State of the District, part 1

The district is doing extremely well as of 1 March 2012

1. We are tracking our goal of 9-12% growth in number of clubs

2. We are conducting contests in Zulu and  Afrikaans (subject to formal approval by the Directorate… Continue reading

TLI training at the Summer Conference

This weekend we continued with Club Officer training hosted by TLI.

Here is the District Govenor address for this weekend’s training.

Zulu, Afrikaans contests are permitted in D74!

Exciting news!

District 74 now has permission to run Speech Contests in more than one language!

This means, that District 74 will be running the International Speech Contest in Zulu as well as English at Maxicon in 2012.

Corporate clubs off to a great 2011/12

Corporate clubs have a reputation.

They’re easy to start, goes the reputation. And the fail just as quickly. And they need a lot of work.

Some of our best clubs are community clubs — Taverners; 4th Dimension in Bryanston. And… Continue reading

We were the proudest District in the room

As you know, I hate travelling.
So over 20 hours of flights and over 30 hours of travel is not what makes me happy.
But that’s what it took to go to our training session in Nevada.

After the District… Continue reading

Should we change the the way we run contests? You decide.

I need a favour. Please discuss this at a club meeting before the end of August.
Africon is our own Spring Convention, and the purpose of the convention is to vote.

This is an American organisation and the Americans like… Continue reading

51 weeks to go

Happy Birthdays
* Firstly, happy birthday to Justice Udzembwe of Area A4 and a belated happy birthday to Linda Maber of Area F2!

Training
We’re a training organisation. If you’re a member, then every meeting is a workshop; your club… Continue reading

Make every meeting count.

So that’s it! We’re off! Fifty-two more weeks of this year — between 12 and 26 meetings. That’s all we’ve got. Let’s make every meeting count!

You’ve probably just completed Club Officer Training and are full of enthusiasm for the… Continue reading