District 29 Newsletter May 2016 Publication

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Messages from District Core

Officers...pp1-3

Prospective New

Clubs!...pp4-5

Best Practices: Perfect “10”:

President’s Distinguished

Record...p6

Taking Your Toastmasters

Experience Beyond Club

Walls...p7

Kudos and Talk of the

District...pp-7 -10

International Convention

News!...pp11-12

District Director

"Beat the Clock" Special Award

Receive up to $100gift certificate

towards a purchasefrom Toastmasters

International!

See page 3 for more details.

Message From the District Director –

District DirectorLovely Lall, DTM

Flight to Distinguished or Better in this Metamorphic Year 2015-16

“Passion and teamwork can turn a bunch of ordinary folks into an

unbeatable, winning team.” - Prakah Iyer

Dear Extraordinary District 29 Family,

What a beautiful 10 metamorphic months it has been. I give Thanks to the dedicated effort and selfless

actions of the very Best, the Finest team ever - almost 3,000 Toastmasters strong - including YOU! To

date, District 29 has welcomed 1,000 new members and 11 new Toastmasters clubs this Toastmasters

year! The combined efforts of individual club members have led to 32 clubs already having achieved

Distinguished status or better. To date, 65 clubs have achieved 5 or more DCP goals and are just one

or a few members shy of achieving Distinguished status or better.

Toastmasters is all about “serving and assuring member satisfaction”. As members work on education

and leadership goals, they contribute to the success of the club. The measure of success set by Toast-

masters International is called the Distinguished Club Program. Because many of our clubs are achiev-

ing excellence, our Areas, Divisions, and the District are also propelled to positions of strength and ex-

cellence.

We still have 2 months left before we reach the June 30th finish line. The race is about to enter a very

critical phase—Sprint Time! - where your focus and energy is needed to help our team cross the finishline with success.

May 1st is the start of the “Beat The Clock” membership campaign. I encourage and challenge each of

you to contribute to this final phase by being a player and keeping our Toastmasters mission in mind.

Share "Toastimonials" with your friends, family member, work colleagues, and strangers. Bring them to

your club. Invite them to join so they too can share the “ journey towards empowerment.”

Check the dashboard and see where your club is on the DCP. You can help it be more successful bynot slowing down. Be the runner who helps to brings home the gold for the team. Achieve that addi-

tional DCP goal. Add new members. Be Distinguished or better.

"Winning is about struggle, and effort and optimism, and never, ever, giving up.

~Amby Burfoot

The decisive action taken by each one of us counts and does make a difference. As members, club

officer, or District officers, Let's Continue to Fly Together with Purpose and Strive to Fly even higher on

this Flight to Distinguished or better in this Metamorphic year!

Let's proudly stand together hand-in-hand on the big stage at the 2016 Toastmasters International Con-

vention in Washington DC to receive our accolades for a race well run – for the higher flight that ex-

ceeded expectations.


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District Highlights,

Continued

Program Quality DirectorLynn Wylde, DTM

[email protected]

CONGRATULATIONSTO OUR DISTRICT’S

SPRINGEDUCATIONAL

AWARD WINNERS!

March Educational Award Achievers

Spring 2016 SeasonInternationalSpeech and

Evaluation ContestWinners

Golden Toasters

(click here for list) Clubs with all sevenofficers trained duringthe winter TLI's will berecognized during theHall of Fame at theSpring Conference onMay 14, 2016.

Triple CrownAchievers

Congratulations and ku-dos to all the memberswho have achievedthree or more educa-tional awards after theNovember 7th Confer-ence. District will recog-nize these memberswith a Triple Crownaward during the Hall ofFame session at theMay 14th Conference.

Message From the Program Quality Director

DISTRICT 29 SPRING CONFERENCE

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Reach for the Stars!

and catch your dream

Do not miss out on this special event – register today!

Registration Link

Have some fun! Watch our conference video.

Conference Highlights

This is a great opportunity to learn something new, network with a great group

of people, and have a wonderful and rewarding day! See you at the conference.

Working hard for you—Your Conference Team

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Continued

Club Growth Director Amy Brener, DTM [email protected]

Why add newmembers?

Better club programs;more variety, experienc-es, and resources todraw upon and enrichthe entire program.

Depth of club leadership

Greater representationof Toastmasters through-out your community ororganization.

Greater financial re-

sources for club pro-gramming and projects

More enthusiasm andenergy at club meetingwith new ideas

More individuals to takeon roles at the meeting

Potential future leaders

More people served andhelped by Toastmasters’

programs, thereby, help-ing us fulfil the missionof Toastmasters Interna-tional Organization: "Weempower individuals tobecome more effectivecommunicators andleaders".

Adding 4 more memberswice during the year helpsfulfil the # 7 goal and # 8goal for the Distinguished

Club Program.

Want to Host an Open House? Visit here

on the District 29 website for more details!

http://www.tmd29.org/open_house.htmlhttp://www.tmd29.org/open_house.html


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PROSPECTIVE CLUBS FORMING

IN DISTRICT 29!


