Hi, I'm Judd Spitzer, DTM
35 years a Toastmaster. I've served as Area Governor, Area Director, Public Relations Officer, Realignment Chair, and Webmaster - the latter for District 47 before D84. So when I say I want this district's website to actually serve our members and officers, it's because I've sat in those chairs and used those tools.
Why I took this role
Every district website I've seen does the same thing: a CMS, some plugins, a list of officers, a calendar nobody trusts, PDFs scattered across folders. Members tolerate it. Officers work around it. Nobody is served by it. That's the bar I want to raise.
What we're building (rolling out through 2026- 2027)
A purpose-built platform for how a Toastmasters district actually runs, not a generic CMS bent into shape, but tools designed around the real workflows of clubs, officers, area directors, programs, contests, and awards. You'll see:
A real member directory. You own your privacy settings. Officers see what they need. The public sees what you choose to shareno more, no less.
Officer dashboards for every club role - SAA, Treasurer, VPM, VPE, President each one a tool that does its job, not another form to fill in.
Area, Division, and Program pages that update themselves as rosters change. No more chasing the webmaster for one-off edits.
A document library you can actually search.
Public program pages - Trainer's Academy, the Trio, contests, conferences discoverable by visitors, owned by the chair of each.
Profile-as-landing. Your name links to a real page about you, at /p/your-name. Use it on LinkedIn. Use it on business cards.
The honest pitch
This kind of build doesn't usually happen at the district level. It's happening here because we don't need permission to do it right, we just need to put in the work.
What I need from you, in order of impact:
Upload a profile photo. It shows up across the siteleadership pages, club rosters, your public profile. One small thing that makes the whole site better.
Tell me what's broken. Bug reports are the most valuable thing you can send.
Tell me what's missing. I can't build what I don't know you need.
Reach me at my District 84 email (or the contact form on this site).
Judd Spitzer, DTM, District 84 Webmaster 2026-2027