work with you.’
‘Happy to assist. Well done, a very successfully organised
event, and congrats on your HPL.’
Summary
This has been a very rewarding project and the support and
encouragement I have received will stay with me. Dealing
with the negative comments as soon as they arose tested my
ability as leader to resolve the issue and it did not affect the
original plan.
The most important lesson I learned was that with persistence
and guidance each one of us can develop and progress as a
leader, complete a challenging project and come out with new
learning’s about oneself and what affects our leadership style.
After correlation and counting the names on the attendance
register there had been 130 club officers attending the
training on a cold, rainy Sunday afternoon in Melbourne.
‘Congratulations - it sounds as though it was a brilliant
day. I agree about going out of your comfort zone being so
rewarding and you will always treasure the experience.’
‘The fact that we had such a ridiculously huge number of
attendees is a credit to you and your organisational skills.
You did a terrific job sending out lots of reminder emails.’
‘I told my group they best rush to the head of the queue
or there wouldn’t be enough biscuits at coffee break time…
but there were plenty to go around – you even had that
sorted!’
‘Very, very impressed. Thank you for doing such a
magnificent job.’
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Toastmasters District 73 needs YOU.
Volunteers are required for the following roles:
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Area Governor for Area N1 – This Area comprises
Macedon Ranges, Ford Australia, Brimbank and Hume
Toastmasters Clubs and is an ideal leadership opportunity
– you don’t have to be a member of any of these clubs
to take on the role but of course any member of these
clubs would be most welcome to put their hand up for this
leadership role.
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Area Governor for Area S33 – This Area comprises
Bayside, Moorabbin Saints, Balaclava and Eltsternwick clubs
– again, you don’t have to be a member of any of these
clubs and you don’t have to be a St. Kilda supporter either
to take on the role, but any member of these clubs would
also be welcome to put their hand up for this leadership
role.
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Organiser for the November District Convention (a
one day event) - An opportunity exists for a person or
a club to organise the November District 73 Convention
that will include the District Council meeting to be held in
Melbourne on Saturday November 13th 2010. This could
be a High Performance Leadership Project for someone with
initiative! It would be good if a couple of workshops could
be organised for this day, and perhaps one of the advanced
clubs could run a workshop on parliamentary procedure at
this event.
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Speechcraft Co-ordinator East – here is another High
Performance Leadership project opportunity for a toastmaster
to take on. The role does not require the person to actually
run the courses, but to organise venues, times, identify
course co-ordinators, maintain a list of members of the public
who express an interest in participating in a course, and link
people in with courses that are being run. This is an exciting
role as Speechcraft courses help to build membership of the
sponsoring club, help to raise funds for the co-ordinating club,
and sometimes lead to the development of a new club!
Contact Bruce Hill ([email protected])
if you are interested in one of these roles.
District 73 Public Relations Officer Trajectory
2010-2011
The Way Forward – Operation Unification
The Eastern/Western Block Challenge
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We have to increase our number of charter strength
clubs to 80% across all four states within District 73.
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In Western Australia, we have to increase our number of
charter strength clubs to 60 in our bid to stabilse and create
a strong foundation so we can make the transition from a
provisional to a permanent District.
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Demonstration Meeting Packages will assist all new and
struggling clubs in the community, corporate and advanced
club categories.
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I have had trial runs in P50 with each club running a
demonstration meeting every 2 to 3 months. This has been
successful in increasing and stabilising membership. The
aim? To achieve charter strength or at least a net growth of
5.
Speech Craft
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Several recent Speech Craft courses (WA) have
resulted in most members successfully transferring to
existing clubs in WA.
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TMI was promoted heavily from a corporate angle
outlining corporate benefits. Presentation Skills (Speeches),
Interview skills (Table Topics) Peer Assessment (CRC
Evaluations)
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The leadership angle was heavily promoted to gain a
positive result.
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Another PR tool - The 6 month complimentary
membership - Host Club Sponsorship vs Resident Club
Sponsorship.
Websites
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Another comprehensive audit of all Toastmaster Club
Websites within District 73 is underway. The last audit
highlighted two main areas of attention, (1) the number
of clubs without a website and (2) clubs with outdated and
unprofessional websites.
