MIDNIGHT LOG
Bulletin of the
Suncoast Optimist Club of Sarasota
Vol. 30 No.7 Feb. 15, 2007
Pres. Sandy Hightower Club #60460
Sec. Janet Jackson N.FL. Dist.
941-365-0376
Editor Jeff Jackson Maiden.bnw@verizon.net
UPCOMING EVENTS:
February 22 club meeting will feature Bob Carlson from Peiron Spring Academy.
March 1 club board of directors meeting.
March 24 Zone 9 oratorical contest. 1 PM at the Palm Lake Christian Church, 22nd Avenue North & 54th Street in St. Pete.
March 29 Foundation Board meeting.
March 29 Foundation Scholarship application deadline.
The Cardinal Mooney High School Robotics Team will be competing soon in Orlando. GO ROBOTS!!!!!
The club board has approved sending a proposal to the Optimist International Convention. The deadline for proposals is April 6th. We are recommending the following proposal:
Family Optimist Club Approach
Sponsor
The Suncoast Optimist Club of Sarasota
Club 60460
Optimist Clubs have been facing declining and aging membership for several years now. Some of these factors include the increasing complexity of life resulting in the lack of time, the decline of the traditional family unit, and the general erosion of community values.
Ironically, these are the very things Optimist Clubs could be helping more. In answer to these problems we propose a new approach for some clubs. We call this the Family Optimist Club Approach. The goal is to bring in more families and family members into Optimist activity. This would help families make better use of there time by spending time together at Optimist Club meetings and Projects. It would also let younger ones get involved and stay involved creating a future adult membership base. It would also help share values across generational lines.
This proposal consists of 3 elements:
A family membership which would consist of dues reductions for adult members in one family of 2, 3, 4 or more members.
A youth club at-large membership for young people affiliated with an adult Optimist Club, but without an active youth club.
A committee to generate recommendations for clubs on how to operate in family friendly ways.
Some clubs even now employ this approach in varying ways with success. Let us formalize and strengthen this movement for those clubs who wish to use it.
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