{"id":3937,"date":"2015-12-21T07:20:03","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T15:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmcws.org\/blog\/?p=3937"},"modified":"2016-09-01T07:48:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T14:48:03","slug":"a-message-from-donna-ventura-gmcws-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/a-message-from-donna-ventura-gmcws-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from Our Secretary &#8211; Dec. 21, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DonnaV.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3939\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3939 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DonnaV-110x150.jpg\" alt=\"DonnaV\" width=\"110\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DonnaV-110x150.jpg 110w, https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DonnaV-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DonnaV.jpg 311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/a>Dear GMC Western States Club Members:<br \/>\nThank you to the GMCWS members who have already paid their 2016 dues \u2013 I very much appreciate your prompt responses. \u00a0If you haven\u2019t already done so, please pay either through PayPal or US mail by the end of December, at the latest.\u00a0 Payments received after December 31 may jeopardize your inclusion in the GMCWS 2016 roster.<br \/>\nAre you aware of the many benefits that FMCA offers its members? Below is a list of discounts and other benefits offered to you as an FMCA member. See their website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/\">www.fmca.com<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/48-campground-discounts.html\">Campground discounts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/50-car-rental-discounts.html\">Car rental discounts<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cell phone and service discounts with UltraCall<\/li>\n<li>Costco Wholesale National Membership Program<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/56-educational-programs.html\">Educational programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Family Motor Coaching magazine<\/li>\n<li>FMCA Campground &amp; Resort Connection \u2013 RV campground discounts<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/191-fmca-campground.html\">FMCA Campground in Cincinnati<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/3226-fmca-international-travel-insurance.html\">FMCA International Travel Insurance<\/a><\/li>\n<li>FMCA Mail Forwarding Powered by DakotaPost<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/3549-fmca-mobile-apps.html\">FMCA mobile apps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/2117-fmca-motorhome-rallies-and-motorcoach-conventions11.html\">FMCA motorhome rallies and motorcoach conventions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/3330-fmca-motorhomers-help-others.html\">FMCA motorhomers help others<\/a><br \/>\nFMCA Rewards enrollment<\/li>\n<li>FMCA Rewards Accident Insurance Plan<\/li>\n<li>FMCA Roadside Assistance Program<\/li>\n<li>FMCA RV Insurance for RV, Homes, Autos<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/59-fmcacom-and-fmcmagazinecom.html\">FMCA.com and FMCmagazine.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/159-fmcas-antitheft-decals-can-pay-off.html\">FMCA\u2019s antitheft decals can pay off<\/a><\/li>\n<li>FMCAssist Medical Emergency and Travel Assistance Program<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/52-free-classified-advertising.html\">Free classified advertising<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/64-key-return-program.html\">Key Return Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/members\/member-business-cards.html\">Member business cards<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Michelin Advantage Program<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/61-home-security-monitoring-systems-and-services.html\">Monitronics home monitoring systems and services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/69-motorhome-owners-rights-advocacy.html\">Motorhome owners' rights\/advocacy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/75-motorhome-trip-routing.html\">Motorhome Trip routing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/3613-nascar-racing-experience-and-mario-andretti-racing-experience.html\">NASCAR Racing Experience and Mario Andretti Racing Experience<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/3564-office-depot-national-discount-program.html\">Office Depot \/ OfficeMax National Discount Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/182-passport-america-discount.html\">Passport America discount<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/3862-staples-fmca-supply-program.html\">Staples FMCA Supply Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/72-stoppin-spot-fellowship-local-service-information.html\">Stoppin' Spots fellowship, local service information<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tour Connection \u2013 RV rally, caravan and cruise discounts<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/3305-ups-shipping-discount.html\">UPS shipping discount<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/benefits\/76-youth-activities.html\">Youth activities<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Other Discounts - The <a href=\"http:\/\/familymotorcoachrvmarketplace.com\/index.php?\"><strong>RV Marketplace<\/strong><\/a>, which is published in the January and June issues of <em>FMC<\/em> magazine and online at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fmca.com\/\">www.FMCA.com<\/a> \u00a0lists FMCA commercial members and their locations.\u00a0 To receive the FMCA discounts offered by commercial members in their listings, family members must present their FMCA membership card at the time of service or purchase.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear GMC Western States Club Members: Thank you to the GMCWS members who have already paid their 2016 dues \u2013 I very much appreciate your prompt responses. \u00a0If you haven\u2019t already done so, please pay either through PayPal or US mail by the end of December, at the latest.\u00a0 Payments received after December 31 may <a href='https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/a-message-from-donna-ventura-gmcws-secretary\/' class='excerpt-more'>[read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-secretarysmsg","category-36-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmcws.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}