The Golden Gavel Award
 

 
 

 
1.

Distinguished Club (mandatory) by 30 June 2012
 

a.

 Distinguished club receives 5 points

b.

 Additional DCP point will add one point

c.

 Each CC above 4 CCs will get 1.5 points

d.

 Each AC above 2 will get one point

e.

 CL, AL, DTM will get 0.5 points

f.

 If membership base on 30 June 2012 is equal to membership base on 1 July 2011, 5 points

 

 Every additional member will add 1 point.

g.

 Membership renewal (on time) of 20 members will get 10 points for each renewal period.
   
2.

All club officers should attend both OTPs (Points awarded for each OTP)
 

a.

 4 members attending – 0 points

b.

 5 members attending – 5 points

c.

 6 members attending – 7 points

d.

 7 members attending – 10 points
   
3.

Representation at Reverberations
 

a.

 For each participating member, 5 points
   
4.

Representation at Ovation
 

a.

 For each participating member, 5 points
   
 
Keys to winning the Golden Gavel Award
 
  1. Start now and use the Distinguished Club Plan
  2. Hold an club officer's meeting and determine your yearly goals now
  3. Put goals in writing, with 'complete-by' dates
  4. Identify members by name who will accomplish each goal
  5. Follow up at least quarterly
  6. Make success a club goal, not just the officer's goal
  7. Ask a member to make a presentation to your club on the DCP and its importance
Resources for becoming Distinguished
 
How to become a Distinguished Club
 

How It Works

The Distinguished Club Program is an annual program, running from July 1 through June 30. The program consists of 10 goals your club should strive to achieve during this time using the Club Success Plan (in the back of this manual) as a guide. World Headquarters tracks the progress of your club toward these goals throughout the year, sending quarterly progress reports to your club president (updated reports are posted twice monthly on the Toastmasters International Web site, members.toastmasters.org).

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Click here to download a worksheet your club can use to plan for a successful year, or use our handy GoalCard. And be sure to look at all the helpful items listed at the left.

Plan to succeed - success is no accident!

At the year end, World Headquarters calculates the number of goals the club achieved and recognizes it as a Distinguished Club, Select Distinguished Club, or President's Distinguished Club based on the number of goals achieved and the number of members it has.

Goals to Achieve

Following are the goals your club should strive to achieve during the year:
     
1.   Two CCs
2.   Two more CCs
3.   One ACB, ACS or ACG
4.   One more ACB, ACS or ACG
5.   One CL, ALB, ALS or DTM
6.   One more CL, ALB, ALS or DTM
7.   Four new members
8.  

Four more new members
9.  

Minimum of four club officers trained during each of two training periods
10.  

One membership dues renewal report and one club officer list submitted on time

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In addition, your club must meet a membership requirement. At year-end (June 30) it must have:

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____   at least 20 members OR  
____   a net growth of at least five new members.  
 

Recognition Levels
 

Distinguished Club = Achieve 5-6 goals

Select Distinguished Club = Achieve 7-8 goals

President's Distinguished Club = Achieve 9-10 goals
 
 
 

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