The way members log in at www.toastmasters.org will change when the Toastmasters Web site is upgraded in July 2010.

• Each member will need their own individual e-mail address updated in their profile at toastmasters.org. This e-mail address cannot be shared with another member.
• Club and district officers will no longer be required to have a separate login to conduct club and district business. Your single member login will give you access to everything you need.

Members with a complete profile at www.toastmasters.org will be able to conduct business, purchase products at member-only prices and enjoy other online membership benefits. 

Simply log in at www.toastmasters.org/login, access “My Profile” and make sure your e-mail address and other information is complete and accurate.

Source: http://www.toastmasters.org/Members/News/Announcements/ImportantNoticetoMembers.aspx

All Results will be based on reports from Toastmasters International.

Congratulations to all Clubs who came forward and took us up on the District Marketing Committee Challenge on Recruitment of New members and the Revival of Clubs under Charter Strength. The results for the 4th. Quarter Challenge and the End of Term Challenge is shown below.

We are more impressed by Clubs who started the term with 12 or less Members but ended with 20 or more Members. These Clubs deserve special mention for their efforts at revival.

Finally we would like to thank all clubs who earnestly tried to recruit New members not only for The Marketing Committee Challenges but for their Members and the development of their Clubs. Our heartiest congratulations go out to all of them.

Thank you all for making last term, 2009-2010, a truly memorable one for District 80.

Best Regards,

Michael J. Rodrigues DTM
Lt. Governor for Education & Training
District 80 (2010-2011)
Toastmasters International

It is my great pleasure to share with you the news that District 80 achieved Select Distinguished District Award for the term 2009 - 2010!

Attached is a copy of the relevant congratulation letter from Toastmasters International.

During the term 2009 - 2010, District 80 not only achieved Select Distinguished District Award, but also bagged 2 more awards, namely, Excellence in Education and Training Award, and Excellence in Marketing Award. That could be summed up in the following achievements:

1.  No. of new clubs: 25.
2.  Membership payment:  13,606
3.  No. of CCs: 503.
4.  No. of ACs: 215.
5.  No. of Leaders (CLs, ALs, DTMs combined) : 274.
6.  Distinguished Clubs:  70 President's Distinguished Clubs, 32 Select Distinguished Clubs, and 44 Distinguished Clubs.
7.  Distinguished Areas:  19 President's Distinguished Areas, 13 Select Distinguished Areas, and 12 Distinguished Areas.
8.  Distinguished Divisions:  8 President's Distinguished Divisions, and 1 Distinguished Division.

As a result of the above phenomenal achievements, District 80 ranked No.12 among the 81 Districts in Toastmasters International worldwide.

Special mention has to be made about Lieutenant Governor Marketing Michael Rodrigues, DTM, and District Mentor Poh Kim Siong, DTM. Without the painstaking coordination in chartering new clubs by the former and the timely guidance and advice given by the latter, District 80 might not have been able to attain such accomplishments.

More importantly, our success would not have been possible without the concerted effort of all our members and clubs. In other words, we succeeded because of YOU!

All the achievers will be recognized at the Hall of Fame Gala Dinner Night to be held on Saturday 27th November 2010 at Jurong Safra during the 2010 District 80 Semi Annual Convention. Let us enjoy the fruit of our success together! 

Our new term has already started. Let us keep up our exemplary work, and continue to work together towards the betterment of our members, and hopefully better performance for the new term. 

Toastmasters:
Renew Your Promise!
Confidence. Leadership. Service.
Achieving Greatness Together!

Regards,

Edward Ma, DTM
District Governor (2009 - 2010)
District 80
Toastmasters International

district 80 dg.pdf

The new term has already begun.  It is now the right time to start sowing the seeds of success.
What are your goals for this term?  How many projects would you like to complete?
And how many people do you like to share the benefits of Toastmaster with?

The theme of our one-year journey together is “Toastmasters: Achieving Greatness Together”

Although “together” comes last in this sentence, togetherness must come first before we can really achieve greatness.  Have you read your Manual so we can speak the same language?  Can you communicate with your team in a straight forward manner without beating around the bush?

Now comes to “Greatness”.  Does your team really understand the meaning of “Greatness”? 
How large in amount or degree does your team want to achieve? 
And finally, does your team have a road map to Greatness?

I am sure some of the answers will be found as we travel this road to Greatness together.

The immediate Challenge for Greatness is the Smedley Award for membership growth and LGM 1st Quarter Challenge, starting from 1 August 2010 to 30 September 2010. For the LGM 1st Quarter Challenge, the first club that recruits 20 new members during 1 August – 30 September 2010 will receive a free dinner table (worth S$450) for TI Night Celebrations in Bangkok on 23rd October 2010.

I hope you will enjoy the journey as much as I do.

When a friend of mine asked me recently, “How’s everything?” my answer was, “Life is Great Man, ever since I joined Toastmasters”.

Yours Sincerely,

Dr Veerapan Chanyasak ACB
Lieutenant Governor Marketing (2010-11)
Toastmasters International District 80
http://www.district80.org