May 2002www.toastmastersd47.org

Since 1955

Bi-monthly bulletin of District 47 ToastmastersServing Florida and the Bahamas

• Spring District Conference

May 17-19, 2002

• “Beat the Clock” (5 new members)

May - June, 2002

• Region VIII Conference

June 13-15, 2002 - Baton Rouge, LA

• Planet Toastmasters (subject to change)

June 22, 2002: Central Florida

July 13, 2002: South Florida

July 20, 2002: West Florida

• Division and Area Governor Training

June 29, 2002

• Officer Lists Due to TI

June 30, 2002

• Happy New Year!!!

July 1, 2002

Welcome to this Special Edition issue ofThe Sunshiner! This Special Edition isbeing released at the 2002 Spring Confer-

ence, to be distributed by Area Governorsand Club Representatives to members notin attendance.

The purpose of this issue is to highlight theeducational achievements of District 47 todate and to underscore the importance ofcontinuing to strive! Within you’ll find somehighlights of the April 30 YTD report;acknowledgment of accomplishments aswell as where we stand relative to ourgoals.

As of the Spring Conference, there are

Special Edition!Educational Goals: Great Work but Don’t Let Up Yet

about six weeks left in the Toastmastersyear. These six weeks mean more thanmany Toastmasters realize towards ouroverall standing. It is at this point we needto make our last great push to resolve thatunfinished business. Complete those lastassignments. Fill out your paperwork andmake sure it’s received by TI. Charterthose clubs and get those dues paid!

There is just enough time to complete whatwe’ve begun. There already may beenough unfinished paperwork to make asubstantial difference. It is to the spirit ofseeing through what we’ve begun that thisSpecial Edition is dedicated. •

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The push for Distinguished District is athand! In the last two months of the Toast-master Year, District 47 finds itself in a racefor Distinguished.

The Distinguished District Program is basedon four primary statistics: CTMs, ATMs,Paid Clubs and Per Caps. To becomeDistinguished, a District must meet orexceed all its goals. These goals are set byTI based on previous statistics (which canmake following up an exceptional year, aswe had last year, very difficult). We alsoestablish “Stretch Goals” to see just howmuch we can achieve.

As of April 30 2002, District 47 has ex-ceeded its goal for ATMs by a whopping126! However, there still are 9 CTMs, 38

paid clubs and 1,169 per caps to go. Whatthis means is that we can’t give up; we need

to get serious. There are 32 clubs on the

Beat the Clock!

This is the time of the year for theToastmasters International Beat the Clock

membership campaign. If your club adds 5new members during the months of Mayand June, it may choose to receive eitherthe Successful Club Series or the Better

Speaker Series. The Successful Club

Series is worth about $40. Good luck! •

unpaid list. Ift h e s e clubssend intheirdues thatleaves only 6clubs toofficiallycharter! Themembers fromthese clubs canaccount for theremaining percaps. The fact is,we can make it! What is requiredis dedication and follow-up in addition topersonal dedication to our Toastmasterresponsibilities. This means sending in thepaperwork and sealing the deal. We’vebegun this race. Now it’s time to get oursecond wind and cross that finish line.There is time if we have the will. • S0205A

The Last Push for DistinguishedDistrict 47 Needs to Meet Several Goals;

But Time Remains for Success!

Share the Spirit of Success?

No!! It is more like:

Spreading the Spirit of Suc-

cess!!!!

This is a special edition of The Sunshinerto recognize and celebrate those whohave achieved!

DISTINGUISHED = SUCCESSFUL!

And we have a whole lot of Successgoin’ on here!!!

Don’t see your name here? DON’T

WORRY!!! It is not over until you crossthe finish line!!! The finish line is June30th! So run like the wind my friend!

For clubs, a measure of Success iswhether or not you are Distinguished.That means that you need to achieve 5out of 10 goals and have either a netgain of 5 or 20 members. Where doesyour club rank? I congratulate the clubswho are Distinguished as of this issue. Ialso encourage the clubs who are closeto the finish line. GO FOR IT!!!

Keep your eye on the goal and makethat mad dash for the finish line!

Warmest Regards,

Cathy

Cathy Epler,District 47 Governor •

DistrictGovernor’s

ReportCathy Epler, DTM

The following clubs are already Distinguished as

of the 2002·04·30 report. In this Special Edition,

we wish to acknowledge these clubs who have

already accomplish these goals.

