will never forget how it felt to walk across the stage with my fellow District 63 Toastmasters as we were recognized by Distin-guished Toastmaster Gary Schmidt, 2009-2010 Toast-masters International Presi-dent, for being a Distin-guished District! Because of the dedication, support and hard work each of you provided throughout the year,

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My attendance at the Inter-national Conference in Palm Desert, CA will always be one of my favorite Toastmasters memories. Please allow me to share just a few of my experi-ences as a first-timer with you. Tuesday and Wednesday consisted of training for the top 3 District officers and was the first time the officers from around the world had ever been trained together. By the end of day 2, I was sure I would not be able to retain anymore information.

What a great opportunity to network, share ideas, and become friends with other Toastmaster leaders world-wide! During Wednesday’s open-ing ceremony, I experi-enced a unique experience for a first-timer…. I was asked to carry the Trinidad flag in the Parade of Flags. If you think watching a ceremony like this can put goose bumps on your arms just imagine how it feels have the honor of carrying one of the flags! The Hall of Fame Cere-mony was held Thursday. I

DISTRICT 63 RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED DISTRICT AWARD AT THE 2010

TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA

Charlie Rosenquist

September is Dues Time!

Did I say September? Yes,

September. If you’re not

already talking about dues

in your club, start talking

now to ensure your club

can submit them to Toast-

masters International by

October 1st. I know, Octo-

ber is when dues are actu-

ally due but if you’re not

working on it now, they

won’t be submitted by the

October 1st due date.

Did you know that if your

club pays at least the num-

ber of members you

started the year with by

October 1st that you are

also going to get recogni-

tion and a new club banner

ribbon? That’s right, Har-

vest Your Members is

awarded to all clubs that

pay on-time and retain the

membership level they

started the year with.

If you don’t have all of

your dues collected, please

get credit for paying your

dues on-time by submit-

ting a minimum of at least

6 members and keep going

until you have collected

them all and keep renew-

ing. Online is always the

easiest and fastest way. If

you have them before Oc-

tober 1st, go ahead, get it

done, and avoid the rush.

Energize Your Future and Achieve Greatness Together

District 63 News

Inside this

issue:

Lt. Governor of Ed & Training

2

Marketing - Clubs and Membership

3

The Numbers 3

Congratulations 3

Stephen Cornwell 4

August, 2010 Volume 1, Issue 2

The Numbers are In!

All of the 2010 Summer TLI

Makeup Sessions are com-

plete. Thank you all for at-

tending.

The numbers are being re-

ported to Toastmasters Inter-

national this week. It is criti-

cal that any time after Friday,

September 3, each club go

online and verify the reports

reflect the correct number of

officers trained per club. If

the number is incorrect,

please contact your Area or

Division Governor. This

must be completed in Septem-

ber to receive proper credit.

To check your club, visit:

http://

reports.toastmasters.org/

reports_new/dcp.cfm

Help us name this newsletter.

The contest is online at

www.d63toastmasters.com

We are looking past the expected…past the regu-lar…past the minimum. We are seeking a new level…higher ground…exceptional performance. This is our new goal for this brand new year. You have already begun this new journey. As I re-viewed the reports to check our progress, I found after less than two months, we have already attained 15 Competent Communicator and 6 Advanced Communi-cator designations…well on our way to meeting the edu-

cational awards required of us for this year. Not only that but you are advancing as Leaders as well with 6 Competent Leader, 3 Ad-vanced Leader and 1 Distin-guished Toastmaster desig-nations. Congratulations to all of you who have worked so diligently already this year. Keep up the fantastic work! I expected nothing less from the hard working Toastmasters of District 63…and you continue to amaze me as I watch you grow and attain the goals

you set for yourselves. We have many new members this year and I know that the leaders across District 63 are mentoring these new Toastmasters, encouraging them to work toward their first Competent Communi-cator and/or Competent Leader level. Please know that I am working right be-side you to attain maximum communication and leader-ship growth as we “Achieve Greatness Together.”

Lt. Governor of Education

Page 2 District 63 News

Did someone say contest?

That’s right, the Smedley

membership contest,

awarded by Toastmasters

International runs August

1st - September 30th.

How do you qualify to re-

ceive the award? Add 5

new, dual or reinstated

members during the contest

and you will automatically

receive a fancy new ribbon

for your club banner, you’ll

have new members for

your club, and you’ll have

one of your club’s DCP

points complete!

(cont’d from page 1) Gary also presented Kristi Herring with the Excellence in Marketing Award and me with the Excellence in Education and Training Award. The Semi-final International speech contests were held Friday. The 81 contestants from around the world were divided into 9 separate con-tests. District 63 was well represented by Bridgestone Babblers’ Stephen Cornwell. He did an outstanding job of representing District 63 by placing 2nd in his semi-final contest. Congratulations to Stephen on this accomplish-ment! Of course it wasn’t all fun and games, besides the Dis-trict officer training, several other great break-out ses-sions were held. The educa-tion opportunities that were provided were fantastic. What better way to begin a Saturday then with a business meeting! I have to admit, I would probably look forward to more business meetings if

they were all like this one. How many business meetings have you attended that you could do the electric slide or dance to YMCA and other songs while waiting on the results from the ballots? But business was completed and after a few run-offs for a cou-ple of the races, the results were announced….your 2010-2011 Toastmasters International top 4 officers are: Pat Johnson, DTM - President Michael R. Notaro, DTM – President-Elect John Lau, DTM – First Vice President George Yen, DTM – Second Vice President Finally it was time for the main attraction…the Interna-tional Speech Contest! The time, dedication, and work put into each speech by all the speakers who partici-pated in the semi-finals was evident in their delivery. The same was true for the 9 final-ist. Each speech presented was amazing, but of course, there can only be 1 World

Champion of Public Speaking winner. The 2010-2011 World Champion of Public Speaking is David Henderson from District 55, San Antonio, TX. What better way to end an International Conference then with a President’s Dinner & Dance. It was a perfect op-portunity to say good-bye to all my Toastmaster friends from around the world! My plans to attend the next conference are already in the works since the next 2 Inter-national conferences promise to be just as exciting as this one has been. The 2011 con-ference is being held in Las Vegas, Nevada and the 2012 conference will be held at Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek Resort in Orlando, Florida on August 15-18, 2012! Thanks again for your contin-ued support and dedication to “Energize Your Future – Achieving Greatness To-gether” as we journey to make District 63 President’s Distinguished in 2010-2011!

