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AS I SEE IT. . . Mid-Year District Leader Changes
The State of District 7
by Leanna Lindquist, DTM—District Director
We recently passed the half way point in the member has the opportunity to develop oral
Toastmaster year. The countdown to President’s communication and leadership skills, which in
Distinguished District has begun. June 30th is turn foster self-confidence and personal growth.
our target date. Where do we need to be on June
30th? 187 Clubs—7201 membership payments— Personal growth is measured by the goals we
87 Distinguished clubs. A Distinguished District complete. Accredited Speaker Sheryl Rausch,
is the direct result of its members; their DTM says, “When you work the program, the
commitment to personal growth and their desire program works.”
to have an excellent club. Where are we in the Distinguished Club Program?
Many of you have been working hard on your
personal growth. It’s evident when we look at the 28 clubs have earned 5 or more goals. All of these
numbers of educational and leadership awards clubs that grow their base by 5 or maintain 20
that have been earned. To date: members are guaranteed to be Distinguished
or better. Having earned 9 goals and with 27
CL - 77 ALB -24 ALS - 14
members, Capital Toastmasters is on track to
CC - 162 ACB - 42 ACS - 22
be the first club to meet all 10 goals. Last year 15
ACG - 14 LDREXE - 12 DTM - 12
clubs earned the bragging rights. Will your club
These are impressive numbers. Will you add be one of them this year?
your name to the list? Be sure to Make A Pledge What can your club do to end the year
and stand up to be counted. Let’s help each other Distinguished?
to be accountable. • Review your Club Success Plan—create
Let’s take a look at our clubs: 47 clubs have
earned 1 goal and 16 clubs 0 goals. Perhaps these one if you haven’t already done it
clubs haven’t had a chance to submit awards. • Garner pledges from your members to
Maybe they need a little help from the rest of us. earn awards
If you are in one of these clubs, ask the questions, • Ask for a Club Coach if you have 12 or
“Why isn’t our club Distinguished? What can we less members
do to turn that around?”
Why do we care about belonging to a • Talk to your Area Director
Distinguished Club? It gets back to our mission: • Work the Program
The mission of a Toastmasters Club is to • Attend TLI
provide a mutually supportive and positive • Sign up for Winter Webinars
learning environment in which every individual
I think self-awareness is probably the most important
thing towards being a champion.—Billie Jean King
10 VOLUME 3 ISSUE 7 JANUARY, 2017