•
Earlier this year, WA Marketers developed a website
package using Free Toast Host with a step by step guide
was emailed to every club within the District. Some clubs
have utilised this package already.
Contents
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Each Division Webpage links to each Area Webpage links
to each club webpage. Flow of information including DCP and
Awards updates.
•
There will be a website competition for Best Club
Website, Area Website and Division Website. Best Blog will be
included.
•
Division, Area & Club Branding including Logos and
Slogans. A competition for Best Logo, Best Slogan and Best
Logo/Slogan.
•
Winners will be announced at the 2011 Swansong
Convention.
Press Articles
•
Many clubs are currently utilising this media service
which has resulted in significantly increased membership
numbers.
•
A template package has been structured and customised
by WA Marketers for the community, corporate and advanced
clubs to cater to the needs of each category and each of the
10 existing Divisions.
•
This which will be emailed to all clubs within the District.
Radio Interviews
•
Several very effective and successful radio interviews
were conducted.
•
Three versions of a TMI Basic Information package has
been developed for community, corporate and advanced clubs
to assist clubs in promoting their clubs and TMI on radio.
•
Copies of past interviews will be formatted for the
podcast
components for website access.
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Southern Cross
Community Displays
•
Gerry Prewett, current SE Editor needs articles from
all four states.
•
A template package is being finalised to provide any
club with a standard format for photos and fonts to make
Gerry’s job easier and lower maintenance. This is available
to all TMI district officers and members or clubs who wish
to submit an article.
•
The option of allocating a section for each of the
District’s 4 states is been considered.
•
I will continue the tradition (established by outgoing
PRO/incoming LGM Ross Wilkinson) to circulate the link
for each edition of Southern Cross to all Area Governors to
forward on their clubs each month.
•
Several clubs and individual Toastmasters successfully
conducted interactive displays at community based events.
•
Several years ago, Victoria ran a very successful
community interactive display in Federation Square. Another is
been considered, and variations are been considered for South
Australia and Tasmania.
•
A Corporate Interactive Display is under consideration
to run at corporate trade shows and conventions. This is an
untapped market which if promoted successfully could attract
new members.
Newsletter Competition
•
A template structure similar to the Free Toast Host
format has been finalised. Microsoft Publisher/Microsoft
Word with a PDF conversion.
•
The Annual Newsletter Competition will run again
with results announced at the Swansong Convention.
Categories include; Best Club Newsletter, Area Newsletter
and Division Newsletter with winners announced at the
2011 Swansong Convention.
•
Invitations will be sent out to all clubs to participate
and submit their newsletters which will be on display at the
2011 Convention.
Foxtel
•
District 70 PRO Donna Pace has utilised airtime on
Foxtel to promote Toastmasters.
•
Another challenge will be to maximise on the publicity
generated from the District 73 Split and try to gain airtime
to promote the future of the two soon to be independent
Districts.
Marketer’s Club
•
WA Marketers will continue to develop practical guides
and Workshops for the Districts.
•
These projects will be published in the Southern Cross
Newsletter and emailed out to all clubs.
•
To continue to utilise Public Relations, Marketing and
Media for the growth and stability of District 73.
Pascale
Amberville-Colby
District Public Relations Officer 2010/2011
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Congratulations...
The following people have achieved Educational Awards during
the month of June.
Distinguished Toastmaster
Lakshminarayanan, Rajaraman
Rising Stars Club
Advanced Communicator Gold
Morris, David J.
South Coast Speakers Club
Advanced Communicator Silver
Surace, Bruno
Middleton, Carol J.
Rorke, Peter F.
Hallock, Shanta David
Leech, Dianne H.
Pickens, Ian
Hughes, David Anthony
Rixon, Andrew James
Forster, Sarah E.