START PLANNING NOW TO JOIN US ON STAGE

AT THE 2011 TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

BALLY’S LAS VEGAS

IN

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

Andrea Burnette, LGET, at the In-

ternational Convention with an un-

confirmed celebrity!

I recently attended the dis-trict officer training at the Toastmasters International convention in Palm Desert, California and was so im-pressed with marketing teams that other districts have in place. Historically, our district has done a very good job bringing in new members and creating new clubs, but there is always room for improvement. Not only do I want to help “make the benefits of Toastmasters membership available to greater numbers of people,” but I also want to create a team concept (template) that will help our district exceed our expectations for this year and beyond. I am a half-

glass full kind of person, but I am also a realist. I realize that I cannot do this alone. We are off to an amazing start with identifying pro-spective clubs, but there are so many more opportunities throughout our district. Please let me know if you are interested in helping with New Club Contacts, being a Club Coach, being a New Club Sponsor and/or Men-tor, or looking for an idea for an HPL project. By doing so, you will be helping our dis-trict become stronger for years to come.

Fivecoat, Cidquita Jackson,

Karen Keehan, Tijuana Knox,

Jayne Phillips, Karen Sprinkle.

Advanced Communicator

Bronze:

Myla Dawn Nauman.

Advanced Communicator

Gold:

James P Moore

Advanced Leader Bronze:

Lourdes Thomas

The following people ob-

tained educational achieve-

ments in the month of Au-

gust:

Competent Communicators:

Linda Catlett, Christina Ches-

ney, Traci Hale, Nancy Har-

din, Tadashi Matsunag, Sam-

uel Tyler Pavlis, Barbara Stew-

art, Jeff VanCleef.

Competent Leader:

Christina Chesney, Cassie

And last but certainly not

least introducing the second

Distinguished Toastmaster of

the year….

JAMES P MOORE

Congratulations to all!

Marketing - Clubs and Members

Congratulations are in Order!

Toastmasters doesn’t start

showing any clubs in this

area until clubs pay. As we

just started the calendar

year, no clubs have paid yet.

When new clubs charter, that

counts. The biggest boost

we will get comes at dues

time. We can’t get too ex-

cited about reaching our goal

until after the April dues pe-

riod for

member-

ships -

Again,

this is

when

membership payments are

made this year so we’ve just

started knocking down the

number. The majority of

these payments will come at

dues times.

CCs and ACs - Every time an

individual reaches a goal, it

also helps the District meet

their Educational goals.

The Numbers

So what do all these numbers

mean anyhow? First, remem-

ber the calendar year for

Toastmasters is July 1st—

June 30th so we’ve just be-

gun a new year and a new set

of goals. Remember, every-

thing you do that impacts

your club(s) impacts the Dis-

trict. Let’s look at each area:

Clubs -

Page 3 Volume 1, Issue 2

Welcome to

District 63!

Asurion

Toastmasters

Club #1534960

Our first new

club of the

year!

Active Clubs 95 Membership Goals 4026 CC's to Date 18 AC's to Date 7

Paid Clubs 0 Paid Memberships 146 Goal for June 30 140 Goal for June 30 40

Goal for June 30 97 Goal for June 30 4106 Still Need 122 Still Need 33

Still Need 97 Still Need 3961

District 63 DTM List 2010:

Annamarie Collins

James P Moore

Don Bittick, LGM, at the International Convention with Pat

Johnson, the newly elected International President.

District Governor: Charlie Rosenquist

Lt. Gov. of Education and Training: Andrea Burnette

Lt. Gov. of Marketing: Don Bittick

PRO: Kristi Herring

Secretary: Sandra Hunt

Treasurer: Annamarie Collins

IPDG: Allan Daniels

District Mission

The mission of the District is to

enhance the performance and ex-

tend the network of Clubs, thereby

offering greater numbers of people

the opportunity to benefit from the

Toastmasters educational program

by:

• Focusing on the critical suc-

cess factors as specified by the

District educational and mem-

bership goals.

• Insuring that each Club effec-

tively fulfills its responsibilities

to its members.

• Providing effective training

and leadership development

opportunities for Club and

District officers.

2010 - 2011 District 63 Team:

www.d63toastmasters.com

•

Congratulations and job well done are in order for Stephen Cornwell. Stephen represented our District in the Interna-tional Speech Contest at the International Convention and finished in Second Place in the Semi-Final round. A lot of hard work, time, and effort went into getting to Palm Desert and he represented the District very well in a field with tough competition. We are very proud of Stephen! For anyone not familiar with the changes made to the format, starting this year every District level winner went to the In-ternational Convention to compete in randomly selected Semi-Final Contests with other District winners from around the world. The winners from the 9 Semi-Final Contests went on to compete in the World Championship of Public Speaking Contest. Stephen competed against the following Districts: 7, 13, 21, 27, 43, 53, 66, and 69.

Congratulations Stephen Cornwell!