Arizona District Optimist International

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District Policy Changes

Lots of formatting changes

Is:

Junior Optimist Octagon International (JOOI)

Proposed:

Junior Optimist International (JOI)

Is:

The District officers shall be the Governor, Governor-Elect, Secretary-Treasurer, Immediate-Past

Governor, Past Governor, Lieutenant Governors and the Assistant Governor(s) (if any).

Proposed: (Lt. Governors can’t be removed per OI)

The District officers shall be the Governor, Governor-Elect, Secretary-Treasurer, Immediate-Past

Governor, Past Governor, and the Assistant Governor(s) (if any).

Is:

A member shall have served a full term as a Lieutenant Governor before assuming the office of Governor-Elect.

Proposed #1:

Remove sentence

Proposed #2:

A member shall have served a full term as a District Officer or District Chairperson before assuming the office of Governor-Elect.

Is:

The following committees are generally established:

Achievement & Awards/Activities/CPA Books

Bulletin Editor and Directory

Proposed:

The following committees are generally established:

Bulletin Editor and Directory

Is:

Achievement and Awards Program

The District may budget, maintain and conduct an annual Achievement and Awards Program which shall be prepared and evaluated by the chairman of achievement and awards with the collaboration of the Governor, Governor-elect, Secretary-Treasurer, and through consultation with their predecessors, shall be presented to the District Board of Directors for final approval at the first (1st) quarter meeting, or at some other time as established in the District. If adopted by the District, it shall be the responsibility of the District administration to promote and encourage participation in both District and International achievement and awards programs. Any appeals or protests of the final published standings of clubs or individuals in the District Achievement and Awards programs, to be considered, must be in the hands of the District Secretary/Treasurer not later than thirty (30) days following publication of the standings. The District Executive Committee shall have the power and authority to review and adjudicate any such appeal or protest and its decision shall be final. To be eligible to receive any award or recognition, all financial obligations of a club to the District shall have been met by the closing day of the administrative year.

Proposed:

Remove section

Is:

With due respect to the location and duration of the International convention the Governor, Governor- elect, Secretary-Treasurer and Secretary-Treasurer-designate shall receive an amount, to be budgeted annually toward the expense of attendance at the International convention, excluding those expenses reimbursable by Optimist International. To qualify for this amount, each must be registered and attend the full special training session at the full convention and show evidence thereof when submitting an expense voucher. Any funding provided by the District will be reduced by the amount of funding received from other sources.

With due respect to the location and duration of the International convention and available funds, each Lieutenant Governor-elect who attends the full International convention shall participate in the distribution of available funds budgeted annually for the purpose of financial assistance to those Lieutenant Governors-elect who are registered and attend the full special training session at the full convention and show evidence thereof when submitting an expense voucher. Any funding provided by the District will be reduced by the amount of funding received from other sources.

With due respect to the location and duration of the International Convention and available funds, the Leadership Development chair-designate, Membership chair-designate, Club Fitness Advisory chair-designate, New Club Building chair-designate, and District Foundation Representative-designate who are registered and attend the full special training session at the full convention and show evidence thereof when submitting an expense voucher. Any funding provided by the District will be reduced by the amount of funding received from other sources.

Proposed:

With due respect to the location and duration of the International convention the Governor, Governor- elect, Secretary-Treasurer and Secretary-Treasurer-designate shall receive an amount, to be budgeted annually toward the expense of attendance at the International convention, excluding those expenses reimbursable by Optimist International. To qualify for this amount, each must be registered and attend the full special training session at the full convention and show evidence thereof when submitting an expense voucher. Any funding provided by the District and any other funding source(s) may not exceed the total authorized expenses.

With due respect to the location and duration of the International convention and available funds, each Lieutenant Governor-elect who attends the full International convention shall participate in the distribution of available funds budgeted annually for the purpose of financial assistance to those Lieutenant Governors-elect who are registered and attend the full special training session at the full convention and show evidence thereof when submitting an expense voucher. Any funding provided by the District and any other funding source(s) may not exceed the total authorized expenses.

With due respect to the location and duration of the International Convention and available funds, the Leadership Development chair-designate, Membership chair-designate, Club Fitness Advisory chair-designate, New Club Building chair-designate, and District Foundation Representative-designate who are registered and attend the full special training session at the full convention and show evidence thereof when submitting an expense voucher, shall participate in the distribution of available funds budgeted annually for the purpose of financial assistance. Any funding provided by the District and any other funding source(s) may not exceed the total authorized expenses.

With due respect to the location and duration of the JOI International Convention and available funds, the JOI chair-designate who is registered and attends the JOI Convention, shows evidence thereof when submitting an expense voucher, and has District JOI members in attendance at the JOI International Convention shall participate in the distribution of available funds budgeted annually for the purpose of financial assistance. Any funding provided by the District and any other funding source(s) may not exceed the total authorized expenses.

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COVID Kindness Challenge

I want to invite you to participate in the OI Foundation challenge on our AZ District Website, or through Facebook.

It was started by the NY NE District. I accepted the challenge to post a kind act or make a donation to the Foundation. I posted the challenge on my Facebook page and tagged 5 friends.

It is an exciting way to get the word out about Optimist helping during these difficult days and raise money for the Foundation.

Will you accept the challenge?

Marcia AZ DFR

Let’s have some fun and talk about the kindness acts that most of us are already doing.