From Mark Latta, D19 Lt. Governor of Education & Training
On October 22, we posted details of the Distinguished in December program here on the District 19 website (district19.me). In that post, we outlined key details, including the opportunity for your club to be put into a drawing for a new digital projector or camera.
Clubs that have achieved five Distinguished Club Program goals – regardless of whether they have 20 members or not – are automatically put into the drawing for a new digital projector or camera. That’s a $300 prize for your club!
As of December 8, twelve clubs have achieved five or more goals. Another eight clubs are within one goal! That means that over 20% of the clubs in the district have already met or are very close to being eligible for this drawing. THAT IS CRAZY!
Here are the clubs which have either qualified or are very close to qualifying for this program:
Qualifying clubs:
– Hilltop Toasters (9)
– Golden Speakers (8)
– iToast Toastmasters (6)
– Town and College (6)
– WIT Masters (5)
– Ankeny (5)
– 1100 Toastmasters (5)
– CDS Global (5)
– Greater Des Moines (5)
– TGIF Toastmasters (5)
– Johnston (5)
Close clubs:
– Professionally Speaking (4)
– Hawkeye (4)
– Crossroads Storytellers (4)
– Mid City Toastmasters (4)
– Ames Toastmasters (4)
– John Deere Financial (4)
– Tri-State Toasters (4)
– Washington Toastmasters (4)
Where is your club in serving the members? Have you been turning in your educational awards in a timely manner? Have your club members been working out of the Competent Leader manual every meeting? Is every club speech a manual speech? If you are doing those things, your club could easily be distinguished by December, too.
I strongly encourage every club to take on the challenge to see how close they can be to being Distinguished in December. The worst that can happen is that your club members receive the full value out of Toastmasters by working the program. The best that can happen is that your club members receive the full value out of Toastmasters by working the program AND your club wins a free camera or projector. Either way, everyone wins.
Don’t wait – December 31 is quickly approaching and I hope every club takes this opportunity to recommit to achieving five goals by year end. In fact, you might want to order that little black dress or top hat through Amazon today. Your opportunity to look “distinguished” is right around the corner.