Johnston, Geoff
Andriessen, Barry Peter
Taylor, Bobbie-Jean
Amberville-Colby, Pascale
Cullen, Ann Lorraine
Obrzut, Tony Mark
Seiffert, Dianne
Prewett, Gerry Craig
McIntosh, Kristin
Adelaide Hills Club
Balaclava Club
Box Hill Club
Business Talk Club
Champion Toastmasters
City of Perth Toastmasters
Frankston Club
Kingston Communicators
Knox Toastmasters Club
More Than Words
Mornington Peninsula Club
Northern Lights
Touch of Gold
Trackside Toastmasters
UWA
Werribee Club
Western Founders
Young Guns
Contents
Advanced Communicator Bronze
AECOM WA Toastmasters Club
Lavell, Gladys Doreen
Byers, Braydon Scott
Bayside Toastmasters Club
Morton, Alexandra Kathleen Cannington Communicators
Xian, Helen H.
Elsternwick
Whittingham, Heather
Footscray Skyline Toastmasters
Lee, Chan H.
Fremantle Gateway
Choong, Yip K.
Kingston Communicators Club
Staunton, John D.
Launceston
Staunton, Laurel I.
Launceston
Pool, Deborah S.
Moorabbin Saints Toastmasters
Copland, Peter John
North Adelaide Toastmasters
Hill, Bruce
PostMasters Club
Guidera, Angela Mary
Quintessence Club
Hayles, Peter
Raconteurs Toastmasters Club
Mangalino, Thad
Rowville Club
Mikolaj, Derek R.
Southern Cross Toastmasters
Henderson, Ivan James
Touch of Gold Toastmasters Club
Lloyd, Robyn
Trackside Toastmasters Club
Pawley, John E.
UWA
Nicholas, Glenis
Victoria Quay Club
Wilkinson, Ross Phillip
WA Governors
Smith, Alan F.
Western Founders Toastmasters
Vandenberg, Anna
Whitehorse Club
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Competent Communicator
Ansted, Adam
Kalaimani, Vikram
Waddell, Peter Graham
Balaclava Club
Wernicke, Heidrun
Balaclava Club
Edyvane, Noel
Boroondara Toastmasters Club
Aw, Zong Hsien
Box Hill Club
Leong, Germaine An-Li
Box Hill Club
Wong, Anita Man
Box Hill Club
Wong, Anita Man
Box Hill Club
Luu, Diem
Brimbank Club
Ramdas, Ajay
Brimbank Club
Foley, Paul
Bunbury Club
Tan, Seng Hee
Business Talk Club
Alweyn, Natasha Paula
Cannington Communicators
Beicher, Svend C.
Burnett, Alan J.
Curmi, Kaoru
City Centre Toastmasters Club
Kelly, Pascal Emmanuel
City of Perth Toastmasters Club
Smith, Mark
City of Perth Toastmasters Club
Talanoa, Judith L.
Cranbourne Toastmasters Club
Sinclair, Marlene C.
Croydon - Yarra Valley
Lockhart, Cameron Kerr
Diamond Valley Club
Scotta, Frank
Diamond Valley Club
Cockman, Tristan
Durack Club
Englund, Catherine A.
East Perth
Perrin, Caroline L.
Elsternwick
Cancian, Irma Amabile
Essendon Club
Keceli, Nebahat
Essendon Club
Ellery, Phillip Wayne
Foothills Club
Goodman, Joan Winifred
Frankston Club
Nawfal, Mario
Frankston Club
Contents
Fox, David Allan
Stafford, Peter Max
Gregg, Alison D
Saunders, Benjamin
Helm, Mike Hugh
BULLOCK, KATE
Fawcett, Jack
Khong, Simon Chu San
Welton, Michael A.
Elliott-Perfrement, Natalie
Mattheyse, Fred
Jane, Hilary
Miller, Eric D
Howell, Bradley Wilfred
Martin, John S
Musgrove, James M
Rattigan, John William
Hine, Darren Alexander
Whitby, Darren John
Wilson, Jonathan Alexander
Hardwick, Mark
Raman, Arun V.
De Conto, Fabio
Johnston, Matthew James
Padula, Grant S.
