BeGes President’s Newsletter July 2017
Hello, BeGes!
I wanted to share my vision of the club, and hope that you will join me in creating your own.
Goals and actions are very cut and dried without a vision to lead towards.
VISION
My vision of the club is for us to keep growing in membership as well as supporting our current members with their personal goals for Toastmasters. I'd like to see all our members feel more involved in creating this club - which you can do by volunteering on a committee or helping out in some way.
Also, most importantly, to continue maintaining and developing our unique BeGes 'personality', which is why I think we all joined this club in the first place. There is space here for each of us to be our own unique self, whether that’s someone who just wants to feel comfortable talking in public or to go further including developing leadership skills and participating in Toastmasters beyond our club. We have room for quirky renegades, shy but feisty wallflowers, science nerds, grammar geeks, modern mystics, and ______________ [fill in the blank with your own description]!
Also, most importantly, to continue maintaining and developing our unique BeGes 'personality', which is why I think we all joined this club in the first place. There is space here for each of us to be our own unique self, whether that’s someone who just wants to feel comfortable talking in public or to go further including developing leadership skills and participating in Toastmasters beyond our club. We have room for quirky renegades, shy but feisty wallflowers, science nerds, grammar geeks, modern mystics, and ______________ [fill in the blank with your own description]!
OFFICERS MEETING
Next Friday 7/21st, 1pm (after our regular Toastmasters meeting)
Come to the first Officers Meeting! All club members are invited.
This will be our first meeting of all newly installed officers.
The agenda’s still being finalized, in general we’ll be discussing how to best implement our club’s vision (also known as a Club Success Plan) preparations needed for our upcoming Speech Contests, hearing reports from each Officer (those who can’t attend please email a brief report), a new way of tracking our goals, and assigning proxy for our vote at the International Conference (see below).
Speech Contest
A head's up that our new VP of Education, Chrissy Cooley, is organizing a Speech Contest and an Evaluators Contest on August 4th (and maybe August 11th if there's enough interested contestants). Let her know if you'd like to compete, or help in any way!Officers Training
If you missed the scheduled trainings, there will be a makeup one in August! It's strongly recommended for officers (and our club gets points on our success plan if you go)! They provide invaluable info for club officers, and all members are welcome to attend.
Voting at the Toastmasters International Conference in Vancouver, August 26th
We as a club have an important vote to cast during the Annual Business Meeting at the Toastmasters International Convention. Clubs will vote to elect international officers and directors to the 2017–2018 Board of Directors as well as vote on Proposals A through G: Amendments to the Bylaws of Toastmasters International and the Club Constitution for Clubs of Toastmasters International (review the candidates and proposed amendments). We can assign our Mike Marion, our District Director, to vote for us as proxy (but we need to let him know ASAP).
VP of PR needs a Social Media coordinator
Our VP of PR, Steve Garvin, could use someone enthusiastic about Social Media to tweet, post, share, and organize! Let him know if you're the one to do it!
Sgt At Arms needs a backup, and festivities scheduler
Our trusty Sergeant At Arms, Eric Heller, could use a backup to set up the room on days he can't be there. Let him know if you'd like to do this!
Have any questions, concerns? Let me know ~ my inbox is always open!
Joan
BeGes Prez 7/2017-6/2018
