1. District 56 Re-Alignment Committee Division, Area and Club Recommendations: 2019-2020
March 16, 2019

2. 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

3. Patricia Carreras, ACS, ALB
The Committee
Steve Jones, ACS, ALS
Division N
Nathan Mourfield, SR1
Division L
Joseph Gannon, ACB, CL
Division M
Rae Ann George, CC
Division Q
Patricia Carreras, ACS, ALB
Division O
Ariel Harrison, TBD
Division P

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

5. 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

6. 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)

7. THE PROCESS

8. 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.

9. THE HIGHLIGHTS
Areas
38 areas between the seven (7) divisions within District 56.
The Committee recommends adding five (5) areas, with appropriate area boundary changes due to the geographic balancing of clubs and areas based on growth and attrition.

10. THE HIGHLIGHTS Clubs July 1, 2018 Club Base 184 Chartered Clubs +11
Ineligible Clubs (1) -2
Suspended Clubs (2)
-11
Total Paid Clubs as of
March 10, 2019
182
Ineligible clubs are not counted towards Total Clubs or Club Base.
Suspended clubs are not counted towards Total Clubs or Club Base.

11. THE DETAILS – Division L
Introduced a new Area L45 with 4 re-aligned clubs
Existing: 4 areas with 29 clubs
Proposed: 5 areas with 26 clubs

13. THE DETAILS – Division M
No club changes within areas
No area boundary changes
Re-aligned Lockton Toastmasters Club from R61 to M32 as club changed its meeting location
Existing: 6 areas with 27 clubs
Proposed: 6 areas with 26 clubs

15. THE DETAILS – Division N
Introduced a new Area N26 with 4 re-aligned clubs
Existing: 5 areas with 29 clubs
Proposed: 6 areas with 26 clubs

17. THE DETAILS – Division O
Introduced a new Area O15 with 5 re-aligned clubs
Existing: 5 areas with 26 clubs
Proposed: 6 areas with 28 clubs
Re-aligned Houston Public Works Club 8276 and Houston Real Estate Professionals from Q53 to Division O

19. THE DETAILS – Division P
Introduced two new Areas P6 and P7 with 4 re-aligned clubs each
Existing: 5 areas with 30 clubs
Proposed: 7 areas with 29 clubs

21. THE DETAILS – Division Q
No area boundary changes
Re-aligned Talk Crude Nabors Toastmasters from R60 to Q53; Post Oak Toastmasters from Q54 to Q51
Existing: 6 areas with 31 clubs
Proposed: 6 areas with 27 clubs

23. THE DETAILS – Division R
No area boundary changes
Re-aligned Flotek Houston from R65 to R60; A+ Toastmasters from Q51 to R61; Daybreakers Toastmasters Club from Q51 to R63; Blue Crew TM Club from R61 to R63; Technology Toastmasters of CFISD from R63 to R65
Existing: 6 areas with 31 clubs
Proposed: 6 areas with 28 clubs