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Michelle Gilstrap, DTM
District Governor 2008-2009
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Welcome to District 52!
Our District is committed to bringing Toastmasters Leadership and Communication skills to everyone who would like to start a club within downtown Los Angeles and the greater San Fernando Valley.
Toastmasters: Courageous Devotion is my theme for this year. The theme emphasizes the courage each person has to change their lives through the Toastmaster program and their devotion to helping others as leaders in our District.
This website will contain important District information for each of you in the District to improve yourself and your club so you can be a Distinguished Club reaching for the 10 goals in the Distinguished Club Program (DCP).
Once again we will be doing the "Race to President's Distinguished" to help each club work on those 10 (DCP) goals. The first goal is to have 4 officers trained, so attend officer training sponsored by the District or by a Division to ensure your officers has the information to do a good job for the club.
Look for information in the District Newsletter and sign-up to receive the District emails See the link & add yourself to the email service. This is a vital link to keep all of you informed, but it is only as good as those who sign up to receive the information.
I encourage you to go for at least One Educational Award this year, and One Leadership Award. Imagine if each of us went for one plus one, we would achieve greater results in our professional and our personal lives as we increase our communication and leadership skills.
Finally, if you work for a company that has at least 300 employees and you would like to have a Toastmasters Club there, contact Carolyn Goldman, Lt. Governor of Marketing, She can help you start a new club and you can help get credit as a sponsor or mentor.
We have a great team this year, and I'm proud of everyone who has stepped up to help our clubs.
Let's "Race to President's Distinguished" by showing our "Courageous Devotion"
Sincerely,
Michelle Gilstrap, DTM
District 52 Governor
2008 - 2009
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2009-2010 District Officer team
District Governor: Scott Crandall Miller, DTM
Lt Governor of Education and Training, Diana Offen, ACB, CL
Lt Governor of Marketing, Mary Lowe, ACB, CL
Publice Relations Officer, Steven Cavallero, CC, CL
Division A Governor: Cookie Horwitz, ACB, CL
Division B Governor: Carolyn Day, CC, ALB
Division C Governor: Ron Oberon, ACB, CL
Division D Governor: Ron Code, ACG
Division E Governor: Brad Jorgensen, ACB, CL
Open District Officer positions
AG and Division Governor
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For more information on the duties select the link below then on the next page just select the desired officer position. Link for Officer Duties
Contact Scott Miller if you are interested in any one of these positions.

Annual A & I Awards and Installation Banquet - Follow the Yellow Brick Road from Ahs to Oz
Awards and Installation is 18 July 2009 at the Castaways in Burbank from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
For more details and to register and pay
Castaway Restaurant
1250 HARVARD RD
Burbank, CA 91501
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TLI
Officer Training at the TLI 1 August 2009 at the Glendale Salvation Army center from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm flier, map
320 W Windsor Rd
Glendale, CA 91204-2017
and weblink to pay online will be ready on Sunday 28 June 09
Other officer training dates will be posted here when scheduled.
Quick Start Officer Training in July
Thursday, July 9, 2009
@
Warner Bros. Studios Flier-
3400 West Riverside Drive, Burbank, CA 91505
location map
(Parking: details in the works)
Registration: 5:45 pm
Training: 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost: $5 (materials & light snack)
Pre-register with deoffen@live.com
Diana Offen, ACB, CL
818 977 - 6028
(need to bring photo ID for building access)
Motivated 25th Anniversary
Motivated Toastmasters Club invites you to their 25 Anniversary celebration on July 12. There is fantastic program, one that includes Alfred Herzing doing our installation. Sheryl Roush, Roberta Perry, and many others are attending so don't be left out.
See you at Motivated on July 12 - for more information and to RSVP see event flier.
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Club Presidents TI Proxy envelope
See the Governance issues and the reason to get you signed proxies to Michelle. There will be
Here is the response we have from Toastmasters to help you with your Proxy problem.
“So if your club president on Record did not receive it, then please contact Judith below for a duplicate.
The proxy we send from TI is for the Regional and Annual Convention and was sent to the President of record on March 31. I can send a duplicate if a club president has not received the proxy beginning April 27th.
The e-mail to which the president can send the request to Dulpicate Proxy. If I can be of further assistance, please let me know. Thank you for all you do at district level to make ours the best organization! We so appreciate our district officers!”
Sincerely,
Judith Chapman
Member Services/Club Officers
Toastmasters International
P.O. Box 9052
Mission Viejo, CA 92690
949-858-8255 Ext:213
Send Mail to Club Officer
949-858-1207 fax
Toastmasters Membership page
"Do you work at NBC Universal? Or do you know a Toastmaster who works at NBC Universal? District 52 has an opportunity to form a club at NBC Universal but we need a Toastmaster who works there to spearhead the project (for an HPL, Sponsor or Mentor credit). If interested or for more information, contact page for LGM, Carolyn Goldman"
Helpful Links at Toastmasters International for Online business and viewing
- Status Reports, Distinguished Club Program, Dues (Apr/Oct), Officer Lists (Jan/Jul), Ed. Achievements
- Area Club Visit links, Area/Division Governors
- Club Business Section
- Pay dues renewals
- Add new members
- Assign and Submit club officers
- Submit awards applications
- Update club bylaws and information
- View club awards and membership rosters

"In need of more membership? Try Meetup.com Just go online and try it for a month or two. You can shoot out instant announcements about your club, when and where you meet. Some of our clubs have used it with success! Now, it's your turn!"
Phase 2 is complete
Phase 2 is complete. To find out who the Winner‘s are results (updated 3 May 09)
California Tax Increase goes into effect April 1, 2009
I just want to clarify that the increase only Toastmasters District 52 Registration Pagerelates to new members. Their is the initial one time fee of $21.55 for new member kits. With the upcoming tax increase of 1% the new fee is now $21.75.
Note: The $27.00 which we pay for renewals to Toastmasters International is not affected because there is no sales tax involved.
Carolyn Cousins-Goldman, ACB, ALS
Lt. Governor of Marketing
District 52
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The mission of the District is to
enhance the performance and extend the network of clubs, thereby
offering greater number of people the opportunity to benefit
from the Toastmasters International educational program by:
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Focusing on the critical success
factors as specified by the District educational and membership
goals.
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Insuring that each Club effectively
fulfills its responsibilities to its members.
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Providing effective training and
leadership development opportunities for Club and District
Officers.
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DISTRICT GOVERNOR
Michelle Gilstrap, DTM
LT. GOVERNOR
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Wayne
Sebera, DTM
LT. GOVERNOR MARKETING
Carolyn Goldman,
ACB, ALS
PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
Scott Miller, DTM
DISTRICT TREASURER
Ted Phelps
District Secretary
Sam Majumdar,
Immediate Past District Governor
Cora Soriano, DTM
Divsion A Governor
Judi Baumbach,
CC,CL
Divsion B Governor
John Reece, ACS
Division C Governor
Ted Dollard, ACB,CL
Division D Governor
Theresa
Carter-Mata, CC,CL
Division
E Governor
Diana Offen, ACB,CL
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