Area Success Plan - Distinguished Area Programme

Motto for 2003/2004

 

Make Members Matter

 

Mission

           

·        Ensure Club fulfills its responsibilities to its members and becomes a Distinguished Club,

·        Promote and extend the benefits of membership in Toastmasters Clubs,

·        Help in the organization of Clubs

·        Develop a close relationship between individual clubs and TI

·        Facilitate the training of Club Officers

·        Encourage Clubs to undertake programming which will create greater community awareness of Toastmasters and make the benefits of Toastmasters programs available to more people

 

Vision

 

·         Area D1 will be a premier Area in its own Division D and be among the top 3 Areas in Division D.

·        Among District 51, we aspire to be recognised as a dynamic Area of very high standards. 

 

 

Area Council Function (Area Council Members : Area Governor, Club Presidents, VPE & VPM)

           

  1. Provide Assistance to Club Officers in :

    a.    Club leadership training;

    b.    Building membership;

    c.    Spotting opportunities for and organizing new Clubs;

    d.    Educational completions and programming;

    e.    Public relations

    f.    Club administration;

    g.    Area speech contests;

    h.    Inter-Club activities;

    i.    Club programming.

  2. Set goals for the Area and each Club; follow up on progress toward goals.

  3. Share news, ideas and suggestions.

  4. Discuss Club needs.

  5. Keep communication open between Area and Clubs

  6. Discuss Area and Club problems with the District Governor or District representative.

 

Area’s Goals

 

·        Achieve all 9 Area Goals by 30 June 2004.

·        To conscientiously help all Area D1 Clubs becoming Select Distinguished Clubs

 

9 Goals to achieve

 

Toastmasters International (TI) has set  9 goals for every area to strive for.  The area’s distinction depends on how many goals it achieves:

 

Distinguished Area – 4 of the First 5 Goals

Select Distinguish Area – First 8 Goals

President’s Distinguished Area – All 9 Goals

 

Our target is to achieve the President's Distinguished Area  i.e. achieving all  9 Distinguished Area Programme goals.

 

9 Goals to Achieve in 2003/2004

 

Goal

Activity

Goal

Club’s Achievement

Actual / Date completed

1

75% of October semis submitted on time

·        31 Oct 2003

·        by Clubs

Lion City

Radin Mas

Singapore Airlines

Singapore Tamil

1 Goal

2

75% of April semis submitted on time

·        30 April 2004

·        by Clubs

Lion City

Radin Mas

Singapore Airlines

Singapore Tamil

1 Goal

3

Average of 1.75 CTMs awarded per Club 

·        30 June, 2004

·        by Clubs

Lion City

Radin Mas

Singapore Airlines

Singapore Tamil

1 Goal

CTM -

Lee Kiat Bee,

Mark Chow,
Choo Eng Liang,

Sarath, Aparna,

Jagadeesh

Vijay

Fulfilled total 7 CTM from all 4 Clubs

4

Average of 1 ATM for every two Clubs 

·        30 April 2004

·        by Clubs

Lion City

Radin Mas

Singapore Airlines

Singapore Tamil

1 Goal

ATM-B, Chern Han, Shridar and Narayanaswamy

5

60% of Area Clubs achieve Distinguished Club (at least 5 Goals)

·        30 April, 2004

·        by Clubs

Lion City

Radin Mas

Singapore Airlines

Singapore Tamil

1 Goal

Based on Clubs Report To-date.

6

Submission of 80% of Area Report of Club Visit Forms, 1st round before 31 October 2003 to District Governor

·        31 Oct 2003

·        by AG TYP

Lion City

Radin Mas

Singapore Airlines

Singapore Tamil

 

1 Goal

7

Submission of 80% of Area Report of Club Visit Forms, 2nd round before 30 April 2004 to District Governor

·        30 April 2004

·        by AG TYP

Lion City

Radin Mas

Singapore Airlines

Singapore Tamil

 

1 Goal

 

8

60 % of Area Clubs at 20 + membership (paid members)

·        30 April 2004

Lion City

Radin Mas

Singapore Airlines

Singapore Tamil

 

  1Goal
Lion City 20

Radin Mas 11

SIA 67

Singapore Tamil 20

9

Net growth of one Club

·         30 June 2004

·        by Clubs and/or AG TYP

 

Lion City

Radin Mas

Singapore Airlines

Singapore Tamil

 

  1 Goal -Singtel 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Goals for the Area D1 in 2003/2004

 

 

Activity

Area’s Plan

Actual / Date completed

I

Area Speech Contests

·        To motivate more to participate in Humorous, Table Topics, Evaluation and International Speech Contests.

·        Expect to field 2 candidates for each contest.

 

Div D Dates:

18-Oct-03  - Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest, Queenstown C.C.

 

10-Apr-04  - Intl. Prepared Speech & Table Topics Contest, NTUC Income Center.

 

Area D1 Dates:

                 - Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest

 

                 - Intl. Prepared Speech & Table Topics Contest   

 

 

 

 

II

Educational Programs

·        To encourage Clubs to conduct Speechcrafts and/or Special Talks with the aim to recruit more members  

 

To be discussed  

 

 

 

IMPORTANT DIV D DATES:

 

19-Jul-03  -  1st. Club Officers' Training, Ngee Ann Polytechnic.

18-Oct-03  - Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest, Queenstown C.C.

10-Jan-04  -  2nd. Club Officers' Training, Toa Payoh South C.C.

10-Apr-04  -  Intl. Prepared Speech & Table Topics Contest, NTUC Income Center.

 05-Jun-04  -  Division Appreciation Night, venue to be confirmed.