Page 16 - October 2020 Voices

I WAS THINKING . . .

Time to Plant the Tulips…

Emilie Taylor, DTM - Immediate Past District Director

Oh my, how time flies! Last year around this In our District, we will elect the following
time, I appointed Adele O’Neal, DTM, as the District leaders: District Director, Program

Chair of the District Leadership Committee Quality Director, Club Growth Director, and
(DLC). Thank you, Adele, for a job well-done. Division Directors. The Area Directors, along
This time around our current District Director, with the Public Relations Manager, Finance
PJ Kleffner, DTM, has appointed me as the Chair Manager and Public Relations Manager, are

of the DLC. Thank you, PJ, for your confidence appointed positions. More detailed descriptions
and trust. It is my honor and pleasure to serve and additional information will be shared in my
in this position. I will do my best to carry out article next month.
the functions of the position. As I prepare for this volunteer work, I can’t

What is the DLC’s function? Per the District help but think about my own Toastmasters
Leadership Handbook: “The District Leadership leadership journey. The biggest and loudest
Committee is charged with nominating message that resonates is: “Own It and Grow from
candidates to District office . . . and the purpose It!” I am the testament that by owning and facing

of the Committee is to find the best-qualified our own fears and shortcomings, then sharing
candidates possible to serve as District leaders.” them, we discover our own “Person,” capable of
In the next several weeks, I will be reaching much higher aspirations than we ever imagined.
out to our members as I form the committee. We I initially joined Toastmasters to find friends.

will need 8 members, each member representing What I found was a world of possibilities . . . Truly
one of the 8 Division (Divisions A to H) in our Un-Limited Infinite Possibilities (TULIP) . . .
District. If you find yourself receiving a message what you put in is what you get out. Like a tulip,
from me, it is more likely that will be the reason pressed into the ground and walked on from

why I am calling on you. I hope that you will take time to time, it grows from within and at the
this on as a new learning experience. Now is the right time breaks through the earth and blooms
time if you are not planning or committed on in its own unique and beautiful way. That is why
serving as a 2021-2022 District leader. we tiptoe through the tulips . . .

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