Getting a Jump Start on the 2009-2010 Toastmaster Year

The Jack Rabbit Dash was a challenge to encourage members, clubs, areas, and divisions to get a strong start on the 2009-2010 Toastmaster year. The prizes were pins, banner ribbons, gift certificates, and the satisfaction of Members knowing they had a personal role in getting this year off to a great start

The Jack Rabbit Dash encouraged club members to bring in new members and to finish up any education or leadership awards that are just almost there. It also encouraged club officers to attend training.

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Final Results Presented November 7, 2009

The Jack Rabbit Dash is complete for the 2009-2010 Toastmasters Year. Congratulations on a dash well run!

Education and Training

• 83 Members earned Communication Jack Rabbit pins for completing a Competent Communicator or Advanced Communicator designation
• 57 Toastmasters completed a Competent Leader manual or an Advanced Leader designation to earn Leadership Jack Rabbit pins
• 675 Officers that attended training earned Officer Trained Jack Rabbit pins

New Members

• We added 480 new members!
• 22 clubs earned a Smedley banner ribbon by adding at least 5 new members during the months of August and September
• 108 clubs added at least one new member

Eight new clubs

• Aqua Vitae, Corpus Christi, in Area G91 (Nancy Wyant)
• Stone Oak Toastmasters, San Antonio, in Area I72 (Jan Davis
• Boerne Toastmasters, Boerne, in Area I73 (Lynda Kohler)
• Image Masters, Austin, in Area K54 (Jerry Barrett)
• TNA Toastmasters, Austin, in Area L40 (Karan Sikes)
• Pervasive Toastmasters, Austin, in Area L41 (Jeanell Menyweather)
• Toastmasters at Riverbend, Austin in Area L42 (Tim Hackler)
• Shoreline Toastmasters, Austin, in Area L43 (Linda Atkins)

Membership is growing across the district. This is exciting news!

Final Area Governor Results

22 Area Governors earned a Jack Rabbit pin. Each of these Area Governors submitted 100% of their club visit reports. Congratulations to the following Area Governors who have qualified for these awards:

• Gold (100% of their clubs earned a Jack Rabbit designation):
  • G92 Johnna Krawietz
  • H82 David Fritzlen
  • I70 Blanche Pape
  • I71 Aart Millecam
  • I73 Lynda Kohler
  • J62 Lisa Park
  • K53 Scott Killen
  • L42 Tim Hackler
  • L43 Linda Atkins
  • L44 Anna Sanders
• Silver (at least 75% of their clubs earned a Jack Rabbit designation):
  • G91 Nancy Wyant
  • G93 Amy Espinoza
  • G94 Heather Diehl
  • H84 Ron Graves
  • J61 Tony Grasso
  • J63 Betty McDaniel
  • K51 Garret Onderdonk III
  • L40 Karan Sikes
  • L41 Jeanell Menyweather
• Bronze (at least 50% of their clubs earned a Jack Rabbit designation):
  • J60 Janie Coy
  • K54 Jerry Barrett

The top six Areas with the greatest percentage increase in membership were

1. J62 Lisa Park
2. K52 Ron Sheaffer
3. L44 Anna Sanders
4. J64 Taline Manassian
5. G90 Rafael Malo
6. G92 Johnna Krawietz

Those Area governors received a $25 gift certificate at the Fall Conference in Corpus Christi.

Final Division Governor Standings

Five Division Governors earned a Jack Rabbit Pin

• Gold (100% of their Areas earned a Jackrabbit Incentive Program award AND 95% of their clubs have received DCP credit for paying their dues):
  • Division L Sharon Brown
• Silver (75% of their Areas earned a Jackrabbit Incentive Program award AND 90% of their clubs have received DCP credit for paying their dues):
  • Division J Trey Gramann
• Bronze (50% of their Areas earned a Jackrabbit Incentive Program award AND 80% of their clubs have received DCP credit for paying their dues:
  • Division G Gerry Wyant
  • Division I Ren Liner
  • Division K John Schmidt

The Division with the highest membership gain that had at least one new club was

• Division L Sharon Brown

Sharon received a $50 District 55 gift certificate at the Fall Conference in Corpus Christi.

We have had a strong start on this Toastmaster year. Keep up the momentum. You are doing well!

Linda Williams, DTM
District 55 Lieutenant Governor Marketing

If you want more details, please check out the October 10 Excel file.

October 10, 2009

Great news for this week! The member Jack Rabbit Dash and the area governor Jack Rabbit Dash are now complete.

Final Member Results

• We have 379 new members in District 55 this Toastmaster year.
• 22 clubs are eligible for the Smedley banner ribbon since they have added at least 5 new members to their clubs.
• 108 clubs have added at least one member.

Final Area Governor Results

22 Area Governors earned a rabbit pin. Each of these Area Governors has submitted 100% of their club visit reports. Congratulations to the following Area Governors who have qualified for these awards:

• Gold (100% of their clubs earned a Jack Rabbit designation):
  • G92 Johnna Krawietz
  • H82 David Fritzlen
  • I71 Aart Millecam
  • I70 Blanche Pape
  • I73 Lynda Kohler
  • J62 Lisa Park
  • K53 Scott Killen
  • L42 Tim Hackler
  • L43 Linda Atkins
  • L44 Anna Sanders
• Silver (at least 75% of their clubs earned a Jack Rabbit designation):
  • G91 Nancy Wyant
  • G93 Amy Espinoza
  • G94 Heather Diehl
  • H84 Ron Graves
  • J61 Tony Grasso
  • J63 Betty McDaniel
  • K51 Garret Onderdonk III
  • L40 Karan Sikes
  • L41 Jeanell Menyweather
• Bronze (at least 50% of their clubs earned a Jack Rabbit designation):
  • J60 Janie Coy
  • K54 Jerry Barrett

The Areas with the greatest percentage increase in membership are

1. J62 Lisa Park
2. K52 Ron Sheaffer
3. L44 Anna Sanders
4. J64 Taline Manassian
5. G90 Rafael Malo
6. G92 Johnna Krawietz

Congratulations! Each of you six will receive a $25 gift certificate at the fall district conference in Corpus Christi.

