Comments for Lessons Learned

Comment on Fundamental changes needed for District 30 conferences by San

San — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:03:06 +0000

Well said will!
These people are supposed to be masters in communication! and leadership!

Comment on Fundamental changes needed for District 30 conferences by Vito Vitkauskas

Vito Vitkauskas — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:44:43 +0000

I was moving to a new residence during this conference, so I missed it.

The next district gathering (the leadership institute, after this district conference) was a pleasant surprise compared to the previous one in that the district was much more discipline about keeping the schedule. I hope this is a good trend.

Comment on Plans for 2010 by What’s next for Will?

What’s next for Will? — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:18:00 +0000

[...] from my contacts, and perhaps finally giving some speeches which I failed to do even though it was a goal of mine this year. With a new District 30 Governor who has credibility problems, this Toastmasters year should be [...]

Comment on Before you vote for the next District 30 Governor, consider this… by jeff s

jeff s — Mon, 24 May 2010 22:42:29 +0000

Hi Will!

By now elections are indeed over and you’re probably aware it’s result. It bothers me that the membership votes like lemmings or sheep. There is no question the majority voted as they did because a natural line of progression. If this is the case, why bother even having elections or slating candidates except for LGM or Division Govenors?

The other candidate for DG is a friend and someone I look to for guidance and advice. She’s an amazing leader. Unfortunately she spent more time on why you should not vote for our current LGET rather on why she should be our DG.

Much as some will want to dismiss it, there is very much a rift in D30. I’d like to say it’s fixable but that will take people on all sides willing to make that effort. We talk about leadership in TI. This is a time for leaders as we will need them. The question is will any of them step up to the challenge?

Comment on When abusing the program becomes personal by Before you vote for the next District 30 Governor, consider this…

Before you vote for the next District 30 Governor, consider this… — Sat, 15 May 2010 04:26:44 +0000

[...] Whether what I did was noble or intrusive is up to you. But I did it as a favor for a close Toastmaster friend, not for my own benefit. I had no intention of undermining anyone or making a person look bad. The Northwest Division Governor wanted to paint me the opposite. I started asking myself what was the point of getting involved in Toastmasters if I had to deal with such crap. It was one major reason why after this term as Area Governor ended, my involvement in District 30 “ceased to exist”. It was the primary reason why I got into a big mess with this person as mentioned in a December 2008 blog entry. [...]

Comment on There is hope in District 30 after all by The “tea party” hits District 30!

The “tea party” hits District 30! — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:41:17 +0000

[...] The reason for the last statement was that last year (see report) there were contested races for both Lt. Governor positions as well as nine candidates for the six Division Governor positions. This time I was expecting all the top 3 positions to be contested as the current Lt. Governor of Education and Training continued to be very unpopular with many in the district, in fact he was the topic of some of my blog posts such as this and this. [...]

Comment on When abusing the program becomes personal by The “tea party” hits District 30!

The “tea party” hits District 30! — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:38:25 +0000

[...] very unpopular with many in the district, in fact he was the topic of some of my blog posts such as this and [...]

Comment on Much-delayed Toastmaster update! by Will

Will — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 06:00:56 +0000

Linda, this was written the day before the report was announced and I did not have time this week to comment on it, other than in my Twitter and Facebook pages. More posts about the nominations coming soon!

Comment on Much-delayed Toastmaster update! by Linda E

Linda E — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:32:31 +0000

Wow, no comments about the recent nominations. Impressive restraint, Will! I do like hearing about what’s going in with membership in your clubs, as we work diligently to get our numbers back up to 20. That hasn’t happened in a very long time, but we are close. (I’m obviously referring to Cary Grove, as Crystal Lake has NO problems with membership!)

Comment on My own club-building experience by Coming full circle

Coming full circle — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:38:51 +0000

[...] Li and I went to Palatine High School to promote the idea of a Toastmasters club as mentioned in a previous entry, Bruce was one of the first to expressed interest in taking part of the club as he had been in [...]