2025 - 2026 Alberta, Montana, Saskatchewan & Northern Wyoming
  • WELCOME
    • OPTIMIST DAY
    • CALENDAR OF EVENTS
    • OPTIMIST CREED & MISSION
    • Optimist Creed
    • Optimist International President - Thomas Kendo
    • GREAT PLAINS VICE PRESIDENT - Thomas Lloyd
  • INFORMATION SECTION
    • 2025 - 2026 PRAIRIE PILOTS >
      • AMSNW - FLIGHT DECK >
        • GOVERNOR - Marilyn Bushell
        • DST - Bob Matthews
      • AMSNW - FIRST OFFICERS >
        • LG ZONE 1- Dena Schoolcraft
        • LG ZONE 3 - Les Trevor
        • LG ZONE 4 -FRANK COSTELLO
        • LG ZONE 5 - Shadiik Manya
        • LG ZONE 6 -Denise Dolph
        • LG ZONE 7 -Stephanie Card
        • LG ZONE 8 - Dusty Rudolph
        • LG ZONE 9 - Carol Neutgens
      • AMSNW - OFFICE >
        • DISTRICT CONVENTION AMBASSADOR- Dwight Phillips
        • CANDIDATE QUALIFICATION - Roger Gravgaard
        • GOVERNOR ELECT - Jay Strever
      • PROTOOCOL
      • NAVIGATION SECTION >
        • LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT-Brent Card
        • MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT -Tammy Bischler >
          • MEMBERSHIP ENGAGEMENT - New Member Guide
        • NEW CLUB BUILDING - Russell Logan
        • CLUB FITNESS - John Huotari
      • FOUNDATION SECTION >
        • OIF FOUNDATION REP-US - John McFerran
        • CCOF Representative - Lee Weiszhaar
      • SCHOLARSHIP SECTION >
        • Essay Contest Charlotte Harris
        • ORATORICAL CHAIR - Gail Strever
        • CCDHH CHAIR - Wendy Skoretz
      • SPORTS SECTION >
        • JUNIOR GOLF - Tim Bell
        • U-18 CURLING -Darrell Agopsowicz
      • INFORMATION SECTION >
        • PGI / PDP - Eleanor Matice
        • JOI - Nikki McFerran
        • CHILDHOOD HEALTH & WELLNESS-Deedre Tysiaczny
        • COMMUNICATION -Bill Campbell
        • WEBMASTER/SOCIAL MEDIA-De Matthews
      • SOUVENIERS DEPARTMENT >
        • OPTOMIST SUPPLY (CANADA)- Vande Vezina
        • OI SUPPLIES (US)) -Loran Salsbury
      • FINAL DESTINATION >
        • CO-CONVENTION CHAIR -Bill Campbell
        • CO-CONVENTION CHAIR -Lyle Bennett
    • DISTRICT 13 POLICIES
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    • IN MEMORIUM >
      • 2025- 2026 In Memoriam
      • 2024 - 2025 In Memoriam >
        • Arnold Seida
        • Patrick "Duane" Kelly
        • Robin Elizabeth Morris
        • Heather Colleen Kohlman
        • Robert (Bob) Wesley Scott
      • 2023 - 2024 In Memoriam >
        • Ira M. Kaufman
        • Susan Davis
        • Roger Owen Williams
      • 2022-2023 In Memoriam >
        • Jim Harmen
        • Richard "Rick" Folk
        • Raymond Duck
        • Lila "Mae" Weis
        • Diane Swiatek
        • George Louis Campanella
        • Raymond James Preston
        • George Alexander (Sandy) Morrice
        • RAYMOND ARTHUR WILLIAMS
        • Elmer E. Richey
        • Norman Lloyd Cooper
        • Douglas Wilfred Hilts
      • 2021-2022 In Memoriam >
        • Fred Podovinnikoff
        • James Sax Memorial
        • Elsie Hanson
        • Kenneth Lunn
    • 2025 - 26 - PICTURES >
      • 1st Quarter Board Meeting
      • Billings Induction Ceremony-September 254 2025
  • CLUB INFORMATION
    • Find a Club >
      • Zone 1 -WESTERN MONTANA
      • Zone 3 - CENTRAL ALBERTA
      • Zone 4 -SOUTH EAST MONTANA
      • Zone 5 - ALBERTA CAPITAL REGION
      • Zone 6 - SOUTHERN ALBERTA
      • Zone 7 - NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN
      • Zone 8 - SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN
      • Zone 9 - CENTRAL SASKATCHEWAN AND NORTHERN MONTANA
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        • HONOR DISTRICT TRACKING FORM
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      • PDP - Professional Development Program
      • OI DUES AND FEES STRUCTURE 2024-2025
      • HIOW ARE OI DUES UTILIZED
      • APPROVED TRAVEL DISTANCE CHARTS
  • YOUTH PROGRAMS
    • CHILDHOOD HEALTH & WELLNESS
    • JUNIOR GOLF
    • U-18 CURLING
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    • O I YOUTH CONTESTS 2025 - 2026
    • ESSAY CONTEST
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      • 2024 ORATORICAL WINNERS
    • CCDHH - Communication Contest for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  • OPTIMIST PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
  • VISUAL ARTS COMPETITION
  • KALEIDOSCOPE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS
  • September 23, , 25 Installation of Officers of Officers September 23, 2025
​Governor’s Optimist New Year Greetings

Fellow AMS&NW Optimists, I greet you well. Wishing you a Happy Optimist New Year. Before I share my greetings, let me pause to say a big THANK YOU to IPG Roger and his team for the sterling work that they did in the last administrative year. They have set the foundation on which we will build this great district. Although the baton has been passed on to the new administration, it is of critical importance that we work together to continue the legacy of high achievement for this district. I would like to thank all the club leaders and officers, LTGs and committee chairs for accepting their roles in this ‘JOI of G.R.O.W.T.H. year.’ The theme of Growth is not by accident nor chance, but is deliberate, as we have to focus on growth, and I am not just talking about growth in numbers, but also growth in the quality of service we deliver, and most importantly, our personal growth as both Optimists with capital O and as human beings in particular.

​Our theme for this 1st Quarter is “Personal Growth,’ so we will focus on growing our optimist education, general education, and ways to recruit and retain our members. The saying is that, “If we are not growing, then we are dying.’ I can assure you members they we are definitely NOT dying.

I feel excitement and buzzing in the air for this new year, with optimists renewing their commitment and enthusiasm to employ new energies and inject new life into our district, with all displaying strong leadership and participation in our clubs so that youth we serve will reap the benefits of our hard work.

I encourage us all to work together as a strong team to achieve our goals and objectives and to practice the tenets our Wonderful Optimist Creed.

My fellow AMS&NW optimists, I wish you all the Best for the 2024-2025 Optimist year.

Take care my friends.
Gov. Dwight
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