Congratulations! •

Unpaid Clubs

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2001 vs. 2002

Where we were last year, April 30 2001:

Per Caps 11168

Paid Clubs 226

CTMs 399

ATMs 148

Don’t forget; last year we finished as

President’s Distinguished District! •

The following is a list of clubs which are still

unpaid as of April 30. Members affiliated

with any of the following clubs should be

aware dues are past due and take an active

role in getting all materials in ASAP. It

benefits the District, the club and the

individual.

971 1917 2524 2551 3164 3383 3909 4145

4366 4841 4883 5292 5459 5561 5899

6649 6837 6877 6878 7108 7200 7257

7295 7840 7859 8061 8233 8554 8956

9650 9702 9712 •

District 47 Goals Required for

Distinguished Distirct:

Per Caps: 12804

Clubs: 272

CTMs: 439

ATMs: 62

Actual YTD Statistics

as of April 30 2002:

Per Caps: 11635 (-1169)

Paid Clubs: 234 (-38)

CTMs 430 (-9)

ATMs: 188 (+126)

Stats Not Counted Towards DDP:

DTMs 17

CLs 143

ALs 17

District 47 Goals

Select

Distinguished

12954618412166243728623397359636593674517359856690725076127911837094029477

(19 Clubs)

President’s

Distinguished

892106611341178160019782284265228243087365136953956445458076273686171787286850392699443

(22 Clubs)

Distinguished

221508619689841095166718102004209621042225226223802445258232994207536854865758593360036026619362616796681870827362755992419392

(33 Clubs)

Distinguished Clubs

New Clubs2001 • 2002As of 2002 · 04 · 30

Statistcs Reports

for April 30 2002

Are IN!

Division Chartered

Club Name Club #

A JIA 3862 01·11·9

A Inspiring Voices 5709 02·1·31

A ZIS Easy Speakers 6878 02·3·5

A Alltel 7859 02·3·21

B Celebration Speak Easy 2058 01·7·16

B Villa 4487 01·12·18

C Turnpike Toastmasters 2362 01·9·28

C Let’s Talk 4413 01·12·19

C Casselberry Orators 8945 02·4·16

E Unity on the Bay 9247 02·4·22

F Southwest Speakeasy 2551 01·10·3

F AISI 8233 02·3·29

F Gartner 634 02·5·3

G Terrace Toastmasters 968 01·9·4

G Citigroup Tampa 5626 02·1·31

G Temple Talkers 7295 02·3·14

I Navigators 2437 01·9·30

Top Ten unique Toastmasters

words and terms:

10) Atrophy: The malaise that sets in

when one does not win a trophy for an

extended period of time

9) Lectrnal: A seemingly endless

presence at the lectern

8) Digniphobia: A fear of head tables

7) Gavalier: Nonchalant weilding of

authority

6) Devaluator: A perennial chainsaw

evaluator

5) Manual Labor: The task of trying to

find a manual assignment that fits the

speech you’ve already written

4) Lame Duck: The inability to dodge a

tomato during a bad speech

3) Laudible Pause: A badly needed

pause to take a breath during an

excruciating monologue

2) Dry Run: A rehearsal of a boring

speech

1) Without Further Adieu: A trite attempt

to end a long, drawn out conclusion

Karl Righter, DTM

By Margaret Wan, DTM, LGM

Use the No. 1 Membership-

building Tool Effectively

Are you trying to bring your clubback to charter strength so it willqualify to be a Distinguished

Club? Are you getting a new clubstarted and just need a few moremembers to be chartered?

Speechcraft is the No. 1 membership-building tool. Use it, whether you want torecruit members for an existing club or a newclub.

As Division H Governor Wayne Warren

pointed out at the last District ExecutiveCommittee Meeting, this is what you can do.Hold a Speechcraft for one day and charge,say, $60 per person. (I suggest that youcharge the same amount as the dues for anew member in your club. Why? Read on.)

At the Speechcraft meeting, ask yourparticipants to sign up as new members ofthe club. By the time a participant has paidan amount equal to the 6 months’ dues for a

“Wan - na Talk”

new member, there is little reasonfor him or her to decline yourinvitation to membership. Themembership will provide manymore benefits than a one-dayseminar. Among other things, amember will receive the monthlymagazine, The Toastmaster. Besure to show a sample of themagazine.

If you feel strongly that a 1-day Speechcraftis too short, you may offer a 4-sessionprogram. The principle is the same - sign upthe participants as members at the firstsession.

