1. Running the Marathon to the President's Distinguished Club
2. Eighty-six Thousand, Four Hundred
3. Ever Growing!
4. S - T - R - E -T- C - H   YOURSELF
5. Congratulations to Our Representatives!
6. Back to Columbus-Whitehall Toastmasters Website

Running the Marathon to the President's Distinguished Club As a baby, we all had to learn first how to crawl, then how to take baby steps and eventually how to walk. The joy shown by a giant smile that is on a baby's face when one takes those first steps, wobbly at first, but eventually walking a small stretch without falling is something that one never forgets. The Toastmaster Club is a great environment to learn how to crawl, and eventually how to take those first steps without falling. Ask most people why they join Toastmasters. They will tell you that it is the positive learning environment that helps one set goals, learn how to achieve them, the opportunity to receive helpful evaluations of a speech and learn things that will help promote your professional career. Working toward being a President's Distinguished Club is one of the Goals that Columbus - Whitehall Club #3002 presently has. The President's Distinguished Club is an annual program that runs from July 1 through June 30. The three primary accomplishments focus on the educational awards, building membership and gaining recognition for meeting the goals. The program consists of 10 goals that our club plans to achieve. Our club's goals are to have five (5) CTMs, one (1) ATM-B, two(2) ATM-S, one (1) CL, one (1) AL, eight (8) new members and have our semiannual membership report and one club officer list submitted on time. We are well on our way from taking baby steps to running the marathon by achieving another year of being a President's Distinguished Club! Vanessa B. Sutton, CTM, President

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Eighty-six Thousand, Four Hundred Imagine there is a bank which credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day, allows you to keep no cash balance, and every evening cancels whatever part of the amount you had failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course! Well, everyone has such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as a loss, whatever of this amount you have failed to invest to good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the records of the day. If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours. There is no going back. There is no drawing against the "tomorrow". You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness and success! The clock is running. Make the most of today. Seize the day! Dana Rogers

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Ever Growing! The members of Columbus-Whitehall Club 3002 voted to raise club membership fees by $3 at the club meeting held on February 8, 2005. This represents a total investment of $25.00 bi-annually. Twenty-five dollars every six months is an excellent value for this self-improvement tool! Here's the break down of your investment. Eighteen dollars is sent to Toastmasters International where you will be recognized by a worldwide organization as a member in good standing. Seven dollars supports our local club. Toastmasters International is a non-profit organization. Membership dues offset the expense of tools that we use to develop and build our techniques. For example, each person that joins Toastmasters International receives a new member's kit. Inside the kit is a wealth of information with manuals that target specific exercises to use in becoming a Competent Toastmaster (CTM). Becoming a CTM marks your second level of success (the first level is getting involved with our club)! As members progress, the first two advanced manuals are provided by Toastmasters International at no additional cost. Since all exercises are self-paced, members will receive the most value from their dues by moving through each communication or leadership track as quickly as possible! Seven dollars of the membership fee is used at our local club level. We plan to build a stronger club. One step in the direction of strengthening our club is to acknowledge our successes. Members will be awarded a Toastmaster lapel pin upon completing their fifth (5th) speech! This is the midway point to becoming a (CTM). The slight increase in our fees will cover the cost of these pins. Every cent that is collected will be used to benefit our club and its members. As a growing club, it is essential that we have membership kits and other printed material on hand. Just think, with membership kits on hand a visitor can join immediately, and be ready to speak at the next club meeting!! Growth is on the horizon! Dana M. Rogers Vice President Public Relations

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S - T - R - E -T- C - H   YOURSELF "Yes, you can be a world class writer, author and speaker! It starts right here." Sound familiar? How? Two years ago I wrote the above lead for an InfoBytes (#7) article. It was as timely then as it is now. Since writing the article I have attended another 5 Area and District speech contests or conferences. They continue to reinforce my basic beliefs for world class speaking! One of the best speech seminars was given by Jim Key, a TI World Champion speaker. He delivered his world class speech as an example of speech writing and speech presentation. I have heard the best, and I have heard our club speakers. There isn't much that separates us from the best. How do you become World Class? S - T - R - E -T- C - H   YOURSELF Speak and write. Start in the club and "GROW." Work on your first 10 speeches. Capitalize on your speeches by converting them into articles. Your club speeches make super articles not only for our club and district newsletters but also for "The Toastmaster," our international publication. After all, who is more informed on the subject matter of your own speeches than yourself! With most of your basic speeches done and a club newsletter or two published, aim higher. Enter into speech contests. Visit other Clubs. Become a Club Officer. Become the Area Governor! Compete in fun and fellowship! Attend the District Contests. Attend Officer and Club Member training. Submit articles to the District Newsletter or to TI! Toastmasters is your playground!! Go Play!!! S - T - R - E -T- C - H   YOURSELF! Charley Ashley VP of Education cashley@insight.rr.com

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Congratulations to Our Representatives! Congratulations to David Crowder and Helen Carmen! David is the Club 3002 representative to the Area 23 Speech Contest. Helen is our representative to the Area 23 Evaluation Contest. The contest will be on Friday, April 1st, at the Southeast Branch Library. The contest will begin at 6:30 pm. Address: Southeast Branch Library 3980 S. Hamilton Rd. Groveport, OH 43125 Phone: 614-645-2ASK(2275)

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