Business Meeting Results 2022

District Director Kimberlee Redington lead the 2022 business meeting on Saturday, May 14, 2022.
The meeting began with the Canadian and American anthems. You can find the anthems on YouTube by clicking the buttons:
Canadian Anthem
American Anthem
District Alignment

Anna Gaichas, DTM read the District Mission.
Karolyn Hoard, DTM, presented the Credentials Report – a quorum was present.
The Agenda was adopted.
The Minutes of the previous meeting were approved.
Reports were made by the Division Directors, Executive Team, and Trio.

The District Realignment was discussed and a vote took place. The alignment passed. There are now 5 Divisions in District 106.

The District Officers were elected as follows: Division Director Gopu Shreshtha; Program Quality Director Ed Aylward; Club Growth Director Katy Hursh; Division A Director Denise Sundquist; Division B Director Daniel DeJoode; Division C Director Bob Dummer; Division D Director David Rasmussen; Division E Director George Kane. These officers were installed by Immediate Past District Director Michael Carlton.

No new business. 

The District Director adjourned the meeting.

Business Meeting agenda

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2021-2022 District Speech Contests

District 106 conducted the following speech contests in the 2021-2022 year: Evaluation, Humorous, Table Topics, and International. The Division winners competed at the 2022 Spring Conference May 13 and 14. 

May 13th - Evaluation and Humorous Speech Contests

Evaluation Contest: A test speaker, Kenzie Marthaler, presented a 5-7 minute speech. Each contestant evaluated that speech within 2-3 minutes.

Humorous Speech Contest: Each contestant presented a 5-7 minute speech that left the audience laughing.

Division contest winners list

AND THE WINNERS WERE:

EVALUATIONS:
1ST PLACE – JANET FUCHEK
2ND PLACE – MICHELLE HOWARD
3RD PLACE – ZADEE BELCHER-LARSON

HUMOROUS:
1ST PLACE – JENI SMITH
2ND PLACE – JOHN BARRETT
3RD PLACE – OLLIE STOCKER

May 14th - Table Topics and International Speech Contests

Table Topics Contest: The same table topic will be given to each contestant, who will have 1-2 minutes to give an answer.

International Speech Contest: Each contestant will present a 5-7 minute speech that leaves the audience inspired.

Table of Division contest winners

AND THE WINNERS WERE:

TABLE TOPICS:
1ST PLACE – KEITH HARDY
2ND PLACE – DOT CANNON
3RD PLACE – JANET FUCHEK

INTERNATIONAL:
1ST PLACE – PETER TARTARO
2ND PLACE – JIM EMERY
3RD PLACE – JOHN BARRETT

To find out more about speech contests, please visit our SPEECH CONTEST page.

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Business Meeting Results 2021

The fall 2021 District 106 business meeting was held on Saturday, September 11 via Zoom meeting. A quorum was no met, therefore voting took place following the meeting via email.

The results of the meeting were as follows:

  • The past meeting minutes were approved
  • The District Director and Program Quality Director positions for 2021-2022 were declared by Gopu Shrestha and Edward Aylward respectively
  • The Budget was approved, via email voting (see Ballot results below)
Budget Approval Pie Chart

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2022-2023 Candidates

District 106

2022-2023 Candidates

Below are the 2022-2023 candidates for elected positions for District 106, nominated by the District Leadership Committee. 

Postions marked with * are the elected leaders for 2022-2023. Due to district realignment, Division F was absorbed into the other Divisions.

District 106 Candidates:

Position Name Photo Bio
District Director  * Gopu Shreshtha, DTM Gopu_Shrestha_Photo Gopu Bio
Program Quality Director  * Ed Aylward, DTM Edward Aylward Ed Bio
Club Growth Director  * Katy Hursh Katy Hursh Katy Bio
Club Growth Director Matthew Villella, DTM Matthew Villella believes in speechcraft Matt Bio
Division A Director  * Denise Sundquist Denise Sundquist Denise Bio
Division B Director  * Daniel DeJoode Daniel DeJoode Daniel Bio
Division C Director  * Bob Dummer, DTM Bob Dummer Bob Bio
Division D Director  * David Rasmussen, DTM David Rasmussen photo Dave Bio
Division E Director  * George Kane, DTM George Kane George Bio
Division F Ashok Sunkavalli Ashok_Sunkavalli_Photo  

This list of candidates is respectfully submitted by the 2022-2023 District Leadership Committee:

Chair: Michael Carlton, DTM / Immediate Past District Director

Members: Susan Schulz, DTM; Dave Gibson, DTM; Jonathan Goossen, DTM; Phil Rodgers, DTM; Daniel Grundtner, DTM; and David Degenhardt.

Nominating Committee Report

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