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District 64 Information Sessions

District 64 successfully launched the first Open House Information Session on Sunday, July 25, 2021 hosted by Past District Director Laverne Wojciechkowski, DTM.  Laverne kicked off the evening with an overview of Toastmasters International and District 64.  The Agenda included a special presentation about the Pathways Educational Program by Club Growth Director  David Storey, DTM and a presentation by a member of the District 64 PR Team Liz Jonasson, DTM, about why Table Topics is a powerful tool for growth of communication and leadership skills.  The evening ended with a Q and A followed by a Call to Action featuring Laverne explaining How to Join a Club! 

District 64 Open House Information Sessions are being held on the last Sunday of each month during 2021-22.  Watch the District 64 Calendar or District 64 Meetup page for links to these Monthly District 64 Open House Information Session events and be sure to invite your non-Toastmaster friends and family to attend!

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Area Director Need

From District Director Alfred Kerperin DTM – Fellow Toastmasters of District 64, your District and District Director needs your help. After many calls, I have to use a different way to find you. I don’t like this, as until now I have assembled my team by calling and talking to people.
I am looking for Area Directors. This position is still required to achieve your DTM, even under the Pathway umbrella. If you and your club belongs to one of the following Areas and you are willing to help your District, I would like to hear from you. During my terms as Area Governor and Area Director I had a lot of fun helping and guiding clubs and members in the right direction to achieve their goals.

How about it? All you have to do is call 204-792-7686. Please light up my phone

For a full PDF version of this message click here

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LOOSENING OF Covid 19 Regulations

As we are all aware at present, the Government of Manitoba is pulling Covid 19 restrictions back. According to Orders under the Public Act Dated July 15, 2021, ORDER 2, page 3:

2(1) Except as otherwise permitted by these Orders, all persons are prohibited from assembling in a gathering or attending an event involving
(a) more than 25 persons at indoor premises that are not a private residence;
(b) more than 25 persons at an outdoor location on private property;

Changes to existing Public Health Orders will took effect July 17, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. and will remain in effect until 12:01 a.m. on August 7, 2021.  For more information see the Provincial Guidelines

Here are the rules pertaining to our organization:
This translates, that if your club can meet the regulations and rules of the Province of Manitoba (masks and 2-meter social distancing) as well as rules of your meeting place, you could meet in person. When this was brought to my attention, I called Toastmasters International and was informed that if these rules can be followed, all our club must integrate a hybrid option to meet in person.

Alfred Kerperin DTM
Keeping the Commitment
District 64 Director

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Caution with pictures

This article is about getting properly permissioned pictures that fit the Toastmaster’s brand. To quote the Toastmasters Branding Manual “Please do not use cartoons, illustrations, or clip art in materials created for Clubs, Areas, Divisions, Districts, and Regions. Always make sure you have permission to use and/or reproduce any images and pictures utilized in your designs. Images protected by trademarks and copyrights should never be used.”

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COVID restrictions changing

In Manitoba the number of COVID cases are dropping with 53 today. Vaccination rates are going up. The % of eligible Manitobans 12 years and over was 76.7% one dose, 58.5% 2 doses. The Province is feeling comfortable enough to reduce some of the restrictions we have been under for many months. The Province announced updates on their news site.

This is not back to normal but it will be nice to see friends, family and fellow Toastmasters in person. Hopefully, if we keep up our vaccination rates, we can have normal meetings this fall – or at least some hybrid versions.