District 5 Spring Conference

	*2007 Spring Conference Results*
	Many thanks and kudos to the dozens of people who volunteered their time and wonderful talents to make our Spring Conference celebrating World Champions a HUGE success & Simply Amazing! On Friday evening, Gloria James, Contest Chair & Darcy Konold, Event Chair, along with their posse, put on quite a show - from the foot-tapping music of Tom Fincher & his band of Banjo Bums to the chili cookoff and pie baking contest. The 2003 World Champion of Public Speaking, Jim Key, kept us laughing with "But It Wasn't Funny Back Then;" and the evening culminated with the 5 Evaluation Contest finalists vying for the District Evaluation Champion's title. *Very, very special thanks to Sea World for donating the location at the Hubbs Sea World Institute.* Congratulations to ALL the Evaluation Contestants: Elisa Castaneda - Southern; Peter Holmes - Central; Jonathan Issacs - Western; Paul Redfern - Northern & Linda Simpson - Eastern Evaluation Contest Winners: Third Place: Elisa Castaneda Bilingue, Area 1, Southern Division Runner-Up: Jonathan Issacs Seaworld, Area 8, Western Division Winner - Paul Redfern Palomar Airport, Area 18, Northern Division On Saturday, the magic continued with our salute to World Champions. We opened with our Spring Business Meeting with a bit of magic from Debra Simpson, then voted in next year's leaders. Kudos to the following Toastmasters who have stepped forward to serve our District next year and were elected as your leadership team by the District Council: Distict 5 Officers 2007-2008		Paul Redfern, Winner District 5 Evaluation Contest with Toastmaster, Jim Tucker Norm Nomura, Winner District 5 International Speech Contest with District Governor, Cindy Scott
	District Governor - Gail E. Lover, DTM Lt. Governor Education & Training - Emily Corcoran, DTM Lt. Governor Marketing - Mark Kramer, ATM/G Central Division Governor - David Bernardin, ATM/B, CL Eastern Division Governor - Sara Appel-Lennon, ATM/B, CL Northern Division Governor - Steve Sherrod, DTM Southern Division Governor - David Carroll, DTM Western Divsiion Governor - Holley Kinnear, ACB, CL
	Incoming District Officers (L-R): Northern Gov, Steve Sherrod (with his head cut off); Eastern Gov, Sara Appel-Lennon; Central Gov, David Bernardin; Southern Gov, David Carroll; District 5 Gov, Gail Lover; & Western Gov, Holley Kinnear		Incoming District Officers (L-R): Southern Division Governor, David Carroll; District 5 Governor, Gail Lover; Western Division Governor, Holley Kinnear; Lt. Governor Education & Training, Emily Corcoran & Lt. Governor Marketing, Mark Kramer
	Following the Business meeting, Jim Key showed us again why he is a World Champion. He really "Hit the Mark" in his "Quest for Excellence" presenatation. His glorious stories, filled with self-deprecating humor and valuable life lessons, set the tone for an immensely enjoyable day. At lunch we were mesmerized by C&L Award winner John Assaraf's presence & Law of Attraction message. Following John, we honored, welcomed & hugged District 5's newest DTMs: Steve Sherrod, Scott Sabul, Jim Tucker, Ralph Giove, Debra Simpson, Zena Babao, Brenda Smull & Stanley Dombrowski. After lunch, from Region II International Director, Lauren Kelly, we learned how to better incorporate the new CL manual into our clubs (and handed out 31 to members who pledged to use them & complete them by next year's conference). All this set the stage for our International Speech Contest. Jim Tucker (a three-time finalist at the International Convention) was our Contest Toastmaster. Congratulations to ALL the participants for inspiring us and touching our hearts: Donald Booth - Northern; Elisa Castaneda - Southern; Norm Nomura - Central; Mike Shelton - Eastern; and Jimmy Thai - Western International Speech Contest Winners: Third Place: Jimmy Thai - Wordmasters, Area 13, Western Division Runner-Up: Donald Booth - Del Mar, Area 11, Northern Division Winner: Norm Nomura - Poway-Black Mountain, Area 25, Central Division When you have a moment, please congratulate all the contestants for participating and thank all the Toastmasters who helped to make this event such a HUGE success! Extra special thanks & High-5s to Sgt at Arms, Malcolm Pusey; Judging Chair, Janice Robinson; Contest Chair, Gloria James; Friday Night Event Chair, Darcy Konold; Flyers, Posters, Programs, Audio & Video Masters, Joe & Elisa Castaneda; District Treasurer, Linda Parker; District PRO, Joyce Persichilli; Lt. Governor Education & Training, Gail Lover; and MOST ESPECIALLY to the finest Conference Chair, Lyn Kadushin!
	PDG Richard "There's a new Sherriff in town" Cortopassi! Friday night - Malcolm Pusey, the District 5 Sgt at Arms of ALL Sgt at Arms Friday night Toastmaster, Jim Tucker with Test Speaker, Brian Weismann The magic of Debra Simpson to open our 2007 District 5 Spring Conference 2003 World Champ & Keynote speaker, Jim Key teaching us a thing or two or three. John Assarf wowing Spring Conference attendees after luch with his presence & message. Region II Internatuional Director, Lauren Kelly with members who pledged to finish the new CL manual by next year's Conference.		World Champ, Jim Key, on Friday nite presenting, "But it Wasn't Funny Back Then" Friday night Rafflemaster, Miguel Angel, taking Western wear to a whole new level. Lt. Gov Marketing, Brenda Smull, recognizing clubs who Talked Up Toastmasters on Friday nite Martin Olmeda receiving special recognition for his work with the Charger Girls Speechcraft C&L Award Recipient John Assaraf with District 5 Governor, Cindy Scott Newly crowned DTM's getting the royal treatment in the hug & kiss line up. The mighty fine Toastmaster extraordinaire, Jim Tucker, as MC for the International Speech Contest.

District 5 Mission
The Mission of the District is to enhance the performance and extend the network of Clubs, thereby offering greater numbers of people the opportunity to benefit from the Toastmasters educational program, by:

• Focusing on the critical success factors as specified by the District educational and membership goals.
• Insuring that each Club effectively fulfills its responsibilities to its individual members.
• Providing effective training and leadership development opportunities for Club and District Officers.