My Toastmasters Experience

As I was typing out my recent article on having things lighter this year, I realized that I already have arole - albeit not officially recognized by the Distict, but definitely recognized by the Division as it is Division R centered. I'm reffering to the Mentorihg pool that has been sset up and the Mentoring of mentors that we have also started with the delivery of the Mentor and ROAR workshop. Now, prior to all this, I have been in charge of making sure the CARE program initiated by Dir. Julius has been in place with HOLA for two year in the past - with year three about to end.I did not take a more active role with this as CARE overall mentor, simply because I focused more on my team, and in our case, we have been meeting almost regularly - in fact, I think ours was the roup that met a lot more often than others. I did not meet with the other mentors this year, on the understanding that they already knew what to do - and just needed to do it. Yes, they met at times... though I t...

TM year 2025-26 was supposed to be a light year for me. Having just fulfilled my role as Division N Director,I was feeling a bit of FOMO as I finally ended my term. No more Division Council and Distric Council to worry about. I also ended my term as HOLA president, so I was in for a very simple term of nat having any role in the District and Division. Let others take care of the leadership, roles for a change. Okay, so I was asked to stay on as Sgt at Arms at HOLA - no big deal I also made sure I had less clubs to be a member of... from three, to just one. That was until I got a call from Remy (newly minted District Director, at that time and got asked about joining her Extended Leadership Team as Ethics COmmittee Chair (later reffered to as District Disciplinarian). So at least I got a few freebies from that role - namely a free DisCon and hotel room accomodation. But as I was about to learn, a few other roles crept up on me. Thus making me busy - specially during the DisCon. I fe...