Fourty-four no more. Hello District 23!

District 44 comes to an end 3 weeks from today. But the clubs will move forward as members of District 23 (covering New Mexico and El Paso and, starting July 1, West Texas and Texas County Oklahoma).

I'm also pretty excited. I'm going to be the Division F Governor. Division F covers the southern half of West Texas (Lubbock, Midland, Odessa, Ft. Stockton, Crane) and the south east corner of New Mexico (Rowsell, Portales, Alamogordo, Clovis and Carlsbad).

This past Saturday, I went to Moriarty, NM, along with two Area Governors, the new District Public Relations Officer and the Assistant Division F Governor (Gayle, I cannot say thank you enough for agreeing to that job!) for the District Officer Training meeting.

Saturday was a long but fun day. We left Lubbock at 6am and got back home at 10:30pm the same day. We met a lot of great people and I look forward to working with them in the coming year.

To the right is a photo of the sign at the El Comedor de Anayas Restaurant in Moriarty where we met. It turns out this sign is listed as one of the "Legends of America" along Route 66. Click here for more info.

And the podcast will be back soon.

Tracy

Jana Barnhill Interview

For my second podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jana Barnhill, DTM, regarding her experiences in the International Speech contest. Not only is Jana the Senior Vice President of Toastmasters International, she also lives right here in District 44.

You can listen to (or download) the podcast by clicking on this link:
Show #2 (Appx 13 minutes)

The registration form for the District 44 Spring conference is up on the district website. You'll also find a map to the conference, a flyer with a few more details and a voting proxy for your club's President and VPE.
http://www.district-44.org

The music was provided by the Podshow Podsafe Music Network.
http://music.podshow.com


The artist is Brian McRae and the song is titled "Crunch Time."
http://www.myspace.com/brianmcraeband

The First Podcast

Whew! At long last, the first podcast is done.

You can listen to it by clicking on this link:
Show #1

This show is an introduction to the series of podcasts about the upcoming District 44 Spring Conference. More information on the conference can be found on the District 44 website: http://www.district-44.org.

The music was provided by the Podshow Podsafe Music Network.
http://music.podshow.com


The artist is Brian McRae and the song is titled "Crunch Time."
http://www.myspace.com/brianmcraeband

The First Conference Commercial

Invisioned and assembled by Kyle Word of the Toasters club (with a little help from yours truly), here is the first commercial for the District 44 Spring Conference. Kyle is an Advanced Communicator Gold, writer, humorist and blogger (http://wordparadigm.blogspot.com).




( If you cannot see the video, you can watch it at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVwEa27F1Hw. )

Welcome to 'A Side of Toast'

I like my life with a side order of toast. Toastmasters, that is. For the past three years, I've been a member of Toastmasters here in West Texas. So far I've achieved the Advanced Communicator Bronze award and I'm just two speeches away from the AC Silver. I've held every club office at least once and I was an Area Governor in 2006-2007.

Last November I volunteered to take the chairman role for the upcoming District 44 Spring Conference. It's here in Lubbock on May 3, 2008. This blog, along with the videos and podcasts which are in production, is a tool to promote the conference and keep the district's members up to date with news and information about the conference.

Tracy