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DISTINGUISHED CLUB PROGRAM AND CLUB SUCCESS PLANHow to Be a Distinguished Club
DISTINGUISHED CLUB PROGRAM AND CLUB SUCCESS PLANHow to be a Distinguished Club
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Rev. 5/2011 Item 1111 Printed in U.S.A.
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THE MISSION OF THE TOASTMASTERS CLUB
The mission of a Toastmasters club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every individual member has the opportunity to develop oral communication and leadership
skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth.
Per TI policy, VI A21, Electronic Transmissions Policy, it is the responsibility of the sender to ensure the successful transmission of any information. Whenever you submit something to TI as an individual or on behalf of a club or district, please follow-up to confirm receipt.
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Ask your club members why they joined and most likely at least 95 percent of them will tell you they joined to become better speakers and leaders. Your Toastmasters club’s purpose is to provide the environment in which they learn these skills. When your club provides plenty of speaking and leadership opportunities, its members receive helpful evaluations, and there are enough members to conduct the program, then all of the members’ learning goals are reached. The club is serving its purpose.
The Distinguished Club Program helps your club accomplish its purpose by focusing on two areas:
�� Educational awards. The number of Competent Communicator (CC), Advanced Communicator Bronze (ACB), Advanced Communicator Silver (ACS), and Advanced Communicator Gold (ACG), Competent Leader (CL), Advanced Leader Bronze (ALB), Advanced Leader Silver (ALS), and Distinguished Toast master (DTM) awards issued to members determines your club’s success in helping its members learn not only speaking skills but leadership skills as well.
��Membership. In order to properly conduct the educational program, a club should have at least 20 members. Membership turnover is unavoidable as members move, change jobs, or encounter other situations that take them away from the club. Your club should con tinually strive to bring in new members to combat this natural turnover, to provide a stronger leadership base and to bring a flow of fresh, new ideas and personalities.
The Distinguished Club Program monitors and measures your club’s achievements in these two critical areas.
HOW IT WORKSThe Distinguished Club Program is an annual program, running from July 1 through June 30. The program consists of 10 goals your club should strive to achieve during this time using the Club Success Plan (in the back of this manual) as a guide. World Headquarters tracks the progress of your club toward these goals throughout the year, sending quarterly progress reminders to your club president (updated reports are posted weekly on the Toastmasters Inter national website, www.toastmasters.org/members). At year-end, World Headquarters cal culates the number of goals the club achieved and recognizes it as a Distin-guished Club, Select Distinguished Club, or President’s Distinguished Club based on the number of goals achieved and the number of members it has.
GOALS TO ACHIEVEFollowing are the goals your club should strive to achieve during the year:
1. Two CCs2. Two more CCs3. One ACB, ACS, or ACG4. One more ACB, ACS, or ACG5. One CL, ALB, ALS, or DTM6. One more CL, ALB, ALS, or DTM
7. Four new members8. Four more new members9. Minimum of four club officers trained
during each of two training periods 10. One membership dues renewal report and
one club officer list submitted on time
In addition, your club must meet a mem ber ship requirement. At year-end (June 30) it must have:
�� at least 20 members OR
�� a net growth of at least five new members.
A simple one-page summary of the program is on page 17. Your club also may purchase a wall chart (Item 1111C) for display at club meetings to track progress.
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RECOGNITIONClubs that meet the membership requirement and also do the following are eligible for Toast masters International recognition at year-end:
Recognition Earned
Achieve five of 10 goals Distinguished Club Achieve seven of 10 goals Select Distinguished Club Achieve nine of 10 goals President’s Distinguished Club
RECOGNITION RECEIVEDIf the club earns recognition as a Distinguished, Select Distinguished, or President’s Distinguish ed Club, World Headquarters will send the president an attractive ribbon for display on the club banner and a congratulatory letter. The ribbon and letter will be included with the year-end report.
