As the outgoing Vice President of Education and the one who cast yesterday’s “unanimous consent” officer election vote, I am pleased to announce your 2023-2024 officer slate:

President Loni Huff, IP5
Vice President Education Michael Alexander, DTM
Vice President Membership Lucas Ramsey
Vice President Public Relations Kait Ramsey
Secretary Angel Larena, DTM
Treasurer Kelly Sclafani, LD3
Sgt At Arms Cameron Pedersen
Immediate Past President Andrew Brewer, VC4

Please join me in congratulating and supporting each of them in their roles over the coming year!

Art is “Fantasy Council” by Renu (@Renusartthingie on Twitter)

The last meeting of the 2022-2023 Toastmaster Year will be a viewing of Gamers 2: Dorkness Rising, which is the sequel of The Gamers.

If you haven’t seen The Gamers, it’s not required to see the sequel, but there are a few references, plus it’s an outstanding 1 hour movie filmed by college students during finals week.

It’s free to watch on YouTube WITH the explicit permission of Zombie Orpheus Entertainment and Dead Gentlemen Productions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSynJyq2RRo

Hello, Adventurers.

Adventure has found you! Are you ready to answer its call!?!

Are you ready to undertake an epic quest to improve your leadership and communication skills? Of course you are!? You’re a Dungeons & Toast guild member! Brave, fearless, and true!

Let me unfurl the Ancient Scroll of Journeys and read you the relevant sections about guild leadership (club officer elections):

Starting on July 1, 2023, the term of office for our party leaders (club officers) will change from semi-annual to annual. Thus, in order to get service credit with the lords and ladies of our realm (Toastmasters International) for your term of service, you must complete the entire year in the club officer role.

Names of candidates were announced at the 4/21 meeting. The deadline to declare candidacy was 11:59 PM PT, on Thursday, 4/20. After this time, interested parties can run from the floor on the night of the elections.

Elections will take place at the 5/5 meeting, during the Business portion of our meeting. We need a quorum of 51% of our active members who are in good standing in order to hold the elections, so please save the date.

If you are running for a club officer position, in case of a contested election (meaning, more than one person is running for a club officer position), please have a two minute campaign speech prepared.

You can self-nominate or nominate another person, who then can either accept or decline the nomination.

If you’d like to be a party leader (club officer) but would like to know more or undertake an apprenticeship (aka be on a club officer’s committee so you can see what being a club officer in that role is all about), reach out to any party leader at a guild meeting, via the aether (email), or on our guild’s Discord server–

• Guildmaster (President) Andrew B.
• Quest Master (Vice President of Education) Greg S.
• Recruitment Master (Vice President of Membership) Beth G.
• Master Bard (Vice President of Public Relations) Loni H.
• Master of Coin (Treasurer) Kelly S.
• Master Scribe (Secretary) — This club officer position is open
• Sergeant-at-Arms Lucas R.
• or myself, the club’s Former Guild Master (Immediate Past President) Patrick V. for more information

You can also go here or here for more info. about the club officer roles. (You must be logged in to see the materials in the second link.)

All guild members are welcome to join the party leaders in the guild council chambers (aka the club officers meeting), which occurs right after the guild meeting on the first Friday of every month. Members who attend are silent–including in the chat–observers and can hold any questions or comments they may have until the end of the meeting, time permitting, or reach out to any party leader (club officer) directly.

The format for voting in contested elections will occur via a secret ballot (aka a Google Form).

Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Patrick V.

Former Guild Master (Immediate Past President) and Club Leadership Committee

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Dungeons & Toast was happy to have two members competing at the District 100 Tall Tales speech contest this year: Andrew B and Loni H.

Andrew’s haunting speech about a late Ama and her widower — entitled “The Sea Giveth and Taketh Away” — placed second:

And Loni’s energetic tale about a circus seamstress and her commitment to her craft — entitled “The Price of Silk” — placed third:

In unrelated but also exciting news, Dungeons & Toast is happy to announce the recent election of new member Angel L to the position of Club Growth Director for District 100! Angel’s commitment to the Toastmasters community and proven leadership skills made them the ideal candidate for this role, and we all look forward to seeing the positive impact they will have on the District in the coming year.