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Continued

Core District Officers

Lovely Lall, DTM District Director

Lynn Wylde, DTM Program Quality Director

Amy Brener, DTM

Club Growth Director

Angela Davis, ACS, CL Public Relations Manager

Juliette Brown, DTM Finance Manager

Rhondra Willis, CC, ALB Administration Manager

Victor Jimenez, TM

Logistics Manager

Joe Jarzombek, DTM, PID Parliamentarian

Mahesh Patil, DTM Immediate Past DistrictGovernor

District 29 familywelcomes the

following newly

chartered clubs:

Apple Toast-Masters

Harris' Speakeasy

Quantico-Stafford

Happy Hour

MantechToastmasters

Speakers Bureau

Toastmasters Club

STAMPS

TAS

PROSPECTIVE CLUBS FORMING

IN DISTRICT 29!

Broadcast Toastmasters Club

Interest Meeting

You!

A. J. Ferlazzo Building (click here for directions))

Thursday, May 12, 2016—7:00pm

For more information—contact Angela Davis, [email protected]

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Continued

CLUB OFFICERTIPS

Prepare for succession.

Whether your club

elects officers annually

or biannually, it's time to

hold elections for the

next term.

To receive Distin-

guished Club credit forthe next Toastmasters

year, 2016—2017,

please log in to Club

Central to submit your

revised officer list by

June 30th after the club

elections

Mark your calendar:

Summer Toastmasters

Leadership Institute:

Saturday, June 25th.

8am – 12pm

Fairfax County

Government Center

Kudos! Area Directors who have also completed and submitted 100% Spring

Club Visit Reports.

Bharat Patel, ACS, CLDivision B—Area 21

Catherine Calvin, ACS, ALBDivision F—Area 64

Abe Katz, CCDivision D—Area 42

Matt Mertz, CCDivision B—Area 25

Kudos! Distinguished Areas!

Area 14: Area Director, Shana Terry, ACS, ALB

Area 25: Area Director, Matt Mertz, CC

Area 36: Area Director, Valerie Lamont, ACB, CL

Area 52: Area Director, Chiharu Bullock, ACB, ALB

Area 55: Area Director, William Speakman, ACS, ALB

Area 56: Area Director, David Lang, ACB, ALB

Area 64: Area Director, Catherine Calvin, ACS, ALB

District Council Meeting, May 14th, Spring Conference:

Proxy Form

Each club is allotted two votes at district council meetings. One vote is reserved for the club

President. The other vote is for the Vice President Education. Proxy votes may be used if a

club officer is unable to attend a council meeting. A proxy delivers the vote for an officer una-

ble to attend a council meeting. The officer unable to attend must designate in writing any

active individual member of the club to act as his or her proxy.

Please note: Club proxies cannot be assigned to Area Directors.

District Business Council meeting is FREE to attend.

Business meeting time: 2:15pm-3:45pm

Meeting location: Capital One,

1680 Capital One Dr., McLean, Virginia

Credentials desk (In the Atrium) will be open during the following times: Whether you

are planning to come and vote in person or any one carrying proxy for you needs to pick the

packet during these times by going to the credentials desk in the Atrium.

7:30am-8:45am ● 9:30am-12:00pm ● 1:00pm-1:45pm

Valerie Lamont, ACB, CLDivision C—Area 36

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Best Practices:

Perfect “10” President’s Distinguished Record!

In TM year 2003/2004, World Headquarters completed the digitalization of its records. That made it possible tosort records and identify clubs worldwide that have achieved President’s Distinguished Club status in the Distin-guished Club Program (DCP). The DCP has 10 goals grouped in four areas: Education; Membership; Training;and Administration.

Each year, Toastmasters International publishes a list of clubs that have met the membership requirement andachieved 5 – 6 DCP goals (Distinguished; 7-8 goals (Select Distinguished); and 9 – 10 goals (President’s Distin-guished.) While clubs can achieve President’s Distinguished with 9 goals, and some clubs have had an unbrokenrecord at some point in their history, each year since 2003/2004, Toastmasters International has recognized clubsthat have an unbroken string of 10 for 10 President’s Distinguished honors starting from the time that achieve-ment was first tracked.

At the outset, some 50 clubs had perfect 10 for 10 records. Over the years, some clubs have dropped off the listso currently, of the 15,400 clubs worldwide, only 40 clubs still have “bragging rights” for having 10 for 10 Presi-dent’s Distinguished records since the statistic has been tracked. Half of those perfect “10” clubs are in the U.S.Of those 20, three clubs are in our geography– two in District 29 (the Bennie Bough Club and Lake Ridge.G.U.T.S in District 27 also traces a perfect “10” record back to the beginning of record keeping).

Bennie Bough Club charter member and President, Distinguished Toastmaster Shu Bartholomew, says, “theclub’s outstanding performance is because we have strong club traditions, outstanding meetings focused on theindividual member, and because we make every meeting FUN! Making meetings fun is something that everyonecan and should do.” It was Shu's District Governor theme and is her theme as club President as well.

