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 🙂

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 🙂

Good Evening Optimist Members,

Here is this week’s brief update:

Our guest speaker for Oct. 8 will be Larry West on “Attracting Young Go-Getters.”

Board members, please send your feedback for the 2013-14 budget to Denise by Oct. 15.

Please note that we will have an important business meeting on Oct. 22.  All are encouraged to attend and weigh in on some important decisions.

We will have a storage room cleaning session on Friday, Oct. 25 from 3:00pm-5:30pm.  Please email me if you are able to assist.  We will also pass around a sign up sheet at the next few meetings.

We hope to continue to see new faces at our meetings.  Please continue to invite guests.

Thank you for your dedication to our club,

Kim 🙂