President Danny at Banquet at Great Plains PDC

Here is President Danny's address from the Bloomington, MN Parallel District Conference.

Gov Tim ...

Parallel District Conference Room Reservation extended until Oct. 22

Calling all AMSNW District Personnel,

If you’re still thinking about attending, the pre-registration dates have been extended.

The Great Plains PDC now has over 200 Optimists registered, and the recent extension of the early-bird conference costs might be the incentive for you to join me in Bloomington.

Gov. Tim
http://www.optimist.org/e/member/leadership2.cfm#plains

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Great News for the Great Plains PDC!

I’ve just received notice from Nancy Solinger, our Holiday Inn liaison – because of the tremendous volume of reservations received in the last week she is extending our room block through midnight (Central time) Friday the 22^nd of October. Because of this, we are also extending to the same date/time the Early Bird rates for both Members and Shoptimists.

Please let your district chairs and district teams know about this great development; Steph is sending out a message to club presidents and Lt Govs from OI tomorrow, I’ll send to club Sec/Treasurers.

Great news – it’s been a wonderfully busy day registration-wise. Drum roll please…….we have passed the 200 mark! Glen is updating the spreadsheet as we speak; I’ll get that to you as soon as I receive it! WOO HOO!

Vice Pres. Gloria

Have you ever eaten oatmeal and ice cream?

Good morning AMS&NW Club Leaders!

It doesn’t seem possible that a week has already passed since I joined Governor Tim and so many other wonderful AMS&NW members at your first quarterly meeting in Great Falls - thank you so much for your hospitality! But even more so, thank you each for accepting your current position – whether this is your first time as a club officer, or you are seasoned in your position – Governor Tim and the members of your clubs wouldn’t be able to do “their jobs” if you hadn’t accepted yours!

International President Danny Rodgers has recorded a special video message for all of us in the Great Plains Region. Please scroll to the bottom of this message; I’ve highlighted Danny’s in yellow.

President Danny, Governor Tim and I will be in Bloomington on 5-7 November, and we look forward to seeing you there too. I know that it’s a long drive for you; but Governor Tim is coming and he would love to have you join his “car pool” at some point along his travel route! Here’s the link to the Great Plains PDC if you haven’t registered yet (click on the Mall of America icon): www.optimist.org/pdc

Thank you again for your service. If I didn’t get the chance to meet you in Great Falls, I look forward to doing so either in Bloomington, or at some other optimistic opportunity throughout the year! And if there’s ever anything I can assist with throughout the coming year, I hope you’ll let me know how I can help. Click the title for a video from OI President Danny Rodgers.

Gloria Kloster

Great Plains Region International Vice President

Great Plains Parallel District Conference Nov. 5-7, 2010

Great Plains Region
Alberta, Montana, Saskatchewan & Northern Wyoming (13), Dakotas-Manitoba-Minnesota (35),
Iowa (40), Nebraska (10), Southern Wisconsin (09) and Wisconsin North-Upper Michigan (23)

November 5-7, 2010
Bloomington (Minneapolis), Minnesota
Holiday Inn and Suites

Special Guests, Keynote Speakers & Faculty Members
Danny & Jill Rodgers - International President & First Lady
Jim Kondrasuk - International Board Member
Jim Nagel - Senior Director of Member Services, Optimist International
Judi Smith - CEO, OI Foundation and OI Foundation Canada
Kai Gansner, Director of Member Services, Optimist International
Ronnie Dunn - Past International President, Certified International Trainer & Wayne Dunn - KYWV Governor
WE WILL ALSO BE FEATURING ADDITIONAL TRAINERS FROM THROUGHOUT OUR GREAT PLAINS REGION,
TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF FIRST-CLASS BREAKOUTS, ROUND TABLES AND TRAINING SESSIONS.
www.optimist.org/form/.../pdc_great_plains-registration_form.pdf