Making plans and taking action

The latest Middleton Area Optimist Club meeting was full of fun and friendship as potential new members visited and decided to join our cause.  Welcome to Bob Arnett,  Sybil Arnett, and Dr. Steven Killion.

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Action items at this meeting:

• President Patrick discussed the Optimist Club's first fundraiser and showed us the 52" flat screen television that the lucky winner will receive. Raffle tickets were printed by All Boxed Up and Julie and Sherin distributed them to the group. There are 1,000 tickets to be sold at $5 each. The drawing will be held when all tickets are spoken for or approximately December 15, 2010.  Members are reminded to complete the ticket, please get your purchaser's contact information including an email address.  There is not a stub to give the purchaser. 
• Larry discussed what he had learned about the community center plans. They have a website www.middletoncommunitycenter.org and a board of directors. They are wishing for support, but the type of support needed was unclear. Patrick will try to contact the group to find out more. Members were interested in learning about the City's involvement in the project. 
• Linda asked the club to consider holding the Optimist Essay Contest and it was concluded that if a chairperson was identified, that the club would proceed.
• Larry shared a project that the Caldwell Optimist Club did during the last deployment of the 116th Brigade to Iraq. The club thought this might be something to pursue and will discuss it further at the first Board Meeting on October 9.
• Cathleen volunteered to take over bulletin/blog writing and Linda will be getting with her to teach her how to use this website before the Board Meeting. 

The next meeting will be held on Monday, September 27, 6:30 p.m. Dr. Richard Bauscher, Superintendent, Middleton School District will be the guest speaker. 

We're looking forward to seeing more new faces and meeting more new friends at our next meeting.  See you there!