Rio Copa Toastmasters have held club officer elections for the January 1st through June 30th 2007 term.  Below are our new club officers:

Each year Toastmaster clubs that have been a 'Distinguished Club' or better for three consecutive years or more  become members of the '3D' club.  Rio Copa Toastmasters have becomed a member this club for the first time.  This is a great accomplishment since Rio Copa Toastmasters was formed barely over three years old!  Rio Copa met the requirements to be a Distinguished club the first year and have been President's Distinguished since.

The Toastmasters Distinguished Club Program encourages clubs to focus on the educational needs of the members and the administrative needs of the club by setting 10 club goals that the club should try to meet:

Educational goals for members of the club: 

1. Two Competent Communicators
2. Two more Competent Communicators
3. One Advanced Communicator Bronze, Silver, or Gold
4. One more Advanced Communicator Bronze, Silver, or Gold
5. One Competent Leader, Advanced Leader Bronze, Advanced Leader Silver, or Distinguished Toastmaster
6. One more Competent Leader, Advanced Leader Bronze, Advanced Leader Silver, or Distinguished Toastmaster

Membership building and retention goals:

1. Four new members
2. Four more new members

Officer training goals:

1. Minimum of four club officers trained during each of two training periods

Club administration goals:

1. One semiannual membership report and one club officer list submitted on time

5 of 10 = Distinguished

7 of 10 = Select Distinguished

9 of 10 = President's Distinguished

For more about the Toastmasters Communication and Leadership tracks click here.

September was a great month at Rio Copa Toastmasters.  We had our first ever Evaluation and Humorous speech contest, hosted the the R3 and R4 Area Contests at Rio Salado, and even placed in the R4 Area contest!   

Our first ever club evaluation contest was held in early September.  Our winner was Andrew Lenartz, second place was Mike Trier, and third place was Steven Martindale.  Rio Copa had our first humorous speech contest a week before the R3/R4 Area Contest and Elliot Cherner was the winner. 

Since Mike and Andrew were unable to attend the Area Contest, Steven Martindale attended to represent Rio Copa Toastmasters.  

 

 

 

R4 Area Contest

Special thanks to the staff at Rio Salado for setting up the room exactly as needed for the R3 and R4 Area Contest on September 27th.  There were many positive  comments from Toastmasters and guests in attendance about the quality of the faclities and attention to detail that the staff took to ensure that the event was setup properly.  

The R3 and R4 Area Contest was held in the Rio Salado Conference Center on September 27th.  Elliot Cherner and Steven Martindale competed against the club winners of the other clubs in the area in the Humorous and Speech Evaluation  Contests. 

Elliot Cherner won second place in the Humorous Speech Contest with his speech about umpiring little league. 

 

 

 

 

 

JD Austin received the Outstanding Area R4 Toastmaster of the Year 2005-2006 Award at the Area Contest on September 26, 2006.  The award is given to one member in each area each year.  There is also an award given at the division and district level.