4. President's Distinguished Club: the highest level of recognition available. The club met the membership prerequisite and achieved at least nine of the 10 goals. 2005-2006, 2018-2019, 2020-2021
5. Select Distinguished Club: the club met the membership prerequisite and achieved seven or eight of the 10 goals. 2015-2016
6. Distinguished Club: the club met the membership prerequisite and achieved five or six of the 10 goals. 2014-2015
World History since 1993
1993: The EU Becomes Reality
1994: Amazon.com is Born
1995: Domestic Terror Strikes Oklahoma
1996: The Dawn of Cloning (Dolly the sheep)
1997: Machine Tops Chess Champ Gary Kasparov
1998: The Age of Google Begins
1999: NATO's First Independent Strike
2000: International Space Station Opens
2001: 9/11
2002: Homeland Security
2003: US Crushes Iraq
2004: Facebook Founded
2005: Katrina Overwhelms New Orleans
ChoiceTM-Smedley Award(2004-2005)
2006: Hussein Executed
ChoiceTM-Beat the Clock Award(2005-2006)
ChoiceTM-Presidents Distinguished Award(2005-2006)
2007: The iPhone
2008: Dow Plunges
2009: America’s First African American President
2010: Catastrophic Oil Spill
2011: Bin Laden Killed
2012: The "God Particle" Is (Probably) Discovered
2013: Snowden Reveals Secrets
2014: Russian Bear Bites Ukraine
2015: NASA Flies by Pluto
ChoiceTM-Distinguished Club Award(2014-2015)
2016: Trump Elected
ChoiceTM-Talk Up Toastmasters Award(2015-2016)
ChoiceTM-Select Distinguished Club Award(2015-2016)
2017: Hurricane Triple Whammy
2018: Wildfires
2019: Hong Kong Protests
ChoiceTM-Talk Up Toastmasters Award(2018-2019)
ChoiceTM-Presidents Distinguished Award(2018-2019)
2020: COVID-19
2021: SpaceX launches first all-civilian spaceflight
Choice-Beat the Clock Award(2020-2021)
Choice-Presidents Distinguished Award(2020-2021)
Since 1993, Toastmasters has championed public speaking and new approaches to communication and collaboration while working with Toastmasters International to remove barriers to participation in member meetings. Several of our members have become leaders as Area Directors and above. There is no doubt that challenges will continue to face us. I encourage you seek out opportunities to improve your own speaking and communication skills in this unique virtual environment. I look forward to continue being part of your Toastmasters journey!