DETERMINING YOUR CLUB’S MEMBERSHIP BASE (JULY 1)Your club’s membership base is calculated at the beginning of the DCP year (July 1). It is determined by adding the number of paid members on the previous April’s membership renewal report plus any new members added between April and June 30. (New members include all dual and reinstated members; transfer members are not counted.) It will be adjusted upward for members who pay their April dues late. For example, in April your club submits a membership renewal report and dues for 17 members. In June it submits two new member applications and dues to World Headquarters. This brings your club’s total mem-bership to 19 on June 30 and your club then begins the new DCP year with 19 members. In August, your club submits dues for three members for the April-September dues period. These people had been members for several years, but simply did not pay their dues on time. Your club’s membership base will be adjusted for these late-paying members. The three additional members raise the membership base to 22.
MEMBERSHIP AT YEAR-END (JUNE 30)Your club’s membership at the end of the DCP year (June 30) is based on the number of paid members on the current DCP year’s April membership renewal report, plus any new (not transfer), dual, and reinstated members added between April and June 30 of the current DCP year.
Following are some examples illustrating how a club’s accomplishments and membership affect the club’s eligibility for recognition:
Example 1: A club had 14 members on July 1, three CCs, two ACs, five new members, four officers trained each period, had submitted two membership renewal reports on time but no officer list on time and had 19 members on June 30. It achieved Goals 1, 3, 4, 7 and 9 – a total of five goals. Since it also had 19 members on June 30 (a net increase of five members), it is recognized as a Distinguished Club.
Example 2: A club had 24 members on July 1, four CCs, one AC, one CL, eight new members, four club officers trained each period, sub mitted one membership renewal report and one club officer list on time and had 18 members on June 30. It achieved Goals 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10 – a total of eight goals. However, since it did not have 20 members at year-end or a net increase of five new members, it is not eligible for any recognition.
Example 3: A club had 19 members on July 1, had one AC, one CL, five new members, submitted one membership renewal report and one officer list on time and had 23 members on June 30. It achieved Goals 3, 5, 7 and 10 – a total of four goals. Even though it had more than 20 members at year-end, the club did not achieve enough goals to earn recognition.
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RULES FOR PARTICIPATION1. Only clubs with 20 or more members OR which have a net increase of five members at the end of the program year are
eligible for Toastmasters International recognition. Members transferring into your club are not included in your club’s membership total until they have paid dues through your club and the dues are received by World Headquarters.
2. Clubs achieve Goal 1 when two members receive CC awards during the year and achieve Goal 2 when an additional two or more members receive CCs.
Clubs achieve Goal 3 when one member receives an AC award during the year and achieve Goal 4 when an additional one or more members receive AC awards.
Clubs achieve Goal 5 when one member receives a CL, AL, or DTM award during the year and achieve Goal 6 when an additional one or more members receive CL, AL, or DTM awards.
Applications must be sufficiently completed and able to be processed by World Headquarters. Only members in good standing are eligible for awards. Members in good standing are those whose dues for the current period have been received at World Head quarters and whose names appear on the club membership roster.
Clubs receive credit for only one type of educational award per member per year. For example, Bill Smith receives a CC award in July. His club receives credit toward a goal. Later in the year, he earns ACB, ACS, and/or ACG awards. His club receives credit toward goals for these, too. But if he also earns a second CC, ACB, ACS, and/or ACG award during the program year, his club will not receive credit toward goals for them. This encourages all members to progress in the educational pro-gram, not just a few. Credit for an award may be given to only one club. Members who belong to more than one club must choose which one club will receive credit for an award.
For clubs to be credited for educational awards for the current DCP year, all award applications must be received at World Headquarters no later than June 30. See (9) for information about fax, email, and online submissions.
3. Clubs achieve Goal 7 when four new members join the club during the year and achieve Goal 8 when an additional four or more members join during the year. Clubs must submit together to World Headquar ters a membership application (Item 400) and appropriate dues for each new member joining during the program year. New, dual, and reinstated members qualify; transfer and charter members do not. Membership applications must be received at World Headquarters no later than June 30 for your club to receive credit for the current DCP year. See (9) for information about fax, email, and online submissions.