Tonkovik, Mary
Celik, Tony
Raizada, Rakesh S
Forward, Joan Margaret
Gibbons, Gwendoline B
Jones, Bronwen
Warrener, Colleen Anne
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Fremantle Gateway
Fremantle Gateway
Hawthorn Toastmasters
Hawthorn Toastmasters
Kalamunda Toastmasters Club
Kalamunda Toastmasters Club
Kew Toastmasters Club
Latrobe Valley Toastmasters
Launceston
Lilydale Club
More Than Words Toastmasters
Nillumbik Toastmasters Club
Nillumbik Toastmasters Club
Northbridge Club
Northern Lights
Northern Lights
Northern Lights
PostMasters Club
Quintessence Club
Rising Stars Club
RMIT Club
RMIT Club
Rowville Club
Rowville Club
Sandgroper Toastmasters Club
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Competent Communicator
Warrener, Colleen Anne
Leitan, Hiran
Leszyk, Charles David
Phillips, Chris David
Browning, Tracy P.
Sheehan, Daniel
Ironside, Susan
Kirigwi, Geraldine
Lavell, Gladys Doreen
Miller, Ed G
Adongo, Joshua Odhiambo
Craig, Stewart Michael
Satianyot, Alex
Ragan, Leonor
Wilkinson, Ross Phillip
Bedson, Bruce
Powell, Wendy F.
Nicholas, Glenis
Prewett, Gerry Craig
Lilja, Jennifer
McGearey, Greer
Que, Fucheng
Powell, Rhys G.
Von Puttkammer, Kathy
(Continued)
The Gavellers Toastmasters Club
The Happy Hour Toastmasters
Touch of Gold Toastmasters
Touch of Gold Toastmasters
UWA
UWA
Valewood Toastmasters Club
WA Governors
WA Governors
Werribee Club
Werribee Club
Whitehorse Club
Whitehorse Club
Whitehorse Club
Young Guns
Young Guns
Advanced Leader Silver
Lakshminarayanan, Rajaraman Rising Stars Club
Advanced Leader Bronze
Ellard, Vivien R.
505 Speakers Corner
Contents
Rhee, Jae
Lloyd, Robyn
Mackinnon, Lauchlan
Mackinnon, Lauchlan
Boulton, Ruth
Murphy, David James
Doyle, Elaine J.
Smith, Alan F.
Durack Club
Elsternwick
Elsternwick
North Adelaide Toastmasters
The Wafflers Toastmasters Club
Victoria Quay Club
Competent Leader
Brooks, Annabella
Erskine, Peter
Kinghorn, Robert A.
Lennox, Robert J.
Mackinnon, Lauchlan
Richards, Robyn A.
Pickens, Ian
McDonall, Tony Francis
Monaghan, Andrew R.
Mackenzie, Suresh
Hughes, David Anthony
O’Donnell, Robyn F.
Anderson, Amelia L.
Glass, Sandra L.
Barridge, Terry David
Calero, Antonio
Juni, Jennifer
Francois, Sandy
Quinn, Gaynor R.
Hayles, Peter
Thomas, Helen
Adelaide Hills Club
AECOMmunicators Toastmasters
AECOMmunicators Toastmasters
Balaclava Club
Canning Vale Toastmasters
Diamond Valley Club
Elsternwick
Footscray Skyline Toastmasters
Frankston Club
Frankston Club
Glen Waverley Club
Gourmet Club
Hawthorn Toastmasters Club
Kew Toastmasters Club
ProSpeak Toastmasters Club
RMIT Club
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Welcome to Toastmasters...
