03 How is Toastmasters organized?
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This article is from the Toastmasters International FAQ, by Joel Furr DTM jfurr@danger.com with numerous contributions by others.
03 How is Toastmasters organized?
All Toastmasters members belong to one or more clubs. Clubs
consist of at least eight members and may have forty or more.
The recommended size for a club is twenty or more.
Clubs exist in communities around the world, especially in
North America, and it's a rare locality in the United States
that doesn't have at least one Toastmasters club within thirty
minutes' driving time. There are, at present, over 8,000
clubs around the world, and most of them are in the United
States.
There are many sorts of clubs: community clubs, military
clubs, company clubs, prison clubs, collegiate clubs, and so
on. At this time, the majority of the *new* clubs being
chartered are 'company clubs', i.e. clubs chartered at and
meeting at businesses and organizations, in many cases open
only to employees or members of those organizations. Never
fear, however; there are thousands of community clubs already
in existence as well.
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