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!