By Robi Ley, DTM, District Director Standing atop the Tower of the Americas, looking across the nightscape of San Antonio, gives you a chance to see things from a different perspective. Your trio attends training twice a year, just as club officers do, and that was our view our last night of mid-year training. What...
By Diana Patton, DTM, District Webmaster The following letter was emailed to club officers from Toastmasters International January 14, 2019 Dear Club Officer, Membership dues payments for the next renewal period are now being accepted. To keep your club in good standing, please submit all payments on or before April 1. To pay online through Club...
By Marylee Mims, Past District Governor Toastmaster magazines have accompanied me on many journeys over the past few years. Family and friends have taken pictures of me posing with a Toastmaster magazine in hopes of obtaining a quality picture that warranted submission for the Traveling Toastmaster section. On a trip to Italy in March 2018,...
By Robi Ley, District Director 8/15/2018: This email has been sent to club presidents, vice presidents education, vice presidents membership, vice presidents public relations, club secretaries, club treasurers and club sergeant at arms. August 15, 2018 Dear Club Officer, Membership dues payments for the next renewal period are now being accepted. To keep your club...
by Steven Timmons, DTM One Day, you are logging into Toastmasters.org and you are presented with 4 choices about your privacy. Did you study for the test? Did you pass? Who knows, it was probably pretty abrupt. These four settings can and do have unattended consequences. For example, if you’ve opted out of ‘Your Name...
All presidents and secretaries should have received information by now from Toastmasters International advising how to assign your proxy for the Annual Business meeting to be held on Saturday, August 15. Here is letter that was emailed by Toastmasters International July 5, 2018. Dear Toastmasters Club President and Club Secretary, Your club has important votes...
June 28, 2018 Dear Toastmaster, Each year, the Annual Business Meeting allows clubs the opportunity to vote on important matters that shape the future of the Toastmasters International organization. This includes international officer and director elections as well as a proposal to amend the Bylaws of Toastmasters International. Clubs in good standing are entitled to two...
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is exactly what is says it is. It’s a regulation passed by the European Union in 2016 and put into force May 25, 2018. It is a comprehensive package designed to protect the personal information of individuals. Because Toastmasters International is an international organization, they too must comply with...
by Frank Ball In January, I had speaking engagements with two churches and an assisted living center in Ontario, Canada. While there, I made several visits to three Toastmasters groups in the Windsor area, just across the river from Detroit. If you’re like me, you’re familiar with all the stores near your home, but you...
YOUR CLUB HAS A VOICE AT THE TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION Toastmasters International is committed to enhancing the member experience. In order to do that, they need to know what members want. Every year, at the International Convention, TI holds its Annual Business Meeting where our top Leadership is elected and proposed changes to the bylaws...
