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Perfect 10 - second year in a row! Print E-mail
Rio Copa Toastmasters have achieved President's Distinguished status, the highest  that a club can receive, for the fourth year in a row!  This is the second year in a row that we have achieved all 10 Distinguished Club Program goals. 
The 10 goals are a combination of member achievements, membership growth, officer training, an administrative tasks.

A new Toastmasters year starts July 1st.

Clubs with at least 20 members OR with net growth of at least five new members at June 30
which also do the following are eligible for TI recognition at year end.
GOAL                RECOGNITION
Achieve any five of 10 goals
Achieve any seven of 10 goals
Achieve any nine of 10 goals
  Distinguished Club
Select Distinguished Club
President's Distinguished Club

Club 9120 - "Rio Copa Club"
District: 3 Division: R Area: 4
Membership Base: 27
Membership to Date: 23
    GOAL ACTUAL ACHIEVED
[1] CCs 2 2 *
[2] Additional CCs 2 2 *
[3] ACs 1 1 *
[4] Additional ACs 1 1 *
[5] CL, AL, or DTM 1 1 *
[6] Additional CLs, ALs, or DTMs 1 5 *
[7] New Members 4 4 *
[8] Additional New Members 4 10 *
[9] Officers Trained (both required)
     
       June-August 4 7  
       and December-February 4 7 *
[10] Submitted on time (both required)
     
       October or April Renewal 1 2  
       and Officer List 1 2 *
   
  Total Goals Achieved To-Date: 10


 
Steven Martindale Achieves Advanced Communicator Bronze! Print E-mail
stevenmartindale_talltales.jpgSteven Martindale was a founding member of Rio Copa Toastmasters.  He has been club President, Vice President of Education, Secretary, and is the incoming Vice President Membership for Rio Copa Toastmasters.  Steven has been a pivotal member of Rio Copa Toastmasters since our club was chartered on May 13th, 2003.  Since then he has achieved his Competent Toastmaster and Competent Leader award, competed in and won the R4 Area Tall Tales speech contest, and will be a training facillitor at District 3 Toastmasters Toastmasters Leadership Institute for club officers.

On June 18th Steven completed projects in the advanced Speaking To Inform and Story Telling manual to achieve the Toastmasters International Advanced Communicator Bronze award! 
Steven's award helped our club achieve 10 out of 10 Distinguished Club Program goals for the second year in a row!


Congratulations Steven - You've come a long way and we can't wait to see where you'll go next!

 
Rico Burton Achieves Competent Communicator Print E-mail
Rico Burton CCRico Burton joined Rio Copa Toastmasters in February 2008.  Since then she's been on fire giving speeches!  She was awarded her Competent Communicator Award on June 1st 2008! 

Congratulations Rico!

Rico has already completed several projects from the Entertaining Speaker manual and has started the advanced speaking to inform and interpretive reading manuals.
 
Rico Takes 2nd place at Division Speech Contest Print E-mail
Competing against some of the top speakers in District 3 Toastmasters Rico Burton took 2nd place at the Rio Division International Speech Contest on Saturday April 26th!
For a new comer such as Rico to place so highly at the Division contest is a rare accomplishment!   Rico is the first Rio Copa Toastmaster to place at the Division level and second to WIN at the Area Level (Steven Martindale won the tall tales contest last year)!

The winner of the International Contest was last year's winner Rose Beeson.

Congratulations Rico!  We're proud of you!



 
Inhye Peterson Achieves Competent Communicator Award! Print E-mail
inhyecc.jpgInhye Peterson joined Rio Copa Toastmasters in February of 2006.  By June 2006 she had completed her first four speeches and was forced to take some time off to bring Baby Robert Jr into the world.  In October 2007 Inhye was back to continue her journey!  On April 23, 2008 Inhye completed her 10th speech in the Toastmasters Communication and Leadership Manual entitled "Journey to Self Discovery" to achieve the Competent Communicator Award!   She will receive a nice Competent Communicator Award certificate from Toastmasters International in about 10 days.

Inhye works as an in Employee Organizational Development at Rio Salado College and currently serves as Vice President Membership for Rio Copa Toastmasters.  Inhye plans to continue her journey by working through the Entertaining Speaker and Story Telling Advanced manuals.


Congratulations Inhye; You Rock!

Inhye's Competent Communicator Award helped our club achieve goal #2 on our Distinguished Club Plan.  Rio Copa Toastmasters is one Advanced Communicator award away from being a President's Distinguished club for the 4th year in a row!  This is especially significant since we'll be celebrating our 5th Anniversary as a club on May 13th.
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Rico Burton wins R4 Area International Speech Contest! Print E-mail
rico_wins_r4.jpgThe Rio Division Area 4 International Speech Contest was held on Saturday April 5th in Mesa Arizona.  Rico Burton (second from the left) took first place! 

In her speech Rico talked about ways to G.R.O.W; which stands for
  • Getting
  • Rid
  • of Old
  • Ways


Rico will compete at the Rio Division Contest on April 26th!





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Amy 'Jet' Magsamen achieves Competent Communicator Award! Print E-mail
amyjetcc.jpgAmy 'Jet' Magsamen completed her 10th speech and achieved her Competent Communicator Award on March 26th.  She was not scheduled to speak but a speaker cancelled at the last minute.  True to form, Amy stepped up to take advantage of the speaking opportunity! 
To achieve her Competent Communicator award Amy spoke on a wide variety of subjects including
  • The Essentials of Traveling and Trip Preparation: how to prepare for a vacation
  • A Down to Earth Look at Aerial Photography
  • Because I'm Smart:  a humorous story of 3 not so smart decisions and their consequences.
  • Slightly Used New Years Resolutions – Now Half Off: Resolutions gone by.
  • What a Drag: Cross-Dressing Tips for Men: clothing tricks that cross-dressing men and women can use to look better
  • The Secret of Powerful Sleep: Sleeping better even if you can't sleep longer.
  • Manifesting What You Want, and How I Spent my Valentines Day: A humorous take on creating your own opportunities in life.  After giving her speech she was inspired to make her vision of swimming with the dolphins in Bermuda a reality!
Throughout Amy's first 10 speeches she sprinkled a healthy dose of humor, humanity, and personal style.  She is now working towards her Advanced Communicator Bronze in the Advanced Speaking to Inform and Persuasive Speaking Manuals.
 
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