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Officers and Meeting Roles/Pathways Icebreaker
Officer Roles Explained for TGIF Toastmasters Club
There are two types of Roles in Our Toastmasters Club
Officer Roles and Meeting Roles
Officer Roles:
President |
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Vice President Education The Vice President Education is responsible for providing and maintaining the schedule of meeting roles for the weekly meetings through which members can learn and grow. If you do your job well, your club will have satisfied members and will continue to grow. |
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Vice President Membership The Vice President Membership is responsible for building membership and ensuring a strong membership base by satisfying the needs of all members. Your efforts contribute to the success of the club. |
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Vice President Public Relations The Vice President Public Relations is responsible for coordinating an active public relations and publicity program. Your job is vital to the growth and success of the club; your efforts help to attract new members. |
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Secretary The Secretary is responsible for keeping clear and accurate records of club business, including membership records and correspondence with Toastmasters International’s World Headquarters and others. |
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Treasurer The Treasurer is responsible for keeping clear and accurate financial records of club business and for seeing that the club remains financially stable. |
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Sergeant at Arms The Sergeant at Arms is responsible for maintaining club properties, arranging the meeting room and welcoming members and guests at each meeting. |
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Chief Mentor The responsibility of the Chief Mentor is to assign Mentors (with input from the Mentee) to each member and make sure that each Mentor/Mentee is pleased and working well together. |
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Wayne Sebera, DTM |
The president serves as the club's chief executive officer, responsible for the general supervision and operation of the club. |
![]() Vice President of Education |
Linda Mann, DTM |
The vice president education (VPE) is responsible for planning successful club meetings so that each member has the opportunity to achieve his or her educational goals. The VPE is the second-highest ranking club officer, presiding at club and executive committee meetings in the absence of the president. |
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Lynn Chalk, CC |
The vice president membership (VPM) is the third-ranking club officer and helps guests wishing to join. |
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Brenda O'Brien, DTM, PDG |
The secretary is the fifth-ranking club officer and maintains an accurate membership roster. The secretary also handles general club correspondence. |
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Alan Mann, DTM |
The treasurer is the sixth-ranking club officer and manages the club's dues and fund |
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The vice president public relations maintains the club's website, announces upcoming events and programs, and gathers information for the site. |
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Kitty Schemenauer, CC |
The sergeant-at-arms is the seventh-ranking club officer and maintains the club's equipment. |
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Kitty Schemenauer, CC |
Club Elections: AnnualIn May, all clubs must elect annual officers serving from July 1 of the current year, through June 30 of the following year, or semiannual officers serving from July 1 of the current year, through December 31 of the current year. Semiannual terms are an option available only to clubs that meet weekly. The Immediate Past President handles the elections. For more detail on elections read: |
Meeting Roles:
Toastmaster: |
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General Evaluator: |
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Pledge/Inspiration: A member is called on to lead the club in the Pledge of Allegiance and then gives a short inspirational thought. |
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Mission Statement: A member is called on to recite or read the Club Mission Statement. |
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Jokemaster: |
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Grammarian/WOD: |
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Ah Counter: |
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Timer: The purpose of the Timer role is to keep the meeting on track by helping the Speakers, Evaluators and Table Topic Speakers to stay within their allotted time. There are also several other times, during the meeting, when the Timer is asked to track time (such as a minute of silence so members can write praise and helpful tips for the speakers concerning their speeches. There are also times when a minute is required so everyone can vote for Better Speaker, Best Table Topics and Better Evaluator) |
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Speaker: This is an essential role in Toastmasters where a member gives a speech as they practice and learn the various aspects of speech-giving. These are timed speeches based on criteria in the Competent Communication (CC) manual such as Organizing Your Speech, Vocal Variety, Gestures and Working with Words. Once you finish all 10 projects in your CC manual you will have earned your CC (Competent Communicator) award and can then move forward in one of the fifteen Toastmasters International Advanced manuals. |
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Evaluator: The evaluations (feedback) are what set Toastmasters International apart from other speaking organizations. As the Evaluator you are telling the speaker what, you feel, he/she did well, but are also giving some suggestions that you feel would help them to improve in future speeches. |
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Table Topics Master: The Table Topics Master is the member who leads the impromptu speaking segment of the meeting. The topics are connected to the Theme of the meeting and should be general enough to allow all participants to speak. |
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Awards Master: This is the member who tallies the votes for Better Speaker, Best Table Topics and Better Evaluator and Awards the Ribbons to the winners at the end of the meeting. |
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