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THOUGHTS FROM THE DIRECTOR’S STAND

UPDATE: Be Distinguished with District 7

Eldred Brown, DTM- District Director

In the March 2022 issue of Voices!, I reported u Membership Payments
how District 7 was doing in our quest to be We have received 3,578 payments so far
Distinguished and what we still needed to do this year, about 450 more than I forecasted a
to reach that goal. Much has happened, as it month ago. To finish the year Distinguished,

always does, with our April renewals. The fog we need 4,295 membership payments. The
is finally clearing now that World Headquarters difference between where we are now and
has processed most of our April renewals. In a where we need to be on June 30th is
couple of Distinguished Performance metrics,

we’re not doing as well as expected, but in another
metric, we’re doing better than expected. Here’s
an update on our position after April dues have
been processed and what we need to do from

now to June 30 to be a Distinguished District.

u Club Building
We now have 112 clubs in good standing, 19 fewer

than last month. We need to finish the year with
142 clubs to be Distinguished. To accomplish this:
• The 27 clubs with fewer than 8 members need about 725
to pay dues for at least 8 members by June 30 membership

to return to good standing. payments. Which
• After achieving the above, we still need to means we need to recruit another 725
build 3 new clubs. Thanks to Area 91 Director, members (new, reinstated, or dual) by the end
Daniel Brewer, we are now only days away of the Toastmasters year on June 30th..

from Toastmasters recognizing a second new
club in our District. That leaves us two more u Distinguished Clubs
new clubs to build. There are 7 Distinguished Clubs as of

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