Leaving the District better than we found it

The idea of "Leaving the District better than we found it" is simply that we MUST NOT damage the organization in any way or negatively affect any Club or Club Members, but to leave it better at the end of the year than we found it.

To me, this means that as District Officers, we would at the very least leave the Clubs and their Club Members with a positive experience of their District Officers. A positive experience in that we did not annoy or otherwise anger the various Club Members.

Ideally, the positive experience of their District Officers would include our assistance in helping the Clubs serve their Club Members in the fulfillment of the Mission of the Club.

In this manner we would effect a positive influence on the Club culture - the Club understands and fulfills the Mission of the Club, Club Officers are being trained twice a year, the Club Members are following the Toastmasters education program and are completing their educational manuals, members remain members because they derive value from their membership, guests and visitions become Club Members, there is participation in Area, Division, and District events, and Club Members are seeking opportunities for growth outside of their Clubs.

The very last thing that we want to is to have the Clubs withdraw from participation in Area, Division, and District participation because of any words or actions by any District Officer.

We will leave the District better than we found it.


mjj