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Thanks for Helping District 36 Celebrate Brilliantly at their Diamond Jubilee Anniversary

at the Spring Conference on

Friday, May 17 – Saturday, May 18, 2013

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel - Silver Spring
8727 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910

District 36 celebrated in high style at the Spring Conference this weekend in Silver Spring, Maryland. Celebrations began on Friday with concurrent educational sessions followed by crowning the Evaluation Contest Winners.

Congratulations to:

Jim Dooley - Winner
Clarence Featherson - 2nd Place
Mel Bayo - 3rd Place

On Saturday, attendees were "wowed" with the highlights at the Opening Ceremonies, the District Governor's Address and three fantastic educational sessions:

Creating Community by Creating Toastmasters Clubs by Vivian Abalama
So You Want to Be on TV / Online Video by Rosemary Reed
Leadership Education 101 by Catherine Young

Keynote /Plenary

Viki Kinsman, International Director, delivered the Keynote Address: Getting to Yes which provided attendees with tools and techniques for how to effectively ask people to volunteer.

Election Results - District Council Business Meeting. Congratulations to:

District Governor-Elect	Scott Meyer
Lt. Gov Education & Training	Yining Xie
Lt. Gov Marketing	John Kinsman
Division A Governor-Elect	Priyanka Komala
Division B Governor-Elect	Anita Hankerson
Division C Governor-Elect	Arthur Sidney
Division D Governor-Elect	Barbara Haskell
Division E Governor-Elect	Alice Holmes
Division F Governor-Elect	Gwen Miller
Division G Governor-Elect	Ada Ejiogu

International Speech Results

The conference culminated with crowning the winners of the International Speech Contest

Clarence Featherson - Winner
Sau Yang - 2nd Place
Merlyn Kettering - 3rd Place

2013 Fall Conference Registration is now open for a super saver rate until May 31, 2013. Register now!

1 + 1 Membership Campaign

Participate in the 1 + 1 membership campaign. Flyers which can be customized with your club's information are available here.

New Forum

In celebration of the District’s 60^th anniversary, we are pleased to launch a new forums feature to the District website. Members will be able to post and share messages with others in District 36. Please visit our forum - http://district36.org/district_36_forums - to share your thoughts and read what others have to say. You may also find the page under the Member Resources tab.

The District 36 Nominations Committee Announces Candidates for 2013-2014 Term

The following candidates for elected District offices are put forward for the elections to be held at the District 36 Council Meeting on May 18, currently to start at 2:30 PM. Voting delegates must pick up their ballots at the credentials table before 2 PM. Club Presidents and Vice Presidents of Education or their proxy holders are eligible to vote in the elections and on District business. You must be present to vote. See the District Council Meeting webpage for more information and for an on-line proxy designation form. The council meeting is free for Toastmasters to attend.

For District Governor	Scott Meyer, DTM
For Lt. Governor Education and Training	Yining Xie, DTM
For Lt. Governor Marketing	John Kinsman, DTM Arthur Sidney, ACG
For Division Governor	Ada Ejiogu, ACB, ALB Anita Hankerson, CC, CL Barbara Haskell, CC, CL Alice Holmes, DTM Gwendolyn Miller, ACS, ALB

Descriptions of all offices, elected and appointed, are found in our District's Document Library. For more information contact Nominations Chair Jill Lambe or District Governor Mike Rilee. Accelerate your success through service and support in Toastmasters!

The April District 36 Newsletter is available

District 36 Newsletter

The District 36 Newsletter is published to provide information, updates and resources toastmasters throughout the National Capital Area. Newsletters will be posted to the website and can be downloaded to have as a hard copy. Any Toastmaster is welcome to submit articles, information, or suggestions to the District 36 Public Relations team at proteam36@gmail.com. Articles should be 125-175 words or 300-400 words. See the flyer on article submission.

DISTRICT REPORTERS

We are recruiting District Reporters for EACH DIVISION. The reporters will share Division success stories and interviews, and send them to the PRO team for article submissions (newsletter) and social network sites. Detailed information may be obtained at http://www.district36.org/newsletters.

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