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[Pooja Bajaj]

Dear Members,

Please read the special message from our District Governor Prasad Sovani.

Regards,
Pooja B Sapra, DTM
09811446992

Division J Governor, District 41, Toastmasters International
President's Distinguished Area J2 Governor 2012-13, 
Past President | Gurgaon Toastmasters Club

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From: Prasad Sovani <prasad...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 6:26 PM
Subject: Pl cut & paste my message and send to your updated googlegroups
To: DVG D Biswajit Adhikari <biswajit...@yahoo.com>, DVG F Chandra Shekar D P <chandra...@gmail.com>, DVG H Rajnish Vyakaranam <v.ra...@gmail.com>, DVG J Pooja Bajaj <tmip...@gmail.com>, DVG K Arvind Nair <arshay...@gmail.com>, DVG L Alfred Ravi Tauro <tauro...@gmail.com>

Dear District 41 Members,

The largest democracy in the world is voting these days to elect a new set of leaders to serve us as our Members of Parliament.  The most populous democracy in the world also has a large Toastmasters district that covers 89% of India. And serves the aspirations related to communications of 1 billion people!

As our organization’s tagline says, leaders are made at Toastmasters every day. However, District leaders are elected once a year and now is the time to do that!!!

I had appointed a District Nominating Committee for nominating eligible members for the positions of:

1. District Governor, District 41, 2014-15

2. Lt. Governor, Education & Training for Districts 41 North and 41 South, 2014-15

3. Lt. Governor, Marketing for Districts 41 North and 41 South, 2014-15

and

4. Division Governors(7) for Divisions A to G for the year 2014-2015. 

The Committee has submitted its report to me after considering the nominations received for the various positions and after deliberations amongst themselves.

The committee has nominated following Toastmasters for the positions mentioned above. All the officers are nominated for Toastmasters year 2014-15 (term: 1st July 2014 to 30 June 2015)

   (a) District Governor                               : Ritu Arora

   (b) District 41 North

        (i) LGET                                                 : Neeraj Kumar Gupta

        (ii) LGM                                                  : Sunil Nair

   (c) District 41 South

        (i) LGET                                                 : Brillian SK

        (ii) LGM                                                  : Chandrashekar DP

              

(d)  Division Governors

(i)   Division Governor, Division A          : Anurag Jindal

(ii)  Division Governor, Division B          : Neha Agarwal

(iii) Division Governor, Division C          : Mukesh Kumar Kulothia

(iv) Division Governor, Division D         : Jaiprakash Chaurasia

(v)  Division Governor, Division E          : Beena Mandrekar

(vi) Division Governor, Division F          : Sita Mahalakshmi Ravinutala

(vii)Division Governor, Division G         : Srinidhi Dasaka

 

Each of the members listed in the nominations slate have confirmed that they are willing to serve in the positions, for which they have been nominated. 

In addition to the members nominated by the Nomination Committee, members in good standing may contest for any of the positions from the floor provided they are eligible for that position and at least two members of the District Council propose and second their names. I request any member who may intend to contest from the floor to inform me well in advance(by 1^st week of May 2014) to enable me to make the necessary arrangements. The Conference Event immediately after the elections is on a cruise and hence we need to manage time extremely well. I seek your cooperation in this matter.

In case additional nominations are received for any of the positions, elections will be conducted during the District's Annual Business Meeting. This Meeting is scheduled to be held at National Institute of Oceanography, Panjim, Goa, India, on May 17, 2014. Every member of the District Council present in person or through a valid proxy, will be entitled to vote. Before the elections are held, each eligible candidate shall be entitled to a two-minute speech to the District Council. Any candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast shall be declared elected. 

Who can vote?: All members of the District Council or their assigned proxy holders can vote. Proxy holders must be members in good standing.

For more information related to election procedures, please visit:

http://www.toastmasters.org/Members/OfficerResources/DistrictLeaderResources/Elections/GeneralDistrictElectionInformation/Credentials.aspx

http://www.toastmasters.org/Members/OfficerResources/DistrictLeaderResources/Elections/GeneralDistrictElectionInformation/DistrictElectionProcedures.aspx

Any query on matters of elections may please be addressed to me on my e-mail ID or cellphone.

My heartfelt thanks go to the Nominating Committee for their meticulous work done in arriving at the nomination slate! 

The members of the Nominating Committee were:

Nomination Chair: DTM Sabari Girish Kanjully

Nomination Committee Members (1 each from the current divisions): Chinnappa Nanaiah, Prashant Pandey, Sameep Taneja, Nikhil Salvi, DTM Chandana Erande, Nitin Sakelli, Parantap Basu, Rajnish Vyakaranam, DTM Farida D’Silva Dias, Nitin Gupta, Parag Karve, Padmakumar Ananthakrishnan

Let us all applaud them for a well-done job involving 20-30 hours of work, each!

This is an important time for our District as we shall be electing leaders who shall lead us through the forthcoming year and shall chart a course for the continued success of our District. This set of leaders will also be tasked with helping make the transition from one district to two districts. 

As responsible members of the District we must be present at the District's Annual Business Meeting so that we elect the right candidates who shall continue to help us achieve our goals! 

See you in Goa!

-Prasad Sovani, DTM

District 41 Governor, 2013-14

Warm Wishes
-- Prasad

Prasad Sovani, Distinguished Toastmaster
District Governor 2013-14,
Toastmasters International District 41
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