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The 2013 District 23 Spring Conference, brought to you in part by Northrop Grumman Corporation and Conn Global Industries, Inc., in Lubbock, TX, wrapped up in spectacular fashion under the guidance of Conference Chair Jef Conn of Lubbock.
The spring conference, held over the weekend of April 26 to 28, 2013, at the Overton Hotel in Lubbock, featured two amazing speech contests, a slew of fantastic presentations, guest appearances by two Toastmasters Past International Presidents, newly minted Distinguished Toastmasters, and a newly elected slate of district officers who are now furiously preparing for the coming Toastmasters’ year.
Robert Barnhill, Kaytea Hendricks, and Gary Schmidt
Contest Results
Representatives of each of the six Divisions in District 23 came together to compete in both the Table Topics and International Speech contests.
Robert Barnhill of Lubbock competed in and won both contests. While the Table Topics contest ends at the District level, for the International Speech contest he will move on to compete in the International Semi-Finals during the 2013 International Convention in Cincinnati, OH, in August to compete against the winners from every District in Toastmasters. Should he win his semi-final round, he will compete in the International Finals two days later.
In the Table Topics contest, Ralph Wallace of Albuquerque took second place and Kaytea Hendricks of Santa Fe finished in third place.
Gary Schmidt, Robert Barnhill, Merv Jersak, and Sarah Addison
In the International Speech contest, Merv Jersak of Albuquerque placed second with his speech titled “My Marble” and Sarah Addison of Las Cruces came in third with her speech “Humpty Dumpty.” Robert’s speech was titled “Presidents Don’t Sing … Do They?”
Conference Sessions
The conference featured speakers from within District 23 as well as guest speakers. Most notably were two past International Presidents, Gary Schmidt (2009-10) and Jana Barnhill (2008-09). Guest speakers were entrepreneur Larry Broughten, author Roberta Ley, triathlete Marcus Slaton, and Karen Blake. District 23 presenters were Peter Murphy, Rose Johnson-Tsosi, and Larry Buelow.
Incoming District Officers
During the district business meeting, the district council elected our incoming district officers. District 23’s elected officers for the 2013-14 year are:
- District Governor – Linda Leazar, DTM
- Lt. Governor Education & Training – James McCabe, DTM
- Lt. Governor Marketing – Jef Conn, ACB, ALB
- Division A Governor – Lee Gardner, DTM
- Division B Governor – Michael Carr, ABC
- Division C Governor – Jeffrie Burdette, DTM
- Division D Governor – Gbenga Asedeko, ACS, ALB
- Division E Governor – Stephanie Steelman, ACS, ALB
- Division F Governor – Pamela Davis, CC, ALB
New DTMs
Incoming Trio Jef Conn, Linda Leazar, and James McCabe
Two new DTMs, Kimberly Miller and Tanya Johnson, received their medallions during the DTM ceremony during the final moments of the conference.
Conference Photos
Photographer Ken Tsai took all of the photos seen on this page. If you are interested in purchasing the rights to use any of these photos or any of the hundreds of others that were taken, please click the link below.
Conference Survey
If you haven’t already filled out a survey for the conference, please click the link below and do so. Whether you attended or not, your input is valuable to the planning of future conferences.
Conference Sponsors
A big thank you goes out to Northrop Grumman Corporation and Conn Global Industries, Inc. These two companies graciously sponsored the District 23 Spring Conference.
