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project plan can be pursued by the Sponsor/ • and modified to align with the focus and

Mentor team while simultaneously attending, culture of BurnsMasters
monitoring, and providing feedback to • Introduce a written summary of the
regularly scheduled BurnsMasters meetings. Functionary Roles and Responsibilities
Some task examples included: that can be studied and aligned with the

• Support the club in the equipment needs of BurnsMasters.
acquisition process by identifying the • Provide a series of training modules
priority items. focused on Club Improvement,
• Provide administrative audit support Leadership, the Moments of Truth series,

of all charter forms to be submitted to etc.
TMI. The Co-sponsor, Patrick Locke, • Emphasize the significance of the
did a super job here. Specifically, he DCP program as a key performance
audited every form and coordinated with measurement of club progress/success.

TMI in advance of any of the New-Club • Encourage club involvement in the
application forms being submitted by Pathways Mentoring/Protégé training
BurnsMasters. Any error or omission on program.
such forms would delay TMI’s charter • Focus on Pathways and ensure all club

approval potentially by weeks. This was members thoroughly understand how
avoided completely through Patrick’s to access, select a Path, and take full
pre-auditing procedure. advantage of their Pathways curriculum.
• Form #1 Application to Organize a

Toastmaster Club Schedule and deliver a formal officer
• Form #2 Charter Payments training program.
submission to TMI Throughout this project plan, intermittent
• Form #3 Charter Membership officer training and knowledge sharing has

Application and Payment taken place. However, in order to receive DCP
Information credit and to offer further benefit to the club,
• Form #4 Charter Club Officer the Sponsor/Mentor team will schedule a formal
information training session – at least 2-hours in length.

• Form #5 Club Information (Club Marv Serhan, Captain, U.S. Navy (Retired)
name is added to this form) has been a member of Toastmasters since 1999.
• Form #6A Club Constitution for He earned DTMs in 2007 and in 2020. He is the
Clubs of Toastmasters International founder and past-president of Professionally

• Form #6B Addendum of Standard Speaking TM-3091 in Vancouver, WA. If you
Club Options have questions, Marv can be reached at marv@
• Introduce the club to Standard Operating marvserhan.com. His website is marvserhan.com
Procedures (SOP) that can be studied

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