Outgoing President Jillian Haslam and President-elect Philip Carey
At the AGM on Monday 24th June, outgoing club President Jillian Haslam, expressed her gratitude and honour at being able to serve the members of Hertfordshire Speakers. She said there was much to celebrate and highlighted a few achievements: Achieving President’s Distinguished status with 10 awards, having members 100% enrolled on Pathways, having members involved in local community activities including Youth Leadership and Rotary Youth Speaks and participation in contests at club, area and division level. Jillian thanked the Committee for keeping the Vision and Mission of Toastmasters alive, and making the club a warm and friendly place for members to thrive.
Jillian presented three awards to club members: The 'Spirit of Toastmasters' Award to Philip Carey, the 'President's Appreciation' Award to Bob Ferguson, DTM, and the President's 'Toastmaster of The Year' Award to Elizabeth Jordan.
Her final act of the evening was to pass the baton to the new club President, Philip Carey, and wish him and his new committee all the very best in the coming year.
| Executive Club Officer Role | 2019-2020 |
| President | Philip Carey |
| VPE | Akhil Nair |
| VPM | Bryan Chipchase |
| VPPR | Elizabeth Jordan |
| Secretary | Andy Watts |
| Treasurer | Jacob Kallergis |
| Sergeant-at- Arms | Randika Dissanayake |
| Immediate Past President | Jillian Haslam |
| Non-Executive Club Officer Role | |
| Pathways Champion and Trainer | Elizabeth Jordan |
| Entertainment Officer | Jazz Pitt |
Area 20 Celebration Cake
The end of year celebrations continued on Wednesday 26th June at The Sun Hotel, Hitchin (home of North Herts Speakers) with the Area20 Gala Dinner and Awards ceremony hosted by Area Director, Wojtek Zulja. The Toastmaster of the evening was Bradley Peters, who did a fine job.
Members and guests from Area 20 and Beyond
There were members and in attendance from the three chartered clubs (Herts, East Herts, North Herts) and one Pre-charter club (Stevenage Speakers) in Area 20 and from Area 32 (Luton Speakers and Communicators) and Area 44 (Bedford, Cranfield, Milton Keynes Confident Speakers, Eldergate, North Bucks and Northampton.
After Dinner Speaker, Bob Ferguson, DTM
The After Dinner Speech was delivered by Bob Ferguson, DTM, who thanked Wojtek for resurrecting the Area 20 Gala Dinner, and hoped it would become an annual event.
Area Director, Wojtek with Award winners Jillian Haslam and Elizabeth Jordan
Area Director, Wojtek Zulja, presented awards to club members in three categories: Most Improved Club Member, Best Club Member and Best Club Officer. Herts members - Akhil Nair, Elizabeth Jordan and Jillian Haslam - were the proud recipients of the awards.
The 'Changing of the Guard' ceremony saw the outgoing officers across the handing over to the incoming officers. Division 'H' Director Steve Campion handed over to John Kendall and Area Director Wojtek Zulja handed over to John Allsop, represented by Nina Morozova.
Wojtek ended the evening by wishing everyone a happy and successful Toastmasters’ Year 2019 - 2020!
3 comments:
Fantastic night and great report!
Nina
Celebration cake and Bob and... great blogpost
Thanks for the post. I thought it was informative and enthusiastic. The club and area have much to celebrate and your post reminded me of some of those fine achievements. Thanks.
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