Posted by Freddie Daniells
At the end of the year, all of the achievements for members and clubs are totted up. Many of these are recognisable under the Toastmasters Distinguished Club Programme. I will explain about this in a later post but essentially it is one key way that you, as a member, can tell that your club is running well. It rewards for the club for things you would hope your club would be doing - getting people educated, bringing in new members, ensuring club officers know their roles and making sure the membership dues are collected in a timely fashion. There are 3 levels of achievement under the plan:
Presidents Distinguished
Select Distinguished
Distinguished
Not all clubs are able to successfully reach the Distinguished Club Plan. This is why I wanted to acknowledge the amazing achievements of Division B last year under this plan. The results are as follows:
| Division B | Division Governor | Dick Dixon | Presidents Distinguished Division |
| Area 6 | Area Governor | Dave Sellman | Presidents Distinguished Area |
| Area 29 | Area Governor | Dorothea Stuart | Select Distinguished Area |
| Area 31 | Area Governor | Dave Brooks | Presidents Distinguished Area |
| Area 34 | Area Governor | Freddie Daniells | Presidents Distinguished Area |
| Berkeley Sq | Club President | Christine Fent | Distinguished Club |
| Broadgate | Club President | Christopher Hall | Distinguished Club |
| Canary Wharf | Club President | Clive Broadbent | Presidents Distinguished Club |
| Citi Criers | Club President | Maria-Jesus Rojo | Select Distinguished Club |
| Early Bird | Club President | Hilary Briggs | Distinguished Club |
| Excalibur | Club President | Yvonne Masset | Select Distinguished Club |
| Grosvenor Sq | Club President | Carol West | Presidents Distinguished Club |
| Holborn | Club President | Ratan Lele | Presidents Distinguished Club |
| London Athenians | Club President | Hakan Akbas | Presidents Distinguished Club |
| London Cardinals | Club President | Tory Craddock | Presidents Distinguished Club |
| London Communicators | Club President | Armando Armellini | Presidents Distinguished Club |
| London Corinthians | Club President | Kim Horner | Presidents Distinguished Club |
| London Olympians | Club President | Joann Walsh | Distinguished Club |
| Riverside Communicators | Club President | Sonia Aste | Presidents Distinguished Club |
| Speakeasy @ CreditSuisse | Club President | Dave Brooks | Presidents Distinguished Club |
| Trojans | Club President | David Lee | Distinguished Club |
| Tube Talk | Club President | David Bennett | Presidents Distinguished Club |
| West London | Club President | Kimra Argus | Select Distinguished Club |
| WIBF – Canary Wharf | Club President | Deepa Srinivas | Presidents Distinguished Club |
| WIBY - City | Club President | Nicola Bishop | Select Distinguished Club |
I think we can safely say that Division B was very well run in 2007/8!
This is a testament to the quality of leadership at each of the clubs last year. Likewise, our Division and Areas did a top job last year too. I am sure that I echo everyone’s thoughts in saying thank you to Dick Dixon, last year's Division Governor, for making it such a pleasure and success last year. A special word should also be said to his Assistant Division Governors, Iain Duthie and Yvonne Masset. Thank you all.
PS If I have made any factual errors here just let me know and I will correct them.
