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Finance Committee: At the June 24 meeting, the Finance Committee Report was presented in follow up to their June 17 committee meeting. A club budget was presented for the upcoming year, with recommendations for donations and disbursement of the golf outing income to the Youth Fund, Denny Mantel Christmas Sharing Fund, and to our Dayton Foundation Scholarship Endowment. The budget allows for donations to our recurring recipients as well as $1000 for miscellaneous donations that may come up during the year. The Finance Committee also established that all such requests for miscellaneous donations will need to be presented to the committee for approval. Further details of the report will be posted on the "Members' Page" at a later time, as well as a copy of the budget on the "Forms & Reports" page. The committee report emphasized that the golf outing fundraiser is the only way that we fund these scholarships and youth donations, and stressed the importance of securing sponsors and donors for the event. Besides the repeat sponsors that we usually get, we need to work on increasing the number each year.

Slide Show: Also at the June 24 meeting, President Alan presented an excellent slide show of his Grand Canyon vacation trip, along with highlights of other stops on the tour.

Club Schedule: Dates have been filled out below for the rest of this Optimist year. We have been getting some good speakers and programs lately, but we still need member support in arranging for speakers for the eight open dates that are shown. Some of the August dates will be needed for golf outing discussion and prep, but we can schedule speakers and then work the golf meetings in among .

Current Club Schedule:
• July 1: Golf Outing updates
• July 8: Speaker - Lori Ward, Supt. Dayton Public Schools, on College Promise
• July 15: Open - Speaker needed
• July 22: Speaker - Steve Moore, Baker Hazel Funeral Home
• July 29: Open - Speaker needed
• August 5: Open - Speaker needed
• August 12: Open - Speaker needed
• August 19: Open - Speaker needed
• August 26: Open - Speaker needed
• September 2: Open - Speaker needed
• September 9: Golf Outing prep
• September 12 (Friday): Scholarship Scramble
• September 16: Golf Outing recap
• September 23: Speaker needed
• September 30: Last meeting of 2013-2104 Optimist Year