Hello, District 77 Toastmasters!

It’s time to celebrate at the spring conference May 18th–20th . Hope you plan on
coming. Or hope you came depending, on when you get to read this. It is time to
celebrate all that we have done so far…. But the year is NOT over. I was talking with
a fellow Toastmaster the other day and she lamented, “What if we don’t get 2 more
new members…. We won’t be distinguished. All that work for nothing.”

My reply: “It was not ‘for nothing.’ The club officers were trained to learn how to be
better leaders, and the dues were paid on time. Two Toastmasters earned their
CCs. It was not ‘for nothing’ to them. Two more earned CLs. They don’t think it was
‘for nothing.’ You have added 5 new members to your club. That is not
‘nothing.’ And the year is not over…. Let’s see what more we can do. Be happy for
what we have and strive for more.”

I offer the same advice to you all. We have not reached all of our goals in the district,
we need to have a few more clubs pay their dues, a few more members to join,
a few more Toastmasters to earn their CCs. We need a few more clubs. We can
celebrate the two new clubs we have this year so far. We can celebrate with you if
you have met your goals this year, and added to the total number of educational
awards for the district too. BUT, it you haven’t reached your goal yet….. the year is
not over. Let’s see what we can still do, together.

The District needs 11 more clubs, 20 more CCs, 500 more members. We can do
it…. 5 new clubs is 100 new members, and 6 clubs completing their dues will get the
necessary clubs. Each member bringing in a new member is 1,000 new members,
each one finishing their next manual will get the district distinguished…. If not… I am
happy for our effort, BUT the year is not over…. Let’s see what we can do.

And as we’re doing this, let’s all come to the District 77 Spring Conference to celebrate
what we’ve already accomplished over the past months. See you there!