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October 2009 Message from Your District Governor
Greetings, District 31 Toastmaster Members and Guests! Welcome to our 2009-2010 District 31 web site!
It was great connecting with so many Club Officers from Massachusetts and Rhode Island during for our Summer 2009 Toastmaster Institute Leadership (TLI) Club Officer Trainings!!
Applause to all of the Trainers, Presenters and of course Club Officers who Took Center Stage!!!
Please make sure your club received proper credit by checking your Distinguished Club Reports at this link and if you have any questions or corrections send them to our Lt. Governor of Education & Training, Bil Lewis, DTM, at lget@district31.org.
We are about to charter some new clubs in District 31! The October 2009 Due$ are still coming in! Want to be on the Marketing Team? Contact our
Lt. Governor of Marketing, Ben Lappen at lgm@district31.org
See Due$ Submission at this link.
Distinguished Toastmasters!
Congrats to our newest 2009 Distinguished Toastmasters (DTMs) who will be Taking Center Stage at the Fall 2009 Conference and will be awarded their DTM medals during the Hall of Fame Ceremony!
- Y S Kim - Division C
- Richard Karon - Division G
- Patricia McPartland - Division F
- Debra Panetta - Division A
Congrats to all our Educational Awardees too! What an impressive start to our 2009 Toastmasters year! Keep Taking Center Stage by working through your speeches with your Competent Communicators and Advanced Manuals! Click here for a list of Educational Award winners.
Fall Conference
I am looking forward to connecting with you during our District 31 Fall Conference on Saturday November 7, 2009 at the Hilton Hotel in Dedham, Massachusetts. For details, see the "Fall Conference" menu at the top of this page.
District 31 is proud to announce our Keynote Speaker is 2009 Second Place World Champion Public Speaker (WCPS) Mary Cheyne, with a speech titled "Lessons from my World Championship Journey."
Also, our 2009 Communication and Leadership Awardee is Dr. Joan Wallace Benjamin, President and CEO of the Home for Little Wanderers. For more about Dr. Wallace-Benjamin and The Home, click here.
Click here for the 2009 Fall Conference online registration form.
Our Immediate Past District Governor, Bash Turay, DTM announced at the International Convention that he is running for Second Vice President! See his website, www.Bash4SecondVP.com.
Let's continue to work hard and commit to keeping our focus on our critical four success factors and the distinguished club program goals. Thank you to our 2009-2010 Club Officers, Area Governors, seven Division Governors, and Senior Team! We are here for you, so let us know how we can help you succeed!
Take Center Stage!
Sherri Raftery, DTM
2009-2010 District 31 Governor
September 2009 Message from Your District Governor
Greetings, District 31 Toastmaster Members and Guests! Welcome to our 2009-2010 District 31 web site!
This year, my theme for District 31 is "Take Center Stage" - because I believe that the more we "Take Center Stage," the more we develop and improve our Public Speaking and Leadership skills.
I am very excited to report that District 31, which covers eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, is a Distinguished District for the sixth year in a row! Our 2009-2010 team is working diligently to make it seven in a row!
What an amazing 2009 Toastmasters International Convention we had at the MGM Grand in Foxwoods! Our D31 & Region Vii winner, Mary Cheyne "Took Center Stage" and won second place at the World Champion of Public Speaking Contest! Applause MARY!
Our Immediate Past District Governor, Bash Turay, DTM announced that he is running for Second Vice President!
We are completing our Summer 2009 Toastmaster Institute Leadership Program/Club Officer Training. Please click here to double check that you receive proper credit.
Our Fall 2009 Conference is on Saturday November 7, 2009 at the Hilton in Dedham, MA. Click here for details.
Dr. Joan Wallace Benjamin is our Communication and Leadership Awardee.
Let's continue to work hard and commit to keeping our focus on our critical success factors and the distinguished club program goals.
Thank you to our 2009-2010 Club Officers, Area Governors, seven Division Governors, and our District Team:
- Lt. Governor of Education and Training, Bil Lewis
- Lt. Governor of Marketing, Ben Lappen
- Public Relations Officer, Dan Barrett
- District Treasurer, Julia Grant
- Secretary, Tien Truong
- Webmaster, M. J. Kahn
- Newsletter Editor, Kimee Doherty
Take Center Stage!
- Sherri Raftery, DTM
2009-2010 District 31 Governor
A Message from Your District Governor
Greetings, District 31 Toastmaster Members and Guests! Welcome to our 2009-2010 District 31 web site!
This year my Theme for the District is Take Center Stage - because I believe that the more we "Take Center Stage," the better our Public Speaking and Leadership skills will become.
As Toastmasters, we had an amazing 2008-2009 year! Let me take this opportunity to thank all of you, beginning with all of the outgoing Club Officers, Area Governors, Division Governors and District Officer Team, for helping to make it such a success. A very special thank you goes out to our immediate past District 31 Governor, Bash Turay, DTM, who is also a past Region VII International Director, for all of his hard work and commitment to keeping us focused on our critical success factors and the distinguished club program goals. We eagerly await our standings, and the results should be in soon!
Let me welcome 2009-2010 incoming Club Officers, Area Governors, seven Division Governors, and our District Team:
- Lt. Governor of Education and Training, Bil Lewis
- Lt. Governor of Marketing, Ben Lappen
- Public Relations Officer, Dan Barrett
- District Treasurer, Julia Grant
- Secretary, Tien Truong
- Webmaster, M. J. Kahn
- Newsletter Editor, Kimee Doherty
Join me as we work together as a team to focus on the critical success factors and our Distinguishable Club Program as we Take Center Stage!
- Sherri Raftery, DTM