4. Clubs achieve Goal 9 when at least four of their club officers (president, vice president education, vice president member-ship, vice president public relations, secretary, treasurer, and sergeant at arms) are trained in their responsibilities. (Of course, all club officers should strive to attend training.) Officers must attend and fully participate in two district- sponsored training sessions as described below. Credit is not given for non-officers attending in place of elected officers, and credit is given only for one person per office. Officers must be trained for the position to which they were elected.
At least four club officers must attend the first training session between June 1 and August 31, and districts must submit training information for this session to World Head quarters online no later than September 30. At least four club officers must attend the second training session between December 1 and February 28 (or February 29 in leap years), and dis-tricts must submit training information online no later than March 31. See (9) for information about fax, email, and online submissions.
Officers must be trained by authorized district representatives in a live training session. While audiovisual aids may be used to enhance training, they may not be the sole method of training. For example, club officers who simply view a video that describes their responsibilities are not considered trained, even if the video was provided by a district officer. Training information submitted directly to World Headquarters by clubs will not be accepted. Club officers attending a training session are responsible for giving the person conducting the training session their names, offices, and club numbers.
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5. Clubs achieve Goal 10 when at least one membership renewal report AND one club officer list are sub mitted on time.The club’s October-March membership renewal report must be received at World Head quarters on or before October
10, or its April-September membership renewal report must be received at World Headquarters on or before April 10. (Of course, your club should strive to submit both reports before the deadlines.) Reports must be sufficiently completed and able to be processed by World Head quarters. See (9) for information about fax, email, and online submissions.
For clubs electing annually to receive credit, their lists must be received at World Headquarters by June 30 of the previous DCP year. This means that clubs whose officer lists are submitted by the June 30 deadline receive credit in the upcoming year’s Distinguished Club Program, not for the one just ending.
For clubs electing semiannually, lists must be received at World Headquarters by June 30 of the previous DCP year and/or received at World Headquarters by December 31 of the current DCP year. See (9) for information about online, fax, and email submissions. Officer lists must be sufficiently completed and able to be processed by World Headquarters.
Toastmasters’ Club Constitution and Bylaws states that clubs meeting weekly may elect annually or semi annually. Clubs meeting less frequently than weekly must elect annually. Annual terms are from July 1 through June 30. Semiannual terms run from July 1 through December 31 and January 1 through June 30. Clubs that elect officers contrary to this schedule are operating contrary to the Club Constitution and are not eligible for credit for submitting their club officer lists.
6. Clubs that charter during the program year receive credit only for those achievements obtained after the club officially charters.
7. Some Toastmasters clubs do not belong to districts. Undistricted clubs may qualify for recognition by one goal less than those designated.
8. No exceptions will be made to the requirements and to the deadline dates. World Headquarters is not responsible for late or inaccurate information submitted on documents. No changes will be made after documents are received at World Headquarters.
9. Online, Fax, and Email Submissions. It is the responsibility of the sender to ensure the successful transmission via fax of any document. World Headquarters is not responsible for any illegible or incomplete documents received via fax, for fax machine malfunctions or failures, and for “busy signals.” World Head quarters strongly recommends that members, clubs, and districts use online services available or an express delivery serv ice to avoid the risks involved in submitting documents via fax machine to fulfill deadline requirements.
Documents must be received by the specified deadline. Email or online submission through the Toastmasters International website must be completed by the day of the deadline. Docu ments sent by fax machine must be received at World Head quarters by midnight, Pacific Time, on the deadline date. Should the deadline fall on a weekend or holiday, documents sent via fax shall be received at World Head quarters by midnight, Pacific Time, on the last deadline date.
World Headquarters will also accept information from members via email for items such as member address changes, club and district officer changes, general correspon dence, and information sent from the Toast masters International website for which a template is provided, including club officer lists and educational award applications. For security reasons, it is highly recom mended that email not be used when submitting items that include credit card information. It is the responsi-bility of the sender to ensure the successful transmission of any information. World Head quarters is not responsible for any illegible or incomplete information received via email, for hardware/software incompatibility or malfunc tions, or delayed transmission because of server problems. Sub mis sions must be received by the specified deadline in a readable format.
