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The Azteca
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Vol. I No. 6
July 1, 1998
The Azteca Toastmasters club meets
every Tuesday morning at 6:45 AM in the Adams Humanities
Building, on the San Diego State University campus.
Please contact any member for a personal escort to the
meeting site.
Refreshments are served, and you
are most welcome to attend.
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President
Bea Briggs, CTM
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Vice
President Education
Norm Townsend, ATM
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Vice
President Membership
Joan Johnson, CTM
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Vice
President Public
Relations
Pat Washington, CTM
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Treasurer
Karl Christensen, ATM
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Secretary
Sally Anderson, CTM
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Sargeant-at-Arms
Linda Dotson, CTM
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Installation Party!
On July 17, Norm Townsend will host an
Installation party at his home. Beginning at
6P.M., the party will be a potluck! All members
and spouses, including significant others are
cordially invited. Please try to come if you
possibly can. Installation parties are a lot of
fun, too!*
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FROM THE EVP's CORNER
By Norm Townsend
"Beyond CTM!"
Once you attain your CTM (Competent Toastmaster)
level by giving your first ten speeches, you can
go on to the next level of public speaking via
what Toastmasters International calls the
"Communication Track." The first level
of this track is the Advanced Toastmaster -Bronze
(ATM-B). To complete this level, you must have
achieved your CTM award, and complete two
Advanced Communication & Leadership Manuals
(ten speeches in all).
Next comes the Advanced Toastmaster -Silver award
(ATM-S). For this award, you must have achieved
the ATM-B award (above), plus complete two
additional Advanced Communication &
Leadership Manuals, and conduct any two programs
from the Better Speaker Series and/or the
Successful Club Series (see me regarding the
requirements for these series).
Next comes the Advanced Toastmaster - Gold
(ATM-G) award.For this, you must have completed
both awards mentioned above, plus two Advanced
Communication & Leadership Manuals, Conduct a
Success/Leadership Program, a
Success/Communication program or a Youth
Leadership Program, and coach a new member with
the first three speech projects.
After completing these three levels, you're ready
for the Big One, the DTM (or Distinguished
Toastmaster) level. Concurrent with achieving the
ATM Bronze, Silver,& Gold awards, you may
also begin participating in the Leadership Track.
There are two series in this track, the Competent
Leader award, and the Advanced Leader award. For
these, you must participate in the following
activities:
Achieve the CTM award
Serve at least six months as a club officer as
President, VP Education, VP Membership, VP Public
Relations, Secretary, Treasurer or
Sergeant-at-Arms, participate in the preparation
of a Club Success Plan, Participate in a
district-sponsored Club Officer Training Program
while serving as a club officer, and conduct any
two programs from the Successful Club Series.
Once you have completed the Competent Leader
series, you go on to the Advanced Leader level.
To complete this project, you must serve a
complete term as a district officer. This would
be as District Governor, Lieutenant Governor
Education & Training, Lieutenant Governor
Marketing, Public Relations officer, District
Secretary, District Treasurer, Division Governor,
or Area Governor. In addition, you must complete
the High Performance Leadership Program and serve
successfully as a club Sponsor, Mentor or
Specialist.
Once these projects are completed you can submit
your name for DTM. That is, you will have
completed your ATM-B, ATM-S, and ATM-G, the
Competent Leader and Advanced Leader. Actually,
you may begin your Leadership Track as soon as
you complete your CTM manual. If you aspire to a
DTM it's imperative that you keep track of the
activities you have participated in to make sure
that you complete the required activities and
hold the offices mentioned. Completing the
required activities is easy in Azteca. Simply run
for an office in the next election, and keep
trying. Being an officer is fun and very
rewarding. If you think that holding an office
may be too much for you, it's not nearly as time
consuming as you may think, and plenty of help is
available.
Good luck, and keep those speeches coming. I
suggest at least a speech every four to six
weeks, or more often if you can. We always enjoy
hearing you at the lectern!
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Editor's Corner
By Jim Brown
Well, this ties up another issue. I hope that you
enjoy reading these rags as much as I like
putting them together. Also, please note above,
that editing a newsletter is Not
part or the "Leadership Track" or the
"Communication Track." Oh well, I like
doing it, so I'll keep it up. *
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