Accordingly, the October newsletter focused heavily on contests with these featured topics:
- Club Contests: I acknowledged the competition and collaboration among clubs in completing their contests. I also reminded the clubs to send me their Notification of Winner forms, so their competitors could participate in the Area contests.
- Area Contests: I provided the details and flyer for our Area contests. I also invited any interested members to contact me to volunteer for a variety of roles.
- Division Contests: I provided the date of the Division contests as a reminder of what is coming next.
- District Contests: Since there had been some confusion this year about the status of competition after the Division level, I clarified that we would hold all District-level contests at the spring conference.
- Semi-Annual Dues Renewal: I acknowledged each of my clubs for meeting the membership renewal deadline, completing DCP goal number 10 (on-time payment of membership dues and submission of officer list), and outpacing the District at large by getting so many members renewed early (about one-third of all renewals were processed by the time my newsletter went out, while our Area had a much higher percentage).
- District Incentives: Lastly, I linked to the District website, where a number of new incentives for clubs were announced. I encouraged everyone to pursue the incentives within their reach, such as achieving 5 or more DCP points by late April.