WHAT'S NEW?

CHARLE S L JONES , AT M Club Extension Chairman

District 47 is off to a flying start this year, partly as a result of considerable activity during the previous administration in the area of new clubs Eleven new Toastmasters Clubs were chartered between July 1, 1972 and June 30, 1973 Here are District 47's newest clubs:

1 Stonewall ToastmastersNo 837, Bushnell,A-6 (WD)

2 Everglades Toastmasters No 3112, Ft Lauderdale, A-20 (SD)

3 Airpax Toastmasters No 1769, Ft Lauderdale,A-4 (SD) •

4 Gulf Breeze No 2824, New Port Richey, A-18 (WD)

5 Science of the Mind TMNo 3001, Ft Lauderdale, A-4 (SD)

6 Navy Jax No 3330, Jacksonville, A-8 (ND)

7 Burnt Toastmasters No 2529, St Petersburg, A-2 (WD)

8 Creative Thought TM No 2484, Miami, A-l (SD)

9 Brandon ToastmastersNo 1202, Brandon, A-6 (WD)

10 Mid Week Toastmasters, Jacksonville, A-12 (ND)

11 St Anthony's Hospital, No 2214, St Petersburg, A-2 (WD)

With this experience behind us we have the momentum in District 47 to start at least 20 new clubs this year, and that is the goal of the Extension Committee

Let's look at the immediate prospects: In the Western Division, Phil Cole of Club 3909 is in the process of organizing a breakfast club in Western Tampa; John Barreto, Past District 29 Governor, is planning a new club in Dunedin; and, Area 18 Governor Dick Anci is busy in Tarpon Springs working with prospective toastmasters Area Governor Dick Wood, ATM, has excellent prospects with employees of Florida Power in St Petersburg, and our new District Youth Leadership Chairman Verna Jo Smith reports excellent chances at McDill Air Force Base in Tampa. I will personally be working toward starting a new club in Area 13, probably in Bartow

Your new District Governor Karl Righter, DTM, chartered a new club in Jacksonville Beach July 11th Past Lt Governor Roy Pooley created this club from a Speechcraft Course The new club, No 3397, gets the Northern Division off to an early start, and Area 8 Governor Guy Ballou, ATM, flush with the successofhis new Navy Jax Club No 3001,has a gleam inhis eye for a Naval Air Station ToastmastersClub

The Eastern Division has hopesfor a new club at Walt Disney World to be sponsored by Orlando Toastmasters Club 1066, with good chances for clubs in Apopka, Winter Garden, and Kissimmee

In the South the Lt Governor, Jean Tillman, ATM, has been most successful in new club activity in the past, and is looking for at least one club in each of his areas this year

Each Toastmaster in District 47 can help form a new club Keep your eyes open for prospects and report these to your club extension chairman Also Toastmasters need to start a new club as one requirement for achieving DTM Let's spread the word by telling the world about the benefits of the Toastmaster program