Distinguished Club Program
Goal #9 Minimum of four club officers trained during each of two training periods

Clubs achieve Goal 9 when at least four of their club officers (president, vice president education, vice president membership, vice president public relations, secretary, treasurer and sergeant at arms) are trained in their responsibilities. (Of course, all club officers should strive to attend training.) Officers must attend and fully participate in two district- sponsored training sessions as described below. Credit is not given for non-officers attending in place of elected officers, and credit is given only for one person per office. Officers must be trained for the position to which they were elected.

At least four club officers must attend the first training session between June 1 and August 31, and districts must submit training information for this session to World Head - quarters online no later than September 30. At least four club officers must attend the second training session between December 1 and February 28 (or February 29 in leap years), and districts must submit training information online no later than March 31.

Officers must be trained by authorized district representatives in a live training session. While audiovisual aids may be used to enhance training, they may not be the sole method of training. For example, club officers who simply view a videotape that describes their responsibilities are not considered trained, even if the videotape was provided by a district officer. Training information submitted directly to World Headquarters by clubs will not be accepted. Club officers attending a training session are responsible for giving the person conducting the training session their names, offices and club numbers.