PROGRESS REPORTSRegular feedback is an important part of any recognition program. When you are working toward goals, you need to know how you are progressing.
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In October, January, and April your club president will receive an email reminder to check your club’s progress online (see sample below). The report will show your club’s membership base, current membership, and progress toward the 10 goals. Following the June 30 close date, and after all data received has been processed, your club president will be sent a final, year-end report showing how the club did and any recognition it earned.
In addition to the quarterly reminders your club president will receive, updates are available weekly on the Toast masters Inter national website: www.toastmasters.org.
Below is a sample report with explanations of the various information shown. Use this as a guide when reviewing your club’s report.
TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONALDistinguished Club Program
Toastmasters InternationalDistinguished Club Program
You are viewing Weekly - December 2011 - Updated January 03, 2012 Report
Export to Excel Club No. 0000 Program Year 2011-2012 Month December Update Weekly 03-Jan 12 Go
Clubs with at least 20 members OR with net growth of at least five members at June 30 which also do the following are eligible for TI recognition at year-end
GOAL RECOGNITION Achieve any five of 10 goals Distinguished Club Achieve any seven of 10 goals Select Distinguished Club Achieve any nine of 10 goals President’s Distinguished Club
Club 0000- “Toastmasters Club”District: 00 Division: * Area: *
Membership Base: 12Membership to Date: 17
GOAL ACTUAL ACHIEVED (1) CCs 2 1 (2) Additional CCs 2 0 (3) ACs 1 0 (4) Additional ACs 1 0 (5) CL, AL or DTM 1 0 (6) Additional CLs, ALs, or DTMs 1 0 (7) New Members 4 4 * (8) Additional New Members 4 4 * (9) Officers Trained (both required) June – August 4 5 and December – February 4 6 *(10) Submitted on time(both required) October or April Renewal 1 1 and Officer List 1 0 Total Goals Achieved To Date: 3
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�� The heading at the top of the page indicates the report period, and the date last updated. Immediately following is an explanation of the requirements for recognition.
�� *Goal achieved means that if an asterisk appears in the “Achieved” column, the club has met that partic ular goal.
��Membership Base is the number of members your club had at the beginning of the program year (July 1), as described on page four.
��Membership to Date is the total mem bership of your club at the end of the report period, as described on page four.
�� The Goal column heading shows the number of accomplishments the club must achieve.
�� The Actual column heading shows the number of accomplishments the club has actually had in the report period.
�� The Achieved column heading shows with an asterisk (*) the goals the club has already met.
�� Items (1) through (10) are the goals the club must achieve. In the sample shown, to achieve the first goal, “CCs,” the club must have two CCs during the year, as shown under the Goal column heading to the right. The club already has one CC, as shown under the Actual column heading. Since this goal has not been met, there is no asterisk under the Achieved column heading.
For items (9) and (10), both parts of each goal must be met for the goal to be achieved. In the sample shown, in item 9 five club officers were trained for the June-August period, so the goal of four was achieved. Six officers were trained for the December-February period, so the goal of four was achieved for this period. Since both parts of the goal were met, an aster-isk appears in the “Achieved” column. However, in item (10), although the club’s October member ship renewal report was received on time, its officer list for July-June was not. Since only one part of the goal was achieved, no asterisk appears in the “Achieved” column.
�� Total Goals Achieved To Date indicates how many goals the club has already achieved. In the sample, the club has achieved three goals.
THE CLUB SUCCESS PLANThink of a successful business or organization. What made it successful? The answer is simple: planning. Its leaders set goals and developed plans to achieve those goals. They established strategies to use in their efforts and monitored progress as they employed these strategies in their day-to-day work. They altered plans and strategies as necessary to assure accomplishment of their goals. And they were successful.
Your club can succeed and earn recognition also, if it begins work immediately and implements the Club Success Plan. The plan has several features your club will find helpful. It:
�� Helps your club to determine how it is going to meet the 10 established goals.
�� Allows it to establish additional goals of its own.