Current Division Governor Standings

The Division with the highest membership gain so far that has at least one new club is

1. Division L Sharon Brown

The Division Governor of the top division in terms of membership gains over their membership base will be given a $50 District 55 gift certificate.

District 55 has added six new clubs already this Toastmasters year:

• Aqua Vitae in Area G91 (Nancy Wyant)
• Stone Oak Toastmasters in Area I72 (Jan Davis
• Image Masters in Area K54 (Jerry Barrett)
• TNA Toastmasters in Area L40 (Karan Sikes)
• Pervasive Toastmasters in Area L41 (Jeanell Menyweather)
• Shoreline Toastmasters in Area L43 (Linda Atkins)

Standings for the Jackrabbit Incentive Program Award

• Gold (100% of their Areas earned a Jackrabbit Incentive Program award AND 95% of their clubs have received DCP credit for paying their dues):
  • None so far
• Silver (75% of their Areas earned a Jackrabbit Incentive Program award AND 90% of their clubs have received DCP credit for paying their dues):
  • Division J Trey Gramann
  • Division L Sharon Brown
• Bronze (50% of their Areas earned a Jackrabbit Incentive Program award AND 80% of their clubs have received DCP credit for paying their dues:
  • Division G Gerry Wyant
  • Division I Ren Liner
  • Division K John Schmidt

Keep up the momentum. You are amazing!

Linda Williams, DTM
District 55 Lieutenant Governor Marketing

If you want more details, please check out the October 10 Excel file.

September 23, 2009

Great news for this week! We now have 14 area governors who have earned rabbit pins

The Member Dash and the Area Dash will continue through September

Here are the current standings:

• Gold:
  • I70 Blanche Pape
  • I73 Lynda Kohler
  • K53 Scott Killen
  • L42 Tim Hackler
  • L43 Linda Atkins
• Silver:
  • G91 Nancy Wyant
  • G92 Johnna Krawietz
  • G94 Heather Diehl
  • H82 David Fritzlen
  • H84 Ron Graves
  • K51 Garret Onderdonk
  • L40 Karan Sikes
• Bronze:
  • J60 Janie Coy
  • K54 Jerry Barrett

The top 6 areas in percent membership gain over their membership base will be given $25 gift certificates. The top 6 listed currently have maybe next to their names. This part of the contest continues until September 31 (the end of the Smedley Incentive, so strongly encourage your clubs to keep adding members)

Right now, the areas with the greatest percentage increase in membership are:

1. J62
2. G90
3. K52
4. G94
5. G92

We have added a total of 294 members to District 55!

17 clubs are eligible for the Smedley banner ribbon since they have added at least 5 new members to their clubs. 102 clubs have added at least one member.

12 more clubs have added four new members and are easily within striking distance of also reaching this goal.

32 clubs have posted their dues. These are due by October 1.

We now have our third new club of this Toastmasters year. Pervasive has just chartered in Area L41 with 41 members! Congratulations to Division L Governor Sharon Brown and L41 Area Governor Jeanell Menyweather.

We still have another week to finish the member dash and the area governor dash. Keep up the momentum. You are amazing!

If you want more details, please check out the September 21 Excel file.

Linda Williams, DTM
District 55 Lieutenant Governor Marketing

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September 14, 2009

The news just keeps getting better.

Karan Sykes (Area L40) has now completed all her area governor reports and is eligible for a Silver rabbit pin.

District 55 has added 54 new members since last week for a new total of 283 new members.

Area L44 (AG: Anna Sanders) has moved up in the percent of new members ranking for areas. They now are #5.

16 clubs are eligible for the Smedley banner ribbon since they have added at least 5 new members to their clubs.

10 more clubs have added four new members and are easily within striking distance of also reaching this goal.

18 clubs have posted their dues. These are due by October 1.

A new club has been added to Division L today—TNA Toastmasters. They will be receiving the special September incentive of a customized club banner and banner bag, a portable lectern, and membership pins for each charter member. Congratulations, TNA Toastmasters for chartering. Welcome to the District 55 family!

We still have two weeks to finish the member dash and the area governor dash.

Keep up the momentum. You are doing well!

If you want more details, please check out the September 12 Excel file.

Linda Williams, DTM
District 55 Lieutenant Governor Marketing

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September 5, 2009

The Member Dash and the Area Dash will continue through September

Right now, the areas with the greatest percentage increase in membership are

1. J62
2. K52
3. G90
4. G94
5. G92
6. G91

We have added a total of 229 members to District 55!

The Division Dash continues through October. Already, Division K has a new club and there are potential new clubs in all divisions. Keep on Dashing!

If you want more details, please check out the September 1 Excel file.

August 14. 2009

Wonderful news. District 55 continues to dash!

To date, 54 clubs have earned a bronze ribbon, 20 have earned a silver ribbon, and 2 (USAA Toastmasters in Area I72 and New Braunfels Toastmasters in Area I70) have earned a gold!

Area I70 Governor Blanche Pape has 100% of her visits posted and 100% of her areas have earned a Jack Rabbit Dash banner ribbon, so she has earned a gold rabbit pin. Congratulations Blanche!

If you want more details, please check out the August 14 Excel file.

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