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- New district website launched 2/11
- Please browse the new site and offer feedback either to the PRO team
- Question was asked about what sort of announcements and calendar events could be posted. Short answer is anything down to Area level; Club level items should be posted on your club's website
- Request to have the the old club/area list search restored; we may have a new solution, but the website is still in flux, so check back. Mike Kerr will submit request to our webmaster
- Some bugs were identified, some of which our webmaster is aware of; please keep in mind the main priority was to go to a site that worked that we could post announcements on. Content and quirks will be ironed out progressively...
- Announcement that was sent out from the District presumably to Club Presidents has not made it to most of the clubs who attended the call; VPPRs are requesting that blanket announcements that impact the District as a whole (new website, conference, newsletter) should be sent to an all-member mailing list instead of filtered down through the hierarchy so as to ensure there are no delays and that everybody receives it
- Reminder to attend the remaining TLI's if you haven't
- Requests submitted to increase the amount of time for officer sessions (1 hr min), and not to combine officer roles into single sessions (President/SAA, VPM/VPPR)
- Many members live in western areas like near Front Royal or Culpepper, and work in Fairfax or core parts of Northern Virginia where they are club members. Because they live in the west, it is inconvenient or not possible in some cases for them to drive in to TLI's in Fairfax or DC. Members are requesting an additional TLI further west, perhaps in Warrenton or such
- Mo will be hosting another webinar soon
- Phil Rosh is interested and would like more information; Mike to send that to Mo
- Will the webinars be posted to the D27 site? I believe they will be posted to the VPPR site
- Webinars are essentially online TLI's, except you get no credit for them; they are experimental, and in many ways more flexible than actual TLI's that are restricted by time and location; webinars are recorded for playback
- Reminder to get the word out; Conference is on Saturday, May 8
- Some have heard of a Friday evening event; we'll see if we can get more information and send it out - it will definitely be in the upcoming Newsletter in March
- Plan to attend the Conference - lots to learn, many people to meet, fun to be had!
- Rebecca Bustamante introduced the TV show and is in need of producers
- There is a producer-in-training program, plus you get Toastmasters credits in some of the manuals for working on it
- Also get credits in some manuals for speeches delivered in front of the camera - a great reason for your club to schedule a show
- Upcoming episode would like to feature contest winners; Mike will get in touch with Edmond Joe to see if he's interested
- If interested in the producer program or to schedule an appearance, email Rebecca (rebecca1@cox.net)
- The Mastering Business Communications (MBC) show tapes live on the third Wednesday of the month at 7pm
- There is a link to the TV show on the right side of this page
- Some constructive feedback was given regarding emails and some publications that come from the District on events
- Observations that some of them were unedited (specifically, not spellchecked), sloppily-worded, unbusinesslike and unprofessional
- Some examples were past email flyers for Contests
- One recommended solution was to have the PRO team responsible for contest and event flyers to ensure they are edited and professional-looking
- Another recommendation was for any type of editing/vetting process
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