{"id":151,"date":"2011-06-01T15:40:46","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T22:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmcws.org\/blog\/?p=151"},"modified":"2011-07-05T13:34:17","modified_gmt":"2011-07-05T20:34:17","slug":"presidents-letter-june-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/presidents-letter-june-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"President’s Message – June 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Spring rally in King City was a big success \u2013 the San Lorenzo County Park is one of the nicest campgrounds that Carol and I have ever stayed in.\u00a0 We liked it so much that we went back to it for two more nights on our way home after visiting our sons and their families farther north in California.<\/p>\n

In spite of gasoline prices we had a great turnout at the rally \u2013 about 55 coaches including about 10 vendors.\u00a0 We had two new members who were attending their first GMCWS rally and even one actively looking to buy a GMC.<\/p>\n

The food was exceptionally good too \u2013 Joanne and Phil found a wonderful caterer, Rosa, who prepared some very interesting, delicious dishes for breakfast and dinner.\u00a0 We also had one imported\/home-cooked meal and one bring-your-own barbeque dinner.<\/p>\n

Many thanks to Phil and Joanne Hernandez for all of their work and to the many volunteers who helped prepare, serve and clean up \u2013 these rallies would not happen without you.\u00a0 Special thanks to Doug Norton, our A\/V equipment manager who we kept very busy and, as always, to Freddi Condos the behind-the-scenes go-to person foranything we need.\u00a0 Thanks too to the presenters who made the rally so interesting.<\/p>\n

The seminars and tours of the on-the-grounds agricultural museums and a nearby mission kept everyone busy during the day.\u00a0 Movies, jokers and marbles, Steinbeck character costumes, and a karaoke-sing-along filled the evenings aided by two large buckets of Margaritas prepared by our favorite Margarita maestro \u2013 Dave deGraffenreid.<\/p>\n

Dave deGraffenreid, our Treasurer, and some volunteers completed an audit of the club\u2019s financial records as required by the bylaws and Secretary Judy Cherry reported on our current membership which, unfortunately, has declined again.<\/p>\n

We came up with a plan to encourage people to enter their coaches in local car shows and cruise nights when they can.\u00a0 The club\u2019s role in this will be to reimburse members for their fees associated with the shows (probably $25 \u2013 50 each) and to provide those members with \u2018sales\u2019 materials explaining the features and benefits of the GMC.<\/p>\n

I will work on updating the bylaws as required by FMCA.\u00a0 As I reported in the last newsletter, I submitted our current bylaws \u2013 last updated in 1996 \u2013 to the FMCA and their response outlined some changes they require us to make.\u00a0 Since the changes are required by them there will be no membership vote needed \u2013 I will keep you informed.<\/p>\n

We will also begin working on the web site.\u00a0 The first order of business will be to include a members-only section where membership information can be maintained by the individual members or the Secretary.\u00a0 Later we will add some other functions like GMC \u2018good news\u2019 stories where we can tell everyone about the benefits of owning a GMC.<\/p>\n

The next rally is Emerald<\/strong> Desert RV Resort at <\/strong>Palm Desert, California on October 1 - 5 hosted by Dave and Donna deGraffenreid\u00a0 - we hope to see you there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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