CLUB NAME
NEW MEMBER
Alfred Club
Bendigo
Berwick
Boroondara
Boroondara
Boroondara
Box Hill
Box Hill
Box Hill Central
Brimbank
Brimbank
Business Talk
Canning Vale
Canning Vale
Canning Vale
Canning Vale
Canning Vale
Champion
City of Greater Geelong
CSBP
CSBP
CSBP
CSBP
CSBP
Dandenong
Diamond Valley
Lynette Mathisen Bell
Simon James Duthie
Daniela Cherrie
Isabella de Castella
Chunhua Zhang
Gayan Perera
Tristan Peter Booyzen
Lloyd Agoo
Leh Yng Tiah
Esther Samuels
Van Thuan Pham
Ann D’Souza
Kim Wisniewski
Amrutha Raj Guruswamy
Anthony Joe
Kwang Moon
Carol Kingswood
Wayne joseph Scottney-Turbill
Adit Tedjakusuma
Graeme Dart
Michael Bagnara
Manoj Thakur
Soundararajan Lakshmi Narasimhan Lyengar
Helen Clark
Badar Rais
William Roche
Jason D Souza
Paul Egodagamage
Contents
Docklands
Docklands
Docklands
Eastern Shore
Eastern Shore
Elsternwick
Epping
Essendon
Essendon
Essendon
Footscray Skyline
Glen Waverley
Gourmet
Gourmet
Hawthorn
Hawthorn
Hobart
Jetty
JusTalk
Kalamunda
Latrobe Valley
Launceston
Launceston
Launceston
Mandjar
Mandjar
Margaret River
Maunsell
Maunsell
Maunsell
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Noor Jindani
Sean Lim
Allan Bruce Campbell
John Friend
Colm O Shiel
Suzanne Mary Holt
Suhaila Uzmie
William Robert Dodsworth
Erin N Douglas
Erika R Silins
Myles Edmond Bunning
Simon Wilson
Byron Kurr Abrahams
Valentini Maria Georgiadis
Adrian Arriagada
Akhilesh Goswami
Caroline Jane Deeks
Kerry Elizabeth Hawkins
Diane Cooper
Janette M Bruechle
Dean William Herben Sr.
Joseph Wong
Michelle Leah Keo
Scott A McCallumSmith
Teresa Y Millard
Leonie A Wilson
Katie Ann Earl
Moganakumari Narthakumar
Sandy L Griffin
Gemma Nugent
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Monash
Monash
Moonee Ponds
More than Words
More than Words
Naracoorte
Naracoorte
Northbridge
Northern Exposure Club
Northern Lights
Northern Star
Nullimbik
Nullimbik
Off the Cuff
Off the Cuff
Postmasters
Postmasters
Postmasters
Postmasters
Prospeak
Raconteurs
Raconteurs
Ringwood
Ringwood
Rising Stars
RMIT
Sandbelt
Sandgropers
Sandgropers
Yaokui Jing
Gabriel Tian Wong
John Deery
Jessica Rose Evans
Laura McCulloch
Catherine Jane Weaver
Mark Stephen Forster
Carolyn Rebecca Green
Rodney Sampson
Nicolas Charles Streeter
Deborah Wise
Kathryn F Thomas
Farrah El-Saafin
Patrick Hall
Helen Thai
Kevin Anthony Egan
Brent Caldwell
Timothy Christopher Newbold
Jeremy David Hill
Bruce Thomas
Mangala Kodagoda
Sri Udakumbura
Robert Tait
Alan Lukas Horak
Craig Martin Simon
Aiden Han Wei Gan
Stephen Walker
Simon Peter Duggan
Caragh Shoshana Livingstone
Contents
Sinclair Knight Merz
South Coast Speakers
Southsiders
Speak Easy
Stirling
Stirling
Subiaco Early Birds
Successful
Successful
Synergy
Synergy
Tea Tree Gully
Tea Tree Gully
Telstra Exhibition
Touch of Gold
Touch of Gold
Touch of Gold
Touch of Gold
Touch of Gold
Valewood
Valewood
Western Founders
Williamstown
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Hiro Toki
Koly Namdarian
Amanda Bronwyn Woodman
Bronwyn Elaine Herron
Thanh Ngoc Ma
Shane E Ellis
Wayne Arcus
Mick Roberts
Shashi Holla
Branko Andric
Jennifer Susan Atkins
Anish Sreekumar
Donna-Maria Dolan
Kyle Hand
Martha Morelos
Luigi Rocco Cirocco
Craig John Tissen
Kay Hang Mar
Anthony Rohan Bodycoat
Jack A Chaston
Danielle M Van Kampen
Ferdinand Magaoay Baccay
Craig Takuira Patu
Jessie A D’Mello
Kanchana Manjari De Silva
Debra Jacobs
Brian Ashwin
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July 2010 - District 73

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