How many CCs could a club earn in one year? Would you believe twenty? Yes, in 2009-10, 3949-Twintech in Malaysia filed 20 CC awards in 12 months. 13 of them were filed on January 1, 2010, oddly — club special event? There were 15 other clubs that earned 10 or more CCs as well. On the flip side, 4,069 clubs (about one-third) earned no CC awards that year.
One club filed twelve AC awards last year, 987486-SKIT Club in India. 9 other clubs filed at least 8 or more, but 6,479 (about half) filed no AC awards at all.
How about leadership awards? Two clubs filed 28 CL/AL/DTM awards each! They are 8734-Humana Speaks Up in Kentucky, and 2284-St. Petersburg in Florida. 38 other clubs earned 10 or more leadership awards; 6,014 (about half) filed none.
8833-NUS Toastmasters in Singapore has 196 members as of early October! They ended last year with 120, having added 114 over the year, and they’ve signed up 86 more since July 1. Imagine what those club meetings must be like! That club also holds the record for adding the most members (114) in 2009-10. 357-Toastmasters Club Of Singapore (founded in 1967) has 119 members now, another huge club.
Globally, there’s 68 clubs that have scored all ten Distinguished Club Program (DCP) goals for at least six consecutive years (older records are not available on-line). Truly an incredible accomplishment!
The largest district in the current year is D79 (Middle East) with 317 active clubs as of early October (76 areas in 17 divisions!), followed by D14 (Georgia) at 289 clubs. D68 (mostly Louisiana) has just 53 clubs.
Three districts have been distinguished for at least the last six years, D59 (continental Europe), D71 (Britain and Ireland), and D79 (Middle East). D71 also has the highest average club size, 27.2 members per club (the global average for districts is 19.5), and the lowest percentage of clubs with 12 or fewer members, just 5.8% (global average is 24.2%). D85 (China) has the most distinguished clubs, 80.2% in 2009-10!
District 33 (central California and southern Nevada) lost zero clubs in 2009-10, not one — every one of 171 clubs renewed! And they built 12 new clubs and were distinguished! Three other districts just lost one club each (D12, D24, D64).
What’s the highest Toastmasters club — is there one meeting at the Burj Khalifa or Taipei 101 or the Petronas Towers? What record would your club set? Speak up in the comments!
Thanks Mike some extreme statistics indeed! I do wonder how the clubs with >100 members (both in the same city-state) can fit everyone on their roster/agenda! I do wonder if it’s time for a couple of club splits folks! 🙂 The more clubs the merrier I say 🙂
I’m very proud to say of those 68 clubs who have been 10 goals for more than 6 years, the largest number (9) have come from District 70 which is in NSW/ACT in Australia! Well done to those, and all the clubs WW for their excellence!
Regards,
Darren
How about the record for number of Triple Crowns earned by club members in one year. We managed five last year – how does it stack up to these Extreme clubs?
George
George, good question — there were 23 members who earned at least 10 education awards in just one year (1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010), and Y.S. Kim picked up 27 awards, followed by Peter Shewchenki with 26 awards (including 8 CCs).
There were two clubs which each had TEN members earn three or more education awards each: 965175-21st Century Communicators in Nassau, and 585837-Speaking Solutions in Alpharetta, GA. Inspiring!
Victoria Quay In Fremantle, Western Australia, is very proud of its DCP record. We have been President’s Distinguished with 10 goals since the current system was adopted in 1999/2000, and we are again this year. We have kept a record of our DCP success on our website victoriaquaytm.iinet.net.au. You will find it on our link “About Victoria Quay” on the front page.
Fremantle is a great place to be. It was a Fremantle boat, Australia II, with the winged keel, which for the first time took the America’s Cup away from America.
We aren’t a very big club. Our membership fluctuates between about 25 and 35 during the six months. Of course we meet weekly. I wonder how the really big clubs manage to give all their members a proper opportunity to practice their speaking skills.
Next year Western Australia is leaving district 73 to set up our own district 17. Victoria Quay members have been key players in the drive to form our own district.
Great info to know, share and make a difference!! Burj Khalifa – as of now, does not have a TM Club.
“Currently, District 79 comprises 11 Divisions, 40 Areas and 168 clubs spread over most of the main cities in the Kingdom, with plans to cover most of the Provinces in the near future.” – from D79 website http://www.district79.org/about/an-overiew – this probably is after the splitting in 2011-12 into D79 & D20.
thanks, Raj