Division Governor
As division governor, your job is to lead and support the division through the supervision and support of the area governors. For the division to be successful and implement the district goals, you must work closely with your team of area governors. To fulfill these goals, as division governor, you must support the area governors assigned to your care.
One of your primary goals as division governor is to ensure that each club achieves its mission and fulfills its responsibilities to its members. To achieve this, you will coordinate activities within the division, set division goals, and assist in the training of area and club officers.
A division governor must have served at least six consecutive months as a member of a District Council and is eligible for reelection for one succeeding term only.
Responsibilities:
- Provide motivation, guidance, and supervision to area governors to help them fulfill their roles and responsibilities.
- Contact area governors at least monthly to discuss:
- Progress toward goals in the Distinguished Area Program.
- Follow-up on club visits.
- Helping all clubs achieve Distinguished Club status.
- Serve as division council chair.
- Hold at least two Division Council meetings each year, and have the following topics on the agenda:
- Discuss each area’s plans, goals, and progress in the Distinguished Area Program and the need for assistance from the division governor and district.
- Discuss division clubs’ plans, goals, and progress in the Distinguished Club Program as well as the need for district/division/area assistance.
- Review club officer training plans and achievements.
- Discuss plans for division speech contests.
- Achieve Distinguished Division status.
- Assist area governors in the achievement of Distinguished Area status.
- Assist clubs in the achievement of Distinguished Club status.
- Participate in division governor training provided by the district.
- Coordinate division speech contests.
- Report regularly to the district governor and lieutenant governors on division progress.
Additional Resources
Division Governor Kit (Item 1380)
Hard copy available for purchase at http://www.toastmasters.org/shop.
All items in the kit (except the Speech Contest Manual) are also available as a PDF download:
How to Build a Toastmasters Club (Item 121)
District Leadership Handbook (Item 222)
When You Are the President (Item 1310A)
Distinguished Area and Division Program (Item 1481)
Distinguished Club Program and Club Success Plan (Item 1111)
Speech Contest Rulebook (Item 1171)
Training Club Leaders (Item 217)