District 54 Executive Committee

District 54 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

Saturday October 10, 2015 LaSalle Public Library

305 Marquette Street LaSalle, Illinois TABLE OF CONTENTS OPENING …………………………………………………………………………………………….…..3 ADMINISTRATION MANAGER………………………….. …………………………………………….4 FINANCE MANAGER……….………………………………….…………………………. ………….…5 DIVISION A ……………………………………………………………………………………………….5 DIVISION B ……………………………………………………………………………………………….5 DIVISION C …………………………….…………………………………………………….. ………….5 DIVISION D …..………………………………. ………………………………………………………….6 DIVISION E …………………………………………………………………………………. ……………6 DIVISION F ………………………………………………………………………………….. …………...6 SPRING CONFERENCE SURVEY ……. ……………………………………………………………...6 PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER………………………………………………………………………6 CLUB GROWTH DIRECTOR………………………. ………………………………………...... 7 PROGRAM QUALITY DIRECTOR……………………………. ……………………………………….7 DISTRICT DIRECTOR……………………………. ……………………………………………………..7 UNFINISHED BUSINESS ………………………………………………………………. ……………...7 NEW BUSINESS …………………………………………………………………………………………7 CLOSING THOUGHTS ………………………………………. …………………………………………7 ADJOURNMENT …………………………………………….………………………... ………………...8

OPENING

2 | P a g e Logistics Manager, Jim Dickson, called the meeting to order at 9:15a.m. He led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

DISTRICT MISSION The reading of the District Mission was read by Todd Lyons. District Mission We build new clubs and support all clubs in achieving excellence.

INSPIRATIONAL READING Our inspirational reading was given by Joe Martinek. He shared his thoughts on how “to lead is to serve”.

WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS Topic: Favorite Halloween Costume.

DISTRICT OFFICERS IN ATTENDANCE

Presen First Last Designatio Office t n Y PAT REISDORF ACG, ALB DISTRICT DIRECTOR Y VALERIE HORTON DTM PQD N WROBLEWSK CECE DTM CGD I Y EDDIE GICHUHI DTM PRM N DEBRA K TOOHILL ACS, ALS ADMIN MANAGER Y SREEDHARA BALA ACS, ALS FINANCE MANAGER N Y JEFFERY LEHMANN DTM IMMEDIATE PAST DG N Carrillo Lino CC, ALB DIVISION A DIRECTOR Y Koury Anthony DTM DIVISION B DIRECTOR Y Bartusek Matthew ACG, ALB DIVISION C DIRECTOR Y Sovereign Jordan ACS, ALB DIVISION D DIRECTOR Y Chandra Rakesh ACS, ALB DIVISION E DIRECTOR Y Mullin Angela ACB, ALB DIVISION F DIRECTOR N Webber Joanna CC AREA 10 Director Y Wesser John ACS, ALB AREA 11 Director N Jerrard John ACS, ALB AREA 12 Director N Downey Michael CC, CL AREA 20 Director N Nippert Andrew CC AREA 21 Director Y Snell Rachel AREA 22 Director Y Zentko Rebecca CC, ALB AREA 30 Director

3 | P a g e Y Gluck Andrea CC, ALB AREA 31 Director Y Loser Carol ACS, ALB AREA 32 Director N Senthilnathan Hariharan ACB, ALB AREA 40 Director Y Krippner Kayla CC, CL AREA 41 Director Y Eyres Susan CC, ALB AREA 42 Director Y Lyons Todd AREA 43 Director Y Jagadeeswara Balamurali CC, CL AREA 50 Director n Y Su Ching-Yuan ACB, CL AREA 51 Director Y Mahodaya Siddharth CC, CL AREA 52 Director Y Woyner Matthew CL AREA 60 Director Y Martinek Joseph DTM AREA 61 Director N Hamby Jenny CC, ALB AREA 62 Director

ADOPTION OF AGENDA There were no changes to the agenda. Carol Loser, Area 32 Director, made a motion to accept the revised agenda. The motion was seconded by Rakesh Chandra, Division E Director. Carried.

ADIMINSTRATION MANAGER Mary Lynn Edwards, assisting Debra K Toohill, stated there were 23 of 32 District Officers present which constitutes a quorum. The September minutes were presented for approval. No changes needed. Minutes approved.

FINANCE MANAGER

Bala Sreedharan presented the Treasurer’s report as attached:

NOMINATIONS UPDATE None.

4 | P a g e DIVISION A Jeff Arnold, Assistant Division A Director, presented the Division A Director’s Report for Lino Carrillo, which was provided in writing as attached:

DIVISION B Anthony Koury presented the Division B Director’s Report which was provided in writing as attached:

DIVISION C Matt Bartusek presented the Division C Director’s Report which was provided in writing as follows: Division C is progressing well in the 2015-2016 Toastmaster Year. All 3 Area Speech Contests are completed. A big thank you to all the volunteers who filled in roles in some capacity. The Division C Contest will be held on October 24, at 9 am at Caterpillar Building AD in East Peoria, Illinois. We will have 6 Contestants in the Table Topic Contest and 5 Contestants in the Humorous Speech Contest. All Area Club Visits have been completed and the Diligent Group of Area Directors are working on their Club Visit Reports. The clubs in Division C all paid their dues by Oct 1. Numbers are slightly down, but we are hoping that more renewals are coming into the club. Division C has 16 DCP goals met as of October 7, 2015. In Area 30 C.U. at Yappyhour has 3 DCP Goals, In Area 31 Power Communicators Club has 3 DCP Goals. Logistically Speaking in Area 32 has 4 Goals met. There are multiple sessions of Speech Crafters going on in Division C with 40 participants attending those sessions.

DIVISION D Jordan Sovereign presented the Division D Director’s Report which was provided in writing, as attached:

DIVISION E Rakesh Chandra presented the Division E Director’s Report which was provided in writing, as attached:

DIVISION F Angie Mullin presented the Division F Director’s Report which was provided in writing as attached:

5 | P a g e SPRING CONFERENCE SURVEY John Wesser handed out a survey of what aspects of a conference are most important to us.

PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER Eddie Gichuhi and Hari Senthilnathan discussed the new D54 website. “d54.toastmasters.com” is up and going. Safeguard the Toastmasters logo. Demonstrated the site. The following report was provided in writings as attached:

CLUB GROWTH DIRECTOR Valerie Horton, PQD, presented the CGD report for Cece Wroblewski which was provided in writing as attached:

PROGRAM QUALITY DIRECTOR Valerie Horton presented the PQD Report which was provided in writing as attached:

DISTRICT DIRECTOR Pat Reisdorf presented the District Director’s Report which was provided in writing as attached:

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Jeff Lehmann asked for everyone to encourage the attendance or proxies at the Fall Conference November 14 and everyone should attend.

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Pat Reisdorf, District Director, presided over the discussion on the following topics: VIP Proxy Votes, Everyone needed on 12/12 and special food for December DEC meeting.

Budget discussion lead by Pat, Bala, and Valerie. Summary and Narratives. Ready for the Council meeting for approval.

There was an open Q/A Forum.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Closing thoughts were given by Sid Mahodaya, Area 52 Director. He told a story with the moral “wish for what you want, not for what you don’t want”.

ADJOURNMENT Pat Reisdorf adjourned the meeting at 10:45 AM. Respectfully submitted, with assistance from Mary Lynn Edwards,

Debra K Toohill, District 54 Administration Manager

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