1. District 65 Year in Review 2016-2017 [June 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017]
Sam Mehta, DTM, PDG
July 15, 2017

2. Year in Review
You can’t know where you are going until you know where have you been?
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3. Member 680 new members joined the various clubs in the district
49 charter members were inducted in the district
36 members earned the ‘Triple Crown’ award [2%]
The district ended the year with approx. 1,670 members
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4. District 65 - Club Officers Training [TLI]
Member
Some 432 individual educational awards were earned by members:
183 CC
104 CL
40 ALB
7 ALS
43 ACB
27 ACS
12 ACG
10 LDREXC
6 DTM
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5. District 65 - Club Officers Training [TLI]
Member
The 6 Toastmasters who achieved their DTM are as follows:
Melvie Hall-Bellinger [Frederick Douglass TM Club]
Kelly L. Saucke Roland [Postprandial TM Club]
Gerri Sullivan [Orange Orators]
John McCormick [Daybreakers Club]
Rachelle Cohen [Mohawk Valley TM Club]
Lillian Marie Knight Faison [Lyceum Club]
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6. District 65 - Club Officers Training [TLI]
Member
There were 16 ‘Club Coaches’ active during the year
Four New Club Sponsors and Mentors were active during the year to support building of two new clubs
It is estimated that the district lost approx. 50% of its membership base [i.e members] during the course of the year.
The membership retention rate is approx. 50%
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7. District 65 - Club Officers Training [TLI]
Two new Clubs were chartered during the year:
Lawley Lingo in Rochester
Toast the Grid in Syracuse.
One Club [FLCoE in Cortland] have not renewed its membership dues in April 2017
Three Clubs [Olean, Crown City, and Geneseo] have not met their minimum requirement of 8 members on the club’s roster
The new TM year begins with 6 ATO’s [Application To Organize] in process
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8. District 65 - Club Officers Training [TLI]
A total of 32 Clubs became Distinguished Clubs or better as follows:
19 Clubs became Presidents Distinguished
6 Clubs became SELECT Distinguished
7 Clubs became Distinguished
65 Clubs did not achieve Distinguished Club status
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9. District 65 - Club Officers Training [TLI]
Five or more DCP Goals achieved, but not become Distinguished:
14 Club achieved 5 DCP Goals
2 Clubs achieved 6 DCP Goals
4 Clubs achieved 7 DCP Goals
The above 20 Clubs did not become Distinguished mainly due to not having a net gain of 5 members
Club configuration in District 65
Community Clubs 60%
Corporate Clubs %
College Clubs 10%
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10. District 65 - Club Officers Training [TLI]
The following 11 Clubs achieved 10 or more educational awards as follows:
Good Morning Syracuse educational awards
Empire Statesmen educational awards
AM Lockport educational awards
Rhetorical Roar educational awards
Lawley Lingo educational awards
Assured Communicators educational awards
Downtown; Utica National;
Simon; Blues Expression;
GCC Multi-Cultural Comm. 10 educational awards
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11. District 65 - Club Officers Training [TLI]
Club Membership Strength:
32% of the clubs have 20 or more members and operate at charter strength;
54% have less than 20 members
14% of the clubs have less than 10 members.
More than 2/3rd of the clubs continue to function below charter strength, as has been the case for the past several years
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District 65 - Club Officers Training [TLI]
Sam Mehta, DTM, PDG

12. District 65 - Club Officers Training [TLI]
Club Officers Trained:
The Summer 2016 Club Officers Training = 353 Officers [50%] trained
The Winter 2017 Club Officers Training = 283 Officers [40%] trained
Average of 45% of Club Officers Trained during the two training sessions.
No Club in the District sent all 7 Club Officers for training
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District 65 - Club Officers Training [TLI]
Sam Mehta, DTM, PDG

13. District 65 - Club Officers Training [TLI]
The following 7 Clubs were suspended during the year:
Positively Speaking in division ‘C’
Simon TM Club in division ‘C’;
Speech Petrol in division ‘D’
Twin Tiers in division ‘D’;
Verbal Spartan, in division ‘E’
Savvy Speakers in division ‘E’
Devil’s Advocate in division ‘E’
The year was ended with 99 “paid” clubs
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Sam Mehta, DTM, PDG

14. District 65 - Club Officers Training [TLI]
The following 11 Clubs achieved 10 or more educational awards as follows:
Good Morning Syracuse educational awards
Empire Statesmen educational awards
AM Lockport educational awards
Rhetorical Roar educational awards
Lawley Lingo educational awards
Assured Communicators educational awards
Downtown; Utica National; Simon; Blues Expression; GCC Multi-Cultural Communications Club educational awards
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15. District 65 - Club Officers Training [TLI]
The following six clubs recruited the highest amount of new members:
University at Buffalo new members
Downtown Toastmaster new members
Master Toast new members
Cayuga new members
Empire Statesmen new members
Larkin Leaders new members
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16. Key District Data Comparison
2016/ / /15 New Members Charter Members Memb. Payments 3,697 3,965 4,032 New Clubs built Paid Clubs Distinguished Clubs Clubs Suspended 6 4 2
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17. District 65 - Club Officers Training [TLI]
Area
Only two Areas out of a total of 23 Areas became Distinguished Areas:
Area 15 [Area Director, Saundra Loffredo] - Buffalo
Area 51 [Area Director, Celia Beaucage] - Syracuse
There are FOUR Areas that have over 100 members:
Area 15 with 129 members - Buffalo
Area 11 with 126 members - Buffalo
Area 24 with 106 member - Rochester
Area 51 with 101 members - Syracuse
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Division
Only one Division out of 5 Divisions became a SELECT Division. Division “B” lead by:
Division Director, Corey Wilson.
Number of Members in the Division:
Division ‘A’ with 479 members
Division ‘E’ with 384 members
Division ‘B’ with 351 members
Division ‘C’ with 262 members
Division ‘D’ with 197 members
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Division
Number of Clubs in the Division:
Division ‘A’ 25 clubs
Division ‘E’ 25 clubs
Division ‘B’ 19 clubs
Division ‘C’ 16 clubs
Division ‘D’ 15 clubs
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20. District 65 - Club Officers Training [TLI]
The district fell short by 417 members to achieve the Distinguished District “Member Payment” goal of 4,114 payments
The district fell short by 13 Clubs to achieve the Distinguished District “Paid Clubs” goal of 112 Clubs
The district fell short by 12 Clubs to achieve the “Distinguished Clubs” goal of 44 Distinguished Clubs
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District 65 - Club Officers Training [TLI]
Sam Mehta, DTM, PDG

21. Congratulations & Thank You
Congratulations and Thank You
to all members, club and district officers for your contributions and efforts during the year
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District 65 - Club Officers Training [TLI]
Sam Mehta, DTM, PDG