District Leadership Committee (DLC)
The District Leadership Committee’s (DLC) is responsible for ensuring the long-term success of the District by nominating candidates for the leadership roles of the District. Through an open process, the committee seeks out potential candidates, interviews and evaluates them, and finally submits nominated candidates for election at the District’s Annual Meeting of the District Council.
All candidates declaring for a 2025-2026 District Leadership role should declare their intent to run to Linda Dorn, DTM, PPQD, District Leadership Chair, no later than January 19, 2025.
The 2024-2025 DLC Report, and the list of nominated and floor candidates for 2025-2026 leadership roles, will be available in the 2024-2025 DLC Report tab below.
The 2024-2025 DLC will complete its work in March. The final DLC report, along with the nominated and floor candidates for 2025-2026 District 6 Leadership positions will be listed below.
Please review the report and candidates as you prepare for the Annual Meeting of the District Council, which will be held online on April 12, 2025 from 9:00am – 12:00pm CDT. Please see the District Council page for details when they become available.
Candidates will need to submit the official Candidate Application Form, the Nomination Form, and the Officer Agreement and Release Form to the District Leadership chair by the application deadline. Download the forms by clicking on the PDF link.
- Candidate Application Form (Submit) [PDF]
- Nomination Form (Submit) [PDF]
- Officer Agreement and Release Form (Submit) [PDF]
- Biographical Information (Submit) [PDF]
- Photograph (Submit) [Linda Dorn, DLC Chair]
Candidates running from the floor, please read the section at the bottom of this page.
Below is the list of helpful links for reference purpose, not required for submission.
- District Nominations Schedule [PDF]
- District Leader Qualifications and Responsibilities [PDF]
- Division Director Guidance [PDF]
- DLC Candidate Evaluation Form [PDF]
- Potential Questions for Interview [PDF]
Contact Linda Dorn, DLC Chair for more information.
District Leadership Committee Schedule
(NOTE: Based on revised Toastmasters International policy section 9.0)
Date
- By November 1, 2024
- November 1, 2024
- December 1, 2024
- January 19, 2025
- March 01, 2025
- March 15, 2025
- April 5, 2025
- April 12, 2025
- July 15, 2025
Action
- District Director appoints DLC Chair
- Formal call for candidate declarations (via email and Social Media).
- DLC committee formed. Approved by District Director
- Deadline for candidates to declare intent to run and seek DLC nomination.
- DLC Chair submits DLC report to District Director (6 weeks before District Council meeting).
- Last day to publish DLC nominations (4 weeks before District Council meeting).
- Last day to submit floor nominations to District Director.
- Annual Meeting of the District Council
- Deadline to submit Officer Agreement and Release Statements and District Leader rosters to WHQ.
Appointed Positions
Please check our Openings page to learn more about the positions and apply for 2025-2026 Area Directors and District Chairs.
Floor Candidates
- All floor candidates are required to declare their intent to run for election at least one (1) week (7 days) before the meeting. Floor candidates may only run for positions the DLC did not nominate the required number of candidates for.
- If a position is invalid, all qualified candidates for that position must declare their intent to run as a floor candidate seven (7) days prior to the election. For example, if the required number of candidate(s) is not nominated, that position of the report is invalid. Therefore, any qualified candidate may run from the floor.
- No nominations from the floor will be allowed during the council meeting.
Got some questions?
We've tried to cover as much as we could to share the knowledge; however, we are sure there may be other queries you may have. Feel free to contact the District Leadership Committee (DLC) Chair by clicking on the icon above.