Events in January 2024
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When You Are The Judge (Workshop) When You Are The Judge (Workshop)
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9 January 2024When You Are the JudgeInteractive judges' training to support conducting excellent speech contests.Whether you have never been a speech contest judge, or you have lost count of how many times, join us for a discussion of how to judge objectively using the criteria and scoring sheets. There will be an opportunity to hear contest-style speeches, fill out the judges' ballots, and discuss the experience. We will also discuss pitfalls to watch out for. You will come away from this training prepared to be an excellent judge. Let's conduct our best speech contests yet!!
Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 870 6757 6214Passcode: 259701Hosted by District Chief Judge Beth Van Kempen.January 9 at 7pm
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Club Officer Training (Winter Sessions) Club Officer Training (Winter Sessions)
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13 January 2024Club Officer Training (Winter Season) has started and will conclude at the end of February. Several sessions have been scheduled throughout the period for your convenience. District 53 has recruited a great selection of officers from high-performance clubs to facilitate and guide your workshop sessions this year. In your sessions you’ll…
- Attend a breakout session based on your officer role.
- Experience quality time with other officers in the same role, sharing strategies that work.
- Work with diverse officers in many roles across the district to get proven tactics for membership, club quality, contest programs, open houses, and other club operations.
- Attend at least 80% (120 minutes) of any 2.5 hour session to receive training credit.
The schedule of available training dates is as follows:
- Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 6-8:30pm
- Thursday, December 7, 2023, 6-8:30pm
- Saturday, December 9, 2023, 9-11:30am
- Saturday, January 13, 2024, 9-11:30am
- Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 6-8:30pm
- Saturday, February 3, 2024, 9-11:30am
- Monday, February 19, 2024, 6-8:30pm
To register for any District 53 Club Officer Training event, use the link below. All training sessions are online by Zoom. The Zoom link is provided at the end of the registration page and is also included in your registration confirmation email and the reminder email that will be sent two days before the event.
Register Here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/D53COT-Registration
If you’d like to know which officers still need to attend officer training, you can view the current TI training report for District 53 at this link. The deadline to attend a Club Officer Training (COT) is the last day of February.
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Steering Committee Meeting Steering Committee Meeting
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15 January 2024The District Steering Committee is composed of the District Director, the Program Quality Director, the Club Growth Director, the District Public Relations Manager, the District Administrative Manager, the District Financial Manager, and the Division Directors of District 53. The Region Advisor and International Director for District 53’s Region are ex officio members. It meets on the third Monday of the odd-numbered months.
Attendance of other persons at this meeting is by invitation of the District Director. To place an item on the agenda for a specific meeting, please contact the District Administrative Manager or the District Director at least three business days in advance. To receive a link to the meeting, please contact the District Director (dd @ D53tm . org ) or the District Administrative Manager (dam @ d53tm . 0rg )
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Joint Area 43 and Area 44 Contests Joint Area 43 and Area 44 Contests
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20 January 2024Area Directors Steve Lanning and Sabely Peralta invite you to join them on Saturday, January 20th at the Westfield Library at 6 Elm St. from 9 am to 12:30 pm for the Area 43 and Area 44 Speech Contests in Evaluation and International Speeches.Location:{hcard}AD for D43: Steve Lanning d43@d53tm.org (413) 575-9401AD for D44: Sabely Peralta d44@d53tm.org none given -
Club Officer Training (Winter Sessions) Club Officer Training (Winter Sessions)
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24 January 2024Club Officer Training (Winter Season) has started and will conclude at the end of February. Several sessions have been scheduled throughout the period for your convenience. District 53 has recruited a great selection of officers from high-performance clubs to facilitate and guide your workshop sessions this year. In your sessions you’ll…
- Attend a breakout session based on your officer role.
- Experience quality time with other officers in the same role, sharing strategies that work.
- Work with diverse officers in many roles across the district to get proven tactics for membership, club quality, contest programs, open houses, and other club operations.
- Attend at least 80% (120 minutes) of any 2.5 hour session to receive training credit.
The schedule of available training dates is as follows:
- Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 6-8:30pm
- Thursday, December 7, 2023, 6-8:30pm
- Saturday, December 9, 2023, 9-11:30am
- Saturday, January 13, 2024, 9-11:30am
- Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 6-8:30pm
- Saturday, February 3, 2024, 9-11:30am
- Monday, February 19, 2024, 6-8:30pm
To register for any District 53 Club Officer Training event, use the link below. All training sessions are online by Zoom. The Zoom link is provided at the end of the registration page and is also included in your registration confirmation email and the reminder email that will be sent two days before the event.
Register Here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/D53COT-Registration
If you’d like to know which officers still need to attend officer training, you can view the current TI training report for District 53 at this link. The deadline to attend a Club Officer Training (COT) is the last day of February.
Joint Area 41 and Area 42 Contests Joint Area 41 and Area 42 Contests
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24 January 2024Henry Kudisch, Area Director, and Division D Director Mark Wing invite you to attend the joint program for Evaluation and International speech contests on January 24, 2024 from 6:00 to 8:45 pm.LOCATION:{hcard}- Briefing: 6:00pm
- Contest Begins: 6:30pm
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