September 26 Meeting - Year end meeting

Our next meeting will be on September 26th at 6:15 pm in the Continental Inn, 16625 Stony Plain Road. This will be a regular meeting and all members are urged to attend. This is President Brian’s last meeting and some special presentations will be made to board executive and other members significant to the success of Brian’s year. After the presentation the banner, bell, and gavel will be presented to President- Designate John Anderson and John will announce what he has in store for his year (2016 - 2017).  Please bring a guest, especially a prospective new member.

SafeStart Optimist Club

On the 14th of September 2016 an organizing meeting for the new SafeStart Optimist Club was held. The meeting took place at the Alberta Carpenters Training Center in Edmonton. About 17 attended in person, by video conference and by telephone. Governor Edie and District Secretary - Treasurer Edna attended from Blackfalds. Lt Gov Glen attended and the OI field representative was Keivin Wallace.

 

The Club bylaws and policies were approved and board members were elected & inducted. This will be an e-club and will have members internationally and the purpose is to promote SafeStart to youth. Following the formalities International President Dave Bruns was called and notified of the new club.

 

Congratulations to Charter President Brian and special thanks to Optimist Marvin for facilitating the new club.

Zone 5 Meeting a success

Lt. Governor Glen held his final Zone meeting on September 17, 10 AM at the Leduc Legion. The meeting started at 10AM with six Optimist Clubs were in attendance, Beverly, Brail Tone, Edmonton Dinner, Leduc Black Gold, SafeStart, and St. Albert Optimist Clubs. Club reports were given from the Presidents or representative in attendance.

 

Governor Glen reported that AMS&NW is stromg in growth this year with two Clubs in  Saskatchewan and our SafeStart Club.  The District has been in first place for most of the year and is shy a couple percentages in being number 1 in all of Optimist International.

 

LG Glen then  passed the Zone Banners, Gavel and Opti-dog to LG-designate Clint who takes over the Zone effective October 1st/16.

Optimist Oratorical Contest 2017

This year the prize for the Optimist International oratorical Scholarship has increased to $23,000 for the international competition! All youth under 18 as of Oct 1st 2016 are eligible to compete for this fantastic prize! Topic for the 2016-2017 School Year is:

"What the World Gains from Optimism."

 

 

District Prize is $2500 and Club Prize is $500. Contact President John for additional details.  For Scholarship information visit http://optimist.org/e/member/scholarships1.cfm

 

 

District 1st Quarter Meeting

Last call for the next meeting that will be held in Moose Jaw Oct 28-29. Contact Opt John or Opt Keivin for details

Club Board Meeting

All Board members are asked to attend a dinner meeting on Tuesday September 27 at 6:30pm. The meeting will be held at held in the Continental Inn, 16625 Stony Plain Road.  2016 -2017 Board members are welcome to attend. Contact President, Brian or Opt Keivin or Opt Maria to confirm your attendance.

Optimist Essay Contest

The Optimist International Essay Contest Topic for the 2016-2017 School Year is:

"Chasing Optimism in the Face of Challenges"

for Youth under the age of 18 as of October 1, 2016. District Deadline for Contest is February 28, 2017. Our Club deadline for a Contest is January 30, 2017; after that first entry submitted will be forwarded. District Prize is $2500, Club Prize is $500.  For details visit http://optimist.org/e/member/scholarships1.cfm

SafeStart

On 14 September 2016 an organizing meeting for our proposed Edmonton Optimist Club is being scheduled. It will be held at the Alberta Carpenters Training Center 12122- 154 St. in Edmonton.  The time is 7.00 pm. We need 15 people to be available for sign up. I am also trying to arrange for
a polycom system so that people unavailable to attend in person can call in. As soon as I have all
the phone in info I will advise you.  We will be signing up as members, set up the board and bylaws for the new club. All SafeStart employees, trainers and SafeStart for Youth trainers, 18 years or older are encouraged to attend or call in.

The purpose of this club is to access casino funds and gaming monies to run the youth programs under the SafeStart banner. Our club would be an online club and meetings be held via Skype.

Thank you all for helping us get this off the ground.
Till we meet take care. Marvin.

Chinese food at next meeting September 12

Our next meeting will be on September 12 at 6:15 pm in the Szechuan Castle, 15415 111 Ave NW. This will be a regular meeting and all members are urged to attend. We will be reviewing what happened this past summer and what is ahead. This is President Brian’s second last meeting of the 2015-2016 Optimist Year and after an overview of the year some special presentations will be made. Please bring a guest, especially a prospective new member.

BBQ

Our last meeting was on August 6 and this was our annual club BBQ. 44 members and guests attended a great BBQ. A Special thank you to Optimist John and Ruby for hosting. Opt Ruby took care of items brought to the BBQ and Opt John did the cooking of some great steaks. Thank you to everyone who brought items for the BBQ. This was without a doubt the best year for desserts.

Parking

Our next game is Saturday, Sept. 10: vs. Calgary Stampeders. Our start time is 3 - 4 hours before the game starts depending on which lot you are assigned to. Contact Opt Clint for times. Please note that the Eskimos have asked us to remain at our gates for the entire third period. Also gate A is to be monitored for the entire game. We have just three more games and hopefully a playoff game.
Our last two games are:
•Friday, Sept. 23: vs. B.C. Lions
•Saturday, Nov. 5: vs. Toronto Argonauts

Octagon Venturer Club

Some of you may have noticed some younger adults working at our football games. These are members of Octagon Venturer Club comprised of the 117 Rosslyn Venturer Company, or Venturer
Sea Scouts. The Venturers are on Summer hiatus right now, however their last event was on Saturday
July 25 when they became the first youth participants in the 57th annual Sourdough Raft Race. This was the first time that youth under 18 could participate. They placed 3rd. Pictures are in the link:
http://117rosslynscouts.weebly.com/sourdough-raft-race.html

Zone Meeting

Lt. Governor Glen will be holding his final meeting on September 17, 10 AM at the Leduc Legion.  Please note that the Legion has moved and are located at 5014 49 St, Leduc. Then meeting will start at 10AM in the meeting room, lunch will follow at  noon, and this year’s 4th Quarter Challenge will be a dart and pool tournament.  At this meeting LG Glen will be presenting the Zone banner to LG-Elect Clint. All Edmonton Dinner Members are urged to attend to support Optimist Clint as our incoming Zone 5 Lt. Governor.   Contact Leduc President Trevor for additional details.