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President
| Immediate Past President | VP
Education
VP Membership | VP
Public Relations | Secretary
Treasurer | Sergeant
at Arms
Meeting participants
play an important role in making the Club educational and enjoyable.
But another group of people have even more responsibility for
meeting quality and the long-term success of the Club. This group
is called the Club Executive Committee. The titles and standards
of each Executive Committee member are as follows.
President
The President serves as the Club's chief executive
officer, responsible for general supervision and operation of
the Club.
Standards
outside of the Club meeting are to: Ensure that Club officers
meet Club officer and Club meeting standards; oversee plan to
achieve Distinguished Club Program goals and ensure that the Club
is a Distinguished Club; encourage communication and leadership
development through promoting CTM, ATM, CL, and AL awards; ensure
the Club has an ongoing membership building program; attend and
vote the Club's proxy at District council meetings or ensures
that a Club member attends and votes; attend Regional Conferences
and the International Convention and vote the Club's proxy or
send the proxy to the District Governor; oversee administrative
operation of the Club in compliance with the Club Constitution
and Bylaws; maintain a relationship with the District and with
Toastmasters International; schedule and chair monthly Executive
Committee meetings; arrange for a replacement if unable to attend
a Club or Executive Committee meeting; search for leaders, ensure
all Club offices are filled for the succeeding term, and ensure
that timely elections are conducted; prepare successor for office;
attend District-sponsored club officer training.
Standards
at the Club meeting are to: Ensure meetings start and end
on time; make sure guests are warmly and enthusiastically introduced;
allow time before and after the meeting to speak with guests;
read and/or display the Club mission statement at every meeting;
discuss the Distinguished Club Program and the Club's progress
in it; recognize member achievements in Toastmasters and in their
personal lives; report on which "Moments of Truth" the
Club is achieving.
Immediate
Past President
The Immediate Past President provides guidance and serves as a
resource to Club officers and members. The Immediate Past President
chairs the Nominating Committee, assists in the preparation of
the Club Success Plan and promotes the Club's efforts to become
a Distinguished Club.
Vice
President Education
The Vice President Education is responsible for planning successful
Club meetings so that each member has the opportunity to achieve
his or her educational goals. He or she is the second-highest
ranking Club officer, presiding at Club and Executive Committee
meetings in the absence of the President.
Standards
outside of the Club meeting are to: Plan Club meetings, completing
schedules and assignments at least three weeks in advance and
confirming each schedule five to seven days before the meeting;
promote participation in the educational program. Get commitment
from new members to achieve the CTM award within one year or less
and schedule them to speak accordingly. Get Commitment from CTMs
to earn ATM-B awards within one year, and get commitment from
ATM-B and ATM-S recipients to earn the next award within one year.
Get commitment from members to earn the Competent Leader award.
Track all members' progress toward these awards; orient new members
to the Toastmaster's program within two meetings after they join;
assign every new member a mentor; attend Club Executive Committee
meetings and preside when the President is absent; attend District
council meetings; attend District-sponsored club officer training;
arrange for a replacement if unable to attend Club meetings; prepare
successor for office.
Standards
at the Club meeting are to: Assign each new member to be a
Table Topics participant at the first meeting after joining, to
a meeting role at the third meeting or earlier, and to give the
Ice Breaker manual project at the fourth meeting or sooner; ensure
that a Club member conducts The Successful Club Series programs
"Evaluate to Motivate," "Moments of Truth,"
"Mentoring," and "Finding New Members for Your
Club" at least once per year; monitor club performance quarterly
in cooperation with the Club President; initial speakers' Records
of Assignments and ensure eligible members fill out their award
applications; preside over the meeting when the President is absent.
Vice
President Membership
The Vice President Membership is the third-ranking Club officer.
