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The Early Bird registration price of $80 ($75 for first timers) has been extended to October 1st. On October 2nd the price goes up to $100 for members who have attended past conferences, but it remains at $75 for first timers. So register early and help your club win the registration contest (details below)!
You may register online (using a credit or debit card) or register by mail (with a check ... no credit/debit cards by mail) by printing the conference registration form and mailing it to the address listed on the form.
The Fall Conference is running a registration contest and will give an Ovation Speech Timer to the club with the highest percentage of members registered for the conference (see rules below). So register now (before the Early Bird discount ends) and help your club bring home this fantastic speech timer.
The rules:
More information on the Ovation Timer:
The conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Park Plaza, 3201 South Loop 289. The room rate for the conference is $79.00 per night but reservations must be made by September 24th to receive this rate. Contact the hotel at 806-797-3241 or visit them online at http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/us/en/lubbock/lbbtx/hoteldetail.
For information on placing an ad in the Fall Conference program, please contact Karl Campbell. Rates and other information about the ads can be found on the Page Ad Demo document and the Ad Sale Form.
Bay Stevens DTM, the District 23 Lieutenant Governor for Education and Training has published a list of DCP club rewards to encourage progress toward the DCP goals.
In an attempt to help protect the privacy of its members, Toastmasters International announced that all clubs should include the following disclaimer on club websites:
The information in this website is for the sole use of Toastmasters members for Toastmasters business only. It is not to be used for solicitation and distribution of non-Toastmasters materials or information.A similar disclaimer (but denoting an appropriate description other than "website") should be included on member directories and lists.
Additional information can be found here: Membership And Mailing Lists.
District 23 was named a Distinguished District at an award ceremony at the Toastmasters International in Palm Desert, California.
With a new year comes a new opportunity to make your club distinguished. LGET Bay Stevens, DTM, has prepared
a number of documents to help get the clubs off to a great year.
A big thanks goes out to Larry & Ellen Buelow and their team for putting together a fantastic conference in Albuquerque. Great educational sessions! Great guests (International Director Pamela McCown & 2003 WCPS Jim Key)! And great contests!
Speaking of contests, the winners for this year's Table Topics and International Speech contests are:
Table Topics
We had two fantastic contests and twelve outstanding contestants. But in the end there could only be one winner per contest:
Please review the number of club officers trained in the Summer TLI period. If you believe the information is incorrect, please contact LGET Don DuBois with comments and a listing of all officers trained by name and office. Please note that as of August 26, 2009, not all of the officers trained have been submitted to TI. Some Divisions are still reporting their numbers and they will be posted soon.
Links to product web sites for Craig Valentine, MBA, our keynote speaker at the District 23 Fall Conference (this is for the convenience of attendees and does not constitute an endorsement):
