Nine speeches and two years ago, I joined Parsons Toastmasters Club 2151.
Today, I am proud to announce that we have achieved President’s Distinguished Status for 2012-2013, woohoo!!!, which was my goal when I became your president.
Of course, YOU [members] were the ones who achieved this goal by getting your CC, CL, and advanced leader awards, officers getting trained, submitting dues on time (yay, Viola!), and ALL the new members who came and joined.
This is only the third time we have accomplished the goal of earning President's Distinguished Status during the life of the club which began in 1974. In 2008, we did not even get a designation because the club had less than the required 20 charter strength members. And now, here we are ending the term with top honors, awards and a strong member base.
I look forward to seeing you all in the upcoming Toastmaster year (2013-2014), when our new president Shannon O’Connell will certainly bring some much needed dignity back to the role of Toastmasters President.
- Bill Harmon, 2012-2013 Club President