Our first TLI was back in mid-December. I wasn't sure about that because
a lot of clubs hadn't even elected their officers, but we still had
250-300 officers trained. We also had a TLI Lite and a couple in East
Texas for the Eastern Division.

For those who remember me mentioning this, we extended officer training
from 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes, and had not elective sessions during
officer training. The 2nd 1 hour block was for elective sessions and in
the afternoon there was another 1:30 of officer training.

I think this really restricts the number of people who are willing to
turn out. For example, my wife would have come with me to the first TLI,
but she'd either have to attend officer training or sit for 1 1/2 hours
doing nothing and waiting for the next elective session. In the
afternoon there was hardly anyone was there. Ours in probably one of the
smaller districts in Toastmasters as far as area goes so I don't know if
that'd make any difference or not.

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Nigel Reed ACS, oCL (It's really an ATM-S in an ideal world) + LDREXC
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