Distinguished Club Program (DCP)

The Distinguished Club Program is an annual program, running from July 1 through June 30. The program consists of 10 goals your club should strive to achieve.

Requirements of the Distinguished Club Program are:

A new qualifying requirement: Complete and submit your Club Success Plan by September 30 Introduction of the prestigious Smedley level achievement for clubs that maintain at least 25 members and accomplish all 10 Distinguished Club Program goals

Requirements Level Club Success Plan Membership as of June 30 Goals Distinguished Submitted by September 30* 20 total members or net growth of 3** 5 Select Distinguished Submitted by September 30* 20 total members or net growth of 5** 7 President’s Distinguished Submitted by September 30* 20 total members** 9 Smedley Distinguished Submitted by September 30* 25 total members** 10

*For newly chartered clubs, the due date is 90 days after charter date. Clubs that charter after April 1 will automatically receive credit for submitting the Club Success Plan for their charter program year. **Total member count consists of renewing, dual, new, charter, and reinstated members. Transfer members do not count toward this total.

 

Education
1. Four Level 1 awards
2. Two Level 2 awards
3.  Two More Level 2 awards
4.  Two Level 3 awards
5.  One Level 4, 5, DTM award
6.  One More Level 4, 5, DTM award

Membership
7. Four new members
8. Four more new members

Training
9. A minimum of four club officers trained during each of the two training periods

Administration
10. On-time payment of membership dues accompanied by the names of eight members (at least three of whom must be renewing members) for one period and on-time submission of one club officer list.

For new clubs that are chartered between October 1 and June 30, the charter submission fulfills the requirement for an on-time officer list and payment of membership dues.

Club Success Plan (1111) with Distinguished Club Program (DCP) Goals