��Outlines strategies for achieving the goals.
�� Identifies resources your club may use in its efforts.
�� Has space for you to write in assignments, develop a timetable and track accomplishments.
See an example of what a completed page of the plan may look like on the next page. A blank page with headlines also is included so you can develop a plan for achieving other goals your club may set for itself.
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Steps to SuccessTo achieve its goal to be a Distinguished Club your club’s officers should do the following:
��Meet immediately after they are elected to study and use the Club Success Plan to set goals for their term of office and to assign responsibilities to specific individuals.
�� Form committees to help them accomplish goals.
�� Periodically review the goals and timetables to ensure the plan is being followed according to schedule.
�� Compare the club’s accomplishments to those shown on the online progress reports. If there are any discrepancies, the club should investigate.
�� Note the club’s accomplishments at year-end in the appropriate column and review the plan for accuracy, then give the entire plan and any comments or suggestions for improvement to incoming club officers. The plan serves as an administra-tive record of the club for the year and as a guide for officers in the coming year.
Twice each year the area governor will be visiting your club. During these visits he or she may ask to review your club’s plan. Be prepared to show and discuss the plan and your club’s progress in it. The area governor may be able to assist with any problems the club may be having or have valuable tips for achieving goals.
The Advanced Leader Bronze AwardThe Advanced Leader Bronze award recognizes members for their leadership activities within the club. One of the requirements for this award is that the member serve as a club officer (president, vice president education, vice president membership, vice president public relations, secretary, treasurer, or sergeant at arms) and participate in the preparation of the Club Success Plan while serving as this officer. By preparing and completing the plan your club’s officers will be earning credit toward this award. Please make sure officers are aware of this.
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bers
hip
com
-m
ittee
to s
pear
head
ca
mpa
ign;
all
mem
-be
rs s
houl
d re
crui
t ne
w m
embe
rs. V
ice
pres
iden
t pub
lic re
-la
tions
sho
uld
wor
k to
pro
mot
e th
e cl
ub.
(8) A
dditi
onal
new
m
embe
rs4
or m
ore
Sam
e as
abo
veSa
me
as a
bove
Sam
e as
abo
ve
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ITY
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TIM
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RT
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(9) C
lub
office
r tra
inin
gA
t lea
st
4 offi
cers
tr
aine
d du
r-in
g Ju
ne-
Aug
ust a
nd
at le
ast 4
of-
ficer
s tr
ain-
ed d
urin
g D
ecem
ber-
Febr
uary
In o
rder
to b
e a
stro
ng, e
ffect
ive
club
whi
ch fu
lfills
the
need
s and
w
ants
of i
ts m
embe
rs, t
he c
lub
office
rs m
ust b
e tr
aine
d pr
oper
ly.
All o
ffice
rs sh
ould
striv
e to
att
end
dist
rict-
spon
sore
d tr
aini
ng.
Cont
act a
rea,
div
isio
n or
di
stric
t gov
erno
r for
sch
ed-
ule
of tr
aini
ng s
essi
ons.
(10)
Due
s an
d m
em-
bers
hip
rene
wal
re
port
s an
d cl
ub
office
r lis
ts
1 m
embe
r-sh
ip
rene
wal
re
port
and
1
club
offi
cer
list s
ub-
mitt
ed b
y de
adlin
es
Due
s an
d m
embe
rshi
p re
new
al
repo
rt m
ust b
e re
ceiv
ed a
t Wor
ld
Hea
dqua
rter
s by
Oct
ober
10
and
by A
pril
10. I
f sen
t by
emai
l or
onlin
e th
roug
h th
e To
ast m
as te
rs
Inte
rnat
iona
l web
site
, it m
ust b
e se
nt b
y O
ctob
er 1
0 or
Apr
il 10
. Th
e cl
ub s
houl
d st
rive
to s
ubm
it bo
th re
port
s on
line
and
by th
e de
adlin
es. O
nly
thos
e m
embe
rs
who
pay
due
s to
Toa
st m
aste
rs
Inte
rna t
iona
l are
reco
gniz
ed a
s m
embe
rs o
f the
clu
b.