Standards
outside of the Club meeting are to: Conduct ongoing membership
building programs and efforts. Promote the membership goal of
one new member per month and, if the Club has fewer than 20 members,
achieving 20 members by year-end or sooner. Promote Club and Toastmasters
International membership building programs and conduct a minimum
of two formal Club membership programs annually; follow up on
and keep track of guests, new members joining, and members not
attending meetings. Send follow-up note to guests; explain the
educational program to all prospective members, get their commitment
to join and collect membership applications. Bring the applications
to the Club for voting and, if the members are accepted, collect
dues and fees and give them to the Treasurer with the applications;
attend Club Executive Committee meetings; attend and vote at Area
Council meetings; attend District-sponsored club officer training;
arrange for a replacement if unable to attend Club meeting; prepare
successor for office.
Standards
at a Club meeting are to: Greet guests and have each complete
a guest card; report on current membership, promote membership
campaigns, and welcome new members; work with the President and
Vice President Education to ensure each new member is formally
inducted at the first meeting after being voted in by the Club;
help guests wishing to join complete the Application for Membership
form; regularly speak
with fellow members to determine if their needs are being met.
Vice
President Public Relations
The Vice President Public Relations is the fourth-ranking Club
officer.
Standards
outside of the Club meeting are to: Promote the Club to local
media; produce and distribute a Club newsletter/web page at least
monthly; promote membership programs; attend Club Executive Committee
meetings; attend other Toastmasters events; attend District-sponsored
club officer training; arrange for a replacement if unable to
attend a Club meeting; prepare successor for office.
Standards
at the Club meeting are to: Announce upcoming events and programs;
ask for contributions to the newsletter/web page; greet members
and guests.
Secretary
The Secretary is the fifth-ranking Club officer.
Standards
outside of the Club meeting are to: Maintain an accurate membership
roster and give it to the Treasurer to submit with dues; mail
Club Officer List to World Headquarters within 10 days after elections;
handle general Club correspondence; keep Club files, including
the Club charter, Constitution and Bylaws, minutes, resolutions,
and correspondence; attend Club Executive Committee meetings;
attend District-sponsored club officer training; arrange for a
replacement if unable to attend meetings; prepare successor for
office.
Standards
at a Club meeting are to: Record and read meeting minutes;
greet members and guests.
Treasurer
The Treasurer is the sixth-ranking Club officer.
Standards
outside of the Club meeting are to: Prepare a budget to be
approved by the Executive Committee and membership within one
month of taking office; provide the bank with a new signature
card by July 1/January 1; prepare and send dues statements by
August 15/February 15; collect and send dues to World Headquarters
by October 1 and April 1, and work with the Vice President Membership
to contact members who have not paid dues; submit new member applications
and dues to World Headquarters within 48 hours after receipt;
pay bills as due; keep records of all financial transactions;
present verbal and written financial reports quarterly (October
15, January 15, April 15, and July 15); submit Club accounts for
audit; attend Club Executive Committee meetings; attend District-sponsored
club officer training; arrange for a replacement if unable to
attend meeting; prepare successor for office.
Standards
at the Club meeting are to: Receive completed new member applications
and dues; announce when dues are due and explain dues structure;
greet members and guests.
Sergeant
at Arms
The Sergeant at Arms is the seventh-ranking Club officer.
Standards
outside of the Club meeting are to: Schedule meeting locations;
maintain Club equipment in working order and check after every
meeting to ensure adequate supplies are available; attend Club
Executive Committee meetings; attend District-sponsored club officer
training; arrange for a replacement and for assistance if necessary;
prepare successor for office.
Standards
at a Club meeting are to: Arrange the room at least 10 minutes
before the meeting begins; make sure the lectern is in place,
the banner displayed, evaluation forms and ballots distributed,
awards, Supply Catalog, progress Chart and educational material
displayed, place cards arranged, and name badges available; greet
members and guests and arrange for guests to sit with members;
greet the Area Governor and other visiting officers and escort
them to the Club President; arrange for food service at meal meetings;
ensure the meeting starts on time; collect ballots and tally votes
for awards.
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