Present: Sarra Idehen, Sameer Deshmukh, Emily Lamoreaux, Michael Hachigian, Jimmy Bell, Vy Nguyen, Maria Cervantes, Deborah Whitfield, Richard Carr, Peggy Carr, Tammy McMorrow, Steven Schofield, Pamela Lattin, Janine Donald, David Garbrecht
Absent: Meg White, Madeline Armendariz Odeh, Christine Groberg, Deborah Crutchfield, Annette Krause, Jaysee Jimenez, Trevor Nelson, Lionel Furness
- Recap – August 5 Officer Training
- 67 participants
- 46% of officers trained
- 48% of clubs eligible for Distinguished Club Program (DCP)
- Notable number of clubs with no officers trained
- Results of District Retreat Survey
- Salt Lake City as the top retreat location (2nd Twin Falls, 3rd Tremonton)
- Retreat location – Holiday Inn & Suites SLC – Airport West
- Date of Retreat September 9th
- More information and Retreat Agenda next week
- Discussed Twin Falls as location for district conference
- “Next 60 Days” Updates
- Area Visits:
- Deborah’s plan includes training Tammy for conducting club visits.
- Janine connected with one club president, waiting on two others
- Area Director moved to another district. We now have 3 Area Director vacancies
- Club Success Plan
- Mentioned difficulties accessing the success plan on Toast International website
- Managed to access it as a PDF on District 15 Website
- Area Visits:
- Financial Report
- Audit in progress
- Limited data from Jimmy; June report just released by Toastmasters
- Robert nearing completion of final task
- Working towards getting Robert signed off
- Next report by November.
- Incentives
- Discussing strategies to increase membership through incentives
- Encouraging members to promote incentives actively
- Highlighted success of Bingo card involvement in meetings
- Positive outcomes from open houses discussed
- Zoom Licenses
- Verifying Zoom license status for members unaware of their plan. Maria to provide list to Trio
Upcoming Meetings:
- District Council Business Meeting 9/21/23
- Regional Advisor Visit 9/11-9/15/2023
- Scheduled for September 11th to 15th – physically present in Utah
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