Division A

Serving Palmdale-Lancaster, Kern County East of the Tehachapi mountains, all of Inyo County, and San Bernardino County, north of and not including Barstow.

Your Clubs Membership Status

As of 20241004 This is your club's membership status. Column H indicates the renewal status for Oct renewalsColumn I indicates the renewal status for April renewals Any club with less than eight members in Column H needs to have at least eight members by March 31st....

Membership Masters and You

Man, oh man, setting up Free Toast Host is so difficult. I can never readily find help in an easy-to-understand format. I sure wish there was someplace I could go that would just show me the step-by-step actions I need to make use of a FTH site. Have you ever felt...

Getting Your DTM is Easier Than You Think

Do you know why people think a DTM award is beyond their reach? The answer is simple enough, they do not know what is involved and are afraid to step out of that comfort zone to try and find out. It usually takes someone to push them in that direction for them to...

Area Director Resources

As an Area Director you fill a crucial and fulfilling role that helps hone leadership, mentoring, and networking skills. There is an excellent article about this from Toastmasters International. You can read that article by clicking here. Plenty of Toastmasters...

Area Director Club Visit Reports

Area Directors are required to visit each of their clubs at least twice a year. During these visits they are witnessing the clubs meetings and interactions to see if a club is on track to maintain a healthy successful status. Often times people ask me what do the Area...

2023-2024 District 33 Hall of Fame

Our next District 33 Hall of Fame is on 16 NOV 2024. This event is used to recognize Clubs and Members achievements. It is also the opportunity to acknowledge our District Leadership Team for their service as a District Officer or District Leader.  The Hall of Fame...

Pathways Base Camp Outage, Oct 9-24

Base Camp Outage Notification! Attention, fellow Toastmasters! Pathways is about to transition to a new system, and as a result, Base Camp will be unavailable beginning on October 9, 2024, and the outage is expected to last through October 25, 2024. If you're...

To Renew or Not To Renew – Is That The Question?

https://youtu.be/snzuTKQuCjM In order for Toastmaster Clubs to be considered ACTIVE, they need to have eight or more members registered in the club by Sept, 30 and at least three of those members need to be previous members. Renewing the minimum of eight members will...

Max Plank

Max Plank

Division A Director

This is the short biography of the division director. Contained here is when they began in toastmasters, some of their key accomplishements, home club, and goals for the year.

Martha Hammond

Martha Hammond

Area A1 Director

A short blurb about the director is placed here. List their home club, and clubs they are supporting.

Jeff Connley

Jeff Connley

Area A2 Director

A short blurb about the director is placed here. List their home club, and clubs they are supporting.