Start Club Success Plans by August 1st

The Club Success Plan is a roadmap to help your club achieve Distinguished status this year. 

Officers should schedule a time to meet by August 1st to start charting the course towards club success in 2014-2015.

For more information, on what a Club Success Plan is or for a simple template check out these resources online:

• http://www.toastmasters.org/1111_dcp
• http://www.toastmasters.org/clh

Traveling Toastmaster Program is back!

Traveling Toastmasters is an incentive program meant to encourage you to visit other clubs and attend district events, such as contests, open houses, and training.

The individual with the most points will get FREE registration to the fall conference. There are also prizes for the club, area, and division with the most points.

Submit your visit through this form:

Http://esurv.org?u=travelingtoastmasters2014

Schedule Club Speech Contests by Sept. 12

This fall are Humorous Speech and Evaluation contests.

Please schedule those as early as possible. I will aim to schedule our Area Contest by the end of September and will get that date to you in before the end of July.

If you need more info about how to run a contest, refer to the Toastmasters 2014 contest guidebook: http://www.toastmasters.org/interactivespeechcontestrulebook

Summer Officer Training Announced

Remember 4 of your club officers will need to complete summer (and 4 more will need winter training) to receive credit toward Distinguished Club status. Here are the two trainings offered this summer:

• July 19 at 8:30a -- Regent University (1000 Regent University Drive, Robertson Hall Building, Virginia Beach, 23464) 
• August 2 at 8:30a -- ODU Work Center (600 Butler Farm Rd, Hampton, 23666)

Greetings!

My name is Janet Krenn, and I'm your Area 42 Governor for 2014-2015. 

I've been a Toastmaster since 2009. In that time, I served as my club Treasurer, Sgt. at Arms, VPM, and President, and I 've served my district as a Club Coach. I'm looking forward to working with our Area Clubs to become a Distinguished Area in 2015! 

I invite our Area Club Members to post comments or contact me via the contact form in the right column of this page.