Awards & Achievements

Lennox International Toastmasters have a long and distinguished history of service outside the club.  This year, we are proud to have Kerrie Phillips serving as our Area Governor (Area 42) in Plains Division.

Previous Lennox International Toastmasters leaders include:

Linda Rummans (among other offices, Division Governor), Bonnie Clark (District Secretary)
Alicia Baker (Area Governor)
Michele Wegmann (Area Governor)
Matthew Fogel (Area Governor)
Jim Key (District Public Relations Officer, Area Governor)
Angie Key (Area Governor, District Webmaster [x2], Lt. Gov -  Marketing, Lt. Gov - Education & Training, and District Governor)

At the District 50 Hall of Fame in Richardson on Saturday, May 17th, Club Webmaster Angie Flinn was honored with the Outstanding Club Website award.  Out of over 150 clubs throughout North Texas and Western Louisiana, our site was selected as the best for the Spring 2008 term.

"When we set out to build our new club website this year, President Kerrie Phillips challenged me to win the Outstanding Club Website award," says Angie.  "This is not only a tremendous honor for me, but I feel as though I successfully accomplished what I was tasked to do.  This award isn't really for me ... it's for our entire club!"

Angie's web skills will be put to further use next year when she steps onto 2008-2009 District Governor Les Guse's staff as District Webmaster.  Keep an eye on www.toastmastersd50.org starting July 1, 2008 to see what Angie comes up with!

The Distinguished Club Plan measures the health and well-being of a club.  It involves ten goals which encompass things a healthy club will do as it meets the needs of its members.  Educational completions in the communication and leadership tracks, membership growth, having trained officers, and keeping the club's charter in good standing with Toastmasters International ... all these activities tie into the Distinguished Club Plan.

With the addition of our newest member - Nate Garapati - at our final meeting in June, we completed the goal for "Four more new members" ... our ninth and final goal.

By completing nine of the ten goals, and ending the year at 20+ members, we earned the designation "President's Distinguished" for the second year in a row.

Lennox International Toastmasters is proud to be the home club of Angie Flinn, District 50 Governor for the 2005-2006 Toastmasters year.

Angie's passion has long been for the development opportunities available in the leadership track of Toastmasters.  She first stepped outside our club in early 2001, taking on the role of Mentor for newly-chartered club DFW Tech Talk.  Angie had so much fun that she signed on to be Area 24 Governor for the 2001-2002 Toastmasters year.

Her service continued in 2002-03, when Angie took charge of the District 50 website and served as Webmaster.

In 2003, the District 50 Council elected her to Lt. Governor Marketing, the third-ranked office in the District.  She was responsible for directing club and membership extension efforts in North Texas and Western Louisiana.  Angie was recognized by Toastmasters International with the Excellence in Marketing award for her service in 2003-04.

In 2004, the District Council elected Angie Lt. Governor Education & Training, the second-ranked office in the District.  She was responsible for directing the educational programs in the district, including club officer training and district conferences.  Angie was recognized by Toastmasters International with the Excellence in Education & Training award for her service in 2004-05.

In 2005, the District Council elected Angie District 50 Governor.  As the Chief Executive Officer of the District, she oversaw an annual budget of $50,000 and a staff of 100+ volunteers.

For more information on Angie, visit her website at www.angieflinn.com.

Lennox International, Inc. has long recognized the benefit Toastmasters can provide to its employees.  Since January 1992, LII has hosted club #8569, Lennox International Toastmasters, and allowed the group to use corporate facilities for meetings.

Over the years, LII's generosity has extended out into the community.  When their new corporate campus was built, which included a state-of-the-art Learning Center, they began allowing District 50 to make use of the facilities as well.  Numerous training events and meetings were made possible by the generosity of LII.

On May 20, 2006, District 50 Governor Angie Flinn presented a special citation to LII for their ongoing support of communication and leadership development in both the corporation and in the community.  Representing LII's Human Resources, Laura Edney was on hand to receive the award.

Lennox International Toastmasters is both proud and grateful to have a home on the LII corporate campus!

Lennox International Toastmasters is proud to be the home club of Jim Key, 2003 World Champion of Public Speaking.

From the time he joined in December of 1999, Jim showed a strong interest in speech competitions.  He swept the District Humorous Speech contest in the Fall of 2000, taking first place honors with his speech entitled, "Makes Me Stronger".

In 2001, Jim turned his sights to the International Speech Contest.  He made it all the way to the World Championship of Public Speaking in Anaheim, where he came in 2nd place.

In 2002, Jim once again competed in the International Speech Contest, and once again made it to the World Championship of Public Speaking in San Antonio ... and once again, came in 2nd place.

But the third time was the charm for Jim.  In 2003, in Atlanta, Jim out-spoke the best of 200,000 members and was named the World Champion of Public Speaking.

For more information on Jim, visit his website at www.jimkey.com.