About Our Club

The St. George, Utah Dixie Tub Thumpers Toastmasters Club is a group of fun-loving, men and women who really enjoy the Toastmasters experience. We meet every Monday morning, almost without fail, even when it falls on Memorial Day, Labor Day, etc. We enjoy each other’'s company so much, that we have to have it every week. We begin our meetings promptly at 7:00 a.m. at the Fairway Grill located at 430 East St. George Boulevard in St. George.

Our Membership

Our Club’s membership roster has ranged from 30 to 50 members and for most of the time is between 35 and 40 members. We anticipate and get over 20 members in attendance at every Monday morning meeting.

Our Certificated Members

Toastmaster International has a methodical approach to recognizing public speaking achievements in the Toastmasters program. As speakers complete speaking manuals, present educational programs, work on various communication projects outside of Toastmasters and perform leadership duties at different levels of Toastmasters, they gradually rise through the ranks of their fellow Club members and receive certain specified certificates of competency. The designations are Competent Toastmaster, Advanced Toastmaster and Distinguished Toastmaster.

Several of our Club member have already achieved these statuses:

• Competent Toastmasters  (CTMs): L. K. Abbott; D.J. Adams; Frank Adams; James Boone; Peg Durham; Marion Frazier; Kevin Ganowsky; Melzie Ganowsky; Glenn Justice; Duane Kessler; Dan Matheson; and Dean Morrill [12 CTMs]
  
  
• Advanced Toastmasters  (ATMs): Jinks Dabney; Earl Dillon; Ray Ganowsky; Joel Kroff; and Dennis West [5 ATMs]
  
  
• Distinguished Toastmasters  (DTMs): Harry Johns [1 DTM]

Our Officers

Our Club has nine officer positions, and each officer serves in their positions for one year from July 1 to June 30. Our present core of officers by title, name, occupation and email address are:

Title	Name	Occupation	Email Address
President	Kevin Ganowsky	Engineer	keving@infowest.com
V.P. Education	D.J. Adams	Realtor	adams@infowest.com
V.P. Membership	Peg Durham	Graphics	durham@infowest.com
V.P. Publicity	Dan Matheson	T.V. Sales	dan.matheson@kcsg.com
Secretary/Treasurer	Dennis West	Counselor	rise@infowest.com
Sgt. At Arms	Melzie Ganowsky	Engineer	ganowsky@infowest.com
News Letter Editor	Robert Joy	Priv. Fin. Consul.	goldengroup@earthlink.net
Past President	Glenn Justice	C.P.A.	gjustice@infowest.com
Web Master	Jinks Dabney	Attorney	jaguar@dabneylaw.com

You may contact each officer by email by simply clicking on the email address for the particular officer you wish to send your note to.

Our Dues

Our Club dues are $30.00 every six months, due and payable on or before October 1^st and April 1^st of each year. For those joining Toastmasters for the first time, there is an additional charge of $16.00 - which is a one time charge - which all goes to Toastmasters International. It covers costs associated with your being placed on their computer roles for life as well as for your monthly Toastmasters magazine and other mailings about conferences, and Toastmasters news, generally. It also entitles you to the first Speaking Manual and lots of other information about Toastmasters in general.

The only other cost involved in attending our weekly meetings is the price of breakfast which runs in the $3.00 to $6.00 range. There is a minimum charge of $3.00 and an automatic 20% tip added to your bill to help cover the cost of the room we use in the restaurant, and to make sure that our waitresses are adequately compensated for "sunrise" service.

Our News Letter

Our Club Publishes a succinct News Letter on a quarterly basis on October 1^st, January 1^st, April 1^st and July 1^st of each year. A News Letter contains current events of interest to Club members such as contests, tips to improve your public speaking, important dates and deadlines to remember, etc. Occassionally, it will also have past words of the day, a little joke or two, news of particular interest to one or more of our Club members. You can view them directly on our web site.

Our Parties

Our Club has two organized parties each year, one in the summer and one during the Christmas vacation. Both are "pot luck" with each member bringing enough food for five people in accordance with the first letter of their last name. The Club provides the meat, paper plates, utensils, napkins, condiments, etc. which keeps the price of the party at a very, very reasonable level. We have a lot of fun at our parties, and members usually bring spouses or best friends, and sometimes, guests and potential Club members.

Our Contests

Two times each year, in the fall and in the Spring, Toastmasters International sponsors two official contests - one a Humorous Speech and the other the International Speech. Along the way, Toastmasters mixes in Impromptu, Evaluation, Tall Tale, Mime and other contests which challenge our comfort zones and help us all to expand our abilities as well as a few horizons. These contests provide the members with competitive speaking opportunities unrivaled anywhere in the world.

Our Calendar

Each year our Club has certain activities, obligations and deadlines it must meet as part of its Charter with Toastmasters International. Some of those activities are set forth below:

September		Humorous Speech Contest
October October	1 1	Semi-Annual Dues News Letter #1
December		Club Christmas Party
January January	1	News Letter #2 Annual Guest Meeting
March		International Speech Contest
April April April	1 1 30	Semi-Annual Dues News Letter #3 New Officers Solicited
May	31	New Officers Elected
June June	30	New Officers Installed Club Summer Party
July July	1 1	New Officers Take Over News Letter #4

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