2025-26 Fall Gathering

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
• How to conduct a club essay contest
• Optimist International Foundation

11:15 – 11:30AM – Break

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

• How to use AI to create flyers and marketing tools for your club
• 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.