Qatar Toastmasters Club was chartered on November 13, 1997 with twenty five members from diverse communities. Doha Toastmasters took the initiative to sponsor our Club. Mr. Ronny Mendonca and Mr. George Thomas were designated as the Club sponsors.

During the early years, the club struggled to obtain the minimum membership of twenty, which is required in order to obtain a Charter. As a result of the commitment and dedication of several core members especially members like Ms. Judith Britten, Mr. George Thomas and Mr. Frank Banaynal the club obtained its Charter on November 13, 1997. Upon chartering the club, the club was opened to all and brought a larger, more diverse membership. Our club had members from all walks of life, who had the flair to develop their communication and leadership skills and progress in life.

The first meeting place was made available at the Hotel Sofitel now Mercure Grand. This location was possible, thanks to the efforts of Mr. George Thomas. Later due to lack of ample parking place, the location was moved to the Falcon Club . Falcon Club belongs to Qatar Petroleum and there were technical difficulties in continuing to hold our meetings in this place. On July 1, 2001 the meeting place was shifted to the Doha Marriott Gulf Hotel. We again moved, to a new location at the Movenpick Hotel at the Corniche on July 1, 2002. Currently our meetings are held at Aalishan Hall, Aalishan Restaurant.

Since its inceptions each year the club has won the President's Distinguished Club Award many times. Our club is the pioneer in holding various community programs in Qatar. Since 1997 we conduct annually the Speech Craft Program, Youth Leadership Program, Qatar Open Youth Public Speaking Championship. In the past few years, we have conducted a program for the children between the age group of 10 -12 years. The name was aptly chosen as the "Stand Up and Speak" program.

On the occasion of 10th Anniversary of Qatar Toastmasters Club - our club website was launched on 15th February 2007 with great fanfare in the Ashoka hall, Indian Cultural Centre, Doha by our webmaster TM. Rajesh Nair (Raj Nair). We are confident that our website will prove to be a very useful medium to promote and create awareness about the activities of Qatar Toastmasters & will be helpful to the people who wish to join the club.

Undaunted, our members and officers have committed to continuing our goal of self-improvement in communication and preserving our club name as "Qatar Toastmasters Club".