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2025-26 Fall Gathering

Event Date:

November 7, 2025

Event Time:

5:00 PM

Event Location:

Crowne Plaza Hotel Auburn Hills

TENTATIVE Agenda*

*Times and Activities may change as we get closer to the event

Friday, November 7, 2025

6:30 – 7:00PM – Registration Check In

7:00 – 8:00PM – Executive Committee Meeting

7:00 – 10:00PM – Hospitality Room

Saturday, November 8, 2025

7:00 – 8:45AM – Breakfast (included for all hotel guests; $8.00 for non-hotel guests)

7:00 – 8:45AM – Registration Check In

8:30 – 8:45AM – Doors Open

8:45 – 10:00AM – Morning Session

  • Welcome
  • Business Session
  • Table Discussion Activity – Sharing our club success stories

10:05 – 10:15AM – Break

10:15 – 11:15AM – Brainstorming Sessions Part 1

  • Building JOI clubs is a JOY
  • Club fundraising ideas
  • How to conduct a club essay and oratorical contest
  • Optimist International Foundation

11:15 – 11:30AM – Break

11:30 – 12:30PM – Brainstorming Sessions Part 2

  • How to communicate our message to non-members
  • The 2025-2026 Presidential Incentive for club recognition
  • Engaging and Finding Members
  • Michigan Optimist Leadership Academy (MIOLA)

12:30 – 1:30PM – Lunch

1:30 – 4:00PM – Afternoon Session

  • Speaker – Beyond Basics Literacy Tutoring -Closing the illiteracy gap of our youth in Michigan
  • Panel/Group Discussions—”Leave No Club Behind”
  • Closing

Hotel $139 per night
Hotel Booking Link: Click Here (opens in new tab)

Instructions: Click on the link and add the date and then you will land right on the Optimist booking page.

Prefer to book by phone (248) 373-4550, call the front desk directly with the date and code OCM.
Deadline for the hotel rooms – October 27th.

Ticket Options
Registration
Registration before 10/25
$45.00
Late Registration
use between 10/26 & 11/6
$55.00
Onsite Registration
use 11/7 & 11/8
$65.00
First or Second Timer
use if you have attended less than 3 events
$30.00
Total Price : Free
Attendee Information :   
First Timer
Second Timer
Active/Veteran
Special Dietary Needs
Event Location
Organized By:
Michigan District
Event Schedule Details
  • November 7, 2025 -5:00 PM

    November 8, 2025 -5:00 PM

Event Location

Crowne Plaza Hotel Auburn Hills, 1500 Opdyke Rd, Auburn Hills, MI, 48326, USA

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