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How long have you been a member of the Keeping all the balls in the air.
Beaverton City Council?
Since 2005. We are the government on the If someone is considering running for Club
ground that most people see. Our most important Growth Director for 2019-2020 what advice
services and the bulk of our spending are for would you give them?
drinkable clean water and sewage treatment. Recognize that you must become the
Next in importance is police, then building and coordinator rather than the executor. Develop
repairing local roads, sidewalks, and streetlights. your network of Toastmaster Angels: members
Clearing road blockages and cleaning streets, with experience and skills who want to help
land use approvals, building design permits, make good things happen in our clubs. You need
building inspections, a Municipal Court to handle them as they will be doing most of the work.
minor offenses. While many things are going There is so much the CGD is responsible for:
well in our city, being involved in government starting new clubs, helping existing clubs find
is tough right now because there is so much new members, and keeping the ones they have,
divisiveness and judgment against “the other”. providing help for clubs in danger of folding,
We are subconsciously becoming conditioned connecting with our Area and Division Directors
to accept inaccurate, cruel jabs at each other as to understand their varying needs so that we
normal, with our attention on people politics can recognize, and provide crucial resources,
rather than the real issues we face. Toastmasters marketing Toastmasters to audiences outside of
is my calming influence to counteract this. our clubs. It can’t be done well without teams of
Toastmaster Angels.
What do you think is your biggest challenge
as Club Growth Director?
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