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FIELD NOTES

Calling All Candidates

A District’s success depends on
the quality of its leadership. This
is the time of year when we begin The following positions will be elected during

the process of identifying qualified leaders for the District 7 Spring Conference at the Annual
the 2020-2021 Toastmaster year. Business Meeting May 15, 2021:
Serving as a District leader is a great
responsibility and an exciting opportunity. Your District Director

term of office is filled with chances for you to As the District Director, you are responsible
renew your perspective, practice teamwork, and for directly administering and overseeing
develop your capacity to translate values and the District’s day-to-day operations, finances,
strategies into productive actions. and human resources. Fortunately, you have a

Members of the District team depend on team of District leaders to help you fulfill these
you to help them develop their own goals and responsibilities. You must empower your District
achievements. Clubs see you as a facilitator to leadership team members to work together

their success. You instill a sense of enthusiasm, toward the District mission, while supporting
fidelity, and responsibility throughout the each one in his or her development as a leader.
District. Together with your District leadership team,
If you are ready to use the skills you have you participate in District Leader Training,
learned in Toastmasters to take your leadership Mid-year Training and online training via the

experience to the next level, please consider one District Leader Tutorials on the Toastmasters
of the District positions. Here is a link to the International website. To serve as District
District leader competencies for each role. Director, you must have served at least six

consecutive months as a club president and
The Process at least 12 consecutive months as a program

The D7 Nominating Form (found here) can quality Director, club growth Director or division
be used to nominate yourself or someone else Director, or a combination thereof at the time
for one or more District offices. You may send you take office

an email to Emilie Taylor, District Leadership
Chair (dlc@d7toastmasters.org), to announce Program Quality Director

your candidacy. As the Program Quality Director, you

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