Golden Gavel Award 
Clubs with well-run, lively, and educational meetings that meet the needs of their members earn the Golden Gavel Award. This award is recognized with a patch which can be sewn on the club banner, and is awarded once every six month term to a club.
The club must meet all of the following criteria:
- Members and guests are greeted warmly and enthusiastically.
- Meeting starts and adjourns on time.
- 15 or more Toastmaster members must be present.
- At least one non-Toastmaster guest is present.
- There is applause after every speaker - functionaries included.
- All speeches are MANUAL speeches.
- Evaluations are both specific and supportive.
- Participants are positively recognized and ribbons/rotating trophies are awarded.
- Members wear badges and guests are given name tags.
- Printed agendas are distributed and followed with three or less role changes to the agenda.
- Table Topics are interesting and/or fun - participants are able to speak the full time period.
Note:
Patches for club banner will be presented at the Spring Conference
and the Awards Dinner in August.
Golden Gavel Awards for 2010-2011
A-Team
Afterburners
Airport
Cleburne
Connection Communicators
Cowtown
Flower Mound
Grand Prairie
Inner Voice
Keller Communicators
Lake Vista
Lakeside
Las Colinas Communicators
Las Colinas Towers
Little Elm
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Michaels Craftmasters
Mid-Cities Noontime
North TX
Northwest Tarrant
Plus-Two
Public Health Speakers
Shining Stars
Siemens Arlington/Grand Prairie
Southlake
Successful Speakers
Texas Wesleyan Spellbinders
Toast Captains
Toasting for Excellence
Top of Texas
Truckin' Toaastmasters
Weatherford |
Golden Gavel Awards for 2009-2010
AAFES Toastmasters
Afterburners
Airport Toastmasters
A-Team Toastmasters
BNSF Toastmasters
Baylor Orators
Conservative Toastmasters
Cowtown Toastmasters
Denton Toastmasters
Fossil Creek
Irving Toastmasters
Keller Communicators
Lakeside Toastmasters
Manna Toastmasters
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Nissan Toastmasters
Phi Rappa Yappa
Sabre Classic
Southlake
Successful Speakers
Technology Toasters
Toast Captains
Toast of Texas
Top of Texas
Unique TM at Vista Ridge
United Communicators
Wichita Falls
WINS Texas Toast
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Golden Gavel Awards for 2008-2009
AAFES Toastmasters
ATG Toastmasters
Abilene Toastmasters
Afterburners
Airport Toastmasters
Cleburne Toastmasters
Connection Communicators
Cowtown Toastmasters
Denton Toastmasters
Flagship Speakers
InnerVoice Toastmasters
Irving Toastmasters
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Lakeside Toastmasters
North Texas Toastmasters
Plus Two Toastmasters
Reveille
Shining Stars
Siemens Toastmasters
Siemens DFW Toastmasters
Skymasters
Southlake Evening Toastmasters
Speak with Success
Toast Captains
United Communicators |
Golden Gavel Awards for 2007-2008
Afterburners
*Airport Toastmasters
Cowtown Toastmasters
Dream Chasers
Eagle 1
*Flagship Speakers
Healthmasters
Irving Toastmasters
Keller Communicators
Longhorn Toastmasters
Plus Two
Pro A.M. Toastmasters |
Royal Speakers
Skymasters
Siemens Toastmasters
Sabre Classic
Southlake Toastmasters
Southlake Evening Toastmasters
Speak with Success
Statesman Speakers
Toast Captains
Toastmasters Anonymous
* received both terms |
Golden Gavel Awards for 2006-2007
Achieving Talented Communicators
Aetna Voices
Airport Toastmasters
Arlington Nooners
Big T Toastmasters
BNSF Toastmasters
Cleburne Toastmasters
Cowtown Toastmasters
Eagle 1
Eagle 2
Fossil Creek
Flagship Speakers
InnerVoice
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Irving Toastmasters
Keller Communicators
Mid-Cities Noontime
Lakeside
Plus Two
Pro A.M. Toastmasters*
Solana Classic
Speak with Success
Toastmasters Anonymous
TCU Toastmasters
Waco Wordsmiths
* received both terms
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