District 57 Toastmasters

Where Leaders Are Made

Category: Member Opportunities

2021-2022 Open House Incentives

Open House Incentives!
 
Open house Flyer
 

Clubs will be eligible if they submit the first 4 of the following items within 40 days of their open house that had at least 3 guests:

  1. Online flier (with the words Open House and the date on it), indicating on which social media sites it was placed.  You can find a flier template here: https://www.toastmasters.org/resources/open-house-flier 
  1. Agenda (with the words Open House and the date on it).
  1. Screenshot, noting which people are the 3 or more guests and which are the members.  (Remember to ask for everyone’s agreement before taking the screenshot).
  1. A statement that the club has contact information for all guests.  
  1. For guests who become members, send their NAME. MEMBER NUMBER and your CLUB # as well.

Learn more here: Incentives: 

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:

Can I get Pathways credit for an Open House?
Yes you can!

Any member can suggest holding an Open House.  When you present that idea to your club, you could use Present a Proposal (Level 3 in Innovative Planning).  

As you guide your club to create the event, you may want to use Understanding your Leadership Style (Level 2 in many Paths)

On the day of the Open House, you could use Manage Online Meetings (Level 4 in most Paths)

These are not the only Pathways projects that can be combined with Open Houses, so check out the Pathways Paths and Projects catalog on this website under the Member Resources tab/Pathways Learning Zone.

For additional ideas, contact your Open House Chair, Lindy Sinclair, DTM4 at openhouse@d57tm.org. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

District Bucks Questions and Answers

 

1. What is District Bucks?
District Bucks is an account that the district runs for your Club. Every time the Club wins an incentive, the money goes into the Club’s District Bucks account. This system will allow you to make bigger purchases than you could before. 
 
2. Why did we need to create it?
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, money awards would be used to help pay for food and other meeting expenses. Even though the pandemic is easing with hybrid meetings, we want to encourage open houses, club excellence and club growth with awards.
 
3. What can Clubs buy?
Anything that helps the Club Mission and promote the Clubs’ growth. Such as, projectors, cameras, microphones, ribbons, pins and other items the club needs to conduct business.
 
4. What can they not buy?
Alcohol. 
 
5. How do they redeem District Bucks?
When the club buys an item, they submit the expense receipt to the District Finance Manager. The item cost must be equal or less than the money accumulated in the club’s District Bucks account.
 
6. How long do District Bucks last?
Throughout the year but before June 30, 2022.
 
7. How can I check how many bucks I’ve earned?
A spreadsheet will be available online for all Club.
 
8. ??? what else?
Details of the District Bucks program are available on the District 57 Club Awards/Incentives and Member Incentives/Recognition Web pages.

Change Log

Date Description Who
XX NOV 2022 Initial 2022 revision WKL
18 NOV 2022 VIMS and spreadsheet updates, link to Q&A WKL