{"id":366,"date":"2017-08-14T08:39:47","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T12:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/?p=366"},"modified":"2017-08-12T15:48:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T19:48:31","slug":"meet-the-district-officers-willie-markert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/meet-the-district-officers-willie-markert\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the District Officers: Willie Markert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> William Markert&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-395\" style=\"width: 185px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/TM-DIV-SPRING256of490.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-395 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/TM-DIV-SPRING256of490-e1502567024994.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"255\" width=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/TM-DIV-SPRING256of490-e1502567024994.jpg 455w, https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/TM-DIV-SPRING256of490-e1502567024994-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 185px) 85vw, 185px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Willie&#8217;s always busy. Here he is setting up timing lights for a district conference.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Position:<\/strong> Finance Manager<\/p>\n<p><strong>Club(s):<\/strong> Open Door Toastmasters, #681602<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other positions:<\/strong> Treasurer (4X), Area Governor, Division Director, Sergeant-at-Arms, and Club extension chair<\/p>\n<p><strong>How long have you been in Toastmasters?<\/strong> About 13 years<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your plans for the district\/area\/division?<\/strong> (1) to establish a realistic budget for the district, (2) to provide accurate and timely financial information, and (3) to reimburse individuals for official Toastmaster business promptly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why did you join Toastmasters?<\/strong> Our club needed another member to charter; my wife twisted my arm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What advice do you have for new members?<\/strong> Embrace the leadership opportunities in addition to the speaking opportunities within District 83<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: William Markert&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Position: Finance Manager Club(s): Open Door Toastmasters, #681602 Other positions: Treasurer (4X), Area Governor, Division Director, Sergeant-at-Arms, and Club extension chair How long have you been in Toastmasters? About 13 years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,18,50],"tags":[21,180,7,181,178,179],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":396,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366\/revisions\/396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tm83.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}