Rem
inde
r em
ails
are
sen
t to
clu
b pr
esid
ents
of
reco
rd.
Clu
b tr
easu
rer
shou
ld b
egin
col
-le
ct in
g du
es in
ea
rly S
epte
mbe
r an
d ea
rly M
arch
. C
lub
pres
iden
t or
trea
sure
r com
plet
es
repo
rt a
nd s
ubm
its
it on
line.
Clu
bs a
lso
have
the
optio
n of
su
bmitt
ing
the
dues
an
d m
embe
rshi
p re
new
al re
port
by
mai
l or f
ax.
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ATE
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RES
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NM
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TIM
ETA
BLE
STA
RT
CO
MPL
ETE
AC
TUA
LC
OM
PLE
TIO
N
Offi
cer l
ists
mus
t be
rece
ived
at
Wor
ld H
eadq
uart
ers
by Ju
ne
30 (f
or c
lubs
that
ele
ct a
nnua
lly
and
sem
i ann
ually
) and
rece
ived
by
Dec
. 31
(for t
hose
that
ele
ct
sem
iann
ually
). If
sent
by
emai
l or
onlin
e th
roug
h th
e To
astm
aste
rs
Inte
r nat
iona
l web
site
, it m
ust b
e se
nt b
y Ju
ne 3
0 or
Dec
embe
r 31
(for t
hose
clu
bs e
lect
ing
sem
ian-
nual
ly).
Toas
tmas
ters
Inte
rnat
iona
l and
th
e di
stric
t fre
quen
tly s
end
impo
rtan
t mat
eria
l to
the
club
offi
cers
of r
ecor
d. It
is th
eref
ore
impe
rativ
e th
at y
ou s
ubm
it an
y offi
cer c
hang
es a
s so
on a
s po
s-si
ble.
Lik
ewis
e, c
lubs
mus
t rep
ort
any
chan
ges
in m
eetin
g tim
e,
day,
pla
ce o
r a c
hang
e in
the
club
nam
e. N
ame
chan
ges
and
a ch
ange
in th
e ci
ty o
r tow
n in
w
hich
you
r clu
b m
eets
mus
t be
repo
rted
to W
orld
Hea
dqua
r-te
rs o
n a
reso
lutio
n fo
rm s
ince
th
ese
are
chan
ges
to y
our c
lub’
s co
nstit
utio
n.
Clu
b pr
esid
ent
or c
lub
secr
etar
y re
spon
sibl
e fo
r su
bmitt
ing
chan
ges.
Aft
er e
ach
elec
-tio
n, s
ubm
it offi
cer
list o
nlin
e th
roug
h To
astm
aste
rs In
ter-
natio
nal w
ebsi
te.
Clu
bs a
lso
may
mai
lor
fax
office
r lis
ts.
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STR
ATE
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RES
OU
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ESA
SSIG
NM
ENT
TIM
ETA
BLE
STA
RT
CO
MPL
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OM
PLE
TIO
N
Mem
bers
hip
Re
quire
men
tH
ave
at
leas
t 20
mem
bers
O
R a
net
grow
th o
f at
leas
t 5
mem
bers
at
year
-end
.
Your
clu
b ne
eds
at le
ast 2
0 m
em-
bers
at a
ll tim
es. E
ven
if yo
ur c
lub
has
mor
e th
an 2
0 m
embe
rs, i
t ca
n be
nefit
from
add
ing
mor
e.
New
face
s, pe
rson
aliti
es, i
deas
an
d sp
eech
es e
nric
h th
e cl
ub
envi
ronm
ent.
Striv
e to
mai
ntai
n yo
ur c
lub’
s m
embe
rshi
p at
leas
t 20
OR
incr
ease
the
tota
l mem
-be
rshi
p by
5, b
ased
on
the
club
’s be
ginn
ing
mem
bers
hip
base
on
July
1 a
nd it
s en
ding
mem
ber-
ship
cou
nt o
n Ju
ne 3
0. U
se th
e st
rate
gies
list
ed a
bove
.
