UW-Whitewater/Community Optimist Club

Greetings Optimists,

Tomorrow will be a fun meeting with hosting youths of the month, in addition to guest speaker Amy Edmonds (interim director for UW-W Athletics).

Thank you to Kim Simes for starting a Facebook page for our club!  More updates to come soon.  Dave is also working at getting our events listed through the “Strive” ap so that others in the Whitewater and surrounding communities can see the programs that our club has to offer.

Here are some important activity dates to be aware of:

Guest Speakers at Club Meeting, Kevin Brunner and Brienne Brown (Whitewater Community Foundation)–Nov. 26, 12pm

Stuffing Breakfast with Santa Bags at Club Meeting–Dec. 3

Decorating for Breakfast with Santa at Esker Hall–Dec. 6

Breakfast with Santa at Esker Hall–Dec 7, 8am-11am

“Gifts with a Meaning” at Club Meeting–Dec. 10

Wrapping Gifts at Armory–Dec. 16

Academic Decathlon Judging–January 10

Our board will be meeting tomorrow evening at 5:30pm in UC 260,  We will have some updates to share following our meeting, budget approval, membership recruitment plan, etc.

Thanks–and see you tomorrow.

In Optimism,

Kim 🙂

Thanks for inviting me to present a little bit about social media and it’s implications for our club at today’s club meeting. I’ve added the presentation to our web site as a refresher for those at the meeting as well to help and inform those who couldn’t attend. Enjoy.

Sincerely,

Dave Halbach

Electronic Communications Chair

Online Optimists

Optimists,

I hope you enjoyed this snowy Veterans Day.

Thank you to all club members and their families who have served our country through the armed services!

Please join me for our meeting tomorrow as Dave Halbach brings us a program titled “Online Optimists.”  Dave’s presentation is sure to be informative and eye opening.  Please feel free to bring electronic devices to take notes and to explore some of the resources Dave will share with us.

Thank you to all who helped to organize our storage room at Starin Hall this past Friday.  We had a total of 19 people from our club and the Student Optimist Club/Burkina Faso group who were able to come and go and contribute to a much more organized space!

Board Members, I will send a separate note to you tomorrow, but please mark your calendars for a board meeting from 5:30pm-6:45pm on Tuesday, Nov. 19 in the University Center.  We only have one member who can not join us that evening.

Next week, we will not have a Tuesday meeting–rather we will have an evening meeting on Wednesday, November 20 at Jessica’s (in the back room) from 5:30pm – 6:30pm.  Our program speaker will be announced soon!

See some of you tomorrow!

In Optimism,

Kim 🙂

Good Afternoon Optimist Members,

Our Week 4 email is a little longer.  Please take 2-3 minutes to read through the info.  Thanks–and here we go:

Tomorrow is our IMPORTANT Business Meeting.  Our agenda will include (but not be limited to) discussing the following:

• Proposed Updated Club Bylaws and Policies
• A Quick Review of the 2013-14 Proposed Budget
• Membership Dues (possible need for an increase)
• Catering for weekly meetings (possible per person increase and suggested RSVP’s for lunch)
• Commitment to the Whitewater Unified Schools’ Emergency Fund and the Whitewater Food Pantry
• Student Club Support
• Potential New Youth/Community Projects and Fund RaisersRecruitment of New Members/Younger Professionals

Please see the Optimist Halloween Invite 2013 for our Halloween Fellowship gathering scheduled for Oct. 30.

Thank you to those who signed up to help clean/organize the Optimist storage room this Friday.  So far, I have a few people on the list, but again—more hands with help the task go more quickly.  Anyone else who is able to join (even for a short time), please let me know.

Therese will be sending out a note and sign up info for Youth Appreciation Week.  Our Youth Appreciation Luncheon will be held in the Old Main Ballroom (UC 275 A & B) on Nov. 5th.  We will need to ask for members to RSVP for this meal so that we can be adequately prepared to feed members and all of our guests.

If you can’t attend the business meeting, please feel free to send questions or ideas about the proposed budget or other agenda items.  We will potentially be sending a survey to collect feedback on a few topics in the near futures.

Finally, please note that Denise has sent dues letters to all members currently on our club roster.

In Optimism,

Kim 🙂

Happy Monday Optimists,

Here is our Week 3 Update:

Our guest Speaker tomorrow (Oct. 15) is Jess Walz on Baboons in Africa.

Oct. 18–Football ticket taking, UW-W vs. UW-EC; student appreciation night.

Oct. 22–IMPORTANT Business Meetings.  Please plan to be a part of the discussion, including the planning of financial resources.

Oct. 25–Cleaning of Storage Room.  Who is able to help from 3:00-5:30pm?  Please RSVP to Kim–even if you can help for a short time.  Many hands make light work.

Thanks and see some of you soon,

Kim 🙂