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FIELD NOTES
Got Skills?
Ellen Ino, DTM
Do you know the structure of our volunteer staff for District 7.
organization? Well, members join a club. Four • Are you a beginning Toastmaster or are
or more clubs are assigned to an Area Director you in Levels 1-3 in your path?
who helps and mentors the clubs. The four or • Do you have basic skills to advanced Zoom
more Areas are assigned to a Division Director skills? We need Zoom Masters!
who helps and mentors Area Directors. Yep, you • Are you willing to introduce a presenter
guessed it! Four or more Divisions Comprise a and help (except zoom) the presenter do
District. We are in District 7 which spans from a training? We need folks willing to be
Castle Rock down the I-5 corridor to the Oregon/ Room Hosts!
California border. Then we take in Del Norte • Do you train people at work or find
and Modoc counties of California. In Oregon that you are showing people how to do
the I-5 corridor counties and counties west to something? Without giving away trade
the coast. In Eastern Oregon we take in most of secrets, how about looking into being a
the counties except Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Potential Presenter on a topic that you
Wallowa, Grant, Baker, and Malheur. Wow! Lots are already training folks? Great! Send
of territory. in a training concept and let’s see if we
Just as big businesses, nonprofits, and local can offer it!
governments have departments, decision- • Do you love History? Are you good at
making structure, and leadership chain of research? Does data entry come easily?
command, so do we. Club to Area to Division to Are you a bookkeeper at work or as a
District to Region to International. Each level of non-profit volunteer? Do you have a
a big business, large nonprofit, local government knack for GIS software? Wow! We have
has staff. So do we at the Area, Division and Leadership at all levels that would love to
District. I’ve worked for the State of Oregon, hear from you; from Harvey Schowe the
the Oregon University System, and Metro. I’ve District Historian to our Creator of the
worked within my unions. I’ve been a volunteer first D7 database of volunteer skills and
with several nonprofits at various levels of those interests, to the Zoom Master, to each level
organizations. I enjoyed the multi-layers and of our District’s Leadership!
colleagues working together as a team to achieve Are you almost done with Level 3 or you are
common goals. at Level 4 or 5?
We could have such a structure and level of • Look ahead at the Level 4 and Level 5
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