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Distinguished Club Status

3/25/2019

 
​Toastmasters strives to empower individuals through personal and professional development. In the day-to-day activities of a club, it can be a challenge to know where you place your club's focus. Fortunately, Toastmasters provides a way for clubs to track their progress towards excellence. The Distinguished Club Program (DCP) offers a set of goals for which to strive. 

Clubs can earn recognition through the DCP for meeting membership requirements and my meeting goals. Clubs must have 20 or more members or net growth of five to qualify. After that, a club must earn at least five points to reach Distinguished. Earning seven points will qualify your club to be Select Distinguished, and 9 points will earn your club the President's Distinguished Club Award.

The first part of the DCP is education. That's the essence of the Toastmasters program. So Toastmasters offers points when members achieve educational goals. In fact, six out of the possible ten points are for education awards. 

Next comes membership. A healthy club has at least 20 members. A club this size balances having enough members to fill roles at meetings and support members outside of meetings.

​Statistically, a club loses 40% of its membership each year due to any number of reasons. Since 40% of 20 is 8, Toastmasters sets a goal of recruiting eight members per year to account for attrition. You can earn one point for recruiting four members and another point for recruiting four more.

​Analysis of data related to the DCP shows that the greatest indicator of success in a club is trained officers. Training is how officers learn the fundamentals of running a successful club and by sending at least four members to training twice a year, Toastmasters offers one DCP point.

Finally, clubs can earn a point for getting club officer lists turned in and for submitting dues on time.

The clubs listed below are on track to earn at least Distinguished.

If your club is not listed below, visit http://dashboards.toastmasters.org to check on your club's progress in the DCP.
Distinguished - with at least 5 points and at least 20 active members
Club Name   Active Members Goals
Met
USAA Toastmasters 61 10
Central Austin Toastmasters 55 10
Business & Professional Toastmasters Club 46 10
Dell Toastmasters Club 44 10
Lakeline Toastmasters 39 10
New Braunfels Toastmasters Club 31 10
North San Antonio Club 28 10
Round Rock Chambermasters Club 40 9
Northwest Toastmasters Club 27 9
Alamo City Toastmasters Club 27 9
Today Toastmasters Club 26 9
Gavel Masters   26 9
City of San Antonio 25 9
Rise 'N Shine Toastmasters Club 23 9
TMHP Toastmasters 22 9
Lonestar Toastmasters 22 9
Dripping Springs Toastmasters 42 8
Dell Master Speakers Club 34 8
Barton Springs Club 32 8
TXDOT Club   31 8
Austintatious Toastmasters Club 24 8
Big T Toastmasters Club 22 8
Schertz Chamber Toastmasters 21 8
IBM Club   21 8
iChatters   35 7
UT Sciences Toastmasters Club 33 7
Austin Toastmasters Pursuing Excellence 29 7
Zachry Toastmasters 28 7
Aim High Club   27 7
SARA Toastmasters 25 7
Community Club   25 7
Fredericksburg Club 24 7
Toastmasters Orating At The Rio 22 7
Killeen Toastmasters 20 7
ERCOT Toastmasters 45 6
Brave Little Toastmasters 38 6
Laughing Matters   36 6
Metro Toastmasters Club 34 6
Texas Stars Toastmasters 25 6
River Talkers   24 6
South Austin   24 6
Toast To The Future 22 6
Medtronic SA   20 6
Arboretum Toastmasters Club 35 5
NI Speechmeisters Club 34 5
T-Werx Toastmasters 31 5
Austin RISC Masters 28 5
Farmers Northstars Club 28 5
Oracle Speaks   27 5
West Austin I Toastmasters Club 27 5
Intel Speaks   25 5
Alpha Toastmasters 25 5
One Texas Toast   25 5
At Ease Toastmasters 23 5
Balcones Toastmasters Club 22 5
Emerson Innovators 21 5
Stone Oak Toastmasters 21 5
Distinguished - with points and net growth of at least 5 members
Club   Net
Growth
Goals
Met
Community Club 13 7  
South Austin 7 6  
Toast To The Future 5 6  
Balcones Toastmasters Club 12 5  
Stone Oak Toastmasters 10 5  
Highnoon Toastmasters  10 5  
One Texas Toast 9 5  
HACA 7 5  
Austin PM 6 5  
Almost Distinguished
Club   Needs Goals
Met
Aqua Vitae   Members 7
S.H.I.E.L.D. Toastmasters Members 5
Texas Talkers Toastmasters Club Members 9
G.U.T.S. Club -lackland AFB Members 6
Sunday Speakers   Members 5
Rising Toastmasters Members 5
Randolph AFB Toastmasters Members 6
Bilingual Toastmasters of Austin Members 8
Travtalk Toastmasters Club Members 5
Armadillo Avenue Club Members 8
Paper Club   Members 8
Williamson County Toastmasters Club Members 6
Master Speakers of Austin Members 8
Arthur Storer Toastmasters Club Members 9
SNO Much To Talk About Goals 4
H-E-B Club   Goals 4
Beyond Basics   Goals 4
San Antonio Sociable Toastmasters Goals 4
Randolph-Brooks Rising Stars Club Goals 4
RAX Toastmasters   Goals 4
HDR Austin Toastmaster's Club Goals 4
West Austin II   Goals 4
Texas State Talkers Club Goals 4
Austin Toastmasters Club Goals 4
Hill Country Toastmasters Both 4
Universal City Club Both 4

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