Dear District 82 Leaders,
Toastmasters is where leaders are made. The leadership track of Toastmasters offers exciting opportunities for self-growth and for meaningful contribution to the movement. Do you think you can make a difference to Toastmasters, or would you like to be groomed for future roles and responsibilities? This is the time for you to step up to the plate or to suggest names of fellow-members who have the potential.
District 82 will become two Districts after Ovation 2014, and it will therefore have two sets of leaders.
Nominations are called for the following:
District 82A [Karnataka and Kerala]
District Governor
Lt. Gov. Education & Training
Lt. Gov. Marketing
Division Governor Division B
Division Governor Division D
Division Governor Division E
Division Governor Division F
Division Governor Division I
Division Governor Division L
Division Governor Division K
District 82 B [Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu]
District Governor
Lt. Gov. Education & Training
Lt. Gov. Marketing
Division Governor Division A
Division Governor Division C
Division Governor Division G
Division Governor Division H
Division Governor Division J
Division Governor Division M
Division Governor Division N
Division Governor Division O
Division Governor Division P
Individuals may send in their own or names of suitable candidates for these positions, providing they fulfill the eligibility criteria.
Nomination Eligibility
· At the time of taking office, the District Governor must have served at least six consecutive months as club president and at least 12 consecutive months as a Lt. Governor, Division Governor or a combination of these.
· At the time of taking office, the Lt. governors must have served at least six consecutive months as club president and at least 12 consecutive months as a
Lt. governor, a division governor, or an area governor or a combination of these.
· At the time of taking office, the division governors must have served at least six consecutive months as members of a district council.
· The Nomination committee will determine that the candidate will accept the nomination, although the candidate has the right to withdraw his/her name from nomination at the district’s annual business meeting, and to be nominated from the floor as a candidate for another office.
· To be nominated or elected, all candidates for District Governor, Lt. Governor Education and Training, Lt. Governor Marketing and Division Governor must sign the Officer Agreement and Release Form published by Toastmasters International.
· All details of voting and elections are available on the TMI website – under ‘District Election Procedures’.
Nominations must be sent in by January 14th 2014, to the undersigned.
The Nomination Committee will vet the nominations for suitability and the final slate will be presented to the District for election at the District annual meeting on May 24,2014 at Holiday Inn , Goa.
With regards,
Nina