District 56 Re-Alignment Committee Division, Area and Club Recommendations: 2019-2020 April 20, 2019

District 56 Program Quality The Committee Sheryle H. Warren, DTM District 56 Director Kathryn R. Kest, DTM District 56 Program Quality Director Rose Williams, DTM District 56 Club Growth Director

The Committee Pamela McCown, PID, DTM Committee Advisor, District 56 Re-Alignment Committee R.W. (Bill) Sullivan, DTM Committee Advisor, District 56 Re-Alignment Committee

Nathan Mourfield, ACG, ALB Patricia Carreras, ACG, ALB The Committee Steve Jones, ACS, ALS Division N Nathan Mourfield, ACG, ALB Division L Joseph Gannon, ACB, CL Division M Rae Ann George, CC Division Q Patricia Carreras, ACG, ALB Division O Ariel Harrison Division P

Mehboob Shrivastava, DTM The Committee Kate Shi, ACG, ALB Division R Mehboob Shrivastava, DTM District 56 Re-Alignment Committee Chair

THE GUIDELINES Toastmasters International World HQ Guidelines (Summarized) – Our Objective Geographically align clubs within areas and divisions Each division must have a minimum of three (3) areas Each area must have a minimum of four (4) clubs and no more than six (5) clubs Plan for possible growth and anticipated loss Create a more equitable distribution of active clubs between areas and divisions

THE STATUS Ineligible = 0-2 Members (Not counted towards Area alignment requirements) Low = 3-7 Members Active = 8+ Members Suspended = Paperwork entered to suspend charter (Not counted towards Area alignment requirements)

THE PROCESS

THE HIGHLIGHTS Divisions Seven (7) divisions within District 56 – labeled alphabetically from ‘L’ to ‘R’. The Committee recommends keeping the number of divisions within the district at seven (7) with no division boundary changes.

THE HIGHLIGHTS Areas 38 areas between the seven (7) divisions within District 56. The Committee recommends no net addition of area The Committee recommends eliminating one area each from Division M and R; addition of one area each in Division N and P The Committee recommends re-alignment with appropriate area boundary changes due to the geographic balancing of clubs and areas based on growth and attrition.

THE HIGHLIGHTS Clubs July 1, 2018 Club Base 184 Chartered Clubs +12 Ineligible Clubs (1) -14 Suspended Clubs (2) -10 Low Membership Clubs -16 Total Paid Clubs as of April 20, 2019 156 Ineligible clubs are not counted towards Total Clubs or 2019-2020 Club Base. Suspended clubs are not counted towards Total Clubs or 2019-2020 Club Base.

THE DETAILS – Division L No Area boundary changes Club changes within areas due to the geographic and overall performance health balancing Existing: 5 areas with 27 clubs Proposed: 5 areas with 25 clubs

THE DETAILS – Division M Eliminated one Area because of lack of strong clubs Club changes within areas due to the geographic and overall performance health balancing Re-aligned Lockton Toastmasters Club from R61 to M32 as club changed its meeting location Existing: 6 areas with 25 clubs Proposed: 5 areas with 25 clubs

THE DETAILS – Division N Introduced a new Area N20 with 4 re-aligned clubs Club changes within areas due to the geographic and overall performance health balancing Existing: 5 areas with 28 clubs Proposed: 6 areas with 25 clubs

THE DETAILS – Division O No Area boundary changes Club changes within areas due to the geographic and overall performance health balancing Re-aligned Houston Public Works Club 8276 from Q53 to Division O Existing: 5 areas with 26 clubs Proposed: 5 areas with 24 clubs

THE DETAILS – Division P Introduced a new Area P6 with 4 re-aligned clubs Club changes within areas due to the geographic and overall performance health balancing Existing: 5 areas with 30 clubs Proposed: 6 areas with 26 clubs

THE DETAILS – Division Q No Area boundary changes Club changes within areas due to the geographic and overall performance health balancing Re-aligned Professionally Speaking Singles Toastmasters Club, Texas Trotters Toastmasters Club, Health Wealth and Happiness Toastmasters from R61 to Q53 Existing: 6 areas with 30 clubs Proposed: 6 areas with 25 clubs

THE DETAILS – Division R Eliminated one Area because of lack of strong clubs Club changes within areas due to the geographic and overall performance health balancing Re-aligned Daybreakers Toastmasters Club from Q51 to R62; Baker Hughes Speakeasy Toastmasters from Q53 to R60; Big Red Toastmasters from Q53 to R62; Blue Crew TM Club from R61 to R62; Technology Toastmasters of CFISD from R63 to R64 Existing: 6 areas with 30 clubs Proposed: 5 areas with 23 clubs