District Leadership Committee

Description

DLC Key Dates

1^st December 2024: First Call for Nominations

15^th January 2025:     The deadline for candidates to apply for elected positions

Late Jan to End Feb 2025: Candidate Interviews, Evaluations and vote on final Nominations for election at the DCM

29^th March 2025: DLC Chair presents list of nominated candidates to the District Director

7 April 2025: DLC Chair reports to DEC members

3 May 2025: Floor candidates can declare intention to run for election

10 May 2025: Election of District Officers at annual District Council Meeting (hybrid) at the District Conference in Solihull near Birmingham, UK.

This year’s DCM (hybrid) this will be hosted at the Solihull conference on Saturday 10^th May 2025.

Description

The District Leadership Committee will evaluate all candidates that were nominated by the deadline according to Protocol 9. The committee’s report will be posted here in April 2025.

The District Leadership Committee (DLC) is responsible for nominating individuals for the following elected positions:

• District Director (DD)
• Program Quality Director (PQD)
• Club Growth Director (CGD)
• Division Directors (for Divisions A, C, D, E, F, H, M, N, S)

For further details about the roles and key dates please consult the documents below:

• District Leader Qualifications and Responsibilities
• District Leader Competencies
• District Leadership Handbook 
• District Administrative Bylaws, Article VII
• Protocol 9.0
• Elections Toolkit on the Toastmasters International website

Key Points from references above relevant to District Leader Qualifications:

As the District Leadership Committee prepares to evaluate candidates who will serve for the 2025 – 2026 program year, the qualifications for these positions have been updated in the District Administrative Bylaws, Article VII (d). For the roles of District Director, Program Quality Director, and Club Growth Director, the candidates must meet the qualifications in the District in which they shall serve. Below are the updated qualifications from the District Administrative Bylaws:

The District Director shall have served 

1. at least six (6) consecutive months as a Club President and
2. at least 12 consecutive months as a Program Quality Director, Club Growth Director, Division Director, or a combination of the preceding in the District in which they shall serve.

The Program Quality Director and Club Growth Director shall have served 

1. at least six (6) consecutive months as Club President and
2. at least 12 consecutive months as a Program Quality Director, a Club Growth Director, a Division Director, an Area Director, or a combination of the preceding in the District in which they shall serve.

At the time of taking office, candidates for District Director, Program Quality Director, and Club Growth Director must have meet the qualifications of serving as a club president and in the respective roles as listed for 12 consecutive months in the District in which they are seeking to serve.

The qualification requirements are effective July 1, 2025.  This means that the current District Leadership Committee evaluating candidates for the 2025 – 2026 program year will need to adhere to these updated qualification requirements and make sure the candidates meet these qualifications.  Updates to the Nomination Form and Candidate Application will be published in the coming weeks.

For candidates who belong to a club that was newly assigned to a District, the individual’s membership eligibility to serve as a District officer is valid in the new District.

Nominations

Candidates, or a person wishing to nominate a candidate, must complete the following four forms below and submit them by email to the District Leadership Committee Chair by the deadline of 15^th January 2025.

1. District Leader Nominating Form
2. Officer Agreement and Release Statement
3. Candidate Application Form
4. District Officer Biographical Information
5. Please also provide a Professional headshot (photo)

Please watch the District Candidate Guidelines video.

Eligible floor candidates must declare their intention to run, in writing to the DLC Chair, after the DLC report has been published and at least 7 days prior (3^rd May 2025) to the annual District Council meeting on May 10^th 2025, where the elections will take place.

You can read more about the work of the DLC on the Toastmasters International website.

If you have any questions, please contact DLC Chair Elizabeth Jordan who will be happy to answer your questions.

Email: dlc@d71toastmasters.org

Elizabeth Jordan, DTM

Immediate Past District Director & 2024-25 DLC Chair