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

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. 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)

8. THE PROCESS

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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 Club Base.
Suspended clubs are not counted towards Total Clubs or Club Base.

12. 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

14. 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

16. 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

18. 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

20. 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

22. 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

24. 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