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Exciting Toastmasters Meeting in Brisbane

Sunday, January 8th, 2012

Brisbane North Toastmasters and Chermside Communicators are holding a joint meeting on Tuesday 17 January 2012.

All visitors are warmly welcomed.

Venue is Aspley Respite Care Centre, 477 Robinson Road West, Aspley – next door to St Dympnas School.

Date    Tuesday 17 January 2012 at 7:00pm for a 7:15pm start and finish at 9:30pm

Contact    Denis Dowling    denis.dowling@bigpond.com     mobile 0419 791 455

Meetings are usually the first and third Tuesdays of the month at the Respite Care Centre.

 

Tropic City Toastmasters 30th Anniversary

Saturday, December 10th, 2011

Saturday 18th February with special guests John Kay and Gavin Blakey.

Download the flyer or see their website.

 

District 69 Convention 2012 – Early Bird Registrations open

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Early Bird Registration is at a considerable saving

DISTRICT 69 CONVENTION 2012

“SUCCESS IN THE CITY”

Venue: Mercure Hotel, Brisbane
Date: May 4-6, 2012

A two-day convention that is packed with excitement, surprises and the best educational sessions in District 69.

See the best speakers in District 69 in action – Four spectacular competitions.

If you only ever get to one District Convention, this is the one.

“Success in the City” Brochure

Registration Form

Triple Boomerang Awards for 2010-2011

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

Immediate Past District Governor Bruce George has announced the following recipients of the Triple Boomerang Award:

Twelve members will be receiving the District 69 Triple Boomerang award on Saturday night at the annual Hall of Fame.
This award is for members who have achieved two educational awards and sponsored at least three members.
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Trish Springsteen  DTM PDG
Joe Skilton  ACB ALS
Brett Gillespie  ACB ALB
Aswin Satya  DTM
Pam Greenway  ACG ALB
Merv Olsen  ACS CL
Kevin Wright  DTM
Janet Coleman  DTM
Francesca Thorn  DTM
Bette Howard  DTM
Dell Schelbach  ATMB ALB
Marie Ward  DTM

Smedley Award

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

Congratulations to the 7 Clubs which have achieved the Smedley Award- Broadwater, Noosa, Southport, Gold Coat City Council, Sunnybank, Waterloo and Willows. Smedley Award is given to clubs which have 5 or more new members during the months of September and October, in memory of Raplh C Smedley founder of Toastmasters International. Well done to these clubs- 10 Icebreaker and CC ribbons are theirs as a reward.

Townsville Club wins Golden Club Award 2010-2011

Monday, October 31st, 2011

Past District Governor, Bruce George DTM has announced the winner of the Golden Club Award for 2010-2011.

Leigh-Anne MetcalfeTownsville will be one of several clubs to be recognized for their achievement in 2010-2011 at our Hall of Fame to be conducted on Saturday night at SAC 12th November

Congratulations to Leigh-Anne Metcalfe who as President encouraged her members to believe in her vision of achieving Golden Club.

To Leigh-Anne and the members of Townsville well done.

For more information on the Semi-annual conference and the Hall of Fame check this link:  Semi-annual Conference

Contest Chairman scripts available

Friday, October 14th, 2011

All contest Chairman scripts are now available for printing from our website. Also, the “When you are the Chief Judge” and “When you are the Assistant to the Chief Judge” is also available. They have the latest Toastmasters International logo as a watermark and 2011 in the footer, to ensure you have the latest version.

http://www.toastmastersd69.org/members/about-district-69/contest-organization/chairman-information

Member Matters newsletter #2

Friday, October 14th, 2011

Member  Matters newsletter is now available in PDF version. Read about  other clubs, how to have laminated sign for your club and the latest news for VPMs.

Contest Forms now available for Free Download

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Great News.

As promised by Gary Schmidt, past World President, when he visited our district in 2009, Toastmasters International has now made all contest judging forms, including certificates, available to members.

To download forms, you must go to Toastmasters International website and login.

Then if you access: http://www.toastmasters.org/MainMenuCategories/Shop/SpeechContestMaterials/Kits.aspx

If you are logged in as a member, you will find that the download cost of judging forms, competition forms and certificates is zero.

However, you must proceed through checkout. Forms can be downloaded immediately but they will also be placed in your “My Profile” area for download whenever required.

NOTE:  The forms are only available for members.

Three World Champions

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

District 69 Semi-annual Council MeetingBrett Rutledge

Where can you go to hear three World Champions of Public Speaking for less than $100?

To Celebrate our 40th Birthday, the SAC team have arranged for three World Champions to present at our Conference:

Brett Rutledge – 1998

 


Mark Hunter – 2009Mark Hunter



 

Jock Elliott – 2011

Jock Elliott

Ipswich is the place to be on 12th November 2011

Registration Forms will be on line soon so don’t miss out – check this website