One Toastmaster year is ending June 30 and another will begin July 1.
Have you accomplished what you planned for the year? Have you learned from your challenges this year?
However you answer, our District 59 family has been here to support you and will continue into the new year!
"Dream, Dare Do!" will get you through anything!
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I send a Big Thank You! to our Area, Division and District Leaders for their support and commitment to District 59 this year! District 59 was successful this year!
Our achievements include an updated website, a tribute page, D59 offered incentives, District Council (password: leaders2022!) and District Executive Committee (DEC) minutes were kept up to date, our Finances were easily understood and transparent to all DEC members. The District Core Team has laid a solid foundation for the 2022-2023 team.
Our motto is Dream, Dare, Do !
We Dreamed of live events and meeting together often.
We Dared to be flexible thinking the pandemic as we switched back to Zoom and dealt with membership fluctuation.
We Did it with a live event for Sea, Sand & Toastmasters. This was the first live District 59 Spring event in 2 1/2 years in Montpellier, France.
You Did it with your clubs and members meeting online, hybrid and some live.
You Did it and made this a successful year laying the groundwork for next year.
I Dreamed of a stable, calm and kind year. The dream came true.
It has been an honour and a pleasure to serve you as District 59 Director 2021-2022.
My next role is Immediate Past District Director, voting member of the District Council Members (DCM) and District Executive Committee (DEC) and District Leadership Committee (DLC) Chair.
I look forward to serving you in 2022-2023 and I am very happy that we will all meet again soon! Colleen Shaughnessy-Larsson, DTM
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Vote! Club Presidents and Secretaries 2022-2023
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At the 2022 Toastmasters International Convention Club Presidents and Club Secretaries represent their clubs and vote for Toastmasters bylaws, proposals, changes to the Club Constitution policies, International Directors, etc.
You may participate live, online or give your proxy to another Toastmaster member attending (i.e., District Director).
The current proposals for the International Convention
International Candidates - In Nashville, Tennessee USA, the District 59 Trio: Arnout Nederpelt, DTM; Astrid Teunissen-Bloch; Ilona Ruitenberg will interview the candidates on your behalf. They will contact Presidents and Secretaries with more information before the convention.
Represent your. club. Exercise your right to choose and vote!
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Welcome to the District 59 2022-2023 Core Team!
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On July 1, 2022, welcome the new District Officers begin their terms until June 30, 2023. District Director Arnout Nederpelt, DTM; Program Quality Director Astrid Teunissen-Bloch; Club Growth Director Ilona Ruitenberg; Public Relations Manager Fred Eijkenboom; Finance Manager Manie Conradie; Administration Manager Gilles Bacquet; Parliamentarian/Logistics Manager José Manuel Sanchez; Immediate Past District Director Colleen Shaughnessy-Larsson, DTM
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Sea, Sand & Toastmasters Montpellier Memories
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Group photo of the Sea, Sand & Toastmasters gang at Courtyard Marriott Montpellier, France (photo: Sullivan)
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Al Guerraiche, Franck Gill, Guilhem C, Jean-Olivier Billès, Jose Manuel Sánchez, Martine Faucher. Ellioh Thot'o project manager and Claude Sonneville, Finance Manager were unable to attend due to illness.
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Winners of the Fun Fest of Speeches: Tall Tales, Mad Table Topics (fake word defined), and Turn Coat Debate. Education Chair: Carol Bausor, DTM
Tall Tales
1. Dermot Murphy, DTM
2. Lililan van der Gugten, DTM
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Tie for 3rd : Kate Parvis and Laura Marcadé
Turncoat debate
1. Tricia Sampson
2. Jeroen Sennef
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Mad Table topics
1. Jessica Breitenfeld
2. Anne Topenot
3. Virginia Anderson, DTM
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Some of the 2022-2023 Area and Division Directors and Core Team members in Montpellier with their "Home of the Area or Division Director" ribbons and new District Officer pins.
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District 59 Annual Awards - Hall of Fame - Montpellier, France
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District 59 Contests Online in April 2022
GOOD LUCK 🍀 to JAG GILL* who will represent District 59 at the region quarter finals, and we all hope the finals of the International Speech Contest in Nashville in August 🍀
Jag is a member of Division C1 Amsterdam Toastmasters Club and incoming Area C1 Director! He competed and advanced through Club, Area, Division and District contests.
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Area Director Chocolate Winners
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The four Area Directors who are the District 59 Chocolate winners are:
1. Conny Oraby, DTM (Division C Director, replaced Area C1 Director)
2. Cindy Ariela Achieng (Area G4 Director), Gerben Broens, DTM (Area C2 Director)
3. Mihaela Balici (Area B1 Director)
The rules: The four Area Directors who get the highest percentage of attendance by certain DCM* members, specifically,
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Club Presidents and Vice Presidents Education under their responsibility at the District 59 Annual Business Meeting May 7... will receive prizes of chocolates!"
*District Council Members (include Club Presidents and Vice Presidents Education, Area, Division Directors and District 59 Core Team).
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Happy Club Anniversary to our District 59 clubs for June, July and August!
Congratulations to all of you!
Happy Birthday to our oldest District 59 club Bossuet Cavaliers Toastmasters Club chartered in 1956 - 66 years young!
FIND YOUR CLUB ANNIVERSARY CERTIFICATE
- Log in to TI
- Choose Leadership Central
- Choose Club Central
- Choose Club Anniversary
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Thank you District 59 Support Teams!
Toastmasters Districts run on the energy, support and commitment of volunteer members. This is the District 59 thank you to all the teams that contributed to our success as a stable, calm and kind year 2021-2022. "Dream, Dare, Do !"
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District Director Colleen Shaughnessy-Larsson, DTM, Program Quality Director, Dermot Murphy, DTM; Cub Growth Director Virginia Anderson, DTM; Public Relations Manager Pascal Vilarem; Finance Manager Faisal Irzal, DTM; Administration Manager Virginia Mercouri; Parliamentarian/Logistics Manager Andy Baker, DTM
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