From District 19 Lt. Governor of Education & Training Mark Latta:
It is with distinct pleasure I announce the winning club of the Distinguished in December contest. The winner is…Town and College Toastmasters in Ames, IA! This club will receive its choice of either a digital camera or a digital projector valued at $300!
I thank all clubs that participated. We had 15 clubs out of the roughly 90 clubs within District 19 that qualified for the program by achieving five or more Distinguished Club Program (DCP) goals by December 31, 2013. That is a whopping 1 out of every 6 clubs that at least five goals halfway through the Toastmasters year! Wow!
All of them deserve recognition, so please help me congratulate them. They are:
– WIT Masters
– Hawkeye
– Crossroads Storytellers
– Ankeny
– 1100 Toastmasters
– CDS Global
– Greater Des Moines Toasmasters
– iToast Toastmasters
– Town and College
– TGIF Toastmasters
– Johnston
– John Deere Financial
– Golden Speakers
– Hilltop
– Ames Toastmasters
Although this is the end of this promotion, I would like all clubs and members to continue to look toward the next steps in their development. We have entered a new calendar year and this is a great time to reaffirm our commitment to being better speakers and leaders.
In addition, I would like to remind everyone why we even have the Distinguished Club Program – service to the member. It is by practice through working speech projects we become better communicators. It is by fulfillng leadership roles to the best of our ability that we become better leaders. And, it is by helping others realize the benefit of the program by coaching and mentoring that the member experience becomes stronger.
Whether you were Distinguished in December or not, please do not lose sight of our mission to help our members – including you – become better leaders and communicators. When we serve the member, then we all look a little more distinguished.
Congratulations again to Town and College and all of the clubs who attempted to achieve five or more goals by the end of this year. All of you rock!
Here’s to new goals for ourselves and our clubs in 2014!
Regards,
Mark, LGET
Mark Latta
District 19 Lieutenant Governor of Education and Training
Toastmasters International
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