By the way, do not advertise the Speechcraftas “Speechcraft” - no one knows what it isunless he or she is familiar with the Toast-masters program. Call it “Communication

and Leadership Seminar”, “Career Enhance-

ment Workshop”, or something similar. Becreative and design a name according towho your prospects are.

This is a proven method. I have done itmyself and all participants joined. It works! •

By Eileen Gerbin, DTM, LGET

District 47 Toastmasters, we areso close, I can taste it! We are onrecord pace to win the race. Whatrace? The race to Distinguished,of course!

Congratulations all of you who haveachieved CTMs, ATMs, CLs, ALs and DTMsthis year. Every year, many Toastmasterswait until the last minute to send in thepaperwork for educational goals. The volumeof paperwork that arrives at ToastmastersInternational headquarters is overwhelmingand inevitibaly, some fall through the cracksand Clubs miss out on attaining Distin-

guished Club as a result. Don’t letthat happen to you - send in theforms ASAP. Even better, submit itonline at www.toastmasters.org

Did you know that one of the goalsfor the 2002-2003 Toastmaster yeardepends on a June 30, 2002deadline? Officer lists must be

postmarked by June 30, 2002 to receivecredit for next year’s Distinguished Club

Program.

Keep speaking, leading, and submitting thepaperwork and District 47 will be “sharing the

spirit of success” at the International

Convention in August! •

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Publisher

Cathy Epler, DTM9831 Alvernon Dr.

New Port Richey, FL 34655

e-mail: cepler@gte.net

Editor

Jerome R. Kalisz, ATM·G424 E Central, Box 352

Orlando, FL 32801

e-mail: webmaster@tm1066.org

Since 1955

It’s Miller Time!

Appropriately, it was in 2001 when ourman Dave (Blastic) was making computersserve Toastmasters by redesigning the D47web site. Dave regained control and hiswizardry of the web helped earn himToastmaster of the Year in 2001. Now,however, Dave can no longer help us withour computer needs.

I’m afraid, Dave...

Luckily, Jim Miller of club 1841 agreed to thevexing task of webmaster for the hallowedDistrict website. If you haven’t been thererecently, you should investigate it. All TMsshould visit the site regularly to see how itevolves.

With Jim as webmaster, what is going tohappen? We can only expect somethingwonderful... •

AD Space!If you are interested in advertising in

The Sunshiner, please contact Jerome

R. Kalisz at webmaster@tm1066.org

Eileen Gerbin

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DTM

Eileen on Education

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Orange Park, FL 32073-4321

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Special Edition Sunshiner! Focus on Education and the Push for Distinguished District!

• That’s AL, Folks!

This just in from our friends at Club 3179:

Area 34, Club 3179, Oviedo Trailblazers,achieved 10 of 10 goals of the DistinguishedClub Plan with member Alton G.

Cumberbatch becoming a DTM as of 02/04/16. Al founded Casselberry Orators

which means we are a Founding Club.Thanks, Al! Congrats also go to Ralph

Bormet for placing second in the Division C

International Speech Contest. •

• New Delivery

Congratulations to Area 10 Governor Janice

Cary and Division F Governor Pat Abeling.Their new baby was born on May 3 2002;Gartner Club 634. •

• Long Divisions

Division A leads in New Clubs with four newclubs. Divisions F, C & G all currently checkin at three new clubs. Keep going! •

The Sunshiner is printed by Michael Rubin, CTM of AOS, Altamonte Springs, FL

• Electric Resurgence

Electric Toasters, Club 9649 in Orlando,FL, receives the Phoenix Award fromToastmasters International. Club 9649

was chartered in October 1993 with 29members. Over the past few years,membership dwindled way below charterstrength. Congratulations to all theirofficers and all the new members who havehelped them rise again! •

• DTMs Keep Coming

Congratulations to the new DTMs sincelast issue:

Alton Cumberbatch Club 3179Maudline Hanna Club 7108Gloria M. Grehl Club 7250

This brings our DTM total for the year to awhopping 17 as of April 30! Outstanding!

(Now if we can only petition TI to count

DTMs towards Distinguished District

goals...) •

• Toastmaster Paul Online

www.toastmasterpaul.com

Need we say more? •

• Planet Toastmasters

Needs “Right Stuff”

If anyone is interested in presenting aworkshop at any of the upcoming Planet

Toastmasters please e-mail Eileen Gerbinat: egerbin@att.net Eileen is looking forpresenters for each officer positions andgeneral interestToastmasterstopics. •

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