It is, but that's the price you pay for:

• having enough offices to fill that a lot of people get the opportunity to serve, and
• having enough officers on the spot to help out clubs that have problems (e.g. low membership).

Let's look at a made-up example to illustrate the organization:

Joe belongs to the Wide Valley Toastmasters Club (club 19521).
The Wide Valley Toastmasters club belongs to Area 4, Central Division, District 95.
Area 4 is the city of Wide Valley with four clubs.
The Central Division is Areas 4, 5, and 6, comprising the mid-state area.
District 95 is the eastern half of the state.
Area 4 has an Area Governor who works with the Wide Valley club and the other three clubs in the Area.
The Central Division has a Division Governor who works with all 12 clubs in his Division and with the three Area Governors under her.
District 95 has five Divisions and its own set of officers.
Joe goes to various speech contests in his Area, Division, and District and once a year represents his club at the Spring Conference to elect new officers and vote on other District policy matters.

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