Shu points out that the Bennie Bough Club has been 10 for10 President's Distinguished every year of its existence, in-cluding its charter year. Few clubs, if any, can claim that ab-solutely perfect record. Shu is proud of another BennieBough club record – “in every year after charter, 7 of 7 Bennie

Bough Club officers have been trained in both TLI seasons.We have a club banner full of Golden Toaster ribbons.”

Bennie Bough is 10 for 10 President's Distinguished again

this year as is Lake Ridge. CONGRATULATIONS!

Bennie Bough with three club “sparks” –

Paul White, Shu Bartholomew, and Anne Sobota

Past International President Bennie Bough installing current officers


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Taking Your Toastmasters Skills Beyond the Four Walls of Your Club

Learning lessons from stretching your wings far and widesharing the Toastmasters experience with others.

Nick Baskerville, CC

Talk of the District

I recently heard someone say they had 'leveled up' in

a particular skill. I understood that like a video game,

the person had done so well at his current level, he

was moved to the next challenge. For over a year, I've

been a Toastmaster at PWC Employee Club #1973.

I've finished my CC. And while there are ways to level

up inside the club, I thought "Where else can the next

level be found?" Before I knew it, another Toastmas-

ter and I were sitting at the Moth StorySLAM event at

the Howard Theater. Before a sold out crowd, I gave a

personal story infused with the many lessons learned

from Toastmasters. It was at the end of that night that I

realized that Toastmasters helps to bring a potential

out of myself and reach a new level of speaking.

Special District Director Award Winners—The following recipients will be recognized aswinners of the April Showers Bring May Flow-

ers District Director incentive and will receivea gift certificate during the Hall of Fame ses-sion for adding 5 or more members during themonth of April!

Brambleton Toastmasters—5

StorySmiths—6

Manassas Community Club—6

Rappahannock Regional Toastmaster's Club—5

LMI Toastmasters—5

NetApp Toasters—5

Speak Up Manassas—5

NoVa Dawnbreakers—5

Talk Up Toastmasters Award Winners -Kudosand congratulations to the following Talk Up Toast-masters Membership campaign award winning

clubs. Clubs will

be recognized and also awardedthe District Director incentive during the Hall ofFame at the May 14th conference.

Five Shields—8

Dulles South—7

REAL—7

George Mason University Toastmasters—5

Tysons Talkers Toastmasters Club—5

Reston-Herndon Toastmasters Club—5

Blue Ridge—5

Brambleton Toastmasters—5

NoVa Dawnbreakers—5


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Kudos to the following clubs for adding more than 10 members since July 1st as of today:

Geographically Speaking Club 20 Woodbridge Toastmasters Club #619556 11

Town Center Toastmasters 17 Chopawamsic Club 11

Brambleton Toastmasters 17 Rappahannock Regional Toastmaster's Club 11

Dulles South 17 GEICO Fredericksburg 11

Manassas Community Club 17 Fairfax Toastmasters Club 11

Lake Ridge Toastmasters 16 MacToast Club 11

George Mason University Toastmasters 16 Navygators Club 11

LMI Toastmasters 16 ASBC Toastmasters 11

Speak Up Manassas 15 Free Spirits Toastmasters Club 11

Five Shields 14 Aol & Asurion Toastmasters Club 11

B-2 Toasters 14 Cascades Communicators Toastmasters Club 11

CNM Toastmasters 14 Centreville Club 11

Toast of Fredericksburg 13 BAH Toastmasters Club 10

Hunter Mill Club 13 Intelsat Toastmasters Club 10

Winners Circle 13 Oracle Orators Toastmasters Club 10

Confidently Speaking Toastmasters Club 12 Pragmatics 10

Capital One McLean 12 Toastmasters Anonymous 10

Brinker Club 12 Ashburn Toastmasters Club 10

Loudoun Club 12 Express It 10

Kingstowne Toasties 11 Gainesville Professional Speakers (GPS) 10


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“Flight To Distinguished or Better"

Congratulations & Kudos!

Select Distinguished Clubs

Geographically Speaking

Five Shields

PWC Toastmasters

Woodbridge Toastmasters

George Mason University

Burke Toastmasters

Navygators

B-2 Toasters

Hunter Mill Club

Eastern Federal Lands

Dulles South

Manassas Community

Free Spirits Toastmasters

Cascades Communicators

Speak Up Manassas

Distinguished Clubs

All In The Family Club

Kingstowne Toasties

McNamara HQC

PMIWDC #01

Neustar Tech

U2 Can Speak

Aol & Asurion Toastmasters

Micron Toastmasters

CNM Toastmasters

Capitol One

Rappahannock Regional

President Distinguished Clubs

Lake Ridge Toastmasters

Bennie Bough Toastmasters

Loudoun Club

Winners Circle


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REGISTRATION PACKAGES FOR YOU!

1) Full registration - $600

2) Special Area District registration - $500

3) Daily (Wed/Thur/Fri/Sat) registration – varies

4) Helping Hands Volunteer registration - $400


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$500

HOST DISTRICT CHAIR: Paul E. White | [email protected]

HOST DISTRICT CHAIR: Jill Vanderweit | jillvdweit@gmail com
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]

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District 29 Newsletter May 2016 Publication