Als
o w
ork
to re
tain
cur
rent
mem
-be
rs. R
eten
tion
begi
ns w
ith y
our
club
mee
ting.
Whe
n m
eetin
gs
are
enjo
yabl
e, e
duca
tiona
l and
w
ell-c
ondu
cted
, mem
bers
will
w
ant t
o re
mai
n ac
tive.
Kee
p cl
ub
mee
tings
stim
ulat
ing
by:
• H
avin
g m
eetin
gs b
egin
and
en
d on
tim
e.•
Mak
ing
sure
all
mee
ting
part
ici-
pant
s ar
e pr
epar
ed.
• M
akin
g su
re a
ll cl
ub m
embe
rs
have
the
oppo
rtun
ity to
spe
ak.
• M
aint
aini
ng p
rogr
am v
arie
ty.
Sche
dule
:
– Th
eme
mee
tings
– Sp
eake
r/ev
alua
tor e
xcha
nges
– Jo
int m
eetin
gs w
ith o
ther
clu
bs–
Spee
ch c
onte
sts
Enjo
yabl
e m
eetin
gs, g
ood
prog
ram
min
g, s
uppo
rtiv
e at
mos
pher
e, e
ffect
ive
eval
-ua
tions
, and
Toa
stm
aste
rs-
rela
ted
goal
s al
l con
trib
ute
to m
embe
r sat
isfa
ctio
n an
d re
tent
ion.
Toa
stm
aste
rs’
onlin
e st
ore
has
num
er-
ous
tool
s to
enh
ance
you
r cl
ub’s
mee
tings
, suc
h as
:
• The
Bet
ter S
peak
er S
erie
s• T
he S
ucce
ssfu
l Clu
b Se
ries
• The
Lea
ders
hip
Exce
llenc
e Se
ries
• Tab
le T
opic
s™ g
ames
• Su
cces
s/Co
m m
u ni c
atio
n pr
ogra
ms
• Su
cces
s/Le
ader
ship
pr
ogra
ms
All
club
offi
cers
and
m
embe
rs.
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NM
ENT
TIM
ETA
BLE
STA
RT
CO
MPL
ETE
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OM
PLE
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GU
ISH
ED
CLU
B P
RO
GR
AM
GO
ALS
Prog
ress
Tra
ckin
g Fo
r The
___
____
_ Ye
ar
Mem
bers
hip
Requ
irem
ent:
At y
ear-
end
(Jun
e 30
), th
e cl
ub m
ust h
ave
at le
ast 2
0 m
embe
rs O
R a
net g
row
th o
f at l
east
five
mem
bers
AN
D a
chie
ve th
e fo
llow
ing
goal
s:
5 g
oals
ach
ieve
d:
Dis
tin
gui
shed
Clu
b7
goa
ls a
chie
ved:
Se
lect
Dis
tin
gui
shed
Clu
b9
goa
ls a
chie
ved:
Pr
esid
ent’s
Dis
tin
gui
shed
Clu
b
1. T
wo
CCs
6. O
ne m
ore
CL,
AL
Bron
ze, A
L Si
lver
or D
TM
2. T
wo
mor
e CC
s
7.
Fou
r new
mem
ber
s
3. O
ne A
C B
ronz
e, S
ilver
or G
old
8. F
our m
ore
new
mem
ber
s
4. O
ne m
ore
AC
Bro
nze,
Silv
er o
r Gol
d
9.
Min
imum
of f
our c
lub
offi
cers
trai
ned
d
urin
g ea
ch o
f tw
o tr
aini
ng p
erio
ds
5. O
ne C
L, A
L Br
onze
, AL
Silv
er
o
r DTM
1
0. O
ne m
emb
ersh
ip d
ues
rene
wal
rep
ort a
nd
one
club
offi
cer l
ist s
ubm
itted
on
time
Ver
ify y
our p
rogr
ess
at w
ww
.toa
stm
aste
rs.o
rg/m
emb
ers
WH
ER
E L
EA
DE
RS
AR
E M
AD
EIte
m 1
111C
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