Turbine Talkers Toastmasters Club 6879: Club Aims

• To allow new members the opportunity to deliver their first speech within two meetings of their joining
• To give every member the opportunity to deliver a speech at least every eight weeks
• To give every member the opportunity to carry out each of the meeting roles
• To schedule an educational at least every third meeting
• To give everyone the opportunity to speak at Table Topics if not delivering a speech. (Chair to act as backup to ensure this happens)
• To have a guest speaker every third meeting (educational, GE etc)
• To have three social events per year
• To have a quarterly newsletter.

Turbine Talkers Toastmasters Club 6879: Core Values

Aim: To improve the communication and leadership skills of our members via mutual support.

Goals:

• to be set annually after consultation with the membership
• to be published annually for the club
• club will follow the Distinguished Club Program

Meetings:

• friendly and welcoming nature of the club to be preserved
• meetings to start and finish on time and be a maximum of two hours
• everyone to have the opportunity to speak at every meeting
• members are to follow the schedule set or find their own replacement
• educational sessions to be a regular part of the program
• leadership opportunities to be provided for all members

Speeches:

• speeches to be based on manual assignments
• speeches must keep to time
• each meeting is to have a mix of basic and advanced speech assignments
• guest evaluators and speakers to be invited regularly

Committee:

• committee members are committed to attend officer training
• committee is to consult membership about aims and goals
• committee members to support District activities

Publicity:

• achievements of members to be recognised
• club bulletins to be produced quarterly

Members:

• all guests to be welcomed
• regular contact to be maintained with all members
• club is to have continuous membership building
• mentors to be allocated to all new members
• members agree to abide by club core values

Records:

• club records to be correctly maintained
• dues to be paid on time