History of District 102 – Toastmasters International District 102

District 102 was created on 1.7.2016 after the reformation of District 51. It currently consists of the states of Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Johor, Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan. The timeline that lead towards the creation of the District is below.

Year	Significant Events
1978	Chartering of The First Toastmasters club, TMIKL 1978 Toastmasters in July 1978.
1989-1991	Formation of Territorial Council comprising Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia following the meeting between the late Gerald Green, DTM and Executive Director of Toastmasters International, Terrence J. McCann in California. The First Pan-SEA Territorial Council Chairman – Gerald Green, DTM was elected. The Council comprised Division I (all clubs in Indonesia); Division N (all clubs in Northern Malaysia; Division S (all clubs in Singapore; Division E (all clubs in East Malaysia); Division C (all clubs in Central Malaysia) and Division T (all clubs in Thailand).
1993	Toastmasters International granted Pan-SEA Territorial Council with the Provisional District status, District 51P.
1996	The District achieved full District status and the letter P was dropped. District 51 became the largest District in the world. During that year, District 51 became the second best performing District in the world.
1998	Hong Kong joined District 51.
2000	Brunei and Macau joined District 51.
1998-2002	District 51 was the top performing District in the world and went on to become the best performing District in the world for 5 consecutive terms until 2002.
1 July 2004	Owing to the rapid growth of clubs and membership, District 51 was reformed: District 51: Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. District 80: Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong and Macau.
1 July 2010	District 51 was again reformed into 2 Districts. The Districts were: District 51: Peninsular Malaysia. District 87: Sabah, Sarawak, Labuan, Indonesia and Brunei.
2014	District 51 hosted the 83rd Annual Toastmasters International Convention in Kuala Lumpur, the first convention hosted outside of North America.
1 July 2016	District 51 reformed into District 51 and District 102 as follows: District 51: Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Perak, Kedah, Perlis and Penang. District 102: Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Johor, Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan. Take note the original District 51 has since given birth to the following Districts: District 51: Central and North Malaysia. District 80: Singapore. District 87: East Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. District 89: Hong Kong, Macau (together with southern China). District 97P: Thailand (together with Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos). District 102: Central and South Malaysia, East Coast.