[D28_community] Welcome Toastmasters!

[Karen Holland]

Fellow Toastmasters,

Welcome to the 2007-2008 Toastmasters year!  My name is Karen Holland 
and I am proud to serve as your District Governor.  I plan to make the 
most of this excellent leadership opportunity.  Whether you are a 
district or club officer, a long-time member or a "newbie", by virtue of 
your membership in Toastmasters, YOU also have an amazing opportunity -- 
the opportunity to become a more effective speaker, a more attentive 
listener, a better leader.  Please consider July 1 as a "New Year" and 
resolve to make the most of your opportunities by setting new goals and 
developing a plan to attain them.

I'm merely one member of the District 28 Leadership Team.  For a list of 
the rest of the Team, please check out the District 28 website at 
www.d28toastmasters.org   The District Officers page has been revised, 
and includes contact links for many of us, including the Division 
Governors.  We are working to update all the information on the website, 
and plan to launch a "new and improved" site later this summer.

We'd love to hear suggestions about what you'd like to see on the new 
D28 website.  Actually, we'd love to hear about your ideas for this new 
year in lots of areas:

    * article topics for the District newsletter ("The Cornerstone")
    * new club leads
    * public relations ideas to help us help you advertise Toastmasters
    * marketing suggestions to promote membership in Toastmasters
    * feedback on the billboards and the recent mentions of Toastmasters
      on TV (reported twice on WDIV-TV news by Chuck Gaidica around
      Spring Conference weekend)
    * conference workshop ideas
    * club officer training topics
    * and other areas not listed above

If you'd like to get more involved with Toastmasters beyond the club 
level, please let us know!  Volunteers are needed and wanted -- to serve 
on committees, write Cornerstone articles, conduct surveys, prepare 
presentations, etc.  This year's District theme is "Friends Helping 
Friends," and we would LOVE to have more friends to work (and play) with 
this year.

On behalf of the entire District, here's to a great year!  Cheers!

Karen Holland, DTM
District 28 Governor, 2007-2008
"Friends Helping Friends"
Governor at d28toastmasters.org

P.S.  Don't forget about the make-up club officer training on Wednesday, 
July 18 at UM-Dearborn.  More information is on the D28 website.