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Dear fellow Optimists:
The Ohio District has long had a reputation of being one of the strongest districts in OI. As we begin the 2008-09 year, nothing less should be expected. An outstanding team of committee chairs, Lt. Governors and club officers has been assembled. We should never loose sight of our primary mission in “Bringing Out the Best in Kids.”
We should be especially proud of our standing of leading all of OI in our JOOI membership. Special thanks to Doug Fritz for his countless hours and dedication to this project. Please offer to help Doug in any way you can as it is the goal of the District to continue to increase our JOOI clubs and membership wherever possible.
OI has sent a goal of four new clubs for us this year. That would seem to be attainable for a District our size and NCB Chair, Bill Hamer will be looking for leads.
As always, membership continues to be a strong focus. Jim Shrider will be leading our efforts with recruitment and retention. Hopefully every club will set a goal to be at least “+ 1” by the end of this Optimist year.
In closing, thanks in advance to each and every one of you for all of your efforts to “Bring Out the Best in Kids.” Let’s truly make our District “ O-HI5-O For the Kids!”
Yours in Optimism,
Dennis E. Morris, DPM
Governor 2008-09
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