District Elections
The Board of the Caribbean Territorial Council of
Toastmasters is elected annually at the Business Meeting held in May at
the Convention.
The positions
on the Board are as follows:
Read the
details on Job Descriptions of District Officers at
General Elections Information in TI Website
Eligibility
No prospective candidate can
be nominated until:
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His/Her
eligibility has been verified:
At the time
of taking office, the District Governor shall have served at least six
(6) consecutive months as Club President and at least twelve (12)
consecutive months as a Lt. Governor, Division Governor, or a
combination thereof:
At the time
of taking office, the Lt. Governors shall have served at least six (6)
consecutive months as Club President and at least twelve (12)
consecutive months as a Lt. Governor, a Division Governor, or an Area
Governor or a combination thereof.
At the time
of taking office, the Division Governors shall have served at least six
(6) consecutive months as members of a District Council.
Insofar as
practicable, the Area Governors shall have served as members of an Area
Council (President or VP Ed).
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The
Committee has ascertained that the candidate understands the duties and
responsibilities of office, is committed to fulfilling those duties and
responsibilities, and has the skills and abilities necessary to perform
successfully as an officer. It is highly recommended that the Committee
follow the guidelines and timelines provided by World Headquarters.
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The
Committee has ascertained that the candidate will accept such
nomination, subject to the individual's rights to withdraw his/her name
from such nomination at the District's Annual Business Meeting, and to
be nominated from the floor as a candidate for any other Office.
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The
Committee has received a copy of the Officer Agreement and Release
Statement signed by the candidate. To be nominated or elected, all
candidates for District Governor, Lt. Governor Education and Training,
Lt. Governor Marketing, and Division Governor must sign the Officer
Agreement and Release Statement published by Toastmasters
International. The District should make all reasonable effort to have
all other District officers sign the statement. All signed forms shall
be sent to World Headquarters and kept as part of the District’s
permanent records at World Headquarters.
For more up-to-date details fo
to TI Website
Elections Information
District
Officers Training
Please read this document for
more details
http://208.179.231.194/apps/Sections.nsf/Files/SectionVIB7/$file/SectionVIB7.doc
PROXY FORMS &
VOTING
Read the details on Voting and
Proxy as per the
District Administrative By Laws
(c) Quorum. One-third of the Club Presidents and Vice Presidents
Education from member Clubs in the District, or their proxies as
authorized by subparagraph (d) hereof, shall constitute a quorum for all
District Council meetings. In the event any business is transacted at any
District Council meeting at which a quorum is not present, the action
shall be deemed as valid as if a quorum were present if it thereafter is
expressly approved in writing by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
member Clubs in the District on the basis of two (2) votes per Club.
(d)
Proxies. Either the Club President or Vice President Education of
any member Club may designate, in writing, any active individual member of
the Club to act as a proxy for him or her at any District Council meeting.
In the event one of those Officers is not in attendance at the meeting and
has not designated, in writing, an active individual member of the Club to
act as his or her proxy at such meeting, the Officer or proxyholder in
attendance shall be deemed to hold the proxy of the other and may
therefore cast two (2) votes at such meeting. The intent of this provision
is to assure that every Club will be represented by two (2) votes. No
other proxies shall be valid at a District Council meeting. A written
proxy, to be valid at a District Council meeting, must contain all the
elements set forth in Toastmasters
International policy and must be delivered personally, by mail, by fax, by
E-mail, by electronic transmission, or by other reasonable means to the
Club member who will hold the proxy. The proxy holder must present the
proxy in paper form (i.e., print out an E-mail) to the Credentials Desk.
If the proxy does not bear a handwritten signature, it must have the typed
name of the Club Officer(s) giving the proxy or some other indication that
the Club Officer(s) authorized the proxy to be given. A proxy that
complies with these requirements shall be treated as valid so long as the
Credentials Desk has no reason to believe that the proxy was not
authorized. A proxy holder cannot transfer or assign a proxy to someone
else. A valid proxy delivered to the proxy holder is revoked only if the
Club Officer who gave the proxy takes one of the following subsequent
actions: he or she destroys the proxy, cancels the proxy in writing,
issues another proxy authorized at a later date, or actually attends the
District Council meeting.
Click Here of
a copy of the District 81 Proxy form
(e) Voting. Each member of the District Council in attendance at a
Council meeting, or his or her proxy as authorized by subparagraph (d)
hereof, is entitled to one (1) vote. Any active individual member who
carries the proxies of both the Club President and Vice President
Education from a member Club is entitled to two (2) votes; and any such
individual member who is also entitled to a vote as a member of the
District Executive Committee is entitled to three (3) votes. All other
members of the District Council shall be limited to a maximum of two (2)
votes.
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for a detailed
Division Structure and Area Governors
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