Imperial Champions Toastmaster Club hosts planning retreat

President Natalie Cummings and the executive members of the Imperial Champions Toastmasters Club hosted a handover ceremony and planning retreat last Saturday at the Board Room of the Beachcombers Hotel in Villa, St Vincent and the Grenadines.

Dr Kenneth Onu was the guest speaker

The event, which was addressed by Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) Dr Kenneth Onu, was held so that the club would retain President’s Distinguished status for the year 2020-2021.

Dr Onu highlighted the importance of executive members understanding their roles and performing their roles to the best of their abilities. DTM Ken highlighted that it is through the excellent performance of our roles, members in turn will achieve the best results.

After attaining the goals set out by Toastmasters International for improved communication and leadership in 2019-2020, the club is poised to repeat this feat and has commenced the year with the objective to even surpass last year’s performance. Every executive member present was encouraged to work as a team and to strive for progress and not perfection with the knowledge that consistent progress can lead to perfection.

The club’s success plan was completed and administrative tasks were assigned to the relevant personnel. The entire executive was present and includes:

• President – Natalie Cummings
• VP Education – Leanna Sutherland
• VP Membership – Jacqui English
• VP Public Relations – Wendie Edwards-Wilson
• Secretary – Jackleen Wyllie
• Treasurer – Jenieve Cato
• Sergeant-at-Arms – Tamira Browne
• Alicia Kirby – Immediate Past President
The Toastmasters’ year runs from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021.