Voice of Experience - Mayor or Mayoress?

I am calling our visitor the Mayor, as it appears that calling her Mayoress would demote her. Regarding the title Mayor and Mayoress, I recall that although language teachers such as Lorna and I would like a man to be a Mayor and a woman to be a Mayoress, we were in previous years told that (presumably) to avoid confusion, because in the old days the Mayor was the title holder, whilst the Mayoress was his partner ( - a subsidiary role, with no official role, and no chain - a different chain, nor office - a subsidiary office), today the title is Mayor, whether the person is a man or woman, and their partner is called the Mayoress. Is this the case? Could whoever has the correspondence from the mayor’s office please check correct title for our photo captions. on second thoughts I’ll speed the process by doing it myself. From harrow.gov.uk : Who is the Mayor of Harrow? The Mayor for the municipal year 2016/17 is The Worshipful The Mayor, Councillor Rekha Shah. This rule is given in Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayors_in_England In England, the office of mayor or lord mayor had long been ceremonial posts, with few or no ... A mayoress or Lady Mayoress is a female consort of a mayor or Lord Mayor; a male consort of a female mayor or Lord Mayor is the Mayor's Consort ... Mayor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as ... Women mayors are also known as "Mayor"; the wife of a mayor is sometimes known as the "Mayoress". Mayors are not appointed to District ... ‎History · ‎Mayors by country · ‎Multi-tier local government · ‎Acting mayor Lady Mayoress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Mayoress Lady Mayoress is the term traditionally applied to the wife of a Lord Mayor of a major city in the United Kingdom or a capital city of an Australian state. It is not an ... Angela Lansbury CL ACG Photo by Angela Lansbury. Author, travel writer, photographer, speaker. Follow me on Facebook, blogger.com and YouTube. http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.co.uk

Future Meetings - Note in your diary: HOD; LBS, London; Notts; Las Vegas, USA

NEXT HOD

Next HOD meeting is on Thursday 2nd April 2015, arrive after 7 pm, ideally about 7.30, for an 8 pm prompt start at The Bridge, beside Harrow Leisure Centre. (When leaving, avoid the bus lane which starts half way along a narrowing nearby road which becomes one bus lane only, because if you enter the bus lane you get fined, as four or more of us, including me, know, literally to our cost.) Tea/coffee milk and biscuits provide, £1 contribution and/or bring your food to entertain the group or celebrate a special occasion or theme.

We are still looking for Toastmasters of the evening.

Printing Help

Angela Hook says she has assorted machines which can help including a scanner. I suggest Toastmaster of the evening prints 4-6 copies of the preliminary agenda, just in case a printer runs out of ink or the person responsible for printing agendas forgets, falls ill, has transport trouble or has to work on the day of the meeting.

Sign up for speeches, evaluations, other roles if you are a member, or visitor/visiting GE (get a member to sign you in) on our HOD website on Toastmasters International EasySpeak.  

2015 UK TOASTMASTERS SPEAKERS EVENTS

LONDON March 28/29 weekend, Saturday and Sunday at London Business School, a walk from Baker Street Station. Speech contest Saturday, Evaluation Contest Sunday.

LONDON London Tower Hotel (?) conference weekend May 10-12 District 91.  

NOTTS As Coralie explained, we now have so many speakers in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland that Great Britain has been divided horizontally.

Scotland and the North of England have their conference in Nottingham, another opportunity to network and learn, at a city which is relatively easy to reach by car or train if you are in the south of England. 

 (No need for ferry, nor flying - unless you happen to have your own helicopter, airmiles, pilots license or are on expenses. The Nottingham conference is nicknamed The Robin Hood Conference.

LAS VEGAS, USA Toastmasters International, contest finals in Las Vegas.

Come back later for more text and photos of this HOD event and

 checked dates and venues of other meetings.